Early Morning Training (Lionhearted)

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Mudflight bounced out of his nest and out into the clearing before reminding himself he was a warrior now - and one with an apprentice. He had to be a bit more professional than this, he silently scolded himself. but that was why he was so excited - an apprentice! Of course, he had always known his warrior skills were suitable for an apprentice, and that Tigerpaw would turn out as great as he was - but he couldn't help but feel a slight tremor of nervousness in his belly. He squashed those feelings down, pushing them aside. Even with his lack of experience, his skills could be taught. Besides, you couldn't really teach experience so in his opinion he was a good choice to mentor. He looked up at the sky. It was just about dawn - nice and early. Good, it would make him look more professional to Tigerpaw. He tasted the air, revelling in the warm scents of the morning. Wet sand, salty water and the smell of prey was in the morning. He fluffed up his fur slightly, glad for the cold. Twolegs would still show up in leafbare, but if it was chilly they would not show up and stomp around on the beach. 
    Mudflight padded over to the apprentice den and poked his head in. He hadn't been in here in a while. "Tigerpaw, its time to wake up." He mewed softly, mindful of the other snoring apprentices. He wouldn't want to wake them up, he had a reputation to keep up and he would rather not have other warriors being mad at him. He also remembered how annoying it was when mentors would stick their noses in and wake everyone up, and it was probably one of the worse experiences as a 'paw. Or maybe he was just lazy and a loved his sleep.

Lionhearted

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(ooc: Tigerpaw is a girl XD)

Tigerpaw raced through the forest. "Wow! I'm an apprentice now!" she cried gleefully to no one. "Come on, Mudflight! Watch me catch this bird!"

Her mentor stood behind as Tigerpaw swiftly climbed a tree. Quietly, she stole up behind the about-to-be prey, and it was oblivious still. Then, with a sudden quick leap, everything was over. The bird disappeared into her paws in a flurry of feathers. She sneezed for a moment as one tiny one landed on her nose- and they both crashed down from the trees. Tigerpaw jerked around and landed gracefully on her paws- all the while carrying the bird in her mouth. "Well now! How did I do?"

"Tigerpaw, it's time to wake up!"

"Mhmf!" muttered Tigerpaw. "What do you mean? I just caught a bird! Look at this! No SunsetClanner-" all of a sudden, her eyes flew open. SunsetClanners didn't climb, much less catch birds! Then, she looked up, seeing her mentor's face gazing down upon her. "I-oh. I'm sorry." Clambering out awkwardly, she shook herself free of loose moss. "Excuse me," she mumbled, "I was dreaming." Looking at Mudflight, she asked, "well, what's for today?"

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(oh awkward.. sorry XD)

Mudflight flicked his tail in amusement at the young apprentice. "You wouldn't like the taste of bird, trust me." He wrinkled his nose, remembering when he had tried it once. It tasted of greasy feathers and air pollution and the smell of Leafclanners - they were rank enough as a smell but as a taste it was nearly unbearable. He looked around at the still sleeping camp.
"I thought I would show you the territory first, and we can catch the Clan some breakfast." He looked at the young she-cat. "Why do you think I picked this time for use to go and see the territory?" Mudflight started to pad out of the camp, making sure that Tigerpaw was right behind him.

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Tigerpaw trotted to keep up with Mudflight. "What's in this big ol' piece of land of ours, anyway?" she asked as they walked. "Like what's so special? I heard we have an ocean all to ourselves. Well, obviously," she said, amending, "we're the only ones that can swim. Right? Are we the best Clan? We can do everything, right?" she knew she was blabbering, but what could she do- it was her first day as an apprentice!

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"Well, we have a beach and a jungle, and some rocky patches on the beach. There is the Suncavern, the Abandoned Twoleg nest, and the Tadpole pools. We border LeafClan on one side and the Twolegplace on the other place. In greenleaf the twolegs are awful - they stomp around the beach, but usually stay out of the jungle." He gave a brief glance at Tigerpaw, making sure she was not getting overwhelmed. "Don't worry, you don't have to memorize this right now. Once we start doing lots of border patrols you'll know the territory as well as the pattern on your pelt." He listened to the rest of her bubbly questions, stifling a small purr of amusement. What right did he have to giggle at her? He was practically as excited as her at having an apprentice, although you could never tell it from his cool demeanor.
"We are not the only ones that can swim. StormClan can. And nobody can own the ocean, its much too big. It's a home to a lot of creatures, ones bigger than you can even imagine, Tigerpaw. Fish bigger than any twoleg - and probably even bigger than the monsters on a thunderpath." Mudflight couldn't stifle his laugh after her asking if they could do everything. "Well, we are generally bad at climbing. So not everything," he took a breath and looked around. His paws had let them right to the border of twolegplace. "This is where twolegs and kittypets live," he breathed quietly. The strange and huge nests of the Twolegs always freaked him out.

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"Whoa," Tigerpaw breathed out, looking upon the Twolegplace. To her, it looked kinda cool. It was strange, yeah, but a kind of swag strange. Then, she looked over and saw Mudflight's terrified face. "Okay. Are they this dangerous?" she asked quietly. "They're pretty ignorant, aren't they? Are they intending to hurt us?"