Yay! I've got an apprentice name! (closed)

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The faint breeze and the faint smell of the ocean should've pleased the pacing tan cat. She was obviously a fast cat by the looks of her tall legs. Her underbelly was white, her paws were white, and the tip of her tail was white. She looked to be a middle aged warrior, but her name didn't suggest she was even a warrior. Her name was Dawnpaw. And, she had an apprentice name even though she was a warrior. Why? Because of her temper. Ok, so there is more than that. Dawnpaw paced this way and that. "Yay! So now I'm being called by my apprentice name," Dawnpaw thought with fake excitement.

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Our lovely Bengal tom had been loping off on his own that day. While he should have been hunting or patrolling borders, Kestrelflight had offered himself up enough times for his Clanmates to finally turn him down for once. He wasn't upset, because that meant he got the rest of the day to himself.

With a flourished leap, he dove into the beach waters, relishing its smooth texture on his pelt from being warmed in the sun. I probably scared the fish... Oops. Shrugging off the thought, he swam to shore and clambered back up onto the sandy beach, water dripping off his sleek pelt.

"To think only one other Clan enjoys water!" he sighed, padding along the shoreline.

It was then that he noticed a not too happy-looking Clanmate. Her ears were flat against her head, lips curled in a snarl of contempt. Kestrelflight sighed. Why couldn't cats learn to relax?

Picking his way carefully, he approached the she-cat, bracing himself to dodge a possible paw swipe. "Don't you look absolutely tensed?"

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"Don't you look absolutely tensed?"

"You've got a problem?" Dawnpaw retorted, resisting giving Kestrelflight an absolutely delightful wound (or at least in Dawnpaw's opinion). The tan she-cat's eyes were blazing with fury. Who was Kestrelflight to bother her?! He certainly wasn't Ratstar! Remembering Ratstar's words, the tan she-cat calmed herself. "Do you need something?" Dawnpaw asked icily. Her tail was quivering angrily. She glared at Kestrelflight furiously.

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OOC: Kestrelflight isn't aware that Dawnwhisker was demoted. Sorry, my muse for Kestrel took a plunge..

He was taken aback by Dawnwhisker's retort. What's her issue? He padded up the shore to stand closer to her, but kept a safe distance to avoid an unprecedented swipe to the ears or shoulder. Even with such a hot-tempered Clanmate, Kestrelflight still strove to put up a smile.

"What I need is to know why my Clanmate seems so agitated. What seems to be the matter?"

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"What I need is to know why my Clanmate seems so agitated. What seems to be the matter?"

Dawnpaw glared at Kestrelflight more icily. "Why don`t you just chase your own tail?" Dawnpaw thought angrily. She didn`t apprecite other cats getting into her business. She never had. "You can find out when everycat else does!" Dawnpaw snapped. Her tan tail whisked from side to side.

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Another retort, ending with a snap of jaws. Kestrelflight felt a strange sense of helplessness at this, and his flattened against his head of its own accord. He didn't like to bother others too much, but he wanted to know what was troubling his Clanmate just as badly.

"You're more haughty today, Dawnwhisker..." he muttered, half to himself. "I'm only trying to help."

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"You're more haughty today, Dawnwhisker..." he muttered, half to himself. "I'm only trying to help."

Dawnpaw shook mentally as Ketrelflight called her 'Dawnwhisker'. "That`s Dawnpaw for you! Don`t let Ratstar cathc you calling me 'Dawnwhisker'!" Dawnpaw snapped angrily. Her ear were falt on her head and her pelt was bristling. SHe obviously was in a horrible mood.

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OOC: Kestrelflight is soooo easily distracted! XD

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"Dawnpaw?" Kestrelflight echoed in genuined surprise. "What happened?"

He had heard of times where full warriors were sent back to the rank of apprentices if their misdeeds were severe enough to warrant it. While the numbers were so few, instances of that still existed, as told by the elders of all the Clans; it was mostly to scare naughty kits into behaving themselves just so they would grow into disciplined felines. Kestrelflight didn't think he'd live to see the day the punishment was meted out to his own living Clanmate.

The spotted tom glanced towards the distant treeline, contemplating on leaving Dawnpaw to her own angered storm of thoughts. "I can go if you don't want to tell me anyway. Gotta take Foxpaw out for training, now that I think about it."

She just needs time to cool off. I'd be a little furious too if I went back to being Kestrelpaw! His bright eyes suddenly locked onto the flitting shape of a dragonfly, its long serpentine body buzzing in every direction as it made its way towards the sea. Kestrelflight, already reaching out a paw towards the insect, began to chase it down the sandy shore, lifting his paws up every now and then to catch the insect. He was happy like this. He was happy to have a home, a family, a life to live...all the things he wanted to do. Chasing things and swimming had become of his favourite past times.

For that moment, he forgot that Dawnpaw had snapped at him, that she was even angry about anything.

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"I can go if you don't want to tell me anyway. Gotta take Foxpaw out for training, now that I think about it."

"Have fun!" Dawnpaw mewed dryly.

She watched as Kestrelflight behaved like a kit. "You aren't a kit, you know!" Dawnpaw mewed. Dawnpaw wisjed Kestrelflight would leave already! It would make Dawnpaw's day that much happier.

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OOC: ...I forgot I wrote Kestrelflight as chasing after a butterfly! XD but he really IS gonna up and leave. XD but he'll be mulling about the forested area. ^^

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Kestrelflight slammed his paws down onto the sand, missing the butterfly but a hairsbreadth. His ears were flat against his head again, his tail sunken low and brushing the sandy ground. I keep getting distracted by these things. He thought sullenly, turning back and trudging towards Dawnpaw. The she-cat was bristling with anger and irritation, as if his very existence was her bane. Is it my fault that I enjoy the littlest things? He had always convinced himself that it was fine, that he needn't let others' opinion of him get in the way. but with so many snappy remarks and retorts being thrown everywhere, he was beginning to think otherwise.

"Okay, look, just because your mood was soured because of Ratstar's command to demote you doesn't give you the right to spout your anger to everyone else and make them feel bad! It's the same as how I don't have the right to always boss anyone around if I got the chance, which is why I'm giving you the chance to tell me if you want me to just leave you to your own internal storm," he meowed, tail tip twitching as the words ran in his head. "Your spout of fury to everyone is what got you back to being an apprentice, didn't it? Maybe if you thought about it for even one second, you'd realise you won't stay like this for the rest of your life."

Taking a deep breath, he stalked past Dawnpaw, his ears straight but his tail low. He wasn't going to allow himself to be talked down by his bad-tempered Clanmate, especially on a day like this. The day was too good NOT to enjoy. It's not like she'll be stuck an apprentice forever. Why can't she see that? He thought bitterly, moving past the fronds that brushed his flanks. Nature seemed to be offering him comfort with his gentle caress of wind, and the leaves of the bushes tickling his flank, and the scent of prey and flowers wafting into his nose. They seemed to want him to forget about the temperamental exchange, and to delight in the beauty of his Clan territory instead.

Can I? He wondered, looking up to the sky between the spreading canopy of trees. but...could he leave his Clanmate like that? No. He wouldn't. He shouldn't. He couldn't. Yet he did. Kestrelflight let out a miserable grunt, finding a shallow dip in the ground underneath a tree root. He squeezed himself in, ignoring the single thorn that jabbed his spine; the floor was mostly dirt with some strewn leaves and a light speckle of sand, so it wasn't that bad of a resting spot.

Laying down, resting his chin on his crossed forepaws, the Bengal stared out the opening, wondering if Dawnpaw would come to find him. "Why would she? She wanted me to go."

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Dawnpaw did not flinch as Kestrelflight mewed. Actually, it was more the fact that she was fighting physicly than her icy remarks that demoted her.

Dawnpaw showed signs of irritation as Kestrelflight left. She wasn't was not done talking to him. Dawnpaw's tail was qujvering out of rage, her wars laid back, and her claws were sheathing, unsheathing, sheathing, unsheathing (and so on).

With a last fiery stare at where Kestrelflight had left the camp, Dawnpaw stormed off into the warriors den. She would have the patience to wait for Kestrelflight to come back.

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OOC: This calls for a timeskip!

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It was mid-afternoon by the time Kestrelflight returned to camp. He had a vole and two fish dangling from his jaws. He had taken his mind off of troubles by bringing in some fresh-kill for the Clan, to give himself the feeling that he'd done something for his Clan.

"Maybe a fish for myself..." he murmured while at the fresh-kill pile.

Shrugging, he picked one of his own fish and carried it over to the nursery entrance, where he settled down and made himself comfortable. He bent his head down and took a bite from the fish, closing his eyes as the familiar soft flesh melded together in his maw. He was almost sure his day was going to end okay.

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The tan warrior wasn't going to fall asleep easily. She tried to convince herself that she would need the rest, but the fact that the camp was so lively and the fact that Dawnpaw wasn't at all sleepy made it impossible for Dawnpaw to sleep. So now the flea bitten she-cat was laying down, in the warrios den, doing nothing. The normal shouts of the kits and the chattering of her clanmates filled her ears. Sometimes she wished she would've stuck with life as a loner. She watched as cats came and went and as the sun rosebhigher and higher.

Dawnpaw was relaxing contently near the entrance of the warriors den when Kestrelflight entered into the camp. The tan she-cat flicked her ears as the tom headed for the fresh kill pile. "Kestrelflight! Did you seriously think I was done speaking to you?" Dawnpaw called out. She stood up and approached him. "For starters, It wasn't my comments which demoted me, mouse brain!" Dawnpaw mewed sharply.

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He was within the first few bites of his meal when a sharp mew caught his attention. He'd recognise that cranky voice anywhere now. Dawnwhisker... Er, Dawnpaw. The Bengal corrected himself quickly, with a little sigh of defeat, knowing that she-cat had muuuuch more to blabber to him now. His meal would have to wait, it seemed, so he pushed it aside and sat up, licking a paw to clean it on his muzzle with a disgruntled sound.

"Did you seriously think I was done speaking to you?" her voice was normal (as normal as it gets) at first, but there was a edge to it. I really can't work with temper-laden cats... "For starters, it wasn't my comments which demoted me, mouse-brain!"

Kestrelflight gazed deep into the tan she-cat's eyes, unsure of how to feel. "Is that so? It should have been like that." He let himself speak the words out, tired of being too uppity with this one. "Okay, if that isn't the case... Then what is?"

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"Okay, if that isn't the case... Then what is?"

Dawnpaw glared at Kestrelflight menacinhly. "Well, mu business isn't exactly yours, now is it? You never had any business to pry information out of me," Dawnpaw snapped. Her fiery eyes met Kestrelflight's. Pure anger could easiky be detected in her eyes. She wondered how any cat could put up with such a cat! He was so nosy. Too nosy for Dawnpaw's liking.