Chores, and Chores, and Chores, Oh My! (Wolf)

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Wolf

Adderwing crawled out of her den. It was early in the morning, and it was barely light outside. She purred. It was a fun day for her. She got to take her apprentice out of chores! Though she wasn't going to tell him yet! 

She could remember going around changing nests, though she had never been an apprentice. When she was young though she had to change nest, pick herbs, and other unpleasant tasks. Her face turned at the idea of those chores again.

Adderwing broke out of her reveries, and walked into the apprentice's den. "Morning Nightpaw! Come on out! We have a training session." Sure I can tell him that! That works.

[Wolf]

Nightpaw stretched his jaws wide in a yawn, ears pricking suddenly as he heard his mentor calling for training. "Coming Adderwing!" He mewed back, picking his way out among the sleeping bodies of his denmates and trotting out of his den. His amber eyes were lit up with excitement. "What are we doing today, Adderwing?" He asked, tail flicking curiously. He had no idea what was in store for him.

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Adderwing smiled and laughed, "Were going out to collect herbs for the medicine cat. She is been rather busy, and she needs some help." She smiled at her apprentice, and she headed out of the camp. "We especially need cat mint. Leaf-bare is coming and green-cough might come too. We need to stock up!" She called back to Nightpaw.

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Nightpaw curled his lip as his mentor led the way out of camp. So much for training! He was instead stuck doing crummy shores for the medicine cat. "Okay Adderwing." He mewed grudgingly. The black tom knew this was all part of being apprentice but that didn't make the chores any less dull. His tail drooped as he walked behind the older she-cat, amber eyes sweeping the territory around them in search of the catmint Adderwing had mentioned.

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Adderwing ran as fast as she could hoping her apprentice was following. She saw his grumpy face and she had an idea, "Also be on the look out for sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet. We need some if you're going to go to the Skyfield." Now that might put a little more hop in his step! She smirked slightly to herself. Smirking was odd for her, but it was fun!

[Wolf]

At the mention of the Skyfield, his ears pricked and he sped up a little, mouth opening slightly to scent for the familiar herbs that they had been ordered to search for. "We're going to go to the Skyfield?" He asked excitedly, though still somewhat reserved as he assumed it wouldn't be for a while and his mentor was just trying to get him excited. His amber eyes studied the she-cat in front of him.

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Adderwing knew that would work! "Yes we are, but we have to have the right herbs for that. The Medicine cat is running low on traveling herbs, and she needs more." Adderwing brushed her apprentice lightly with her tail, "Now come on we need to find some."

After walking a bit she lead her apprentice to a small (Very small) patch of sorrel. "This is all we will have for the moons to come. Leaf-fall and leaf-bare are bad times for herbs to grow." She sighed sadly. She hated this season, but there was nothing she could do about it. "Now we need to pick some, but be careful!" She bent down to show her apprentice how to cut the stems, "Just use a few of your teeth to cut the stem." She bit down cutting off one of the leaves of sorrel. She showed the leaf to her apprentice. "Now give it a try, though I'm warning you. They don't taste very good."

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Nightpaw's ears pricked as his mentor sighed at the meager amount of sorrel. He watched his mentor carefully and leaned down to copy her. He hesitated, anticipating the foul taste of the herbs before nipping at the leaf stalks as Adderwing had showed him. Once he had bitten off a couple leaves, he dropped them and began flicking his tongue like a snake. "This tastes awful!" He exclaimed, nose wrinkled in disgust.

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Adderwing laugh out loud. It made her oddly happy to see him squirm because of the taste. She remembered the first time she tried them. Though she hadn't been an apprentice. She had been a warrior. "I was going to tell you they were delicious, but that would be kind of mean." She winked at him.

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Nightpaw shot her a glare but it was clear that he couldn't keep the joking glint out of his eyes. "I would've found out one way or another." He retorted, flicking his mentor's shoulder with his long tail. Once they had gathered a good sized pile of the herb, he looked up at her with an expectant look. "What next?" The apprentice asked. He seemed to have gotten used to doing this chore, as long as he got to be out of camp anyway.