Patrols (Open)

[Phantomspirit]

Wolfpaw stretched under the morning sun. The sky was a bright blue. Fluffy white clouds drifted lazily in the heavens.
The apprentice yawned and sat up. She realized one thing:

She was bored.

She shook her head out and looked around at the warriors in the camp. She spotted her mentor, Thrushleap, and padded over to him. She had an idea. "Thrushleap" she asked as she walked over to him, "May I go on a hunting or border patrol?"

[Lionhearted]

"Go ahead," Thrushleap yawned, licking his paw as his apprentice padded up to him. "I'm busy now, so I suggest you form your own. Why don't you ask Lakepounce? Lakepounce!" he called, peering over Wolfpaw's head.

"Yes?" asked the tortoiseshell.

"Will you go on a patrol with Wolfpaw?"

"Yeah, sure," Lakepounce said, smiling at the she-cat. "Let's head out?"

[Phantomspirit]

Wolfpaw smiled back at the tortoiseshell, "Sure! Would you like to go hunting or do a border patrol? Or do you think that we could do both at the same time?" She needed to try her hunting skills on some actual prey, so this would be a good opportunity to practice.

[Lionhearted]

"I think a border patrol is fine, and we can hunt along the way," Lakepounce suggested. "So, what have you been doing with Thrushleap?" she asked lightly as she fell into step, taking the lead. She could feel Thrushleap's narrow-eyed gaze upon her back, and knew he disapproved that she was trying to help his apprentice. If he were here, he would tell me to make Wolfpaw take the lead, and make me just stand to the side.

[Phantomspirit]

Wolfpaw nodded and shook some dust from her pelt, "I trained with him about three days ago, and we went to the Skyfield yesterday." She looked back towards her mentor before running back to join Lakepounce.

"So," Wolfpaw began, trying to strike up a conversation, "How long have you been a warrior?"

[Lionhearted]

"Eh, kinda long," frowned Lakepounce. "I became a warrior early, though," she said, sounding a bit proud. "Earlier than Thrushleap. He seems like a grouchy furball at first glance, but if you get to know him, he's not that bad. He just doesn't like younger cats, from what I know. but I see him padding after Cinderstep," she said, lowering her voice slightly, as warriors looked at them. "Dunno if they're gonna want kits. Ha! The look on his face when Cinderstep comes up to him eventually..." smiling wickedly, she asked, "so, Wolfpaw, anyone you're interested in?"

[Phantomspirit]

The white apprentice was startled by the question. She hadn't really been looking for love at the moment, though she had a slight crush on Aspenpaw... She looked up at Lakepounce, "Oh, I don't know. Maybe Aspenpaw? He seems nice..." She smiled at the warrior next to her and padded up to the entrance of the clan.

[Lionhearted]

Lakepounce flicked her tail. "Dunno who he is. You'd better point him out to me sometime." She smiled and padded into the fields, admiring the sunshine. "I wonder what's going on in StormClan," she frowned, heading towards the border. "Strange bunch of cats. Who likes to swim? I don't. I hate getting wet. What do you like to do, Wolfpaw?"

[Phantomspirit]

Wolfpaw smiled, "I like honey!" She let a giggle out, "Hunting is always nice." She sighed and let the cool breeze tickle her fur, "I've never actually told anyone this, but, Thrushleap has almost been a father to me after I became his apprentice. I always want to make him proud, like in that fight with the dog awhile ago. I protected him, and he protected me." She looked up at the warrior, "Thanks again for taking me on this patrol."

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Cinderpaw was desperately bored. She wanted to work, to hunt, to patrol, anything! She was sick of feeling useless for SunsetClan. Her ears perked up at the sound of cats getting ready for a patrol. It was one apprentice and one warrior. Surely they could use an extra paw… She thought uncertainly. Her mind ws made up to go and join them, but she was just shy. She slunk over to them. Her scared eyes were stretched wide.

"Hi, could I… join you? She stuttered. She pressed low to the ground in a sign of unconscious submission. That was Lakepounce, wasn't it? And that apprentice, wasn't she the apprentice of Thrushleap?

Cinderpaw shook the thoughts from her mind and focused on Lakepounce. She noticed her submissive posture and straighteed up. Not that she became any taller anyway.