Breakfast time! //TAGGED//

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October Christmas I'm so sorry that this took so long! This is a training thread for Dove, I'll make another one as well.

The calico warrior sat patiently on a wide grassy hill. She looked down at the many dark holes that were scattered along the hillside. Several small shapes could be seen rustling in the long grasses. Her belly grumbled in protest as she looked away. I can't hunt yet, I have to wait for Dovepaw. She had told her apprentice to meet her here just before sunrise, seeing it as his first task. If he wanted to be a sufficient warrior, then he needed to be able to rouse himself and get somewhere on time. I hope he comes soon, I'm starving!

[October Christmas]

What could she want? thought Dovepaw as he ate a mouse. he had already brought a fat rabbit to the pile before making his way towards the hill. He was hungry and didn't want to wait until he got to his mentor. He never waited, as quickly as he caught the mouse it was swallowed before he continued and made it to the hill. As he neared Cloverwish with the smell of freshkill on him, he called out to her "Hey Cloverwish, What a strange cat you are, bringing me to this hill and expecting me to find it. There are tons of hills around here, luckily I saw you when the sun hit. You're kind of like a tiny tree."

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Turning around, she saw her apprentice making his way up the hill. Yes! Now we can start. She purred in amusement as Dovepaw mewed, "You're kind of like a tiny tree". Standing up, Cloverwish approached her apprentice. "Today we are going to work on your hunting. I know that you're more than capable of hunting, but I want to revise your skills". Looking out at the terrain around them, she saw a small stunted tree not to far away. The ground around it was fairly flat with a few small bushes. Her mind flew back to when she was an apprentice and they would have races to the tree. "Before we start, let's have a warm up. I want you to run to that tree and back. Don't sprint, just pace yourself okay? It's not a race". She had already warmed up on the way here so she settled herself down and waited for Dovepaw to start.

[October Christmas]

Hearing that he would get to hunt, the tom looked attentively at his mentor, hanging on to her veryword with his muscles bunched as he prepared to go hunting. "Before we start, let's have a warm up. I want you to run to that tree and back. Don't sprint, just pace yourself okay? It's not a race". Pace myself?!? Not a race?!? Dovepaw couldn't recall a time he had slowed down or simply padded somewhere, he was always somewhat running. "Not run? but I never not run!" Though he rather not he began to awkwardly "pace" himself. It was more like his was pulling himself with his paws and dragging the rest of him with him. He began to run before remembering not to and doing a slow run. He was able to shift himself into a normal walk before reaching the tree "Now we hunt?" he questioned.

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"Yes, we can do some hunting now". Although she wanted to get hunting, she decided to check his posture. "Show me your crouch," instructed Cloverwish, watching her apprentice carefully. Whilst she was doing that though, she saw a bird out of the corner of her eye, pulling up a worm. That'll be interesting. We don't hunt many birds. She padded slowly over and flicked her tail, signalling for Dovepaw to try and catch it. I'd like to see how he does this. 

[October Christmas]

Understanding Cloverwish, he lowered sat down before lowering his chest as well and keeping his paws close to him for a moment. Just as quickly as he had positioned himself, his right front paw put out before his left paw did the same, with the back paws following. With each time he did this he grew faster and faster to a point faster than padding and closer to running. Dovepaw ignored anything but speeding up to the bird, focusing more on speed than stealth and rustling grasses. The bird began the flutter.