A Quick Patrol [closed]

Petalpaw sat near the camp entrance waiting for some other cats to join her. Today she'd go hunting and with so much on her mind, hoped she'd be able to catch some fish.

Fracturedhawk noticed Petalpaw, a friend of his, waiting alone by the camp's entrance. He assumed she was waiting for a patrol, so the young warrior happily trotted up to her, a light smile plastered over his short muzzle. "Hello, Petalpaw." He began, dipping his head in the slighest. "Waiting for a patrol?" He asked.

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Shatteredpaw looked up at the sound of paw steps, watching as Fracturedhawk, a warrior he had met before, padded by. He cocked his head, then realized he was headed for Petalpaw. Quickly, the apprentice got to his paws, and followed after the warrior. "I heard patrol! Can I come along?" He asked in a hopeful tone, not wanting to miss a chance with Petalpaw.

Looking up from the ground to see Fracturedhawk and then Shatteredpaw, Petalpaw purred with delight. Just the cats she wanted to patrol with. "Yes, I am," she meowed to the warrior and turned to her favorite apprentice friend. "Of course!" Petalpaw added with a delighted smile. "We should get going," with a curt nod, the she-cat stood up and trotted towards the entrance, knowing the two toms would catch up.

Making their way out of camp, Petalpaw lead them to the river, hoping to catch a few fish and be done with the patrol. "How about we fish some and head back?" she asked Fracturedhawk, hoping her idea was alright.

Fracturedhawk offered her a light smile, agreeing that they should start to head out.

As they padded forward, eventually out of the camp and into the territory, the warrior noticed they were closing in on the river. He flicked his ear at Petalpaw's question, "yes, fishing will be fine, once we've got a good amount of prey we can head back to camp." He agreed with what the apprentice said, restating her words.

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Shatteredpaw caught up to Petalpaw's side once they were out of the camp and closer to the river. Once they were at the rivers edge, he sat down, and waited to see if Fracturedhawk would say anything else.

Making her way to the water's edge, Petalpaw crouched down and stared at the river, watching as fish swam about. So far nothing too big had come her way but after a few moments of silently waiting, a decent sized fish came close enough for her to grab. Unsheathing her claws, she slowly lifted her paw. Just a little longer... Quickly smacking her paw into the fish, her claws got a hold of it and she drug it out of the water and onto the shore, delivering a clean killing bite. Purring with delight, the apprentice looked to Fracturedhawk and then to Shatteredpaw with a satisfied smile.

Fracturedhawk, simply nodded his approval, his smile from before not wavering.

He then followed up behind Shatteredpaw as the other apprentice joined Petalpaw, sitting down on the apprentices opposite flank. He eyed the water for a moment, keeping a keen gaze on the rippling current below. Occasionally, the warrior noticed a flick of silver among the water, but nothing close enough for him to snatch up.

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Shatteredpaw sat stiffly beside Petalpaw, eagerly waiting for a fish to dart by. He watched the river intently, not daring to let his gaze wander.

Eventually, his persistence paid off, and a sizable fish swam by rather close, surprising, but the apprentice didn't waste such a lucky moment. Shatteredpaw launched his fore paw into the cool waters, squarely hitting the fish. He felt his claws hook into the creatures slick body, and he quickly pulled back, bringing the fish ashore. In a second, he delivered a killing bite, and the fish stopped flopping.

Seeing that her and Shatteredpaw were off to a good start with fishing, Petalpaw left her fish and crept back to the bank. After a little while, she'd caught two more fish and was satisfied with how the patrol turned out. Flicking her paws to rid them of the water, the apprentice turned to the others. "I'd say today was a success, how about we head back to camp?" she meowed happily.

Fracturedhawk looked up at Petalpaw, he hadn't caught any fish yet, but to be honest, he didn't feel like sitting around waiting for any more since the two apprentices had already snatched up a few.

"I agree, let's head back to camp." He said, and quickly got to his paws, leading the two apprentices back in the direction they came.

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Shatteredpaw grabbed his kill, holding it lightly so he wouldn't puncture it any more than he already had, and followed behind the warrior.

Awkwardly grabbing her fish, Petalpaw followed Fracturedhawk and walked along side Shatteredpaw. She would've said something if her mouth wasn't full of fish so the she-cat stayed quiet, happily making her way back to camp with her two best friends.

OOC: Topic Over.