Fear & Delight (Closed)

Nightstar, once more up at the very crack of dusk, found his paws swiftly carrying him to the warrior's den. Careful not to trod on any of his warrior's tails, Nightstar made his way to Locustcall and prodded him gently to wake him. "Locustcall, we are going to patrol the Windclan border, wake yourself up. I'm going to get our apprentices." Nightstar meowed before backing out of the den that he himself used to sleep in. He missed the warmth of the mingled bodies, especially now that Leafbare had fully settled amongst the forest... he'd just have to settle for the moss in his den.

Pushing the envy away, Nightstar now made his way to the apprentice's den. There, he dipped in, tapping Tigerpaw's shoulder and then Asterpaw's in turn. "We're heading out. Locustcall is waiting, Tigerpaw." Nightstar meowed, quick to leave the groggy apprentices to process what he had just said and went to wait at the Shadowclan camp entrance.

Locustcall awoke with a huff, almost tempted to roll over and tell the other cat to go chase rats until he registered who was the one waking him up and what was asked of him. Instead, he quietly nodded, forcing himself to his paws and out of his comfortable nest. Windclan needed to be watched and apprentices needed to be trained. He wouldn't pass up the chance to show how well Tigerpaw was doing.

"I'll be by the entrance." The bulky tom carefully navigated out of the warrior's den, squinting at the sky still painted with oranges and purples by the setting sun. Early, but Windclan cats did not sleep during the day like reasonable cats. If any were to be pushing their luck, checking while there was still a hint of sunlight left was a valid choice. He sat himself down by the entrance, trying to tame some more unruly tufts of fur brought up by sleep while he waited for the apprentices to join them.

With bleary eyes, Tigerpaw awoke to a voice telling him Locustcall was waiting. Blinking quickly, he caught the edge of Nightstar's pelt leaving the den, and adrenaline rushed through his system. With a gasp, he shot up like a lightning bolt, and maybe too loudly saying, "Yes Nightstar!" Sparing a glance at Asterpaw, the apprentice rushed out of the den, though not so quickly as to step on his clanmates.

Golden eyes spotted his mentor arriving at the entrance to camp, and Tigerpaw stood next to him. For a few heartbeats, he said nothing, but he couldn't help but ask, "Locustcall, what are we doing?" Though he was pleased to see the sun again, his sleep schedule had long since changed from his time as a loner, and that meant for the tom that it was early. Earlier than he had ever been gotten up to train before, and he'd never been woken by Nightstar for training.