Lilypaw's Training 1

Addertail padded into the apprentices' den and gently nudged his apprentice, Lilypaw. It was his first apprentice and he was excited to teach her, but before they did any real training, he decided it would be good to show her around the territory. After all, if you didn't know the land around you, you'd have a hard time getting things done. They'd most likely have time left, so then maybe they could hunt.
"Lilypaw." He whispered, careful not to wake up the other apprentices. The sun was just rising to dawn. "Time to get up." He padded outside, sitting down to wait.

Lilypaw was running through the forest, the air blowing through her fur was refreshing. Then she felt as if she was being knocked over, she heard her voice being called but she wasn't sure why. Her ears twitched as she realized it was Addertail telling her to get up. She opened her eyes reluctantly as she stood up and stretched. This was going to be her first time out of the camp and she was excited but she was still tired. She walked out of the den and yawned, "what are we going to do today?" She asked excitedly.

"First, I'll let you explore the territory, and then we conquer the world MUHHUAHAHAHAHA//no we may practice some hunting or battle training, whichever you like." Addertail responded, flicking his tail for her to follow. He led the way outside of camp, wondering where they would go first. There were many important places to show her, such as the borders. But let's do things in the territory for now.

Lilypaw jumped up excitedly this was her first time ever leaving the camp and she just couldn't wait. She followed him out of the camp and once she stood outside the camp her eyes grew wide, "Wow!" She mewed while looking around the territory. She sniffed the air catching the fresh scent of the trees and under growth. She looked at Addertail with her eyes still wide, "which way are we going to start?" She asked ready to learn every little thing she could about her home.

"Let's head over to the Sunningrocks first. They're owned by Riverclan and mark the border between our clans." Addertail explained, leading the way towards the rocks that were often fought over by Riverclan and Thunderclan. Honestly he didn't see why everyone wanted them so bad; they were just some stupid rocks without a lot of prey and Riverclan didn't even hunt on them.

Lilypaw excitedly followed Addertail step by step. She kept scenting the air to take in all the scents and hopefully remember them. After a little bit she smelled a strange scent it was bitter and fishy smelling, that must be Riverclan scent she thought. "Is that the scent of Riverclan?" She asked hoping to not sound mouse brained.

Addertail glanced back at her without slowing their pace. "Yeah, nice job. It'll be strongest at their border unless they haven't marked it in a while." He meowed, pausing as the trees thinned out to a rocky clearing where a few large rocks stood clumped together. The river was just nearby, which to him seemed like a better border for Riverclan. Honestly, fighting over Sunningrocks over pride was stupid; Thunderclan fought for them because they needed the prey, even if there wasn't much. He held out his tail to stop his apprentice from crossing the border. "These are the Sunningrocks. Not a lot of prey hides here, but every little bit if useful in Leaf-bare. Unfortunately, it's wasted on Riverclan who don't even hunt any of it. They eat fish from the rivers, which I doubt hide away like the forest prey." The tom explained, allowing a moment for Lilypaw to look around at the area. He decided they'd head to Snakerocks next, then the Thunderpath. On the way back they could check out the Great Sycamore, then do some battle or hunting practice.

Lilypaw glanced at the sunningrocks, she wondered what kind of prey anyone could catch there. "So if Riverclan doesnt use the sunningrocks for prey then how come we can't have them?" She asked curiously thinking about how a battle over the land would go. She knew her clan was strong but what was Riverclan like? "Will we ever attack them for this land? " she asked next worring that cats would get hurt. The thought made her ears lay flat on her head.

"They like to sunbathe on them. It's a waste but because of their pride, they just keep fighting for them. There has been countless battles between Riverclan and our own clan for these rocks, and neither side wants to give up...At least Thunderclan has a valid reason for wanting them, though." He huffed, glancing at his apprentice. He nodded towards another direction they'd be going next...Towards Snakerocks. "Well, let's head over to Snakerocks next. Any questions about Sunningrocks before we go?" Might as well make sure...Didn't want to leave her curious. That is, as long as she didn't ask a ton of questions.

Lilypaw looked up at her mentor trying to think if she wanted to know anything else but nothing came to mind, "no" she mewed as looked towards snakerocks. She wondered if snakerocks had snakes in them, but she figured Addertail would tell her about them when they got there.

Addertail nodded and led the way through the underbrush, until finally they came upon another rocky clearing, this one with more rocks with the occasional shrub growing in the crevices. He looked around carefully and stopped at the edge. "This is a dangerous place during New-Leaf and Green-Leaf. Adders roam around these rocks and hide in the cracks, waiting to strike. If you hunt here, it'd be because there's a lack of prey in the rest of the territory, such as during Leaf-Bare, and you'd want to be careful even so." He explained, gaze flicking to each crack and crevice that wasn't filled by snow or dead leaves/bushes. For a moment he remembered the last time he had come here...With Sunface, and she had made that silly little joke about his name. Ironically, Addertail has never really seen an adder before aside from the occasional baby ones that slithered away when they saw you.

Lilypaw looked at all the cracks in the rocks wondering how many adders could be hiding out in there. "Have many cats died from adder bites?" She asked hoping to not seem like a mouse-brained fool. Her eyes stared at the cracks hoping to see even the tiniest adder even though she was scared of them.

Addertail thought for a moment. "I haven't heard of an adder killing anyone recently, so you'd have to ask the elders about that for details farther back in history...The history of deaths-by-adders." He huffed in amusement. "It'd be kind of ironic if I were to get injured by an adder, wouldn't it?" He joked, though this was no laughing matter. Still, his apprentice seemed to be growing tense, scared that an adder might leap at her at any moment. It's a good idea to calm her nerves...As long as she was with him, he wouldn't let her get hurt.

Lilypaw thought about asking the elders later when she was cleaning out their moss. She chuckled slightly at Addertails joke, "I dont think I'll be coming near here unless absolutely necessary!" She mewed taking a step away from the snakerocks. "Where should we go next?" She asked trying to get away from there as fast as possible.

Addertail stifled a laugh at how she seemed to want to get away from there as quickly as possible. However, their next destination wasn't much better. "Unfortunately, every apprentice has to go see the thunderpath, and the first time is always the scariest, especially if you see a monster roar by right before your eyes." He explained, padding off in the direction of the thunderpath, which was actually nearby. Oh, he almost forgot the most important piece of advice...
"Also, don't go a step closer to the thunderpath than I do. It's very dangerous and you should never walk on it unless absolutely necessary." The tom warned, his face growing more serious as he remembered Snowface...The poor she-cat had been thrown onto the Thunderpath in front of a monster by Redshade, or so he claimed. That fiendish fox-heart...Hopefully not all of them were like that.