Scowling Lion [Open]

Lionkit scowled as she sat at the entrance of the nursery, her blue eyes studying the cats around her. She attempted to plot their movements, to find a moment to strike but to her annoyance she saw no clear opportunity to make a dash out of the camp. The pale tabby huffed as she gaze shifted to her paws, her tail lashing next to her. It was so unfair! Why couldn't see go see the forest? It was just...There to be explored! She was tired of the camp, she had explored almost every part of it. The warriors claimed that it was a scary place out there for kits but she didn't care. She was strong, she could defend herself if anything tried to attack. Besides, it wasn't like she wanted to go strolling into ShadowClan or anything. She just wanted to see the ThunderClan territory...At least for now. She grumbled as she sighed as she laid down, tucking her paws beneath her stomach. Why couldn't she be an apprentice? They had freedom to explore the forest while she was just stuck in the camp! She pouted. She hated being a kit.

Sleekpaw stepped the ground lightly, looking for something to do. Then he saw Lionkit sitting alone, looking grumpy. He padded over to where he was and asked, "Why the sad face?"

Lionkit blinked when a voice interrupted her pouting. Her blue eyes flickered up to see an apprentice standing not far away. "Oh, hello Sleekpaw," she meowed as she straightened up her body, a small flicker of shame flashing though her that he had seen her moping but it was quickly replaced with a flash of jealous. Sleekpaw was an apprentice thought - he had the freedom she wanted. Lionkit sighed with a shake of her head. "Just...I wish I could go see the forest," she muttered with a sad glance toward the entrance of the camp. Her freedom was so close yet so far... "I'm getting tired of being in the camp all the time."

Kit in the Forest? No, it must be too dangerous! What if he could sneak Lionkit out? Nobody will see us, not even Darkstar... He thought. "Do you really want to see the forest?" Sleekpaw asked with curiosity.

Lionkit's eyes had drifted away from Sleekpaw for a few seconds but they quickly snapped back when the apprentice questioned her desire to leave the camp. She was on her paws in an instance, her head tilting as she looked up at the apprentice. "Of course!" she gasped, her blue eyes glimmering as she wore a big smile. "I've heard so many tales about the forest and it seems unfair that I can't even take a step outside of the camp!"

Her smile faded for a second as her ears flickered back. "I mean, I've heard that its dangerous but...Its our territory, right? How dangerous can it even be?...Besides! It isn't like I want to go all the to the border!" She gave Sleekpaw the sweetest smile she could manage. "I-I think just exploring the forest around the camp would be enough to tide me over...At least until I am an apprentice!" Lionkit herself wasn't even sure if she was lying on the last part. She wanted to explore every inch of the forest - know it like the pads of her paw. If she would truly be happy just seeing the outside of the camp was something she wasn't even sure of.

"I hope you'll be an apprentice soon. He said. "I wouldn't break the code and go out of camp as a kit"

Her ears slicked back when Sleekpaw spoke up, her gaze wavering for a bit before it landed on her paws as she sat down with a sigh. "I...I know," she muttered softly with a swish of her tail. "I know I shouldn't leave the camp but...It's so...Tiring being stuck in here day after day!" Lionkit complained softly as she stomped on the ground. After a few seconds she raised her head, staring at Sleekpaw. "Do...Do you have anywhere you need to be, Sleekpaw? Do you think you could show me some battle moves?" Her eyes glimmered as she went on, life returning to her as she smiled softly. "We can play practice fight!" Fighting wasn't her favorite thing to do - even practice fighting against her denmate but it was at least something to get her mind off of the annoyance of being unable to leave the camp.

"Mothstrike only taught me the hunting crouch, it works like this" The apprentice dropped to the ground, his belly merely touched the floor. "And then you stalk prey like this" He took small steps forward and aimed his attack on a dead vole that dropped out the the food pile. With a graceful leap, Sleekpaw pounced on the vole. "Wanna try?"

Hunting crouch? Lionkit couldn't help but be slightly disappointed. Learning how to fight would of been cooler but...She would take what she could get. Watching Sleekpaw with mild interest as he easily 'caught' the dead vole before she did her best to mimic his crouch. It wasn't perfect, her weight wasn't properly put on all four paws to make her movement as quiet as it could be and her tail brushed against the ground as she moved forward - but the dead vole she had her eyes on wasn't going to flee because of her imperfect crouch. She leaped forward, far from the graceful leap that Sleekpaw had done, as she landed on the vole and gently batted at it before she lifted her eyes to the apprentice. "Like that?"

Sleekpaw couldn't help as he gave a chuckle, watching Lionkit do a hunting crouch was pathetic, although he didn't try to show it. "Spread your weight evenly on all four paws, or else you might fall over." He said.

...Oh. Lionkit's ears swiveled back in disappointed that she had messed up on the crouch, thinking she had done it perfectly. Stepping away from the poor vole that they had used a target practice, she crouched down again like she had before. Her eyes narrowed in focus as she attempted to shift her weight evenly about but found trouble in figuring out how exactly to do it while being able to make movement still feel natural. She frowned softly before she sat down with a sigh. "Maybe its best that I wait until I'm apprentice to learn that stuff..." she muttered, not really wanting to admit that she couldn't really figure it out. She paused as she stared at her paws for a few seconds before lifting her gaze to Sleekpaw. "So...What is it like to be an apprentice?"

"It's like being free!" He said as his eyes flickers with amusement. "You can go out the camp!"

"Yeah it's great!" Dawnpaw added.

(Short post)

Lionkit scowled at Sleekpaw and at Dawnpaw when the other apprentice strolled up to join them. "Don't tease me, the freedom is why I can't wait to become an apprentice..." she muttered under her breath as she flickered her tail over her paws before sighing. Why did of all things Sleekpaw had to mention was the freedom. She knew it held that but what about the other aspects? "But what is hunting like? Or the other Clans?" Her eyes suddenly glimmered as she straighten up slightly. "Oh! Have either of you two met a cat on the other Clan?"

Sleekpaw decided to show-off for once. "Yeah, a lot of cats. Although Shadowclan smells pretty bad" He mewed while checking his claws. "Every moon there's a gathering, a few cats from each clan come. You ought to see that!" He added.