Late Night Adventure [closed]

A chilly late evening breeze ruffled the barren thorn barrier that encircled ShadowClan's camp, filling the twilight air with a soft rattling noise. Avoiding a slick patch of ice that laid in his path, Wolfheart continued to carefully pace the shadow-drenched clearing, his tail flicking anxiously. How could he have been given an apprentice already? He hardly knew what to do with them! Shadows rippling heavily on his rosetted fur, Wolfheart's paws hardly made a sound against the soft earth of the clearing as he continued to aimlessly drift, apprehensively awaiting Badgerpaw's appearance.

Badgerpaw's green-blue eyes adjusted to the darkness of the night. Her slick pelt ruffled slightly as the cold breeze blew against her. She finally arrived to her mentor Wolfheart. She grinned at him while bouncing on her paws. "H-Hey! I'm here now! Where are we gonna go?"

The soft sound of rapidly approaching pawsteps hardly deterred Wolfheart's anxious steps, but the sound of a voice faltered his hurried steps. Halting and swinging around to gaze at the clearly eager young she-cat, feeling his belly knot up anxiously. She looked so eager! Now he had to do everything flawlessly, or else she'd be disappointed! The thought of witnessing disappointment upon Badgerpaw's face sent a storm of adrenaline coursing through his veins and thrust him into action. "Hunting..." Wolfheart slowly mused, desperate to recall his first training session with Magpiestar, "W-We'll tour the territory and work on your hunting skills."

Badgerpaw nodded eagerly. "That sounds great! I can't wait to catch my first prey! By the way, who was your mentor?" she asked him while swinging her head back and forth with a grin. Her body couldn't contain her excitment. It just flowed through her body like her blood.

Slipping away and shouldering his way through the prickly bramble barrier, Wolfheart began to guide Badgerpaw through the shadow-drenched territory, occasionally watching the eager young she-cat's movements. Was every apprentice as eager as this? He certainly hadn't been. Ears pricking at his apprentice's voice, he slowed down slightly so that he could walk alongside the bouncing she-cat. "Magpiestar was my mentor." Wolfheart answered softly, "He practically raised me as well." Nagging memories of time spent with the dark tom clustered at the back of his skull, but the young tom just hurriedly shook himself in response to the confusing wave of emotions that had befallen him. "See that little clearing just up ahead? That's where we can work on your hunting skills." Wolfheart suddenly mewed, using his head to gesture to the small break in the towering pine trees all around them.

Badgerpaw nodded in understanding. Then she turned her head to where Wolfheart told her the clearing was. She began to walk a bit faster. She was still pretty excited. That feeling certainly hadn't left. "I'm sure you have many things to teach me and you'll be a great mentor." she said to him as she walked side by side him.

"Hopefully." Wolfheart agreed, voice coming out a tad bit more steady as he grew more at ease with Badgerpaw Even though the lingering thoughts of disappointing the young apprentice still weighed upon his stiff shoulders, he was determined to make sure she would succeed. Or else Foxheart and Mousefang would likely roll in the graves at the sight of his failure. Keeping pace alongside Badgerpaw, he ducked beneath the frost-heavy foliage that lined the clearing, he paused for a brief heartbeat to shake away the prickly crystals of ice that had been caught in his fur. Turning to gaze at Badgerpaw once more, Wolfheart took a moment to think before finally speaking once more, "We can work on your stalking here- it should be warm enough here to draw out some prey. Places like the marshes are too cold for us to bother checking. Now, show me your best hunting crouch."

Badgerpaw nodded and crouched down. She was wobbly and stepping a little too harshly. Her tail was in a good position but her belly wasn't as close to the ground as she had to be. She looked up at Wolfheart, hoping she didn't look horrible.

Sitting back lightly on his haunches, Wolfheart's head tilted slightly as he carefully observed Badgerpaw, bright eyes gleaming in the dusky light of early evening. Although there were some obvious mistakes to the young she-cat's form, they were hardly classified as anything major. Meeting the young she-cat's eager gaze, the rosetted tom's ear twitched thoughtfully. "Don't put so much weight on your front paws- make sure to spread everything out evenly, that way you can keep your balance without as much strain. Keeping your tail a bit lower to the ground ought to help as well." Wolfheart mewed, reaching out with a narrow forepaw to gentle lower Badgerpaw's tail to the muddy ground.

Badgerpaw fixed her position as Wolfheart instructed and looked up again. "H-How's this? I feel like i'm doing better!" she stated with hopeful eyes. She wanted to do her best so she can catch some prey.

Carefully balancing his weight upon his lean hindlegs, Wolfheart's head tilted slightly as he examined Badgerpaw's newly-adjusted stance. Blinking several times as his inquisitive gaze carefully took in any little detail that managed to catch his eye, the tom eventually let out a soft breath. "Much better." He offered, catching sight of the optimistic gleam within the young she-cat's eyes, "But now let's see how well you fare when putting this crouch to use." Casting his gaze around the sparse little clearing that encircled the pair, it took a heartbeat or two of observant gazing to pick out what he was searching for.

"See that leaf, just about a tail-length ahead of you? Pretend like it's a frog that you're trying to catch." Wolfheart instructed, gesturing to the darkly colored piece of foliage that rested just ahead of Badgerpaw.

Badgerpaw nodded and focused ahead. She applied what she knew to her movements and inched closer to the leaf. Once at a good distance, the apprentice pounced. The leaf was under her paws. She grabbed the green leaf and began to walk to her mentor. She dropped it and looked proud.

The member 'Jagged' has done the following action : Dices roll

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'Hunting Dice' : 3

Features gleaming with interest, Wolfheart's large ears pricked up as he watched Badgerpaw easily bring down the less than fortunate leaf that he had initially gestured to. Left ear twisting around and nearly resting against his skull, the rosetted tom let out brief nod of approval as his apprentice came forth. "See, it's not too hard. Now, why don't you try and put this practice into motion? Odds are that there's plenty of toads and frogs nearby for you to try and go after." He encouraged, interest flaring at the idea of seeing the young she-cat put everything into place.