Father and son training time!

Crowfur was waiting by the camp entrance, breathing in the fresh air that the early dawn brought. His golden eyes searched for his son, Spiderpaw, to begin training. He was going to teach the apprentice to hunt and maybe they could take a quick tour of the territory and the borders. He had awoken his son and told him to meet up by the entrance. The warrior was excited to begin training. "Where is he?" he asked himself softly as his pelt was ruffled by a soothing breeze.

Stifling a giggle, the black and white apprentice hid in the shadows near the entrance. He watched his father excitedly, tail twitching with growing excitement. The tom saw his opening when Crowfur swiveled his head to look to the right, the opposite of where Spiderpaw crouched. He charged forth, launching at his father's paws and attack his ankles with repeated bites. Giggling, he looked up at his father, teeth still buried in the tom's ankle. "Hi dad!"

Crowfur let out a startled growl as his son sneak attacked him and began to bite his ankles (He truly is a lil' ankle-biter! XD). "Well this was unexpected Spiderpaw but i'm glad you could be here to head out and begin your training! I'm also impressed that you used the shadows to your advantage to sneak up on me. That's a great technique when you're a Shadowclanner because...well...we use the Shadows to help us catch our prey easier and to surprise our foes." Crowfur's throat rumbled with a deep purr. He was amused. The warrior got up and beckoned for Spiderpaw to get up. "Are you ready to head out?" he asked with a grin.

Crowfur nodded with an approving glint in his golden gaze. He loved his son's enthusiasm. The large tom walked out of the camp. He went through the territory slowly so his son could look and explore around. He even pointed out good hunting spots, those he used when he went out for a good solo hunt. The warrior explained in detail what prey were found where.

The father and son duo stopped their tour in front of the Thunderpath. The dark-furred warrior pointed his nose to the huge black strip of land. As of then, there weren't any monsters roaring past but Spiderpaw would see one soon enough. "This is the Thunderpath. It's the border between us, Windclan and Thunderclan. It's extremely dangerous and you must always look both ways for any of the oncoming monsters. The monsters usually stick to the path but on rare occasions one may stray away. L-Lilacfall, my sister, died at the Thunderpath. You must be accompanied by a warrior if you wish to come here Spiderpaw." The large tom sat down and signaled for his son to do the same. "We're going to wait for a monster to go past. It's a rush when one does. They and this path smells terrible, so bad in fact that a kit can go blind from all the smoke!" the warrior said. A few minutes passed before a rumble could be felt and heard. "Look Spiderpaw! One's coming!" he said quickly. A large, shiny, red monster was getting closer and closer until it was now moving away from the two cats. It was quick and loud. The ground had shaken from it's large tires and movements. The headlights were now receding. The warrior turned to his son and nudged him. "What do you think of the territory so far?" he asked.

The wide eyed little tom took in his father's words like a sponge as they walked, amazed at how huge the territory was. His paws ached a little from all the walking, not used to having to cross such a large distance all at once, but he trekked on beside Crowfur. Spiderpaw wondered if he should ask his papa if they could hunt, but decided against it when they started moving away from the area.

It was then that his father led him to a black-grey strip of funny looking flat land. The arid scent that seemed to emanate from the unnatural turf drove Spiderpaw to crinkle his nose in disgust. "Gross! The Thunderpath smells nasty." He muttered, then pricked his ears at his father's next words. Monsters? What did they look like? Could he fight it? Could he win?

Crowfur's cry of "Look Spiderpaw! One's coming!" startled the young apprentice from his thoughts. Immediately, he noticed the rumble beneath his paws and he gasped. Something huge was coming their way. Spiderpaw fought the urge to bolt for it and stood his ground as a huge, fearsome red beast roared past them on the Thunderpath, a hot rush of rancid tasting air overwhelming his senses. He sat there reeling for a long moment before turning his awed golden gaze up to his father's "That... was... AWESOME!!"

The kit's clear lack of fear was slightly concerning, but endearing at the same time. He clearly enjoyed that. "This is amazing papa, there's so many sights and sounds and strange things outside of the camp! I love it out here! Can we come again tomorrow? Where are we going next? Can we find fresh-kill today? Will we fight another cat? This is awesooome!!!"

Crowfur chuckled softly and placed his tail on Spiderpaw's shoulder. "We're going to hunt next. Today, we were supposed to only just go on a hunting patrol, just the two of us, but where was the fun in that? I had to show you the territory. Follow me. We're going to my favorite hunting spot." the warrior said as he began to lead his son to a nice, secluded section of the territory.

"Alright. First off you must locate some sort of prey. Next crouch like this. Then spread your paws apart but not too far. Balance yourself and distribute your weight aming your paws but place more pressure on your front paws. Crouch as low as you can but your belly must not be touching the ground. Same as your tail but keep it level with the ground. Arch your back a small bit. Make sure you avoid anything that could make noise when you begin to stalk it. Always keep your eyes on your prey." Crowfur explained and demonstrated what he did. "This is called the Hunter's crouch. Let me show you it in action then you can try it."

Crowfur searched for some prey and eventually found a fat lizard. He crouched down and did as he had shown a few minutes ago. The tom inched and inched closer to the sleek critter and once he was at a nice distance, he pounced. The warrior caught it without a problem and killed it in his powerful jaws. He turned around and began to walk over to Spiderpaw. "Now you try." he told his son as he sat down. He was out of the way of Spiderpaw so he could concentrate.

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

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'Hunting Dice' : 3