Trespassing

Padding towards the border mark, Copperpaw was hoping to get this over with. He had been sent out alone by Mapleleaf to go mark the borders as a "test of how well he'd been paying attention." Of course he knew his borders! Looking around, he figured the cream-coloured she-cat was probably hiding somewhere in the trees, watching him closely. The tom simply rolled his eyes at the thought, marking his ThunderClan scent near the broken oak that laid the line down. The apprentice started to walk away when he thought he saw a flash in the corner of his eye. He made out the colour orange from the flash, so he had the assumption it was Mapleleaf. A small grin made its way onto his face. Throughout his time in ThunderClan, Copperpaw was a renowned prankster, him and Batpaw the perfect duo. Mapleleaf had better thought wrong if Copperpaw wasn't going to take this opportunity to surprise her. Creeping up towards the source of movement, he leapt and barreled into his mentor. "Haha! I so got you, didn't I-I-ii..." The tom's voice went silent as he was met with a hissing she-cat that smelled of SkyClan. "Hey, what are you doing here? You totally passed the border!" He growled, leaping off of her. "Are you going to leave or do you figure we're going to have to settle this, claw to claw?"  

ooc; i am so sorry!! this was not meant to take so long and hopefully i can be back to my normal posting schedule very soon.

Daypaw trotted through the underbrush along the border with ThunderClan in search of prey. The rest of the cats in her hunting patrol had split up, and she had chased a mouse in this direction. Finally, she spotted the mouse again, so she backed quietly between two bushes as she prepared herself for the kill. Just as she was about to leap, however, something violently collided with her from behind. She whirled around hissing, finding herself face to face with a ginger tabby whose scent she immediately recognized to be of ThunderClan.  "Oh, please. My tail was barely over the border, if anything. The prey was on the SkyClan side. In any case, you didn't have to come and crash into me." As she glared at the ginger tabby tom, her eyes narrowed. "Claw to claw, ThuderClanner," she spat menacingly.

She took action. Daypaw leaped through the air, coming down squarely on her opponent's back. She dug her front claws into his shoulders as she raked her back claws across his flanks. "This'll teach you not to mess with SkyClan," she panted.

Daypaw used Leap-and-Hold on Copperpaw, dealing 6 damage and costing 10 stamina. Copperpaw is pinned for 2 turns.

Daypaw
20/20 HP
70/80 SP

Copperpaw
14/20 HP
80/80 SP

Le membre 'Ruskavelle' a effectué l'action suivante : Dices roll

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'Effect Dice' : 6

ooc; tis all good. ~ don't worry about it

"Prey...?" Copperpaw queried to himself as the she-cat's harsh words came tumbling out to him. All he had done was accidentally knock some SkyClan apprentice over, thinking it was his mentor. It was only supposed to be a trick, but now the orange tabby had gotten himself into a tricky situation. 

Suddenly, a voice interrupted his thoughts. 'Because you insist on playing your useless, unfunny pranks in order to manipulate yourself into feeling better.'


Copperpaw silently shook his head to himself to clear out the annoying voice in his head.  Right now, he had to focus on what was in front of him. Unfortunately, he had only realized that the moment the opposing SkyClanner came jumping on his back. He hissed to himself. The voice almost appeared again, but right now, all the apprentice could think of right now was getting this cat off him. He just barely could stand up, straining his legs and shaking himself as if to relieve his pelt. To his dismay, the apprentice kept holding on.

Daypaw did not sheath her claws. They continued to dig into the ThunderClanner's pelt as he attempted to shake her off. She was determined to win this fight. The apprentice had knocked her over, practically on her own territory, and she could not let him get away with that.

Daypaw continued using Leap-and-Hold on Copperpaw, dealing 6 damage. Copperpaw is pinned for 1 more turn.

Daypaw
20/20 HP
70/80 SP

Copperpaw
8/20 HP
80/80 SP

As the SkyClanner dug her claws even deeper into his pelt, the pain was excruciating for Copperpaw. He could exactly pinpoint where the she-cat's paws had torn straight through his skin and pelt, feeling his blood seep onto his body and tainting his orange fur a darker reddish colour. He had seen scars on the other cats' pelts before, and he thought for sure this would leave some.
This is what pain feels like, Copperpaw thought to himself silently. It was nothing new to him- he had starved in the cold, and he had occasionally stubbed a toe or two on a rock every now and then, but this was a different form of pain.

And he hated every second of it.

Hissing in frustration, Copperpaw thrashed harder. He could feel the she-cat's claws starting to slip more and more, but the apprentice knew that by the time he would manage to get the opposing she-cat off of him, she would definitely be able to knock him out with the right strike. 'Useless, useless. You couldn't even land one hit on her!' The tom almost yowled to overrule the voice in his head, but he knew that if he did the SkyClan she-cat would definitely think that she had won, and would go for the final blow quicker than he would've liked. All he did was keep thrashing, and he knew that the she-cat would eventually be thrown off or stop holding on.

The tom continued to struggle, and Daypaw felt her grip slipping. She held on for as long as she could, leaving one final scratch from her needle-sharp claws across his flank. This was deeper than the rest, and scarlet blood sprayed across the snowy white carpet beneath them. The apprentice tumbled to the ground, then scrambled back out of her opponent's reach before he could take advantage of her vulnerability. This is too easy, she thought. He hasn't even given me a scratch yet." This boosted her confidence as she stared him down, both apprentices having paused to calculate and recover.

Daypaw continued using Leap-and-Hold on Copperpaw, dealing 6 damage. Copperpaw is no longer pinned.

Daypaw
20/20 HP
70/80 SP

Copperpaw
2/20 HP
80/80 SP

As he felt the apprentice's knot-tight grip loosen and slip, Copperpaw let a silent breath of relief escape his lips, his body heaving with exhaustion. His open jaws made him vulnerable to a more audible hiss he performed following the SkyClanner's last mark on him, which hurt even more than the thorn-sharp claws on his back. Altogether, the tom was practically a mess compared to the untouched opponent in front of him, who had absolutely no claw marks at all. 

This feeling was new to him. When he had fought the owl, he had not felt the same weariness, the same feeling of uselessness. 'Are you mouse-brained? The only reason you didn't get hurt in that ordeal was that you had two warriors to back you up. Without them, you would've been dead.' 


Right now, Copperpaw couldn't listen to what the voice in his head was telling him. This battle was clearly a win for the apprentice in front of him, but he was going to leave her with something to remember, even if it was the more foolish and dangerous choice. Yowling, the ginger tom leapt at her once more, knocking her on her back. Raising his unsheathed claws, Copperpaw swiped down on her belly as hard as he could manage in his state.

Copperpaw used Belly rake, dealing 7 damage and costing 10 stamina.


Daypaw
13/20 HP
70/80 SP

Copperpaw
2/20 HP
70/80 SP

Daypaw could see that the apprentice was lagging. He was tired, and she was stronger anyway. One well-placed blow would be the end of this battle. She lined herself up, taking her time as he swayed with fatigue. Her belly stung angrily from where his claws had pierced her pelt, but she did her best to ignore it. This insignificant wound was not going to stop her now.

With almost perfect timing, she landed a quick blow to his head, claws sheathed. Her paw was enough to knock him off balance. "Why don't you use your brain before you knock someone over next time?" she hissed, reatreating. Taking one last glance at her defeated opponent, she trotted swiftly back into SkyClan territory, looking for her patrol's scent marks.


Daypaw used Front Paw Blow, dealing 4 damage and costing 5 stamina.

Daypaw
13/20 HP
65/80 SP

Copperpaw
KO