Sibling Bonding [Closed]

Buzzardpaw stuck close to his sister as they went out into the territory together to do some hunting. He had been trying his best to learn how to hunt and fight and make do out in the forest while taking his partial blindness and deafness into account. And though he had gotten better (or at least felt like he'd gotten better) at learning how to balance it all every day, it was still an uphill battle for him. And he was glad to have Shrikepaw with him today. His family made him feel safe, and it was easier to learn with one of them by his side. Of course, his sister was only just an apprentice, too, but it was still nice to be hunting with her.

"Shrike," he said quietly as they walked through the woods, "Should we stop here? Is this good?"

Shrikepaw stared at ThunderClan's camp. She believed that today was a good day to go on a hunting patrol, so she brought Buzzardpaw with her to go hunt. She led her brother out of camp, into ThunderClan's general territory. The leaves were crumbling by the brown tabby's every step, and she realized that the fallen leaves were a hinderance to hunting, and were therefore not very helpful when hunting.

In response to Buzzardpaw's question, Shrikepaw looked around at the trees. It seemed like there could be prey here. "Yeah, this seems like a good place to hunt," she said, turning to her brother. She assumed that he learned the basic hunting crouches, so she didn't choose to ask. That would be a waste of time. The brown she-cat crouched down into a hunting crouch, trying to identify a prey-scent from ThunderClan scents.

Eventually, she locked into a mouse. Sneaking towards the tiny rodent, she prepared to launch her body at it. It's time for redemption. The last time she tried to catch a mouse, she failed. Granted, she didn't have a proper hunting stance, but she still wanted to catch a mouse to show that she can do it.

When she pounced on where she thought the mouse was, she ended up catching it in between her claws. Nipping it at the neck, she turned to Buzzardpaw to show him that she caught the mouse. She then dug a hole to bury the mouse in and protect it from any predators, as Icecloud taught her. It feels awesome when you catch prey. "How's your day going, Buzzardpaw?" she asked her brother. She always wanted to support him whenever he needed it, which meant asking about him.

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'Hunting Dice' : 4

The other nice thing about hunting with his sister was he felt more able to just go at his own pace.

With others he wanted badly to prove he could keep up. But with his sister he felt like he was allowed to take his time, watch her make her catch and try to use that model to help increase his own chances of success. So he watched Shrikepaw go after the mouse, and gave her an encouraging sort-of-smile (he rarely ever did more than sort-of-smile) when she showed him she had caught it. He did his best to make a mental note of everything she had done to make a good catch, which he sort of succeeded at.

He got up to begin his own hunt, responding to his sister's question as he stood.

"Really good," he said plainly. Nothing much had actually happened to him today, but he considered that really good, so his answer had been truthful. "Yours?"

As he waited for her answer, he began sniffing around for something to follow, quickly catching the scent of a squirrel. He briefly thanked StarClan that at least his nose functioned properly.

Sneaking after the squirrel inch by inch, he tried his best to be aware of his surroundings. That was half the battle for him with hunting. As he got close to his prey, he got into his best crouch, ready to spring. So far so good-- now all he had to do was land, right?

It turned out that, indeed, all that was left to do was land. And somehow he managed it. The jump was a bit unsteady and the catch slightly awkward, but he'd caught it nonetheless. Picking up the squirrel in his mouth, he trotted back to his sister and dropped it.

"Shrike!" he chirped in his soft little voice. He sounded somewhat unenthused, but if you looked closely enough at him, you could see his eyes were lit with a bright joy. "Did you see? I caught it! First try!"

Buzzardpaw used 3 SP to try and catch a squirrel. Catch was a success!

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'Hunting Dice' : 3

Shrikepaw smiled at Buzzardpaw. "That's awesome! My day has been pretty good as well." She didn't do very much today, but she enjoyed Buzzardpaw's company.

Being with her siblings filled her with pride, since she believed (perhaps foolishly) that her litter was one of the best that ThunderClan will ever see. For Buzzardpaw specifically, she believed that despite his partial blindness and deafness he would be one of the best ThunderClan warriors alongside her. Really, Shrikepaw was most definitely biased towards Buzzardpaw, feeling that he was better than you would expect.

When Buzzardpaw went into his hunting crouch, Shrikepaw stayed silent. She didn't want to scare away the prey that Buzzardpaw was trying to catch. When her brother had a squirrel in his mouth when he came back, Shrikepaw was excited. "Great job, Buzzardpaw!" she beamed, the young she-cat smiling at her brother. Though it was difficult to tell from the naked eye, she knew that he was really excited to have caught the squirrel. "It would be good to bury the piece of prey."

Shrikepaw nodded at the brown tom, then crouched down to search for another piece of prey. Noticing a bird fly down from the trees above, the young she-cat started immediately walking towards it. The brown tabby swiped the leaves away as best as she could before hunting down the grouse. However, when she pounced at the grouse, it immediately saw her and flew away. She sighed as she walked over to Buzzardpaw, shaking her head. "Missed it," she said. "I'll catch something else soon, promise." She didn't want to disappoint her brother by not catching a piece of prey, but that was wat happened, so she needed to redeem herself soon.


Shrikepaw attempted to catch a grouse, costing 3 stamina.

Shrikepaw:
SP: 74/80

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'Hunting Dice' : 6

"Right," Buzzardpaw said in response to Shrikepaw's suggestion to bury the squirrel. In his thrill at catching the prey, he had forgotten all about having to bury it somewhere. He went about doing so while Shrikepaw made her next catch.

He finished just as she was walking back to him, without a second catch. He nodded as she spoke.

He attempted a smile. He didn't want her to think he was dissapointed in the fact that she had missed. He missed things all the time, so he understood the feeling. He could've tried to find a way to say all that aloud, but instead what he went with was "Okay!", which he hoped would express about the same sentiment.

With that, he was off hunting again, this time following after a mouse. Mice were smaller and a little quieter than squirrels, which made them a little harder for him to track, but he was feeling so good about his successful catch that he was in the mood to try and push himself. Somehow, it paid off, and he managed to get a hold of the little rodent, killing it quickly. He had half been expecting to pounce at the mouse and somehow land on top of an angry fox instead, but somehow it had all worked out perfectly. He was starting to think that maybe hunting with Shrikepaw was some kind of lucky charm.

"Shrike!" he said, calling back to his sister. "I did it again!"

Buzzardpaw used 3 SP to try and catch a mouse. Catch was successful!

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'Hunting Dice' : 1

Shrikepaw wondered what Buzzardpaw thought about her missing the piece of prey. What did I do wrong? Did it just know somehow? When Buzzardpaw gave a small but explaining "Okay", though, Shrikepaw smiled at him back. He seemed to understand that sometimes, cats made mistakes, and that no cat was truly perfect. That won't stop me from trying, though. The brown she-cat watched Buzzardpaw sneak up towards something, and pounce. When she heard him say that he caught it, her dark thoughts completely dissipated. "Awesome!" she said, watching the young tom bring the prey back.

Now, it was her turn. The young she-cat snuck up towards what seemed to be like another grouse. What luck. I can get my redemption for missing the grouse last time. As she got closer, the grouse was not moving. Now's my chance. The she-cat pounced at the grouse, catching it off-guard. She bit the struggling bird's neck and brought it to Buzzardpaw to show him that she caught it. After her brother was able to get a good look at it, she asked him a question. "Should we go back now? We both have two pieces of prey to bring back, so it won't be easy to bring any more."

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'Hunting Dice' : 3

Buzzardpaw nodded. "Sure," he said, "Sounds good,"

He went off to collect his two pieces of prey, the sweet feeling of success adding an unusually high amount of energy to his steps.

I did it, the thoughts buzzed happily through his head I did it-- I caught two whole pieces of prey! It was almost more than he could believe; two catches! What a good day this was. And he was more than happy that he got to share it with his sister.

I'm so grateful, he thought That I have family members who love and support me.

He wanted to say as much to his sister-- actually, to all of his siblings and his mother, too-- and he would, he would spend his whole life telling them how grateful he was, just not in so many words. That just wasn't his way.

He made his way back to his sister, the squirrel and mouse dangling awkwardly from his mouth, obscuring a good amount of his small face.

"Okay," he said, his voice muffled by the prey. Strangely, the muffling of his tone made him sound more excited than normal. "I'm ready,"