If we keep holding onto yesterday, what are we going to be tomorrow?[C]

Rapidfire did not expect to be on a hunting patrol so late, especially not with Leopardwind. Her former apprentice was the last clanmate she expected to ask her for a hunt. She was pretty sure he disliked her at best. She accepted in either case, the clan needed food and she was not about to turn away an offer to hunt and to also spend some time out of camp.
                   
For awhile it was in silence, until he chose to break that and explained a lot of things... She blinked looking at him as he applogized.   "Don't trust me?" she whispered a bit disheartened but more so confused. As he continued her ears lay flat on her head, of course, she understood the loosing of a father all too well. Her father also vanished as a high rank of the clan leaving her and her siblings to fend for their own. She was the only one left of them now. She wouldn't wish the pain she knew that cam with that on anyone especially not her apprentice.

She nodded silently until she was sure he was done expressing what he felt, "There is nothing to be sorry for, all is forgiven.  I am just glad you are home safe once again." she swallowed hard debating if she wanted to say the next words that came to mind...

"I know that your father would be proud of you" she wasn't sure if she needed those words more or he did, but in either case she felt somehow lost in all this, he went from not wanting her at all to putting all his trust in her. She would do everything she could to not let him down, as if there was not enough pressure on her already.

 She brushed his shoulder with her tail. "It will be alright" she meowed and let him be for a moment figuring he might want a minute to himself, she knew she did after all of this.


 She took a deep breath in of the cool night air.  She sniffed a bit, the air held rabbit scent.  She hardly felt up for hunting anymore but the hungry stomachs back home would not care what she felt if she returned empty pawed.  Stalking forwards she approached where she belived it to be.

Spotting the long ears sticking up above the grass of the moorlands she pounced at it!


 The rabbit was away in an instant with her right on its paws.  She would have this! She could nearly taste it already.  However, it was not meant to be as an attack from above sent her sprawling suddenly. The flapping of wings in the night air were iniduative of the owls whom were out at this time.

 Owl uses talon strike for 5 dmg 10 energy
Rapidfire uses claw for 10 dmg 5 energy

                   Owl
                   20 / 30 hp
                   80 / 90 energy

                   Rapidfire
                   35/ 40 hp
                   105 / 110 energy
               

Rapidfire took full opportunity of the pinned bird. She bit at it until she felt the birds flapping and stuggling weaken.  She bit harder in not letting up and held on tight until she felt it fall limp below her.  She slowly let go of it.  Soft, short feathery bits stuck to her tongue and mouth and she twitched flicking and spitting them out. Around the owls neck where she bit was full of that dow feathery material
"are you okay? did it get you at all?" she was a bit annoyed at her missed opportunity to catch things for the clan.  However, she was able to keep her focus that making sure her clanmates were okay first. He hadn't seemed to be and had evidently not forgotten anything during his time away... if anything perhaps he had even gotten better. He wanted to make her proud?? That was what he had said right? It was hard to tell given the middle of the fight. She gave him a little nod and picked at the owl turning it over.

Carefully nipping out a feather she offered it to him, it was a nice feather, a longer type not the shorter downie ones that had been icky to bite into. "Want it?"