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Post by .Whitey. on Aug 14, 2008 15:24:16 GMT -5
The sun had only just broken the clouds above the night sky before Moon, now the new Deputy of Rogueclan and mentor to one of the apprentices. He waited for the first rays of light to break into the sky before untucking his tail from around himself and stalking into the bushes. The four great oak tree's were some size. He noted that they would have probably been there for seasons that would have now become unaccountable for.
It was a bright crisp sun-rise and it was a crunchy morning; thankfully no wind. If they planned to view the forest at its best, they were best to go unnoticed. However, there as always the chance of annoying a clan by being scented on their territory. Although he'd make sure that they didn't stray near ThunderClan territory. An inexperienced apprentice and senior warrior against two clans was unthinkable- perhaps even mad.
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Post by .Whitey. on Sept 1, 2008 6:26:02 GMT -5
Waiting for Seasle...
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Post by *Simply Seasle* on Sept 8, 2008 7:43:40 GMT -5
Sky walked into the clearing, her blue eyes watching her mentor.
"Moon?" she asked, sitting down a few pawsteps beside him. "Where are we going?"
OOC: Not the best post....sorry.
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Post by .Whitey. on Sept 11, 2008 10:18:25 GMT -5
Moon stood up, not stopping to say hello to his apprentice. Today, I'm going to show you the Clan territories, minus Thunderclan, just to get the way of the forest into you. he muttered explaining whilst beginning to walk, motioning his tail for Sky to follow. I thought since you sort of know how to hunt you'd be wiser knowing how to... borrow prey from other clans. As you can tell at the moment, Touslepelt and his clan are taking up our prey so, he stopped shortly for a quick breath, We're going to borrow off the other Clans. he finished. not today, although I do expect you to keep your eyes and ears open for a spot of good prey. he told her. the mentor lifted his head and sniffed the air. Thunderclan aren't around, nor is Old ShadowClan. he thought quizically to himself. I guess I'll have to show her fourtrees and how they all connect.
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Post by *Simply Seasle* on Sept 13, 2008 9:26:07 GMT -5
Sky nodded, and began to follow her mentor with soft footsteps, barely disturbing the grass she walked through.
"Go to other clans territories to assess them." she meowed quietly, carefully keeping an eye on her surrondings at the same time. "I understand. May I ask where we are going first?"
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Post by .Whitey. on Sept 13, 2008 17:11:04 GMT -5
Moons blue orbs slid towards Sky's face. RiverClan. he said, answering his students question. As you can tell, all the Clans are connected one way or another to Four Tree's, he trotted gently towards the opening to the grassland, Since today the wind is in our favour I can show you RiverClan. he turned his head fully towards her, noting that he'd have to jump over the log in front of him. Just be aware though, Sky, we are heading into hostile territory. It isn't a place for kits. he said his voice growing harder. If we're to be attacked and outnumbered, however, and you weren't quick enough, I'd leave you behind.
He turned away again, leaving the apprentice to her thoughts as he jumped over the log.
"Moon you ought to know your way around Clan territory now, your old enough," Moon sat in front of a younger version of himself. The tom looked so young, so naive, so...innocent. He was nothing like the Moon he saw himself as.
"Yeah, yeah. Clan territories are all the same, you scare some, you fight some. Its all the same." he watched himself reply. His mentor, a white long haired tom span around, "If you had any thought in that dim-witted brain of your you'd realise that you could indeed lose your life in one of the places." his mentor spat in retort. Moon frowned and silently followed his mentor.
The paw prints dragged as they padded over RiverClan territory and over through into the grass lands. "Riverclan are a good place for fish and water voles." Moons mentor droned slowly, assesing their surroundings. "You just dab you-" Viperstorm, his mentor, stoppedin mid-sentence. "Shh, Riverclan patrol. Moon, get down!" his mentor hissed, he himself doing the lying.
The Clan passed and as they were on their way past, one she-cat stopped. they began murmuring in between themselves, and then one, a tall black tom looked in Viperstorm's direction. "Rogues shouldn't be here. Not when he's alone." the tom mewled from a distance. "Thank god." Moon thought to himself, "its not me."
An almighty ruckus came up from Viperstorms hiding spot, and as Moon jumped out to help, the she-cat turned and spotted him. "Didn't your mentor tell you, kit? If your outnumbered beyond defeat, you run, if your slow, you get left behind." She hissed as Moon stepped back a few paces. His mentor, lying in front of him, beaten to a pulp. No recollection of being fought with, just scratches and blood... and no air. Moon turned and ran with his tail between his legs.
If your outnumbered beyond defeat, you run, if your slow, you get left behind.
Moon looked back at Sky, she was following slowly behind him. He frowned, looked back over into the distance and flicked his tail in silence waiting for a response.
ooc: I may have gone a little extreme on the writing side! Sorry!
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Post by *Simply Seasle* on Sept 14, 2008 11:42:02 GMT -5
OOC: Never worry about writing too much....
Sky heard a note of something in Moon's voice, but she couldn't define the emotion. She dismissed it from her mind as umimportant.
"I am not a kit. Nor am I stupid." she murmured, catching up to Moon, and moving to his side.
She looked at him with strangely bright blue eyes, and then seemed to smile a bit.
"The same to you..." she meowed, leaving no doubt she was talking about what he had told her.
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Post by .Whitey. on Sept 14, 2008 14:50:53 GMT -5
Yet you fail to see Sky, I was once a young apprentice as yourself. Like you so wisely commented. But I'm around 30 to 40 moons older than you. he told her as they approached the RiverClan border. And a lot more wiser. he added. If he had actually heard what Sky had murmured he diregarded it completely. As he padded over the RiverClan scent lines he stopped. What can you smell? he asked, deciding a quiz for the new apprentice would be fitting.
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Post by *Simply Seasle* on Sept 15, 2008 7:31:39 GMT -5
Sky debated whether to tell him that she hadn't discounted his age and experence, but decided not to. It didn't truly matter.
Sky opened her mouth to sniff the air, and walked a bit closer to the border. Then, she stepped back, to a place beside Moon.
"I smell the scent of fish, water, mud, and very clean other cats here. There are other scents...but the this smell overpowers them." Sky meowed, sounding as she was reporting to her leader, and had she added a 'sir' to it, well....
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Post by .Whitey. on Sept 16, 2008 5:47:27 GMT -5
Good. Your training well. The stornger smell is that of RiverClan. If you ever fight a cat from Riverclan, this smell will be the only thing you will be able to smell, he mewed watching the apprentice, That, and blood. Today, we're not going to be going through RiverClan, but just to their stream. I'll teach you how to catch one. The deputy began walking again. Never had he had an apprentice more tuitive than this one. Then again, he was used to training younger apprentices.
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Post by *Simply Seasle* on Sept 16, 2008 8:14:19 GMT -5
Sky smiled inwardly, happy that her scenting had been acceptable, and just maybe a bit more than that.
She thought about Moon's words, noting how they seemed to imply she would fight a RiverClan cat at some point in her lifetime.
"I will hunt fish?" she asked carefully. That seemed to be what he was impying, but Sky did not like to assume.
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Post by .Whitey. on Sept 17, 2008 8:41:22 GMT -5
ooc; gah! sorry, i thought I'd put in fish! bad post sorry again.
Moon nodded, not replying. Go on, run ahead to the stream. But keep your eyes and ears pricked. he told his apprentice. She seemed eager to rush forward to start with. Wait by the stream. he mewed slowing down to a walking pace. He expected Sky to run on ahead instead of waiting for her.
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Post by *Simply Seasle* on Sept 17, 2008 14:11:49 GMT -5
Sky blinked in surprise, but that was all she allowed herself to do. Moon had asked her to go to the stream. Why he wanted her to go ahead, she didn't know, but Sky would do tht anyway, because he had seemed to want it.
Sky nodded, and broke out into a loping run. She moved gracefully, but very diffrently from how other cats ran. It was almost like she thought she was flying, or running in a dream.
She got to the stream, and carefully walked up to it. She stick a paw in, then pulled it out, thoughtful. While she didn't like the water....she could put up with it easily enough.
Sky settled down near a large bunch of reeds that she could slip into at any time. No sense in being unprepared, after all....
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Post by .Whitey. on Sept 19, 2008 8:14:12 GMT -5
Moon watched his apprentice run off, she was fast. He would give her that much. The black tom picked up his pace and he soon caught up with Stream. There were no patrols about, thankfully, so he would have a good period to teach Sky to fish. Fish aren't very tasty, but it beats crow-food. I trust you know what that is? he asked, raising his eye to his hidden apprentice. By the way..that hiding place isn't very good. You'd have to be green to blend in properly. he mewed slowly. Then again, you can't be too protected, can you? he sat down, looking left and right double checking they were alone.
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Post by *Simply Seasle* on Sept 19, 2008 13:01:49 GMT -5
"Crow food is rotten kill" Sky meowed seriously. "I'll try to find a better hiding place next time, Moon."
While it may have seemed like Sky was being sarcastic, she was actually being very honest, and her voice showed it. Sky had a sense of humor, but rarely made jokes, as she found they were pointless.
Sky shook her head in response to Moon's last question, and moved towards the stream again, her body tensed, ready to run if RiverClan cats showed up. She could smell their scent everywhere here, though it wasn't fresh, and while it didn't make her nervous, it did make her cautious.
She tried to look for fish, but she didn't see anything that seemed like it might be caught and eaten. Just water, and glints of sunlight off it.
"Moon?" she asked. "What do fish look like?"
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