wAiTiNg, WAiTiNG, AnD WaItInG...[Moon and Rain]

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~Browntail~

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Browntail was out side of the apprentices den, waiting for her first apprentice Russetpaw to come out. 'Man he takes a long time just to groom his fur', Browntail thought. Browntail the other day at the ceremony was appointed Russetpaw's mentor. She was so happy! She knew it was going to be hard work, but Birchstar wouldn't had given her an apprentice if she hadn't thought Browntail was ready. Browntail was going to take Russetpaw out hunting, out in the forest. 'Mabye I'll teach him how to chase a squirrel and climb a tree', Browntail thought to herself, 'Its a skill he's going to have to learn anyway'. She sat out in the front of the Thunderclan apprentices den. She sat down and put her very dark brown tail over her paws. A light breeze flew over, and she closed her eyes and breathed it in. She wondered why she was being so calm. Because Browntail was usually impainent. A few more mintutes had passed; 'Ok', She thought, 'Thats WAY too long enough'. She got up and poked her head in the den and looked around. "Russetpaw", She said slowly and firmly; now she was getting annoyed. She hoped he would be an apprentice that would follow her orders. "Russetpaw time to get your big furry butt out of bed. I'm taking you hunting, so get up. Get your head out of the clouds". She walked out, and waited outside. She felxed her claws into the dirt below her. 'Come on Russetpaw!', She thought. It took she-cats shorter than this to get ready. Why should toms take longer?

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\\Russetpaw\\
ThunderClan Apprentice

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Russetpaw was so tired. He'd stayed up late last night celebrating the fact that he got a mentor. Now he was asleep on his feet, right now almost literally. He leaned against the side of the den, and closed his eyes. It felt like only half a second had passed when he heard Browntail calling his name again.

Russetpaw forced his paws to move. Once closer to the entrance, he mumbled, "I'm coming, I'm coming." Once out, he yawned. The reddish tom was a sight to see. His eyelids drooped, and his fur was sticking out every direction possible. He didn't even notice this though. He was way to tired.

Russetpaw shook his head, and tried to look awake, which proved nearly impossible. "So, what are we doing today?" His voice sounded alert, but he slouched, and his ears didn't even pick up the slightest sound from the nursery. He yawned again. He blushed slightly as he added, "Sorry I'm so tired..."

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Browntail
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Browntail smiled at the young apprentice. She knew how hard it was to sleep right after getting a mentor. "Its fine. Just you should be getting a lot more sleep now. Its impotant". She flicked her tail and started to run. Mabye a good sweat would get the apprentice more aleart and awake for training.

[~Moonflower~]

\\Russetpaw\\
ThunderClan Apprentice

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Russetpaw sighed with relief at his mentor. His lack of sleep would not get in the way with his relationship with his mentor. She seemed to be perfectly fine with it, and that was how Russetpaw wanted it to be. He was glad he recieved such a kind mentor. In fact, he had kinda hoped he would get Browntail as a mentor. He had watched her with interest, growing used to her voice and schedule, hoping that if he became her apprentice he wouldn't be too shy to talk. Russetpaw had recently tried to get rid of his shyness, but it always came back without warning, and he never had the courage to bolt out again.

Russetpaw followed Browntail to the entrance of ThunderClan. Then he first jogged off after her. He was losing ground, so he sped up into a run. His paws moved into a pattern. Front paws, back paws, jump, front paws, back paws, jump. Finally, as they slowed to a stop, his paws were starting to ache. They had run far, and the clear air had awakened his head slightly. At least he was fairly alert now. He could already hear the scuffle of mouse feet on the ground, and hear the caw of a bird somewhere hidden in the trees. His mouth watered as he imagined the juicy flavor of a magpie. He refrained from licking his lips. He imagined his claws digging into the flesh, and the joyful feeling he recieved when he caught something. Yes, this is what he loved to do. "Can we hunt?" he asked Browntail.

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Browntail
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Browntail liked it how her apprentice tried to fix his mistakes. "Its ok", she said again. She ran full speed, and was impressed that he kept up with her. When they stopped, she wanted to push him just a little bit more. "Yah ok. Now watch how I catch a bird". She knew a bird wasn't the easyist thing to learn on your first hunting lesson. But she knew he could do it. She started to get into the hunting crouch. She got down very low in the underbrush. She stalked the blue jay, very very quitley. She couldn't even hear herself breath. She narrowed her brown eyes and started running stealithy towards it. It flapped its wings and took air. But she was faster. She streched her legs and jumped. She extended her claws and dug them into its flesh. She hit the ground smoothly and grabbed it and burried it so she could get it later. "Your turn", She said to Russetpaw, "You'll do fine".

[~Moonflower~]

\\Russetpaw\\
ThunderClan Apprentice

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Russetpaw smiled at Browntail, and couldn't help but thinking once more about how great a mentor she was, and how lucky he was to get her. Browntail started off the lesson. Russetpaw watched intently. His thoughts wandered slightly, but his main focus was on his mentor. She caught the bird excellently. Will I be able to do as well? he thought. Browntail turned over the hunting to Russetpaw. It was time to try hunting birds, one of the harder subjects.

Russetpaw sniffed the air again, just to make sure of the scents around him. The magpie he had scented earlier was still flitting in the trees. It was a little farther away now, but that wouldn't be a problem. His nose flitted back and forth in the air. Finally, after a couple steps he found the magpie's tree. It sat in the branch, pruning it's feathers, not aware of the danger below. The magpie's long black tail feathers hung off the branch.

Russetpaw backed up, slowly and carefully, ever so quiet. His eyes stayed straight on the target, but made sure his peripheral vision caught anything on the ground that would make noise or trip him. He ran, fast as lightning, and jumped. His back paws lifted him gloriously high into the air. His SkyClan blood equipped him with hard pads used around the rocky territory, and most importantly strong back leg muscles, to help his jump higher than any other kind of clan cat. Russetpaw soared through the air, magnificently, dead on his target. The magpie turned too late. Although everything had seemed in slow motion to Russetpaw, the act had been super quick. His claws sank into the magpie, as Russetpaw started his fall. He landed somewhat gracefully onto the ground below, his extra-long SkyClan tail helped to balance him. The magpie was dead and bent awkwardly underneath the young apprentice's claws.

Russetpaw looked down at his prey. He had done so well! On his first try not to mention! He was so happy. "I did it! I did it, Browntail!" he called back to her. He was excited. He had caught his first piece of prey almost flawlessly. I hope I do well on other kinds of prey... he thought.

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Browntail
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Browntail smiled at her apprentice. "Great job Russetpaw. Your landing was a little rough, but very good. Now what should you do if your hunting a mouse?".

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((I write 4 huge paragraphs and all you write is 28 words!? You're the admin! Write more!))

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[glow=beige,2,300]**Browntail**[/glow]

The sun was shining and Browntail was in a very good mood. She was a warrior of Thunderclan, she had friends and family that loved her and that took care of her, she was a mentor and she had a very training hard apprentice. Life couldn't get any better. It was the begining of new leaf, the snow was melting and leafbare was almost gone. The prey was coming out and Thunderclan had full bellys. Borwntail watched her apprentice in amazememnt as he caught that bird so well. 'Its like hes already a warrior', Browntail thought. She nodded her head to him in aporval. A smile spread across her face. "Great job Russetpaw! You must do some pracing huh?", she grined. "Now what should you do if your trying to hunt a mouse?". Browntail sat down and wrapped her tail swiftly over her dark brown paws.