Sunspark
Thunderclan Warrior
The she-cat blinked the sun from her eyes as she stared at a squirrel across from her. Glancing over to her younger sister, Applepaw, she flicked her tail to tell the distracted apprentice to circle around it. She often felt the need to take her sister out for one-on-one training, as she struggled a lot with keeping her mind on track when she wasn't with Sunspark. She wished she could be her sister's mentor more than anything, but she knew that she would be too nice to her.
In all honesty, Sunspark was worried about her sister's future. Would she pass her warrior assessment when she constantly got into trouble for being so easily distracted? Shaking her head, the warrior focused back on the task at hand. The squirrel still sat at the base of the tree, chewing on a nut that had fallen early in the season, immature and unripe. Creeping closer, Sunspark glanced over at Applepaw, and saw her tail disappearing as she chased after something else.
With an exasperated sigh, she pounced toward the squirrel, grunting as it slipped out of her way and started racing up the tree. But Sunspark was quicker, her paws slamming against the hard bark as she clawed up, snagging the squirrel a small distance from the ground.
Taking her catch back to the ground, she noticed Applepaw waddling back, wide-eyed when she saw Sunspark carrying the squirrel. Anger bubbled up in the she-cat's stomach at how her sister could be so oblivious.
"Applepaw, what did I tell you about focusing on hunting?!" She mewed as she dropped the squirrel to the ground. Applepaw looked distraught, scuffing a paw on the ground, but made no verbal apology. Sunspark's shoulders sagged and she shook her head forlornly. "...Look, just take this back. And say that you caught it." Flicking her tail at Applepaw's ears, she watched as the apprentice picked up the squirrel and bounced at her own leisurely pace toward the camp.
Sunspark, on the other hand, sighed in frustration, laying down beneath the tree and putting her head on her paws.
"When will she learn that she can't just rely on me all the time?" She muttered to herself. As much as Sunspark liked to show off, she wanted the best for her sister- without her sister taking after her risk-taking ways.
Sunspark
Thunderclan Warrior
Sunspark's nose tilted toward the air when she finally caught wind of another scent reaching her nose. Turning her head, she was surprised to see Leopardfrost. She...at first hoped he hadn't seen that, but as soon as he started talking, she exhaled a heavy sigh. He made a good point, and her tail lashed with frustration.
"I know she won't..." She started, "But she's my sister, I practically raised her...the last thing I want is for her to fail to become a warrior because she's so...easily distracted." Standing up, Sunspark approached the tom and sat back down, looking down at her paws. Her ears flattened and she grumbled intelligably to herself- "As distracted as she is...She wouldn't let anything slip. I'm going to stop giving in to her, but she's only just became an apprentice... she needs time to get used to it."
It felt embarrassing to be making excuses for Applepaw to any cat, let alone to Leopardfrost.
"I think you'd feel the same if she was your sister..."
Leopardfrost
{ThunderClan Warrior}
Honestly, Leopardfrost hadn't meant to eavesdrop, but then again, it wasn't his fault that Sunspark hadn't picked up his scent or noticed him relaxing on a tree branch right above her head. His whiskers twitched as he watched Applepaw disappear into the underbrush, rolling his eyes at the apprentice's foolish behavior. At this rate, she'd never be leaving the apprentice's den. When the flame-colored she-cat began to talk to herself, the spotted tomcat decided it was time to make his presence known. He was tired of being up in the tree anyway.
"She'll never learn if you keep coddling her like that," he hummed, his silky voice wafting easily through the air as he gracefully made his way to the ground. "She's gotten used to you always handing her prey to take credit for, so she thinks she doesn't have to pull her own weight." He knew Sunspark hadn't asked for his advice, but she did ask the question, it wasn't his fault that she hadn't been expecting an answer. He wasn't really sure if he and Sunspark were friends, but they did spend an awful lot of time getting into antics together and she always praised him whenever he showed off, so that counted for something, right? "Besides, I don't think her mentor would be too pleased if she slipped up and told them that she hadn't been catching her own prey. She's not a kit anymore, it's time to let her take responsibility for her own failures."