It was mid-afternoon when the young molly went out with her mentor for a little hunt maybe even some training throughout the territory in the aspect of tracking things to battle training. Asterpaw had rather enjoyed her apprenticeship so, having been given her name a few moons prior she had just simply soaked it all in. Being able to finally able to see what the world was like outside the confiments of the camp. Learning what it's like to being a warrior and the things needing to be done to protect the clan left her in awe and kind of scared her in a way. Hearing the stories of the killings from renly to the war that captive the neighboring clan made her worry, what would happen if she had to be put in that situation so soon? Would she ready for it or be in the way?
Whatever it was she wanted to be ready, her loyalty with her clan was strong despite her young age and she was willing to throw her life away to ensure her clanmates were protected the best she could muster. When Nightstorm had told her to go down to the tunneling systems to see if she could find some prey to hunt, all they while being sure to find her way back out and avoiding getting stuck down there the molly was rather eager to please the feline. Quick to shoot down she made sure she was attentive to her surroundings. Maw just slightly open as she tried her best to scent anything that didn't smell like wet dirt.
After some time the molly was starting to wonder why she was sent down not yet finding anything but dirt, more dirt, and even more dirt. "Gahhhh whyyyy" she whined softly to herself starting to grow slightly frustrated with the fact that she was getting no where with her task. That was before she heard something. Pausing in her pawsteps her ears strained to hear, was someone down here? Frowning slightly she slowly crept forward turning into a large area, a little stream running through the middle of the small cave a cluster of cats close by it. "what the...." she mumbled her frown growing more.
Brows pinching together she continued to creep forward curious as to why they were down there. She noticed a few of her peers having battle trained with some she was able to finally hear what they were saying she gasped something her eyes widening. To her it sounded like they were bullying someone who she could finally make out in the middle of this group of cats. Springing out she pushed her way to the middle before turning in the middle. "Excuse me! What do you guys think you're doing? This isn't okay!" She hissed softly her tail twitching.
Reedlingpaw
shadowclan apprentice
(he/him)
A weak smile tugged at the small tom's lips at Asterpaw's comment about his dad. "He's not all bad," he defended his father, "He just... has high expectations for me." He had found that when speaking about his dad, he needed to pick his words carefully. Daffodilpool would be furious if he ever found out that Reedlingpaw had said anything bad about him. He'd have a fit over his son 'making him look bad,' he knew it. "He wants me to be the best I can be; he just gets mad when I don't do as well as I'm capable of."
Nodding in response to the she-cat's explanation on her training, Reedlingpaw turned his gaze to the trees around them. He wondered how long the warrior had been so close by; had he seen what had happened? He'd be so embarrassed if he had. Posture relaxing as Asterpaw offered to cover for him, the apprentice turned relieved, grateful eyes to her. "That would be so amazing," he breathed, feeling like he might actually get away with what he'd done. He couldn't help the guilt gnawing at him at the thought of lying to his dad, though.
He was caught off guard as she challenged him to a race, and stood frozen as she slipped away. After a moment, he finally processed what was happening, and he took off after her. "Hey, wait!" he called, little legs struggling to keep up with his new friend. Each time she paused to look back, he started to catch up to her, but as soon as she started running again he'd fall behind once more. Soon enough, he was giggling at the whole situation. He didn't remember the last time he'd had this much fun with some-cat.