Oh My Godot!

[J I N G O]

Sparrowpaw sniffed the air, and it didn't take too long before she located a mouse scuttling in the fallen pine needles not to far away. She dropped into a hunters crouch and slowly moved in closer to the creature. She pounced as the creature became aware of danger and tried to flee. It was too late, and she caught the mouse in her jaws, killing it easily with a bite to the neck. She brought the prey over to her mentor, proudly.

[amaterasu]

"Very good, Sparrowpaw! You'll be a warrior in no time!" Goldenrod exclaimed.

Mothkit had been sure to watch Sparrowpaw carefully with his good eye. When he had seen how she did it, he scented the air again. He looked in the direction where a lot of scents were coming from, and slowly stalked forward when he spotted a vole. He could tell that it was old, but he thought it would give him a better chance. Besides, he wasn't too good at the hunters crouch.
He leapt forward and missed the vole. But as it scampered off, it went in the path of his good eye and the black tom reached out and hooked the vole on his claws. He then lunged forward and dilivered the killing blow.

[J I N G O]

Sparrowpaw NOT SPARROWSONG GODOT DAMN IT I'VE DONE THAT FOUR TIMES watched Mothkit leap for the vole. When it had nearly escaped, her heart seemed to be caught in her throat, but returned to her chest when the tom ended up catching the prey after all. "Good job Mothkit! You were fast! I wouldn't have been able to get it back after it ran." she was being HONEST.

[amaterasu]

LOL I KEEP DOING THAT TOO. and Goldenpaw instead of Goldenrod for some reason.



Mothkit trotted back to the other two cats with the vole in his mouth. He dropped it at his feet and purred, "No, it was pretty slow. You would have gotten it."

Goldenrod stared at the little tom, surprised at his awesome catch. "Wow, that was amazing! When we get back to camp, you can show your mother! I bet she'll be proud. Maybe Cinderstar too."

[J I N G O]

Sparrowpaw felt a purr rise in her throat as her mentor praised Mothkit. She hoped it made him feel BETTER about himself. "For a cat who hasn't been trained to hunt, you did good! I messed up and let the first mouse I tried to catch get away. You got a vole first try. Old or not, it's still something to be proud of!" she purred happily, resting her tail on the black tom's shoulder.

[amaterasu]

"Thanks." Mothkit said, getting embarrased.

"Well, let's get back to camp." Goldenrod announced, "Stormshadow has me on patrol soon, so I can catch something on the way back."

[J I N G O]

"Alright," Sparrowpaw said, cheerfully. She was happy that she got to hunt with Mothkit today. Maybe the vole would convince Cinderstar that he could be a warrior just like any other cat! She picked up her mouse again and started off in the direction of camp.

[amaterasu]

When they made it to the camp, Goldenrod put his fresh-kill on the pile. He saw Mothkit head toward the warriors den. He poked his head in, and within the next few seconds Darkember was coming out.

Goldenrod was too far away to hear their conversation, but the looks on their faces said almost everything. Darkember didn't believe that Mothkit caught that without help. She was scolding him for being out of camp or wasting warriors time, or maybe both. Mothkit didn't look to discouraged though. He was obviously still excited abou tthe vole as he came back and put it in the fresh kill pile.

[J I N G O]

Sparrowpaw watched the scene go on between Mothkit and Darkember. She felt a pang of sorrow for the tom when it seemed like he was being scolded. She had waited for him to drop his prey onto the pile before contributing her own mouse. She was glad to see that Mothkit didn't look too upset by his mother's scolding.

[amaterasu]

"Now what?" Mothkit asked. He had nothing to do. Sparrowpaw was probably going to go off on patrol with Goldenrod, and he would be stuck in camp alone.

[J I N G O]

Sparrowpaw thought for a moment. "Maybe we can ask Stormshadow if you can patrol with us!" she suggested happily. "If you want to, I mean." she added. She didn't want Mothkit to feel harassed. "We can tell him about that vole you just caught and maybe he'll let you come!"

[amaterasu]

"Maybe....I doubt it though. Where is he anyway?...and where is Goldenrod?" Mothkit asked. He looked around with his one eye. He didn't see the golden tabby anyway. Maybe he was already talking to the deputy? But where was he then...

[J I N G O]

Stormshadow had heard the two young cats talking about going on a patrol, and decided to make his grand entrance here. (Stormshadow was grand. That's what he is good at.) "You caught a vole, Mothkit?" he asked, intruding on their conversation. He was curious.

[amaterasu]

Mothkit jumped a little when the grand cat made a grand entrance and spoke in his grand voice on poor blind Mothkit's blind side.
On a more serious note, Mothkit responded, "Yes! It's right there! Goldenrod was taking Sparrowpaw out, and he said I could tag along, and I just wanted to try! I'm sorry!"

[J I N G O]

Stormshadow looked down at the two cats, amusement shining in his eyes. "Did he now?" he meowed in his GRAND VOICE. "Well, no harm done of course. What's the matter with getting more prey for the Clan? You've done nothing wrong." he said. Cinderstar might think otherwise, but oh well. Stormshadow was just gonna murder her anyways. KIDDING. "But what's this about taking him out on a patrol, Sparrowpaw?" he asked, eying the she-cat.

"Well, you know, I just thought it would be a good..." Sparrowpaw started, shuffling her paws on the ground in front of her. "Well, honestly, Stormshadow, I think he should get the chance to do things regular apprentices do! It's just not fair." she said. She really wanted Mothkit to become an apprentice.

Stormshadow was surprised with the apprentice's boldness, and couldn't help but agree with her. "Very well. He can come if he wishes." he mewed his decision at last.