Hunting with Lynxpaw

[Pine]

The sun shone over the horizon lighting up the bright field. She slowly got up from her den, stretched a little, and wandered out into the clearing to the apprentices den for their first day of training. "Lynxpaw!" Pinefur mewed cheerfully, looking into the den to see the small apprentices sleeping "today will the your first day of training. We are going to do some hunting." She removed her head from the apprentices den and waited for him to crawl out for their first day of training. She hoped that he wouldn't be to upset about the hunting. It would be typical if so... she thought, lighting up her face a little of when she was an apprentice.

[classicalone]

Lynxpaw groaned at the light shining in his face, inhaling deeply while flexing the muscles that were inactive during periods of rest. Unfortunately, some dried moss found its way into his nasal passages, resulting in a giant sneeze that seemed to wake up all of the other apprentices who occupied the nests around him. "Oops!" he exclaimed, then turned toward his mentor that was waiting outside, "I'll be right there." He stepped carefully over the others and blinked as the full force of the sunlight hit his eyes, stumpy tail quivering with excitement at the very prospect of going hunting for the first time. "What are we going to hunt?"

[Pine]

Pinefur watched the young apprentice walk outside of the den. "Morning, sleepyhead," she purred and batted his ear playfully "I hope you had a great rest, because you will be learning a lot today!" Pinefur started walking to the camp entrance. "Actually, I'm going to show you around the territory before anything. Then if we have time I'll teach you about hunting on the way, so you better get a move on!" Pinefur started jogging with the apprentice. After a long jog, they eventually reached the first outskirts of the camp. "Take a good look around," she mewed "What do you smell?" Pinefur's tail flicked, waiting for an answer.

[classicalone]

Lynxpaw paused to stretch before following his mentor out of the camp, then trotted at a fast pace to catch up again. He inhaled deeply when he was instructed, trying to filter out and isolate each individual smell. "Hmm.... I can smell lots of things! Like a squirrel up on that branch," he said pointing with his muzzle to the nearest tree. "And...and... I think I smell some kind of herb over there under those bushes"

[Pine]

"Correct annnndddddd... correct!" she mewed with pride for her apprentice "Now, what else do you smell? Any strange scents?" She was hoping he would notice the Sunclan territory markers, meaning, they were not to far away from Moonclan's territory line. She lifted her head and tasted the air for a proper smell. "I also smell a patrol. Do you know who it is?" Pinefur asked, playing and tearing at a small patch of healthy grass in front of her. It was uncommon to get grass this green. 'It will be gone soon...' she thought, thinking of when the grass with start to die.

[classicalone]

Lynxpaw paused for a moment and sniffed the air once again, his tufted ears twitching as he squinted towards the border that stood between Sunclan and Moonclan. "Umm, I'm not all that positive about it but I believe that I scent some Moonclan warriors over there," said Lynxpaw as he looked up at his mentor, "Do you think they're invading? Or are they just out patrolling their territory." He shuffled his paws uncertainly in the grass, silently wondering if there was going to be a border skirmish between the two clans. He dismissed the idea, but there was still that nagging doubt in the back of his mind.

[Pine]

Pinefur flicked her ears in the direction of the Moonclan warriors. "We don't want them on out territory, do we?" she grinned slightly, licking her paw "I'm sure they wont be invading anytime soon. I think if so, It would be later." She looked up to the bright sky. "They are probably patrolling their territory," she reassured "I can hear them walking away now." Pinefur stood up "Your doing awesome so far. Why don't I teach you some simple hunting moves for today?" she meowed, starting to walk deeper into the territory. She lifted her head to take a scent of the air. 'Bird and snake...' she thought. "What do you smell?" she asked Lynxpaw.

[classicalone]

Lynxpaw stepped forward as he followed his mentor, stifling a sharp yelp of pain as a large thorn punctured his pad. Making sure his mentor didn't see him, he hopped along as he pulled the thorn out of his pad and licked the wound quickly to stop the bleeding. No way was he going to miss his first hunting lesson because of a stupid thorn! He sniffed again, "I smell a bird.... and I smell a snake." He paused and sniffed again, "I don't think it's a poisonous one though."