race [iero]

[Kuwaki]

her paws carried her easily through the forest, her fur pushed back from the wind as she pounced over fallen over logs. the muscles in her hind legs coiling before the muscles finally releasing and jumping, her claws gripping onto the tall oak tree that towered over the thunderclan territory that led to sunningrocks. her teeth were bared and eyes wide and focused with her ears flat against her head as her claws pulled her upward until she landed easily onto a thick branch before swinging her paw down and snapping the neck of a squirrel before tossing it onto the ground and pouncing easily down beside it with a soft thud.

with a confident smirk she tilted her head at her catch, 'look at me now oakpaw.' she thought before grabbing the squirrel and running the rest of the way to sunning rocks.

hiding her catch beneath the earth spottedpaws eyes narrowed as her body crouched in silent wait for prey. the older apprentice had her maw open slightly as she scented the air, her ears perked and claws unsheathing and itching for movement. the tortoiseshell turned her head sharply before running into the center of the sun exposed grass, her paws skidding at she made a grab for a vole, her paws outstretched and teeth bared. unfortunately, spottedpaw caught her claw in a root and she rolled onto her back with a grunt and a scowl. "ugh.. starclan next time warn me." she groaned before rolling back onto her paws with her tail lashing irritably.

[iero]

[iero]

thunderclan ❀ foxpaw ❀ apprentice

it was a hot greenleaf day, but the air had no trace of humidity and the endless leaves growing amongst the trees of thunderclan's canopy-covered territory providing an ideal amount of shade for the clan to cool down under. it took foxpaw what felt like a million moons to convince a warrior in camp to let him go out by himself, but he finally did it. he was determined to prove everyone how responsible he could be on his own, and bring back a bountiful of prey that would keep the fresh-kill pile in stock, so that they could feast like lions even throughout leaf-bare.

he crept amongst the trees, his sleek body stalking through the thick tangle of branches with no problem. his long claws sank into the soft tree bark, keeping him well balanced. his chartreuse green eyes watched the ground with intense focus, searching for movement in the undergrowth. a rustle of leaves, a stirring of grass, the soft pitter patter of tiny mouse paws across stone and root. his nose had lead him to the sunningrocks, the faded bluish-gray color standing out against the bright green foliage. his whiskers twitched.

his head snapped when he heard a much louder noise, the scent of thunderclan stronger than usual. foxpaw's eyes fell on the figure of a much longer apprentice - spottedpaw, possibly? he jumped down to a lower branch, and when his suspicions were confirmed, he couldn't help but sneer, a snicker escaping past his maw. the tom leapt down gracefully from the tree he was located in, landing down on the cold stone silently.


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tag: Kuwaki

[Kuwaki]

a quiet voice met her ears, a laugh of some sort in fact. spottedpaw was to her paws immediately with a cold gaze cast upon the cat who at just appeared. a younger apprentice, here spottedpaw was, a moon before receiving her warrior name and an apprentice of six moons stood a few steps away from her. the small she-cat let out a huff of irritation as her tail lashed from side to side. "something funny, foxkit?" she spat, padding toward him with a cold gaze, each step confident and proud. she stood in front of him her nose inches from his face, she was still slightly taller than him with gave her the feeling of satisfaction boiling in her stomach.

"you know its rude not to greet a clan mate when you show up uninvited." she snapped, turning on her paws and lashing her tail against his chest before stalking away and pouncing onto a smooth stone. her body slowly sank down onto the rock as her tail draped over the smooth stones edge her eyes still locked onto him with a look of disdain. she found the younger apprentice annoying, he was too short tempered for her liking. there were only five apprentices' but currently she found foxpaw the most irritating - she found that perhaps she had grown up too much for his kit-like attitude; or at least what she assumed was a kit-like attitude.she turned her head with a snort, resting her head on her paws before tossing a, "i supposed kits still need to learn their lessons." over her shoulder before going completely silent as she waited for him to leave.

[iero]

[iero]

thunderclan ❀ foxpaw ❀ apprentice

foxpaw rolled his eyes almost immediately after spottedpaw began speaking. he couldn't help but find her whole persona annoying, as well as the sound of her voice. there was a twinge of irritability already prickling underneath his skin, but he tried to swallow it down. his whiskers twitched, and a sly smile curled his lips. "it's very mature, you know, to call an apprentice a kit," he said, all smug and confident. "i'd only expect that from such an experienced apprentice!" he added, ducking his head down to give his chest fur a quick lick. he lifted his chin proudly.

"at least i can keep on my toes, can't i? i could run a thousand tree lengths without tripping once." he boasted, strutting across the sunningrocks, his claws scraping against the stone. 


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[Kuwaki]

spottedpaws head lifted sharply as his voice came out of his mouth again, the mouth she so badly wanted to squish into the ground so he could never use it again. her eyes glared at him with nothing but coldness and her tail lashing angrily. she shouldn't be allowing him to grate on her nerves so much, but she couldn't stop herself from getting to her paws and pouncing gracefully back onto a small patch of grass with a soft thud beneath her paws. he looked so smug at his ability to see her as an experienced apprentice, that her insults weren't better than that of a cat his age. spottedpaws tail lashed as she rolled her eyes.

"why in starclan would i waste brain power on insulting you?" she drawled lazily, sitting down coiling her tail around her paws as she glared at him with wide green eyes. "at least i can keep on my toes, can't i? i could run a thousand tree lengths without tripping once." at that spottedpaw let out a loud snort, she couldn't believe he was boasting about his ability to run. getting to her paws with a certain air of grace before padding over to him, her hips swaying as she circled him with her eyes narrowing at his form. "that would only be impressive if you were a windclan cat, pipsqueak." she laughed heartily. "you try to run like a windclan cat in our forests and you'll trip over every root, i bet you don't even know how windclan cats run; you haven't gotten that far into your training yet, or have you?" she asked sarcastically with a tilt of her head and a mock sympathetic pout.

her tail swayed, brushing against the earth and stone beneath her paws. she was borderline pulling out the fact that she was being trained by the clans deputy, the very best mentor in the clan except for hawkstar himself. "have you even caught your first bit of prey yet? dug your claws into another cats flesh when they betray the warrior code in order to protect your clan?" her voice was cold as she stared him down with cool green eyes, her tail stilling behind her rump. "i bet," she began with a confident purr, "i can catch more prey than you, run faster than you and even beat you in a sparring match." she flicked her tail and took a few steps away before sitting down with a smug grin before licking her paw and drawing it over her ear.

[iero]

[iero]

thunderclan ❀ foxpaw ❀ apprentice

the reddish-brown tabby felt his paws itching, itching to do everything that this spottedpaw was challenging him to. there was a raw feeling exploring his veins, his head feeling heavy as more and more parts of his brain began to agree, challenge her! beat her! she's nothing more than a stepping stone to proving yourself! he didn't like her sour tone, or her equally cocky attitude. there's only enough room for one overachiever, he thought absentmindedly. he wanted to cuff her over the ears.

he appeared as though he wasn't listening the whole time she spoke, but in reality, he was absorbing every word. another coy smile flashed upon his facial features, his eyes narrowed. foxpaw approached the larger apprentice, his face getting up into hers, closer, closer, closer. part of him wanted to snap her jaws in her face and make her flinch. but he knew it wouldn't do him any good, what with her being in the same clan and all.

"i think you just wasted your brain power on insulting me. that's all you can do, anyways." he rolled his eyes, strolling away from her and along the edge of the sunningrocks, peering into the river. there was a nervous feeling in his stomach just for a second, watching the waves of the river crash up against the rocks and drag down anything with them. he took a step back. "oh, please. anything you can do, i can do better."


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tag: Kuwaki

[Kuwaki]

the she-cat let out a purr of amusement. "trust me foxpaw, if i was using brain power you'd be running home crying to mommy." she flicked her tail around her paws as she took in his form as he padded to the rivers edge and spottedpaw pushed down the urge to push him in. "oh, please. anything you can do, i can do better." and with that spottedpaw laughed, softly until she was out of breath her body rolling onto the grass as she laughed. "oh-oh, starclan, please" she mewed through her bursts of laughter, "h-how.." she mewed losing her breath to her laughter before standing up.

"i never knew you were so funny, foxpaw." she purred while her tail curled around her hind legs. "prove it." she challenged, walking over to him as he did to her earlier, their noses nearly touching as she grinned, her lips drawing up over her white canines as she stared down at him. "who can hunt the most before it's time for us to go back to camp before hawkstar realises his star apprentice his missing." spottedpaw purred, her voice clearly challenging as she walked away. "if you refuse, you automatically loose, kit."

[iero]

[iero]

thunderclan ❀ foxpaw ❀ apprentice

"that's cheating," foxpaw exclaimed. "you've been an apprentice longer than me. but i'm no kit - i'll still be able to beat you!" he snickered. "i suppose i should have to bring back all of my kills back here? i'll have practically a fresh-kill pile of my own. later, birdbrain!" foxpaw said, then suddenly disappeared into the undergrowth, putting his senses to the test.

now, where's that squirrel i scented earlier... he mused to himself, narrowing his eyes as he spared a glance up to the trees. there was a quiet nibbling sound to be heard. he directed his gaze elsewhere, and saw the squirrel just a foxlength ahead, dropping into a hunter's crouch. perfect timing... he grinned, and after a few pawsteps, inching closer and closer to the squirrel, he leapt forward, snapping his powerful jaws at the squirrel as he landed perfectly on top of it. his long limbs hovered above the place it stood while it dangled from his jaws, his large teeth sunk into the warm nape. 

i've probably already got more than her. she won't find a whisker!


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[Kuwaki]

spottedpaw watched lazily as the tomcat rambled on, "i'll suppose you'll have to bring your kills here." she drawled lazily, waiting for him to run away for his first catch. her laugh softly emerged as she padded forward, pushing down the urge to chase after him and pin him down as her first piece of prey ; because lets face it, she could beat him in a fight as well as in hunting. without hesitance spottedpaw ran on ward her paws silent as she moved swiftly through the forest, leaping over broken roots and fallen branches before skidding to a stop when she was finally deep within the forest, her tail waving to a fro as her maw opened slightly.

with a menacing grin, spottedpaw crouched low to the ground, her tongue drawing over her fangs as she stalked forward. the small brown shape sat with its long tail lazily dropped on the ground as it frantically washed its face. with a few light steps spottedpaw swung her paw down on the tail, the creature squeaking quietly with alarm before going completely stiff and silent in shock. spottedpaw let out a huff of disappointment, sunsplash always told her not to play with her prey but sometimes they could be so much fun to chase after even if she could see the cruelty behind it. and as she rolled her eyes remembering her mentors words, she dropped her head to the creatures neck giving it a quick nip on its spine, snapping it with a single pop before sitting up and releasing the tail with a satisfied smirk.

after making the trip back, spottedpaw looked around for her competition before digging a hole in the earth and dropping the limp mouse without kindness and covering the carcass lazily. with a yawn spottedpaw turned her eye line back to the forest and with a quick flick of her tail she was gone, vanishing into the trees.

[iero]

[iero]

thunderclan ❀ foxpaw ❀ apprentice

suddenly at a lack of prey, foxpaw narrowed his eyes, unable to help but trail closer to the river. as much as he hated the water and feared getting dragged in by the menacing waves that lapped up against the shore, taunting, there was a prey scent there. how can riverclan even eat so much fish? he thought while he drew closer to the water, the rushing river making his pelt prickle. don't they know how bad they smell? stupid fleabrains. 

he looked around, his jaws parting. the scent of cattails and reeds was a little overwhelming, but underneath it all, he could detect a water vole. his leafy green eyes were searching for the creature. a tree hung above the river, its gnarled roots curling threateningly towards the water, where there was no sand, only an overhang of dirt held together by a tangle of smaller roots. foxpaw saw the vole gnawing at something, most likely a nut or seed, nose twitching as it nibbled at its own food. the tabby tom crawled towards the tree, thankful for the weeds and grass that grew along the beach-like shore of the river.

he thrust himself forward, immediately snatching the vole in his jaws, dangling by its nape. he had miscalculated slightly, and he felt his tail and hind legs hit water. mouth full, foxpaw dug his front claws into the thick root, and pulled himself out quickly, before the rapids could drag him to his death. he bit down hard, killing the water vole, and snarled.

stupid rodents! it almost got me killed! he thought, trembling a little. now my furs all wet, dammit.... he added, more disappointedly than anything.


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[Kuwaki]

spottedpaw skidded to a halt as she caught the scent of her competitior. the apprentice bounced of her stars willing herself to run forward and not check out what the tom cat was doing but her curiousity got the better of her. with a grunt of disapproval spottedpaw moved silently after the scent as it dragged her toward the river before being over powered by the stench of fish. then she heard a splash and a snarl and spottedpaw was off moving swiftly before coming face to face with foxpaw. she took in his appearance before tossing her head back in a loud laugh. "oh- oh man! that's too good." she mewed through heavy breaths of laughter as she took steps back.

"why is your name foxpaw if you're part fish, huh? we should call you wetpaw! so when you become a warrior at 30 moons you'll become wetbutt." she laughed as her tale swayed back a forth as she laughed before collapsing onto the grass with heavy breaths as her laughter died down. "you've killed me wetbutt." she purred. "was that vole even worth it?" she weezed as the apprentice looked at the water vole with unimpressed green eyes.

[iero]

[iero]

thunderclan ❀ foxpaw ❀ apprentice

foxpaw felt eyes on him, and even though his lower half was sopping wet, he could feel all of his fur beginning to prickle. his cheeks burned underneath his fur in humiliation. he narrowed his eyes, turning to face spottedpaw when he knew she was standing there. his ears were flattened against his head. "shut up!" he snapped, digging his claws into the ground. "it was worth it because it's prey that's going to feed the clan! you try nearly getting dragged into the river, you fleabrained piece of dung!"

he saw her rolling across the grass from laughter, lashing his tail. she's laughing at me! he thought, almost in despair, and without even thinking, threw himself at her. he didn't care if he was younger or inexperienced. he had the element of surprise. he knew that he didn't really want to hurt her, he just wanted to shock her a little, show her what he was really made of. nobody makes fun of me and gets away with it!

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tag: Kuwaki

[Kuwaki]

the small cats laughter died down just as a heavy weight bashed into her side like a ton of bricks, she rolled to the  side and accepted foxpaws weight with a grunt as she allowed him to land on top of her. "oh hello there." she drawled lazily with a bright smirk before kicking her legs upward against the soft of his stomach and pushed him easily over her head with a single trust before standing up and pouncing on top of him before dropping all of her weight on him to keep the smaller cat at bay. "bit forward, don't you think foxpaw?" she threw him a toothy grin, her tail flicking his paws as she looked at him with incredible confidence. "i've been in the river before, but i never made such a fool of myself as you did." she snorted before jumping to her paws and bouncing away.

"adios amigo." she mewed with a flick of her tail before padding over to the river with an air of confidence around her as she leaned forward. "riverclan cats say you keep your shadow off the river according to their apprentices,"  she sat neatly with her paws tucked under her body as she watched silver shapes slither through the liquid with inspiring elegance before she sat back on her hind legs. "want to give it another try? maybe you'll manage not to get your butt wet, eh wetbutt?" she grinned as her ears flicked.

[iero]