She growled as light blinded her eyes. Jaypaw hauled herself up, blinking. Was it morning already? Part of her moss den was sticking to her. She shook her pelt and walked out of the apprentice's den, not seeing anyone there. In the stone and grass camp, she saw her best and only friend, Mousepaw. Mousepaw was a light brown tom with amber eyes. He was eating a rabbit by himself. The pale gray tabby she-cat padded over to him, lying down and rudely taking a bite out of his rabbit.
"Why hello there, Jaypaw, nice to see you," Mousepaw mewed sarcastically. She rolled her eyes, chewing on the rabbit. Mousepaw sighed, looking longingly at the rabbit. Jaypaw passed the rabbit to him, and then spoke.
"What have you been doing?" She questioned him, raising an eyebrow. Jaypaw enjoyed sleeping while Mousepaw woke up at a "normal" time. She'd always miss something by sleeping but she would get her updates usually from Mousepaw. Jaypaw yawned quite loudly.
"I was talking to Lightstreak." He mewed between bites. Jaypaw gave a wide smile.
"Aw…little Mousepaw's growing up, getting crushes on she-cats!" Jaypaw teased, amused with herself. She pushed his shoulder lightly and then got distracted by her father, Brambletear, who was coming back from a patrol. He was tall, broad-shouldered, muscular, with thick bone-white claws peeking out of his paws. Jaypaw scrambled to stand up, smiling at her father. He gave a warm smile back, purring loudly. Shadowfall gave a mew, flicking her tail with Snowstorm sitting near her. Jaypaw sighed and swatted Mousepaw's ear lightly to get his attention. The two apprentices padded over to their mentors. Shadowfall puffed out her chest.
"We're going to go hunting at the meadow border today." Shadowfall mewed, looking at the apprentices. Before she could say another word, they dashed off into the autumn forest. Jaypaw's strides were long and a good pace while Mousepaw scrambled up a tree, leaping from branch to branch with grace. Jaypaw sped ahead of Mousepaw, smiling wildly. Mousepaw growled playfully, speeding up. Jaypaw stumbled a little and the rolled into the meadow.
"I won!" She mewed, looking for Mousepaw after getting to her feet. She swivled her head left and right, glancing for Mousepaw when suddenly his figure tackled hers.
"Ha!" He mewed, and then got off of her, looking at the meadow with Jaypaw.
The meadow sat on the edge of their territory, often providing rabbits, ravens, and field mice, not even including the herbs that could be found, as meadows often held useful herbs. It was a beautiful golden with specks of purple. The grass was tall, rising a few inches above their heads. Jaypaw and Mousepaw were panting a quietly as they possibly could. Jaypaw looked at the available prey and she pointed to a raven off to the left and a rabbit to the right. Even though Jaypaw was smaller, she went after the rabbit, certain that she could handle it. She stalked the brown rabbit, careful not to make noise. Her muscles tensed as she saw the rabbit's ears twitch. She leapt after the rabbit, missing it by a hair and the rabbit started dashing off. She went bolting in the direction the rabbit went, determined to catch her prey. The meadow blurred around her as she only focused on her obstacles. She caught up due to her great strides and speed, pouncing on the rabbit and breaking its neck quickly. She puffed out her chest, ready to brag to Mousepaw. She grabbed her prey and turned around, only to find that she was lost.