Following My Path
(Early)
"Give up yet?" Hiddeneye whispered into Blazepaw's ear.
"Never" snarled the young tom, bound to overpower his father soon.
Blazepaw adjusted himself under his mentor's heavy paws and kicked Hiddeneye directly in the underbelly. The large grey tom fell over and Blazepaw quickly took advantage. Grabbing his scruff and pulling causing him Hiddeneye to flip on his back. The young apprentice had his mentor pinned.
"Do you give up?" Blazepaw said, staring into his father's proud eyes, as he nodded.
The apprentice leaped off his mentor towards the small group of apprentices watching. His eyes shining with self-pride.
"You actually beat Hiddeneye, and he is a full grown warrior. I would hate to have to fight against you in battle Blazepaw." Kitepaw's eyes were filled with intimidation, but as always there was a hint of friendliness that Blazepaw enjoys searching for.
"I wouldn't have to fight him, he would be too busy running away from me." The prideful voice of Gustpaw sounded throughout the woods.
Accepting Gustpaw's challenge Blazepaw flung himself at his friend and pinned him down swiftly.
"What did you saw about running away?"
Gustpaw acted as though he had lost then reared up and flung Blazepaw onto the ground. Blazepaw landing on his feet, turned and lunged towards the silver apprentice. Gustpaw lightly bit into Blazepaw's shoulder as Blazepaw clawed his underbelly. Blazepaw assuming he had claimed victory, jumped off of his friend, and turned to see the slightly larger apprentice flex his muscles to show off to the other apprentices watching. Gustpaw jumped onto Blazepaw's face and squeeled when Blazepaw bit into his leg.
"Guys, stop fooling around. Hiddeneye, Wolfhowl, and Stormfire are already on their way back to camp." The sweet and soft voice of Cheetahpaw made Gustpaw lose focus. Taking advantage of Gustpaw's distraction, Blazepaw pinned the handsome silver tom to the ground.
Cheetahpaw began trotting back to camp, with Timidpaw and Kitepaw at her heels. Blazepaw locked eyes on the streaked apprentices coat and let a slight purr escape his lips.
The camp was not far off and Blazepaw felt the comfort of home before he even made his way through the entrance. Pebbleear was proudly guarding the camp outside the entrance.
"Hey guys, how did training go?" He said with the goofy smile that all of the she-cats in camp loved.
"Blazepaw pinned Hiddeneye, and beat Gustpaw too." Kitepaw replied. Blazepaw enjoyed how she liked to talk about his achievements as much as he did.
They walked past the black tom into the camp. Blazepaw looked around and saw the familiar camp activities commencing. Russetfoot, Stormfire, and Wolfhowl were getting ready to leave for dusk patrol. Sugarmint was watching as her kits were play-fighting in the center of the clearing. Owlswoop, Moonfur, and Firefoot were sharing tongues by their den.
The group of apprentices headed towards the freshkill pile and each took a piece. Blazepaw stuck with a plump rat, instead of the less appetizing, slimy, juicy frog.
He went over to sit in the usual eating area, and ate quickly, excited to know what the Clan leader has to say about today in battle training. He had finished the rat, and began to move towards Kitepaw to share toungues, but was interrupted by Rubykit's mew.
He looked up to see a group of kits staring at Blazepaw and his friends with wide eyes. "H-hi I- I mean we- I mean our mothers said that it would be best if we met you."
Blazepaw saw Kitepaw's eyes soften at the sight of the kits. He knew that she, like every other she-cat in the woods, dreams of having kits of her own. "I'm Kitepaw and these our my friends. The pretty black she-cat over there is Timidpaw, she doesn't talk too much." She flicked her tail in the direction of the shy she-cat, who didn't seem to care about Kitepaw's comment.
"The calico one is my sister, Cheetahpaw and the cute grey tom is Gustpaw." Blazepaw couldn't stop himself at bieng jelous of what she had said about Gustpaw. Blazepaw knew that he had feelings for Kitepaw, feelings he couldn't explain, and that she doesn't know but still gets mad at her if she goes and says something like that which makes him mad. He heard Kitepaw continue and stopped his inner monolougue to listen.
"This hear is Blazepaw, he beat his own father today in battle training." Blazepaw felt confident when he saw the way the group of kits were looking at him. He was to distracted by his thoughts to see the tiny black kit whisper something to Kitepaw. Kitepaw's charming laugh made him look up.
"I know, but I kind of already called dibs."
He was confused and interested to know what Rubykit had said but out of respect he didn't speak up.
"I'm Rubykit and this is my sister Cherrykit, and my brothers, Grasskit and Thestralkit. Our mother is Sugarmint. We just opened our eyes yesterday and our mother thought we should wait for Flamekit to open hers. " She said as she flicked her tail in the direction of each kit as she addresed them. Blazepaw caught the eye of the small grey-brown tom, he had heard Rubykit address as Thestralkit. He smiled and the kits eyes got wider.
All of the cat's heads turned at the sweet sound of Featherstorm's voice. "Come on, you can meet the rest of the cats in the Clan tomorrow. He watched as Thestralkit and his denmates walked slowly across the camp.
He began to lick Kitepaw's ears and her soft purr warmed his heart. He moved steadily down her back as she finished eating and began to clean his face. The sweet moment was interupted by Leapardspirit, who, by the looks of it, had just returned from dawn patrol.
"Sharpstar and Hiddeneye want to speak with you, Blazepaw."As the she-cat walked off Blazepaw threw an excited glance at Kitepaw and walked towards the leader's den.
He was nervous as he entered Sharpstar's hollowed out rock, that is used as his den. It smelled like mint and vines and he made out the faint shapes of the two toms.
"Hiddeneye has told me that you beat him in battle training today, he says he thinks you are ready to become a full warrior, and I agree. You and your den mates have had the same amount of training and yet you excel, Do you think you are ready to become a warrior early?"
Hey it's Jazzy again, and I'm surprised that not a single person replied to the competition I had posted on the first chapter. If you don't like the idea just say so. The challenge for this chapter is...
Comment in a review or Pm me, what you think about Lightningkit and Blazepaw so far. Do you have any predictions for the future of these two cats?
The top three most creative, and interesting answers will be posted along with the next update. Love you guys
-Jazzy