Hey everyone! So here's chapter three. What happened in the last chapter: Snakepaw helped Arumtail, the medicine cat, by delivering some herbs to Astherpelt…. And, that's pretty much it… read on!
Disclaimer: Warrior Cats does not belong to me all credit goes to Erin Hunter
The first ray of dawn's light hit Snakepaw's face; she slowly opened her eyes, remembering the excitement she would have today. "Wake up you two," She whispered to the other apprentices as they opened their eyes, "we have to train today, remember?"
Grasspaw looked up at Snakepaw, his eyes still heavy with sleep. "Oh, look at that," He yawned, looking straight at the entrance of the den, "I guess we do have to start another day." Grasspaw started pawing at his listless brother, who was still adjusting his eyes to the light.
"Ugh! I detest when you annoy me like this." Twinpaw snarled as he stretched out his forelegs. He then shivered, "It's almost Leafbare, and it's getting colder by the night." He then pointed to the entrance of the den, "We should let our mentors know we are awake, and the easiest way is by going outside…"
When the three apprentices padded out of their den, their mentors were already waiting for them. "We're sorry," Twinpaw lowered his head, signaling the others to copy; "We will not be late again." Panthereyes signaled them to raise their heads up, flicking his tail upward.
"Well it seems as though your first day of training has begun," Eagleclaw meowed in a commanding tone, "are you looking forward to it, Snakepaw?" Snakepaw nodded, meeting his jade green gaze.
"No need to be hard on her, Eagleclaw," Twistedtail looked at the brown tom, his pure black eyes calm. Eagleclaw met his gaze scornfully, giving a hiss afterward.
"Enough! Eagleclaw, you can't act like a kit you're a fully trained warrior." Panthereyes hissed his night black fur on end. "Now then," The black warrior calmed his nerves, his fur falling once again flat, "We should head out, and it could be sunhigh any moment now."
With that being said, he six cats bounded outside of the clan camp. Twistedtail was looking at Snakepaw every few minutes, the she-cat seemed familiar to him. To his eyes, she seemed familiar; yet to his mind, she was a blur.
Panthereyes stopped, the other five cats stopping as well. "We shall teach you how to catch prey today." The black warrior announced to the apprentices, as they got organized. "Twistedtail will show a demonstration, so watch closely"
Twistedtail started fidgeting; he had to show a demonstration in front of the apprentices? "Are you NERVOUS!" Eagleclaw could sense his fear, "Don't be shy, and impress us."
Twistedtail heaved a sigh, "Fine, I'll do it if you'll stop forcing me." He then crouched and stalked silently, sneaking up on a mouse. Before the mouse could notice his presence, Twistedtail had killed it swiftly.
"Wow! That was amazing mentor" Grasspaw admired his mentor, "can I try now?" Panthereyes approved of this, the apprentice then lowered his body to the ground. 'Okay, I can do this, just think of killing the mouse quickly.' Grasspaw thought as he took a deep breath. He then spotted a mouse, one tail length away.
Before he could even raise a paw, the mouse heard Grasspaw and scurried away. "You need to put your weight in your haunches, Grasspaw." Eagleclaw looked at the green patched apprentice, with his jade green eyes still drifting somewhere else.
"Twinpaw," Panthereyes called to his apprentice, "Your turn to try." Twinpaw nodded looking at still as a rock, yet on the inside he was shaking violently. He then crouched into Stalking position.
He unsheathed his claws, and then silently began moving towards a rabbit. 'I'm downwind right now, it won't smell me. Now I have to be quiet, so it doesn't hear me.' Twinpaw strategized inside his head. He then slowly stalked near the rabbit, Ready to strike. He then crushed the rabbit, killing it in one strike.
"Very impressive," Panthereyes praised his apprentice, "you have done well, for the first try" Twinpaw felt pride in pleasing his mentor, and the easiest way to do so was to make flawless tries.
Snakepaw didn't notice what her friend just accomplished. She was familiar to the way Twistedtail had caught his prey, it was just like her brother's. Twistedtail then looked at Snakepaw, his pure black eyes meeting with her pure black eyes.
'Somehow, Twistedtail does things just like my brother. I wonder if he really is my brother, I doubt it though. My brother was way fierce, and he was shorter than him.' Snakepaw started thinking about why Twistedtail seemed familiar.
'Maybe Snakepaw doesn't like to be around me, she's always glaring at me. What did I do to her?' Twistedtail thought, head lowered. Snakepaw saw this and comforted him, maybe she could find out from him.
"Twistedtail, do you have a sister?" Snakepaw asked, her ears twitching eagerly. Twistedtail looked down at her; he then nodded with a small smile on his face.
"She was the happiest cat in the world, by my standards." Twistedtail stared into space, remembering the past. "She and I got separated, when I went searching for food." He then lamented.
"That's sad, the same thing happened to my brother. He left and never came back." Snakepaw remembered that warm Greenleaf night. She then looked down at the ground, pawing at it with force.
"Snakepaw," Grasspaw's voice snapped her out of her thinking, "Your turn to catch prey." Snakepaw nodded, still looking at the tall warrior next to her. She then prepared to catch at least a mouse.
She focused her weight on her haunches, and slowly stalked towards a mouse. Her heart was beating violently, what if she couldn't catch it? She then reared up, calming her nerves before striking.
'When I jump, I'll quickly kill it. Nothing can go wrong with that right?" She then jumped up, pouncing on the mouse.
Okay, Chapter is finally finished. I would like to thank Russetwing for reviewing this for me. And I hope you will keep on reading, see you later everyone.