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When Firepaw got up the next morning, it took him a few seconds to realise that he was the first one up. Normally, someone might try and get extra things done or maybe try and get some more sleep, but the first thought to go through Firepaw's head was:
"Yes! I get to wake them up!"
He turned to Greypaw, Sandpaw and Dustpaw and yowled, "WAKE UP YOU FAT LAZY COWS! THE CAMP IS ON FIRE!"
All three cats jumped to their feet, their fur on end. Before any of them could speak, Firepaw meowed quickly, "Just joking. The camp's fine. Greypaw, we have training in the hollow. Sandpaw, Dustpaw, I haven't a clue what you have but your mentors might be able to tell you."
He padded away before they could claw off his pelt. Greypaw caught up with him just before Ravenpaw padded up to them.
"Hello, dear friends, I will be accompanying you in training today," Ravenpaw meowed.
"Why are you speaking so formally? Seriously, we're just apprentices," Firepaw pointed out.
"That is unknown to me," Ravenpaw told them, "but it is the manner in which I have been speaking since I passed out after attempting to inform the Clan of an important fact which they did not know."
"And what was that?" Firepaw asked.
"Fooled you!" Ravenpaw yowled. "You actually thought I spoke like that? Seriously, you're so gullible."
But Firepaw wasn't listening anymore. He had just spotted Spottedleaf, and when he spots Spottedleaf, everything else is irrelevant.
"HOLY £$%&! SHE IS £$%&*# SEXY!" Firepaw shrieked.
"Why did you swear, Firepaw?" Greypaw asked. "It seriously wasn't needed, and now that the author had to star them out, it's difficult for the readers to know what you're trying to say."
"Greypaw, if the readers have an IQ above 40, then I think they'll know what he was saying," Ravenpaw pointed out.
"We have training," Greypaw meowed. "Come on guys, let's go!"
They padded – no, not marched – to the training hollow, where Lionheart and Tigerclaw were waiting for them. Tigerclaw had, fortunately, duct tape over his mouth.
"Take your time," Lionheart meowed.
"OK," Greypaw meowed, suddenly moving in slow motion.
Lionheart, the only sane cat there, face-pawed himself at this. "No, Greypaw, don't take your time."
"Oh right," Greypaw returned to normal speed and sat beside Firepaw and Ravenpaw, who had sat down while I wasn't describing their actions.
"Today, we are going to begin teaching you to hunt," Lionheart meowed. "At the end you will have a very important assessment-"
"I'm sorry, but isn't this a bit like those talks about exams and the future that teachers give to their class, even if the class has heard it ten times from other teachers?" Firepaw asked.
"Shut up, Firepaw."
"OK."
"As I was saying, you will have a very important assessment so make sure you try your hardest," Lionheart told them. "Now, what's the difference between hunting a mouse and hunting a rabbit?"
"What? You haven't even taught us anything and you're already testing us?" Firepaw meowed in alarm. Lionheart ignored him.
"The rabbit hears you, the mouse feels you," Greypaw meowed.
"Nerd," Firepaw muttered.
"Good. How might you stalk a mouse?" Lionheart asked.
"I'm going to act nerdy. Step lightly?" Firepaw suggested.
"Yes. You have to put all your weight into your haunches," Lionheart told them.
"How do you pronounce haunches?" Firepaw asked. "Do you say haw-nches, like a donkey, or do you say ha-nches? Or is it haw-ches with a silent 'n'? Or is it-"
"Firepaw if you speak one more word out of turn then I will make a camp fire, impale you with a stick and cook you like a marshmallow," Lionheart snarled.
Firepaw didn't reply.
"Good," Lionheart purred. "Now copy me." Lionheart performed a perfect stalk for hunting a mouse, keeping no weight on his paws and whatever else you need to put into it. I'm not the best at this stuff.
Firepaw, Greypaw and Ravenpaw all copied Lionheart.
Tigerclaw, somehow managing to get the duct tape off without anyone else noticing, growled, "Ravenpaw, zat is a terrible hunting crouch! Ze little mice vill smell you from a mile off!"
Ravenpaw narrowed his eyes at Tigerclaw. "I am trying, Murdercl- … er, I mean Tigerclaw."
Tigerclaw glared Ravenpaw. "VAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME? MURDERCLAW? ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCUSE ME OF-"
Firepaw suddenly leaped to Ravenpaw's defence. "Ravenpaw's just worried about his injuries and stuff!"
"Let us see you doing a good hunting crouch and I vill agree," Tigerclaw growled.
Firepaw did his hunting crouch/stalk thing (you can tell I'm rubbish at this).
"Zat is rubbish! Ze prey vill no come to your paws, kittypet, you vill have to catch it yourself!" Tigerclaw hissed.
"You think his hunting crouch is bad?" Greypaw meowed. "I stalk like a one-legged badger!" Greypaw suddenly shape-shifted into a one-legged badger and fell flat on his face.
For a moment, everyone just stared at the strange occurrence that had just taken place.
"That was weird," said a random flower, which is unusual, because flowers don't normally talk.
Firepaw turned around and stared at the flower. "Isn't that, like, the fifth time that has happened?"
"Fourth actually," Lionheart pointed out.
"Fourth time what happened?" Greypaw had returned to cat form and was sitting up in confusion.
"Er… it doesn't matter Greypaw," Lionheart meowed.
"Vy not try out your hunting techniques for real?" Tigerclaw suggested.
"What, on you?" Ravenpaw asked hopefully.
"No, on prey you mouse-brain!" Tigerclaw snapped. "Now go before I eat you all for a snack!"
Firepaw, Greypaw and Ravenpaw all split up. Firepaw went down to a stream and saw a mouse. Using those stalking techniques, which I suck at describing, he pounced and caught.
"Yes, I caught a mouse!" Firepaw yowled. Glancing at me, he added, "OK, you can do the two moon time skip now."
So what do you think? Sorry for not updating sooner, I had a mind block when trying to figure out how to start the chapter. If you have any suggestions please tell me in a pm or review! Next chapter: Yellowfang. This is going to be some fun.
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