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~Petalwish
Chapter Twenty Two
Snowpaw pads alongside Lightpaw, the tan she-cat and her brother Thornpaw have only just become apprentices today. Tailwind had insisted he and Snowpaw come with the younger apprentices and their mentors as they tour the territory. Now with the tour over their all stopping for some hunting practice.
"I'm going to be the best hunter in all of ThunderClan!" Thornpaw exclaims his blue eyes shinning and his brown fur bristling in excitement. His mentor, Whitefeather smiles faintly.
"I'm sure you will be, but for now you don't know how!" he jokes his green eyes sparkling in amusement. Thornpaw looks crestfallen, Lightpaw rolls her eyes causing Snowpaw to laugh. Realizing that his comment was a bit to harsh Whitefeather shuffles on his paws looking embarrassed. "Sorry" he mumbles as though he's the apprentice and not the warrior. Tailwind touches his tail tip on the older warriors shoulder,
"Whitefeather you just aren't used to being a mentor. Things will get easier," he mumbles quietly. Whitefeather flashes Tailwind a thankful look before turning back to his apprentice.
"Alright, Thornpaw were going to start with the hunters crouch, come with me." Whitefeather leads Thornpaw a few tail lengths away and they begin to practice the hunters crouch. Lightpaw's mentor, Swiftsong turns to her apprentice.
"Lightpaw would you like Snowpaw to demonstrate the hunters crouch?" she questions, unlike Whitefeather Swiftsong has been a mentor before and so she knows that normally an older more experienced apprentice should demonstrate the hunters crouch before a new apprentice tries it there self.
"Sure!" Lightpaw meows her green eyes sparkling, Snowpaw crouches low sticking his tail in the air so not to stir the leaves under-paw. It just so happens a mouse crawls by at that exact moment, this is a catch I can't miss! Snowpaw pads forward lightly until he's less than a tail length away from the mouse. NOW! He thinks before pouncing, his weight easily killing the mouse. Snowpaw sits up the mouse in his jaws. "Wow!" Lightpaw breaths her eyes widening. Tailwind nods,
"Good job." he meows, Swiftsong murmurs agreement before facing her apprentice.
"Would you like to try?" she asks, Lightpaw nods flattening herself until her belly is just barely touching the ground. She lifts her tail as Snowpaw had done, Swiftsong purrs. "Wonderful! Just remember to sheath your claws until you pounce that way you won't accidentally stir the leaves." Lightpaw sits up eyes shinning,
"Okay!" she exclaims. Snowpaw rolls his eyes at her excitement, not meaning for the tan apprentice to see, of course she does. Lightpaw pads over to Snowpaw giving him a playful nudge, "You were just as excited!" she whispers. Snowpaw laughs,
"Yeah but I-" he breaks off at the sound of Sorrelrose's annoyed voice.
"Well your not in RiverClan anymore and in ThunderClan we fight like this!" she's yowling, Snowpaw glances towards Tailwind. His mentor looks worried, Snowpaw takes a deep breath.
"I'll go see whats wrong, you stay and help Swiftsong and Whitefeather with Thornpaw and Lightpaw's hunting!" he meows. Tailwind nods turning back to the new apprentices and their mentors though his ears are still pricked. Snowpaw dashes off towards the training hollow ready to break up to very angry she-cats. It turns out he doesn't have to, Pigeonpelt already has. The gray tom is standing beside Sorrelrose, murmuring what Snowpaw suspects are soothing words into her ear. Jealously stabs Snowpaw and he nearly faints as Pigeonpelt licks Sorrelrose's cheek. Snowpaw glances around the clearing, Frostpaw has already gone. Snowpaw glares once more at Sorrelrose and Pigeonpelt, at that moment Sorrelrose looks up meeting Snowpaw's gaze her eyes widen.
"Snowpaw!" she yowls but Snowpaw is already gone.
"Snowpaw! I'm telling you I don't like Pigeonpelt!" Sorrelrose gasps as she rushes to catch up with the white tom, Snowpaw snorts. "I'm serious!" Sorrelrose adds, Snowpaw spins around anger flooding him from head to tail tip.
"That's not what it looked like!" he growls, before turning and stalking off. Sorrelrose races to catch up stepping in front of Snowpaw her blue eyes glistening with hurt.
"Snowpaw...please...he was only comforting me!" she murmurs, Snowpaw wants to believe the brown and white she-cat but he can't.
"Sorrelrose we've each chosen are own path now...I'm sorry it has to be this way...you obviously care about Pigeonpelt and I..." Snowpaw trails off not daring to meet Sorrelrose's eyes. He can already feel the grief coming off her in waves,
"Snowpaw-" she starts. Snowpaw cuts her off,
"Go, Sorrelrose. Go, be with Pigeonpelt...I don't need you. I have-" this time Sorrelrose interrupts him.
"You have Frostpaw!" she growls before stalking off tail flicking crossly. Snowpaw watches her go, trying to ignore the desperate pang in his heart. He feels as though he's reopened his wound from falling into the gorge...the gorge! Snowpaw remembers the whole reason he fell into the gorge, to save Lightpaw...Lightpaw. Snowpaw shakes out his fur, turning and padding in the opposite direction as Sorrelrose. Towards the owl tree, where Lightpaw has practicing her hunters crouch. Sorrelrose's words ringing in his ears, You have Frostpaw...do I? Do I really or do I like Lightpaw?
Sorry its short and not to action packed I just wanted some Snow/Light, I also needed Sorrel/Snow to have a fight and yeah...Thornpaw and Lightpaw needed to become apprentices!
Until the next time
~Petalwish