I was sleeping peacefully in my nest when some cat just had to poke my with his claw.
"Go away." I grumbled.
"Sorry sleepy Earthstorm says you have to go on a hunting patrol." I heard Icefur chuckle.
"What's the point of him being mates with my aunt if I can't sleep in?" I grumble and stretch.
"Hey he doesn't even let his own kits sleep in." He reminded me clearly amused.
"Because he's evil." I grumbled finally getting out of the nest and licking some moss off of my pelt. "Who's going?"
"You, me, Gingerrose, and Wildflare." Icefur told me.
"Okay, some you and Gingerrose time I could enjoy." I laughed walking out of the den with him.
"Is that so?" He laughed as we approached the rest of our patrol.
"Is what so?" Gingerrose asked as turned towards us.
"I said I could handle being up this early if I got some Icefur and Gingerrose time." I replied making her chuckle.
"Need some parenting time?" Her whiskers twitched. That was a joke between us since Icefur treats me like I'm him own kit, she says she might as well be my second mother.
"Exactly." I purred.
We laughed together as Wildflare walked up to the patrol.
"Morning." Gingerrose purred in greeting as she flicked his ear with her tail.
"Morning." He grumbled.
"We all ready to head out?" Icefur asked and everyone meowed yes.
We started walking until we reached an area we called twin pines. There were two pine trees that weren't really that close together but they were in around the same area. You couldn't see the other pine tree from the other or hear conversations from around the other pine tree.
"Because I've spent way to much time hunting with you when you were an apprentice and I want to spend time with Gingerrose, We are hunting together and you and Wildflare can hunt together." Icefur informed me.
My whiskers twitched in amusement as I nodded. "Okay you two have fun." I called after them as they started to walk to the other pine tree. Icefur flicked his tail as Gingerrose laughed quietly.
"I'll hunt on the other side of the tree and you hunt on this side?" I asked Wildflare.
He nodded and I walked quietly over to the other side of the tree. I opened my mouth and let the sents flow into my mouth. I detected the smell of a mouse coming from the bushes near the tree. Creeping low to the ground I quietly stalked over to the tiny mouse. I wiggled my hind corners before pouncing on the small animal and crushing its small sqeak for help with my jaws crushing its neck. I quickly buried the mouse before searching for my next victim.
By the time we had all met back up I had caught two mice, and a squirrel. Icefur had caught a thrush, a mouse, and a squirrel. Gingerrose had caught Three mice and Wildflare had caught two squirrels and a vole.
"See how well I trained her?" Icefur puffed out his chest in pride of my catch.
"She's a warrior. I would hope she can catch some prey." Gingerrose laughed.
Icefur grumbled something as we walked into the camp and set our prey on the fresh-kill pile.
"Hopebattle!" I hear the small voice of Tansykit squeal as three tiny bodies slam into me almost knocking me down.
"Kits!" My mother growled at them tough her whiskers twitched in amusement.
"What do you guys want?" I asked my smaller sibling who had all sat down in front of me.
"Teach us to hunt!" They requested.
"You'll learn to hunt when you're apprentices." I laughed softly.
"But we want to learn now!" Bearkit exclaimed falling to the ground dramatically.
"You only have four more moons to wait. Surely you can wait until then." We all turned towards the amused Battlestar.
"But we don't want to wait!" Ivorykit whined
"Fine then show me your best hunting crouch." Battlestar told them.
All three kits squealed and crouched as close to the ground as they could get while crouching.
"Good but you don't want your belly touching the ground." Battlestar told the kits.
"Why not?" Bearkit asked.
"The prey will hear you. Hopebattle show them a proper one please." Battlestar asked his eyes shinning with amusement.
I nodded before crouching low to the ground in a hunter's crouch.
"Since your already teaching us how to hunt you should just make us apprentices." Bearkit said with a serious look on his face as his litter mates nodded in agreement.
"See how she's close to the ground but not touching it? Practice getting your hunting crouches to look like that and then I'll think of make you apprentices." Battlestar told them, whiskers twitching in amusement as the kits squealed in excitement.
"We'll go perfect it!" Tansykit squealed before running off towards the nursery with her litter mates behind her.
"They're so funny." I laughed watching them leave.
"You and Nettlethorn were like that too." He sighed in remembrance.
"Are you sure I wasn't the one bugging you about that and Nettlethorn the one bugging Jadestripe about herbs." I snorted. Battlestar laughed and simply shook his head.
Jadestripe had been our old medicine cat. At the time we got to be apprentices Jadestripe had already had an apprentice, Scorchclaw. Nettlethorn had bugged Battlestar and Jadestripe to the point they both agreed to let Nettlethorn train to be a medicine cat giving Jadestripe two apprentices. Though Jadestripe know she was getting old and that soon Nettlethorn would be Scorchclaw's apprentice and not hers. Jadestripe had died three leaf- bares ago. Scorchclaw had finished training Nettlethorn and gave him his name as a medicine cat.
"They're getting so big so fast." Battlestar sighed looking off towards the nursery when the kits were now pouncing on each other, forgetting completely about their hunting crouches.
"Yeah they are." I agreed pushing him lightly with my shoulder.
He looked down at me with a smile before pushing me back.
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