Poisoned River
Smokepaw spun out of the way as Blueblaze attempted to charge him. He launched out, pouncing. He pounced on dirt. Blueblaze had gotten away. He heard him nearby. He waited as Blueblaze got closer. At the last minute he jumped out of the way and swiped a paw out. He hit Blueblaze, but barely. Blueblaze had escaped again. "Come on Smokepaw, focus!" he instructed.
"I am focusing!" Smokepaw shouted. "I can't do it!"
"Smokepaw, you're doing well. . ."
"No! I'm not. I can't do it."
"You're very good at defense. All you have to do is. . ."
"Enough already! Stop trying to make it look like I'm doing well. I'm not! So what if I can deflect, if I can't attack back I can't fight. Face it, I'm a terrible warrior!" he stormed off.
After he was far enough away he lay down and covered his head with his paws. If he couldn't do it, he'd have to be a medicine and Jayfeather would be right. Smokepaw didn't want Jayfeather to be right. He'd worked hard, had done all the right things, so why couldn't he do it?
I can do it. The realization hit him, he lifted his head. Smokepaw had been a great hunter, better than most cats in fact. And he had escaped Blueblaze's attacks. If he could learn to be offensive he would be a warrior.
Smokepaw got back up and walked to where he'd fought Blueblaze. But Blueblaze wasn't there anymore. Smokepaw sniffed around and followed his scent. He went back to camp. On the way back, he came up with an idea. The biggest problem he had with fighting was that he couldn't find Blueblaze, so if kept in contact the whole time. . . Smokepaw grinned.
Smokepaw walked in. Blueblaze and Moonstar were talking. He couldn't make out what they were saying yet. He came closer, that was when they noticed him. "Smokepaw." Moonstar greeted. She and Blueblaze stopped talking.
Which means they were talking about me. He knew. He decided to ignore that problem for the time being. He nodded to Moonstar and turned to Blueblaze. "Hey."
"Hi Smokepaw. I was worried about where you might've gone you know."
Smokepaw sighed and spun his paw around. Why did I have to lose my temper? "Yeah, sorry." There was a short pause. "C-can we go back to fighting?" he asked.
Smokepaw could only interpret the silence as surprise. "Sure." Blueblaze replied. "Moonstar, since we're here. . ."
Moonstar rolled her eyes. "Go for it." She didn't typically want cats practicing their fighting moves in camp, but in this case it was fine.
Blueblaze jumped at Smokepaw. This time Smokepaw tried a different tactic. He let Blueblaze pin him, then he kicked Blueblaze. Blueblaze got off. Oh no, he can't do that. Smokepaw jumped towards where he thought Blueblaze had gone. He did hit Blueblaze, lightly. Unfortunately after that he lost Blueblaze. He spun around trying to find him.
Blueblaze pounced on him again. "Don't worry, you're doing well." He encouraged.
"Better than before that's for sure." He agreed. He kicked Blueblaze. Then, keeping one paw on him, jumped on top of him and ran his paws on his sides, keeping his claws sheathed of course.
Meanwhile Eclipsepelt and Dragonflame walked through the forest, each with a piece of prey. It was curious that they were still doing everything together, but Dragonflame was still relatively new and Eclipsepelt wasn't the type to refuse to go hunting. Of course he was, as Dragonflame worded, 'Mister Zero Personality' on the trips, but she was getting used to it.
It's probably best that way. She tried to convince herself. It gives me more time to think. I have to figure out how to tip this clan. It would be rather easy actually. Aside from Moonstar, the clan would go into a fight with Stormclan. She made a mental note to work on that soon.
In the meantime, she was thirsty. They were passing a river. "Mind if I drink?" she asked Eclipsepelt through her prey. Eclipsepelt shrugged and that usually indicated she could. Dragonflame set her prey down and drank. She made a face. Eclipsepelt gave her a questioning look. "Water doesn't taste very look." She explained.
Eclipsepelt nodded. He looked concerned, but this was one of those times he didn't want to talk.
Dragonflame picked up her prey. "Let's go." They hadn't gotten very far when her head started hurting. Or maybe spinning was a better term. Dragonflame staggered.
"Dragonflame?" Eclipsepelt asked.
"I'm fine." She replied. Dragonflame got up, but the world was going dark. She fell back down.
The last thing she had heard was Eclipsepelt shouting "Dragonflame! Dragonflame!"
It would only occur to her later, that was the most talking she had ever gotten out of him.
(If anybody is wondering why my A/N tend to rant, that tends to happen when I don't get many reviews. I've gotten more now though, so I'll probably rant less. After this chapter.)