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Tired
"Hollypaw, Hollypaw wake up!" Hollypaw groaned as she heard Rosepaw's voice in her ear, couldn't she see that she was sleeping?
"Go away!" Groaned Hollypaw, she had been meeting Darkclaw for about half a moon now but she found herslef very tired in the mornings after their illicit meetings.
"We're having our first fighting session today, remember?" Rosepaw exclaimed.
Hollypaw shot straight up, all traces of her tiredness gone, she had totally forgot about the first fighting lesson, she was so excited. She hurriedly washed herself and was soon in the camp with Rosepaw and Firepaw as they stood waiting for their mentor's.
After what seemed like moons Birchfall, Hazeltail and Bumblestripe finally came over and they started to make their way to the training hollow. When they were all eventually there Hazeltail and Bumblestripe did a demonstration.
Hollypaw watched their every move as they showed them the simple swipe and dodge. You needed to swipe with enough force to unbalance the other cat, if only just for a second, so that you could dodge out of the way of their counter attack, it all looked pretty simple really.
Because there was only three of them Hollypaw had to go with Hazeltail, who was the smallest of the three mentors, even if she was still a lot bigger than Hollypaw.
"So, take a swipe at me, then try to dodge out of the way of when I try to attack you." Hazeltail said.
Hollypaw nodded, she could do this.
She pulled her front paw back and swiped Hazeltail's shoulder, the older cat just stood there looking unimpressed. "I know this is just a training session," She said, "But you can tey a little bit harder, surely?"
"Yeah, sorry." Hollypaw apologised. This time she put a lot more strength into the blow that landed on Hazeltail's shoulder. The older cat was thrown slightly off balance but Hollypaw was too busy thinking about how much more power she could use that she forgot to dodge Hazeltail's counter attack.
After Hollypaw had regained her balance Hazeltail spoke again, "You do need to dodge my attack you know, in a real battle you would be running off into the bushes by now."
"Yeah, I know, sorry." Hollypaw apologised.
"It doesn't matter, try again." Hazeltail said.
Hollypaw hit Hazeltail with as much, if not more power than the last blow and then neatly dodged out of the way of Hazeltail's next attack.
"I got it that time." Hollypaw smiled.
"Eventually." Hazeltail sighed.
"So what do we do now?" Hollypaw asked.
"Now, you're going to learn how you can use that move to your advantage if another cat uses it against you."
"So, how are you?" Darkclaw asked, purring as he saw Hollypaw come to the border.
"Brilliant, I had my first fighting session today and I learnt loads of moves and it was really fun!" Hollypaw grinned.
"I remember my first training session, I was so excited, when I was an apprentice I alway's dreamed of being deputy, and then leader of course, and now here I am." Darkclaw said happily. He knew that if anyone discovered his secret night time meetings he wouldn't be deputy anymore, but it didn't seem to matter.
He wouldn't stop these meeting's if Starclan told him to, it made him feel right, they felt right, Hollypaw felt right, whenever he was with Hollypaw he could forget all of his troubles, mostly to do with the stress of being deputy.
"Do your clan ask you questions?" Hollypaw suddenly asked.
"What do you mean?" Darkclaw asked.
"Well, Rosepaw and Firepaw keep asking me why I'm so tired and why sometimes they wake up and I'm not in my nest and I tell them I'm always in the dirtplace but it's obvious they don't believe me and I hate lying to them." Hollypaw said all in one breath.
"You can't tell them." Darkclaw said.
"I know that," Hollypaw sighed, "But anyway, do they ask you questions?"
"No, I guess it's because I'm deputy and they think I'm out doing some secret good for Shadowclan." Darkclaw said.
"Well, you're doing something secret, but maybe not good." Hollypaw smiled.
"Who say's what I'm doing isn't good? For me at least." Darkclaw asked.
"No one, because no one knows." Hollypaw said.
The two of them sat in silence for a little bit after that, just sitting next to eachother, their fur touching, making them both feel so nice. Darkclaw only realised Hollypaw had fallen asleep when he heard her faint snores and the steady rise and fall of her chest next to him.
He looked at her, her tabby fur, her beautiful amber eyes, she was perfect. He took a deep breath in, he knew he needed to wake her up and send her back to her own clan but found that he didn't want to, she looked so peaceful when she was sleeping.
"Oh Hollypaw," He sighed, talking to no one but himself, "I think-I think I might just love you."
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