by sockwearer » Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:00 pm
Forestpaw | She-cat | Apprentice | Nine moons
Location - SnowClan camp
Forestpaw awoke with a large yawn. After a minute of trying to go back to sleep and being unable to, she stood and stretched for a moment, before exiting the apprentice's den. She looked around, eyes half-closed in a squint at the sun's harsh glare.
She quickly took notice of Stripestar talking with Ashenhills. She watched the two speak for a minute, before turning away and glancing outside of camp. She considered leaving camp to hunt, but decided to wait until there was a patrol to join or until she found someone else to hunt with. She flopped over onto her side and closed her eyes, trying to rest or even take a quick nap, though still keeping her ears perked up to listen. She unconsciously was still listening to Stripestar and Ashenhill's conversation, and was soon in a state of being half-asleep, comforted by the warmth the sun cast on her fur.
Barkpaw | She-cat | Apprentice | Seven moons
Location - LeafClan territory
Barkpaw walked quietly through the forest, gracefully prancing around leaves and small twigs that she knew would produce a crunching sound and alert any nearby prey of her position. Her ears swiveled in the direction of softly crackling leaves. She stopped,
turning her attention to the sound. She slowly walked forward, closely watching her step as she neared the area that she knew the prey must be in. She rounded a tree, and it took a moment for her to spot the small brownish-gray shape of a vole. It was nibbling on some plants, and as she dropped into a crouch, her short tail flicking in anticipation.
She pounced, and the vole realized too late the danger it was in, as Barkpaw trapped it between her paws. She quickly nipped its neck, and saw its body go limp. She felt a flare of pride as she picked up the prey. It was small, but it sure was better than nothing,
considering that she often botched any chance she had at catching prey.
She pushed that matter out of her train of thought and forced herself to think positive things, and turned to head back to camp, when she decided that maybe it would be a better idea to hunt some more. She dug a shallow hole in between some tree roots and buried the vole there, quickly covering it up before following the chirping of songbirds.
She kept her body close to the ground, moving quickly but discreetly. The one good thing about her short tail was that it couldn't brush against things and make noise, which happened occasionally to others with normal length tails.
She soon came into sight of a small flock of songbirds hopping around under a fairly small tree. She noticed that most of them were brown and white flecked, but she noticed a couple that were a dull yellow. She slowly moved forward, honed in on a particular bird. It was significantly more plump than the others, and was on the edge of the group.
She leaped forward, causing all the birds to fly up in a swarm into the tree above her. She was about to curse herself for not thinking that through, when she noticed the larger bird crash down to the ground. She closed in on it, when she noticed that one of its wings was bent in a weird way.
She paused for a moment to observe it. She realized that it only managed to fly for a few moments before crashing to the ground.
Her heart felt heavy as she thought about this poor bird. She knew that she was supposed to be hunting it, but she wanted to help it somehow. But, of course, there was no way to do it.
She pinned it and quickly slashed its throat, ending its life quickly and painlessly. 'At least I ended its suffering,' She thought to herself, but suddenly any hunger that she may have felt disappeared. She let out a sigh and picked up the bird, and returned to the spot where she had buried the vole. She dug it up and managed to grab it as well, and she headed back for camp.
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sockwearer on Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
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