Lynxpaw's Training; Nightfall's Memories

[.:Ginger:.]

Nightfall watched her screw up on the back-flip a few times. He watched her in total concentration until the sun was at high point. He picked himself up and then walked over to the apprentice. When she suddenly jump. He sighed and thought gently Hearing voices in your head... That are of a monster? You to may have a curse. He walked up to here and said gently "You alright? Time we go." He didn't bother waiting for her reply. He knew she was a little unstable. However, for the most part she was fine.

He walked to an actual training area. One with actual soft ground that allowed to practice without harm. Not only that it had fresh-prey smell. It was the perfect place to train an apprentice. One he would not pick if he wanted to teach fighting moves. He believed that you practice in hardship areas. You are twice as good on a soft ground, than if not.

"Alright Lynxpaw. Just simply smell around and straight practicing your hunting skills. I am positive you can achieve this easily. You may use any of the fighting techniques, I taught you to hunt." Remember... Frogs are easiest to catch. They only jump when sighting a predator. Mice will feel you movements on the ground. Try to be gentle with your footing. Birds.. Well they're best to let your instinct take over. Speed and stealth are best. IN all hunting techniques. Also.. I want you to try and transmit words to me. I want to extend your ability. Maybe we can improve it. Whenever you send anything the first time. I want you to put up your tail high up in a bad hunting position.

[♫Lilly♥]

She literally ran through the Shadowclan camp, stopping at the leader’s den. “Hiddenstar? May I come in?” She called, stepping back as the brown tabby poked his head out of his den. “Of course you can Lillypaw, Your not only my apprentice but you’re my sister.” He responded, going inside the den more. She followed him, sitting down. “It’s Eaglepaw. You know how she likes to hang out with that Windclan cat, Darkpaw? I can feel a bad vibe coming off of him, I’m worried about her. What if he hurts her or something?” She said, looking up at her clan mate. He looked at her calmly, “I’ll keep a eye on them next gathering, tell me if you get anymore weird feelings about him. She’s my sister too, remember that. I have the feeling there’s more on your mind.” He said, his voice was so leader-like at the moment she nearly mistook her brother for a completely different cat. “Hiddenstar, I’ve been having the same feeling about Darkenedshadow too, I’m worried about how he will influence Nightpaw. Though I’m worried if he – Nightpaw I mean – Is getting over-trained. He passed out yesterday.” She sighed, ‘I care about my den-mates too much.’ She thought to herself, not showing any sign of her thought to her brother. Hiddenstar flicked his tail, “I’ll look in on it, Lillypaw, but I can’t help Nightpaw unless he tells me this himself. Go to bed now, We have a long day of training awaiting us.”

Lynxpaw’s eyes widened, That was not my memory.. She shook her head, What happened? Well I know what happened but why… Well I’ll figure it out sooner or later. She then smiled at Nightfall, following him to the actual training area.

"Yes Sir!" She said, crouching and scenting the air. Mouse. She noted, stalking towards the scent, trying to keep her feet light. The mouse was about to run away when her paw flashed out, claws extended, and she caught the mouse by it's tail. It started to jerk around, trying to get loose. But she wasn't going to lose this piece of fresh-kill. She bit it's neck, killing it.

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[.:Ginger:.]

Nightfall nodded his approval then went out hunting himself. He decided not to use his nose. The strain was too much for his mind. Instead, he looked for pawprints in the snow. This to him made hunting a lot easier. He was experienced at telling, how long the pawprints have been there. Hmm this one is hardly even deep.... Must've been left yesterday.. Ahh here we go a deep one... He followed teh trail till he came to a hole. It was obivious the creature went back in already.

He twitched his tail in frustration. He hated how leaf bare made it so much harder to hunt. He saw a black bird land on the ground. He stealthily came up behind it and pounced the normal hunting way. He quickly caught it and made it caw in shock. Nightflal quickly bit down on the neck, killing it instantly. He toke the bird and buried it then went hunting some more.

When finished he caught a blackbird, and a skinny mouse. He was not to happy. However, with leafbare it was a common catch. "Alright.. The sun is setting.. Time to go Lynxpaw." He unburied all his fresh-kill and brought it to where he last saw her. For once he waited for her.

[♫Lilly♥]

Lynxpaw unburied her prey, carrying her prey over to her mentor. She was proud of her mouse, she had almost caught a robin but it flew away last minute. It could be worse, I might not have caught anything at all. She thought, She flicked her ear before padding off in direction of camp.

When she got to camp she automatically went to go take her mouse to the elders before going back to the fresh-kill pile. She grabbed a thin, scrawny mouse before going to sit where Nightfall normally sat every evening. She didn’t eat a bite of the mouse, just waited for her mentor.