ℵ MeadowClan ℵ - The Brave and Trustworthy - WARRIORS NEEDED

Cloudfoot looked up from her work, glad of the company she said "nice of you come, do you want to help?" ignoring the warriors comment on her going out by herself, she was capable of looking after herself. A lot of the Warriors didn't realize she spent a lot of her free time hunting and running through the meadows she loved the outdoors but she could never give up the life of a medicine cat.
"thanks" she replied to swift paw's comment on her mouse.

Tallkit urged darkkit to join him as he pushed him way out of the nursery squealing a the bright warm sunlight hit, he stepped back surprised, waiting for his sister to come and help guide him. he trained his ears on the many sounds and noises in the air. scents washed over him and the air and space around him felt fresher. if only he could see it all he thought sadly.

Tallkit was shocked at how old his sister sounded but it was soon forgotten when a lump of mos hit him on the head! he pounced on the piece of moss and flicked it his sister yowling "a loner is stealing our prey, attack!" he leaped towards darkkit bowling her over. He crouched listening hard for the faintest give away at his sisters location, his ears pricked he waggled his tail excited to be in the open air!

Tallkit was confused at first and felt his sister topple him but quickly regained his balance. He heard the air move as she raced towards he quickly jumped away hearing the thud as she landed and pounced on her back, rolling her over but not before reclaiming the moss as his own. he jumped away giggling with laughter.

"I'll help," Swiftflight answered and gave a curt nod as well. He stepped closer then sat down by her. "What do you want me to do exactly?" he wasn't at all familiar with the procedures a medicine cat conducted. he also didn't want to just assume his role and end up messing things up for the busy she-cat. After all, everyone had their own system.




Lizardpaw continued padding quietly forward. Stealth was something he had definitely improved on in his time, but he had only his mentor to thank. As he walked, he noticed that he really wasn't hearing the running water ahead of him anymore. He frowned mentally and strained his ears, but over the sudden uproar of bird song, he could not hear what he wanted. I must have gotten turned around while catching the prey. A bit of panic started to set in. what direction was he even facing anymore? that was the problem, with all this long grass - it all looked the same. He glanced over his shoulder behind him, but the grass hadn't even stayed down when parted for his path, as he had tried to tread carefully and quietly.

How was he supposed to find the stream now? If he didn't find soon he'd fail his first assessment! The tom strained his ears again but still the birds drowned out most other noises. Hoping this next plan would work, he sat down the mouse and opened his jaws, taking int he scents of the air, hoping to detect the distinct scent of moisture on the breeze, but the mouse's aroma clouded that all, too. His sense were failing him in this situation, all because of the environment around him. I need to find it! Think, think, think... He spun around in circles, desperately listening for the water or really any sign of the stream, but there was nothing. Lizardpaw looked to the sky, silently praying to StarClan to help him, just a little bit. I can't fail...

Suddenly, an idea popped into his head as his eyes gazed up at the sky, the long grasses sweeping gently in the edges of his vision. A small spark of hope flared up inside his chest, and he bunched his muscles. Then, he jumped. he launched himself up in the air, his head easily clearing the grasses. Suddenly, the meadow was much smaller, and he could see where the grass parted to make way for the water after only a few leaps. The apprentice scooped up the mouse again and padded quickly in the direction of the stream. What he had done wasn't the most stealthy way of going about finding his desired destination, but all the prey near enough to him would have been scared away by his panicked circles anyway. Oh well. At least he wasn't being assessed on his land hunting skills. However, when he actually had arrived at the river, his heart sank slowly again. That's right, he'd have to be fishing...

Icefang was going to go tell the kits to go back into the nursery. But saw Stormstar jump down and decided to see what was happening."What's going on?"

Lizardpaw set the mouse down on the water's edge once he came to it. Smokepelt's scent was strong enough here to smell it over the mouse easily, so he knew his mentor was around and watching. No pressure, right? The apprentice took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, leaning over the bank and peering into the water. His reflection rippled and morphed right in front of his face, but when he looked past it he saw the silvery gleam of fish down below. He had to admit, they looked so graceful in the water, gliding through it like it was nothing. But, there was no time for that now.

The tom situated himself firmly on the bank and stretched out a paw, keeping it hovered just above the water. Patiently, he waited. It was a good while before a fish actually came close enough for his to even get a chance at striking at it, but he took that chance and shot out a paw. His claws dug into its slippery side and the tom flung it from the water. however, it was a rather big fish for its kind, and instead of going on the bank like intended, Lizardpaw messed up with throwing it, so it simply flew in the air a little ways then plopped right back down into the water, leaving only a face full of splash water for the devastated apprentice. Embarrassment prickled at his pelt as water dripped from his whiskers.

Darkfang ☾ , kind of it was something to do with tall it regaining sight as an apprentice, lightningpad was given some, there were three parts, / for our kits and one for vivi's)
Cloudfoot smiled " get a couple of balls of moss from over there" she pointed her tail in the direction needed " I need them to soak up the mouse bile" car fully she pulled out the mouses stomach with one claw and nipped it to remove it from the rest. Dropping it onto a dock leaf she asked swiftflight to help her collect the mouse lie by soaking the moss in it
"So how's the last couple of sunrises been for you?"

(I'll try to make longer posts) Icefang was suprised with what he was hearing and he thought about it for a moment. He was honored to even be offered this position. Then decided. "I would be honored to be your deputy Stormstar." He said with a resolute look

"It was a great loss we have suffered but things are looking up with the kits and lizard paw doing well in his training" she took the moss fro swiftflight's paws and let it soak up all the mouse bile before wrapping it up in extra dock leaf. putting the small leaf wraps in the back corner of her herb stores. she picked up the dead mouse and with a muffled voice said "i'm taking this to Vivi and her kits, you can come along if you want i'm going to go for a short run in the meadows, there's not much going on today" she pushed out of the hedge in to the open air and padded a few steps in the direction of the nursery before turning round to see if he was following her.

cloudfoot smiled at the warrior sudden change of tone, it was as if in a split second he had become more of the serous responsible cat he usually was. quickly she dipped into the nursery careful not to vivi as she slept. after a brief glance round she spotted two of the kits playing near the fresh-kill pile. She remembered the fateful day on which they had been born and the loss of lightningpad that had almost crippled smokepelt but all that was in the past now, they had recovered. She padded out of camp before turning to swiftflight, "how about we go to the wheat fields? they'll be plenty of prey"

She turned her head towards swiftflight as he asked the question, "A couple of pieces I suspect" she replied, "How about I race you there?" she asked hopefully she was dying to stretch her legs.

sorry for short post, not sure what else to say)

Stormstar nodded, pleased. He took a pace forwards and laid his head ontop of the warrior's sholder and sighed, this had lifted a big weight off of his shoulders. Stormstar pulled away and looked into Icefang's eyes "I shall announce this at moonrise" he told him "be ready by then" Stormstar signalled with his tail for Icefamg to leave his den and turned away from the warrior. He curled up in his nest and began reciting the words that he would use you have Icefang become the new deputy of MeadowClan.
As he lay in his nest, he began to drift off into a deep sleep. When he opened his eyes he saw that the moon had risen and that it was already moon high. He scolded himself as he got up and stretched his legs. He would still be on time. He forced himself to look awake and stay calm. Pushing his way out of his den he looked ao undo the camp. There weren't many cats about. He lept onto the lowest branch of the old oak tree and called out to his clan "let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join me here under the old oak for a clan meeting" as his call died down, Stormstar could make out all of the cats coming to sit beneath hi.

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Smokepelt smiled "well Lizardpaw" he said sharply "would you rather I left?" He asked with a hint of humour to his mew. He took a step forward and sat down, letting his pelt brush against his apprentices. "This is your first assessment and I am nearly giving you a little guidance" he paused "but he's... It is true that later on down the line I will be forbidden from helping you" he flicked the little apprentice with his tail, stood up once more and turned around. Looking back over his sholder he said in a low voice "don't forget what I told you. Pull hard and fast towards you" and then he was gone. His head dissapered into the long grass and he stalked off to find a new place to hide from Lizardpaw.

Lizardpaw honestly didn't know how to feel about getting help from his mentor right now. usually it would be no big deal, but now... But it didn't matter anymore, as the advice had already been given to him, and he was a little grateful for it. Quietly, he watched Smokepelt disappear again, then turned back to the water. The fish still swam so peacefully when he looked down into the crystal waters. It was as if to them they were in peace, totally unaware of the predator right above their scaly heads.

He took a deep breath and exhaled, clearing his mind so as to focus on the task at paw, and not cheating or embarrassment from his first failed attempt. Time passed, but finally he swung a paw, catching a smaller fish on his claws. remembering what Smokepelt said, he yanked it inwardly to his body with one swift motion. The fish landed on the back beside him, flopping madly. After getting hit with its tail a few times in the face, the apprentice managed to kill it with a bite. it was sloppy work, but he'd gotten the prey nonetheless. He did this again several more times, but failed another two. In total, by the time the assessment was over, he'd caught two small fish and his field mouse. It wasn't horrible work, but he definitely could have done better.




Swiftflight quite easily stayed ahead of her, but he did fall back a little to stay by her side, and then even fall behind a little, just enough so his nose was in line with her haunches. He knew full well he could easily outrun the medicine cat, as running was his greatest strength - though actual strength was not - but there was no fun in that. In fact, it would probably be pretty obvious he let her, or any cat win at a race. If they were sparring, now that would be an entirely different story. he wondered how much Cloudfoot actually knew about fighting. he'd never seen her fight before, or never really took notice before. It was something to ask later, perhaps. For now, he ever so slightly jokingly meowed, "Hey, slow down speedy paws!"