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Post by Garnetstorm(star); Oakpaw on Feb 6, 2007 3:51:16 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]Garnetstorm arrived at her destination and sat down to wait for Icepaw to catch up. It was a good day for hunting nice and crisp with a slight breeze. Out here on the hills she could see for miles around, she could see fourtrees, and in the distance the beggining of the forests on Thunderclan, Shadowclan and Riverclan's borders.[/glow]
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Feb 8, 2007 18:56:02 GMT -5
Post by Rockpelt on Feb 8, 2007 18:56:02 GMT -5
Icepaw was huffing and puffing by the time he made it to the spot where he was supposed to meet Garnetstorm. The deputy had agreed to teach him how to hunt--maybe he could get some fighting lessons in, too, until he got a mentor. Things were moving slow, though; he couldn't wait for Newleaf.
A cold wind buffeted the tom's side was he picked his way up a small slope. He almost fell over, too, until he huddled down next to Garnetstorm, who blocked the wind better than his small body could. "What's first?" meowed the apprentice.
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Feb 10, 2007 12:59:37 GMT -5
Post by Garnetstorm(star); Oakpaw on Feb 10, 2007 12:59:37 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]"Can you sent any prey?"Garnetstorm asked. She was thinking that she would like to mentor Icepaw properly, she would have to ask Ivystar when she got back to camp. Garnetstorm could sent a rabbit, her sharp eyes could see a little blob of brown just downwind of them, at the bottom of a slope just a few tail-lengths away. I wonder if Icepaw can sent it, she thought.[/glow]
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Feb 11, 2007 9:41:55 GMT -5
Post by Rockpelt on Feb 11, 2007 9:41:55 GMT -5
Icepaw opened his mouth as wide as it would go; a flood of prey scent came in, until he picked out one: rabbit. He smiled broadly. "Yeah, I smell some rabbit! There should be a warren nearby."
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Feb 11, 2007 14:57:19 GMT -5
Post by Garnetstorm(star); Oakpaw on Feb 11, 2007 14:57:19 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]"Well done!" Garnetstorm meowed as she nodded at Icepaw. "Can you see it, down on that slope over there?" She then asked. Icepaw was a good apprentice not too excitable as some apprentices can be. [/glow]
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Feb 12, 2007 17:28:56 GMT -5
Post by Rockpelt on Feb 12, 2007 17:28:56 GMT -5
Icepaw squinted. The wind stung, making his eyes water. But there it was--a small brown blob, nibbling on a stalk of grass. The white tom nodded, blinking the crystals away from his eyes. With practiced ease he went into a hunter's crouch, slowly walking up the slope and making sure he kept downwind. With his tongue sticking out the side of his maw, he pounced, but the wind changed and the rabbit darted away at the last second, causing to land on his face. Icepaw grimaced and stood. "Almost had it!" he growled.
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Feb 13, 2007 14:43:02 GMT -5
Post by Garnetstorm(star); Oakpaw on Feb 13, 2007 14:43:02 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]Garnetstorm padded over to where Icepaw now stood. "Bad luck that, you are quite good at hunting for an apprentice though, you've got great potential." She meowed a little louder than usual because the wind had picked up again blowing her pelt the wrong way. "Can you sent anything else?" She then asked.[/glow]
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Feb 13, 2007 16:51:51 GMT -5
Post by Rockpelt on Feb 13, 2007 16:51:51 GMT -5
Icepaw found himself blushing, and turned his head away. "T-thanks, Garnetstorm," mewed the young tom. He swung his head around, trying to see if there were any more rabbits. "What's next?" he mewed. "After we're done hunting, can we learn to fight?"
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Feb 16, 2007 13:16:18 GMT -5
Post by Garnetstorm(star); Oakpaw on Feb 16, 2007 13:16:18 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]"Well......if we catch lots of prey then maybe i'll teach you to fight." She mewed. She suddenly went into a hunters crouch, she had sented a rabbit. Slowly, keeping close to the ground she crept up behind the rabbit, then when she was close enough she pounced and snatched the rabbit in her jaws, it was dead within seconds. Garnetstorm dropped the rabbit and turned to Icepaw. "Did you see how I caught the rabbit?" she asked, hoping that Icepaw had leant something from watching her. [/glow]
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Feb 17, 2007 9:04:11 GMT -5
Post by Rockpelt on Feb 17, 2007 9:04:11 GMT -5
Icepaw nodded enthuisastically. He couldn't wait to learn to fight; he wanted to be able to protect his Clan like his father never did. He was always brooding about his dead mother at one time or another, and became an early elder because of it. He also had this feeling that he would need to protect someone close real soon. It was strange to him.
The apprentice watched Garnetstorm closely--every second was a learning oppurtunity--and nodded again. He opened his mouth to scent, and turned his head. A rabbit had just come into view behind him. But the rabbit was downwind..."How can you catch prey that isn't upwind of your scent?" he meowed.
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Feb 20, 2007 16:50:04 GMT -5
Post by Garnetstorm(star); Oakpaw on Feb 20, 2007 16:50:04 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]"It's much more difficult, obviously." Garnetstorm started, "You have to be very quick so that the prey doen't have time to sent you, or you can just move so that you are upwind of it." she finished. "Why don't you try?"
((I don't have a book at hand, just go along with me!!!))[/glow]
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Feb 23, 2007 16:40:41 GMT -5
Post by Rockpelt on Feb 23, 2007 16:40:41 GMT -5
Icepaw stuck his tongue out the side of his mouth. He thought he understood, but he was beyond thinking. In a flash he was down the trail and on the rabbit, but it fought his grip, thrashing every which-way. With a growl he snapped its neck, and it went limp. He smiled ruefully and trotted back to Garnetstorm proudly.
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Feb 24, 2007 21:36:20 GMT -5
Post by °•Spots•° on Feb 24, 2007 21:36:20 GMT -5
Cloudpaw trotted out of camp, glad there was a cool breeze to refresh her after she woke up from her nap. She trotted around the hills, gazing around happily with her blue eyes shimmering like crystals. Eventually she came trotting up happily to the place Garnetstorm and Icepaw were hunting, almost didn't notice them as she went happily along. "Oh, hi guys!" she mewed happily. "Do you mind much if I hunted too?" she paused a moment and remembered she hadn't had much hunting training yet. The young apprentice looked at the ground and her shuffling paws. "I kinda need to learn how first, I've only caught one or two rabbits since I was apprenticed." she mewed quietly, hoping not to hold them up if they let her join in. [/size][/color]
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Feb 26, 2007 12:16:09 GMT -5
Post by Garnetstorm(star); Oakpaw on Feb 26, 2007 12:16:09 GMT -5
[glow=purple,2,300]"Of course you can hunt with us Cloudpaw, I can help you to catch some prey, and I'm sure Icepaw won't mind giving a demonstration." Garnetstorm mewed, she turned to Icepaw."Well done, you're getting to be a great hunter!" [/glow]
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Feb 27, 2007 16:05:21 GMT -5
Post by Rockpelt on Feb 27, 2007 16:05:21 GMT -5
Icepaw beamed with pride at the deputy's words. It boosted his confidance, after struggling along without a mentor for two moons. He glanced at Cloudpaw and waved his tail in greeting. "What's next, Garnetstorm?" he asked excitedly. "Can we learn to fight now?"
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