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[Birchsnap]

The silent footsteps of an odd looking cat echoed in a whisper through the den as she entered. Her one eye glimmered slightly, the yellow and brown flecks swimming in that amber pool. The fluffy striped fur of her tail and legs swayed, but the sleek fur of her back, belly, and head stayed still, groomed back. The white fur with the black and gray stripes, and the odd looking fur textures made Birchpaw look like something out of a movie, unreal and odd. But, that was just the way she looked. The silent, small apprentice walked into the apprentice's den cautiously, it being her first time in here. She was a new apprentice after all, and was frightened by the thought of becoming a warrior, and growing up so fast. But, it was the way of a clan cat's life, and she needed to adjust.

"Where to." Birchpaw scanned the den, which was mostly empty, considering it was the middle of the day and most apprentice were out training. But Birchpaw needed to make a nest, before she started anything, or she wouldn't have a place to sleep. With a large wad of moss in her jaws, Birchpaw found a comfortable looking place to the left of the den, on the edge near the entrance. Every other place was taken, for there were a lot of apprentices in RockClan. She placed the moss on the ground and got to work, forming and creating a nest for herself.

Once finished, Birchpaw curled up in it, testing out the size and comfortable aspects of the newly made nest. She smiled, stepping delicately out of the nest. It was smaller than a lot of the other nests, for, Birchpaw was a very undersized apprentice. She blinked a couple of times, her eye taking some time to adjust to the dark light of the den as the day became dark, for, stormclouds rolled in, and before she knew it, tiny droplets of rain started to fall from the sky, and Birchpaw was trapped in the den for the day, unless she went training in the rain, which may be a possibility.

(please post more than 100 words)

[Hornetkit]

Fangpaw was still new to all this. He was fresh out of the nursery. Literally having his ceremony only days before. The past few nights he had merely slept wherever he could find a spot, but now, he needed to actually make a spot for himself. The question was where? As he padded in he couldn't help but laugh as he saw the one cat he hadn't expected to. Birchpaw.

He watched her silently, clearly unaware of his presence. Smiling, he watched as she bunched up the moss and laid down. Seemingly satisfied she moved out of it, her eye looking about. Figuring he had been spotted by now he picked up his own moss and padded over, dipping his head in greeting.

"Minf if i sflep neft to vou?" he muttered through the moss. Realizing he sounded like a piece of cold fresh kill you tried to swallow in the morning, he put the moss down. "I don't suppose you understood any of that, did you?" he purred, his yellow eyes alight in joy. Tilting his head, he realized how much they had changed. Birchpaw was still smaller, but he had grown bigger than her. And she was older. He chuckled, keeping the thoughts to himself.

[Ospreysoar]

Ospreypaw walked into the apprentice's den, he had just gotten back from training with Cloudbreeze. In his jaws he carried an osprey, what he was named after, a black and gray bird. He looked over and noticed that there were other apprentices in the den with him, ones he did not reconize.

They must be new he thought to himself, why else wouldn't he know them.. Setting the osprey down at his paws he smiled at the two apprentices, he noticed immediatly that she-cat was smaller than most and only had one eye. The tom was bigger than her but smaller than him. But it didn't matter what they looked like, he just was noticing things. He was very observant.

"Hello you two, you must be new. I am Ospreypaw. What are your names?" he asked the two apprentices. He felt like he should get to know them if they were going to be sharing a den with him, even though he would be leaving the den fairly soon, he was almost a warrior.

[Birchsnap]

Birchpaw giggled, finding his words very amusing as he spoke with a wad of moss in her mouth. She shook her head, not really knowing what he had said at all. The white striped cat sat down, observing where he was gonna put his nest. Birchpaw had heard he was an apprentice, and finally, they could spend some time together, for, Birchpaw barely saw him as a kit. Her single amber eye flicked around the den, casting glances as shadows moving on the boulder walls as cats passed outside. Then she saw a shadow get bigger and bigger on the opposite wall until a tom appeared. He was smaller than Fangkit, yet larger than herself, but much older. He looked as though he would be a warrior soon. She smiled, rising to her feet delicately as she made her way over to greet the tom, but he spoke first.

"Hello, I'm Birchpaw, and this is my friend Fangpaw." She meowed kindly, her soft, calmly voice echoing through the den. Birchpaw's long leg fur ruffled as she swayed her legs when walking. The undersized apprentice flicked her fluffy tail in the direction of her best friend, a crooked grin on her face as she smiled in embarrassment, realizing her messy nest was in view as well. Hey, she was new, and nest making wasn't her specialty.

[Ospreysoar]

Ospreypaw smiled at the apprentice called Birchpaw. "Nice to meet you Birchpaw, love the nest by the way.." he teased lightly when she pointed in the direction of where it was. Looking at the tom that was slightly bigger than him he smiled, "Nice to meet you as well, Fangpaw."

He wasn't very good at making conversation but he was willing to try. His flicked a scrap of moss off of his fluffly grey tail. "So who are your mentors?" he asked curiously. "I have Cloudbreeze, I'm not sure if you know her..." he meowed to both of them.

[Birchsnap]

"Mine is Rushingheart. His name says it all, he rushes my training so much!" Birchpaw meowed politely, trying to control her anger. Ever since she started training, Rushingheart has been trying to fit everything into one small amount of time, and Birchpaw was becoming overwhelmed. She needed a breather, and this was one way to do that, make friends. She smiled at Ospreypaw's comment on her nest. She wondered if he would help her, after all, she was new and all. Birchpaw looked at Fangpaw, wondering if he was going to join the conversation.

"So, your almost a warrior huh? Must be pretty exciting." Birchpaw meowed, her amber eye blinking. The undersized apprentice wondered what it was like to be a warrior. But, she also wondered if she would ever be a good one.

[Hornetkit]

(I always miss so much >.>)

Fangpaw chuckled. "I asked if i could sleep next to you." Picking the moss back up he straightened it into a nest next to her's, flicking his tail in acknowledgment to Ospreypaw. He wanted to finish making his nest before he forgot. He listened quietly to the two of them before finishing.

Turning he sat down and dipped his head. "Sorry, didn't meant to seem rude. I hate starting things and not finishing them." he purred. Flicking his ears he could hear some irritation prick at Birchpaw's voice about her mentor. He'd never met Cloudbreeze, or Rushingheart. HE hoped Birchpaw's training went better. Realizing he had asked them both he spoke. "Oh, my mentor is Swanflight. She seems cool." he shrugged. And pretty.

[brookofriverstream]

Brookpaw was sitting behind them listening to their convo. "My mentor is Softheart. She is very nice. And pretty.But I've learned a lot and I'm almost a warrior!" She meowed excitedly.

[Birchsnap]

[Brookpaw please delete your post or modify it to 100 words]

Birchpaw nodded to Fangpaw as he made his nest close to hers. The whites striped apprentice looked at Ospreypaw, a smile on her face. She was a bit cheeky at this point,not really knowing what to say. The pretty, undersized she-cat swept her tail over her nest, trying to fix the moss. Then she looked at the gray tom and a weak smile spread across her muzzle.

"Do...do you mind?" Birchpaw meowed, gesturing with her head and tail to her nest, hoping the handsome tom would help her fix the bedding. Birchpaw was a new apprentice after all, and didn't know much about training just yet.

Birchpaw stepped aside, letting Ospreypaw pass if he was going to help her. She looked at Fangpaw, a giggle escaping her muzzle and only he would be able to hear it.

[Ospreysoar]

Ospreypaw smiled at the pretty she-cat. "No I don't mind at all." he purred. He stepped past her and started to shape her nest into a perfect circle, making sure it was extra soft and picking out the hard pieces of moss. When he was finished he stepped back and took a look at it, it was smaller than the other nests but that was because she was smaller than the other apprentices. "There you go." he meowed with a smile.

"Oh didn't Swanflight just become a warrior?" he asked, he knew that she was trained by Prairiesong, the leaders mate. "I'm sorry to hear that Rushingheart is training you so fast, Mine is training me slowly... It might be moons before I get my ceremony." he meowed.

[Birchsnap]

"Thanks." Birchpaw meowed, smiling kindly at the gray tom. She watched as her nest took shape, into a perfect, soft circle. She laughed, realizing how unhelpful her apprentice skills were so far. She needed to work on training more, but, Rushingheart hadn't trained her in such a long time. But, no matter, Birchpaw was fine with that, for now. The undersized she-cat tested the nest out, curling up in it for a quick second. She stepped out carefully, not wanting to ruin it.

"Well, at least we might be warriors at the same time then!" Birchpaw joked, trying to lighten up his spirits. She giggled, swishing her tail back and forth. Birchpaw looked at Ospreypaw, and, after a few moments, realized she was staring, and looked away in embarrassment from his yellow eyes. Her single amber eye looked down at her paws, as her cheeks got hot.

[i'm tired]

[Ospreysoar]

The apprentice looked at her with his yellow eyes and smiled when she saw her look down in embarrassment. "Hey Birchpaw, would you like to go hunting with me sometime?" he asked nervously, he thought she was beautiful. "I mean unless you would rather not..." he mumbled, looking down at the ground.

He had never really asked a female to go hunting with him, some had showed up while he was hunting though. He hoped she would say yes but he wasn't sure of what she would say. I wonder if she will just turn me down he thought to himself.

[Birchsnap]

Birchpaw looked up, hearing the tom's question. She smiled and nodded, happy to accompany Ospreypaw hunting. She hadn't had much hunting practice so far, but, Birchpaw was willing to try her hardest. After all, she didn't want to look like a fool in front of Ospreypaw. The undersized she-cat then remembered Fangpaw was standing there, and she swiveled her head towards him, and an embarrassed smile spread slowly across her muzzle.

Birchpaw swished her tail, feeling kinda awkward being asked to go hunting with Ospreypaw in front of her best friend. She smiled weakly, not really having a response to all of this.

"When shall we go?" Birchpaw asked sweetly, trying to break the awkward silence. She wasn't going to say no just because Fangpaw was standing right there. After all, Birchpaw wanted to go hunting, getting in some more practice. Maybe Fangpaw could go with them, she didn't know.

[she has no idea Ospreypaw is trying to spend time with her, xD]

[Ospreysoar]

[xD I can tell.]

Ospreypaw smiled at her and then looked over at Fangpaw, he was being awfully quite. "Anytime you want." he purred. I hope Fangpaw doesn't have a thing for her.... he thought to himself.

"So whenever your free we can go hunting together. I can even show you how to hunt.." he offered with a soft smile. Looking at Fangpaw again he looked at his feet nervously, I hope she doesn't like him... he thought. "I hope you don't mind if i borrow your friend, Fangpaw." he said to Fangpaw.

[Birchsnap]

[im on my iPod so nothing special tonight]

Birchpaw blushed, a smile spreading across her face. She shuffled her paws nervously, not knowing exactly what Fangpaw would say. "Say, tomorrow morning?" Birchlaw asked, her amber eye shining brightly.

[tired and extremely lazy]