It's Day One {training--Snake}

[Speckflame]

@garter


Morning arrived, and Speckflame had watched from across the clearing as the mentors gathered up their apprentices and took off to train them. His eyes caught on his mother and her apprentice slipping out of camp, and at that time, he was ready. Going towards the den, Speckflame peeked his head inside and searched for Snakepaw's snoozing form. "Snakepaw, come on. It's time for training."

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Snakepaw huffed and sat up at the sound of his name. He sleepily peered out of the den, easily spotting Speckflame's bright pelt in the morning sunlight. Clearing his throat and shaking out his fur, he headed over. "Good morning, sir."

[Speckflame]

{ oh yes phone, eat my post. very good job. also, take the rest of my muse. eat that too. ya know what? eat another post. i dare you. }



And let's just gloss over the fact this is super late... yup yup..... }




Speckflame chuckled awkwardly at the formality. "No need to call me 'sir'. Just Speckflame is fine." he murmured softly, wondering what to do next.

Then, he glanced at the fresh-kill pile. "Oh, are you hungry? Maybe you should eat something... you'll need you're energy for the day."

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|| aw haha. And it's fine, don't worry about it! ||

"Okay..." He sniffed, waiting for Speckflame to start walking. He shook his head at the question. "I'm not hungry. Thanks though."

[Speckflame]

Oh. Uhm. Guess they should start... training... then....

Speckflame swallowed uncomfortably. Okay, put him beside a she-cat, and he can easily be confident and sly without even trying. Put him beside a young mind who basically needed to be taught everything except for flirting... and Speckflame was useless.

Okay, not useless useless... but pretty close to it.

'W-well, Crevicefrost would be proud of me!' his mind tried to find the positive things as he led Snakepaw out of the clearing. 'And... uhm... Snakepaw someday will be too?'

First things first, territory tour. Easy... absolutely... easy.... "So, this is... FireClan's prairie." the ginger tomcat commented, gesturing with his tail as they walked to the land before them. Then, the warrior winced. 'Oh, no kidding! Bet'cha Snakepaw is just shaking from THAT shocking fact!' "And we're heading to RockClan's border first."

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Snakepaw stared at the plains before them blankly, not seeing it as very interesting. 'Are the other clans as boring as this?' The beige color of the rolling hills almost hurt his eyes. Yawning, he followed Speckflame obediently, hoping they'd move on to something more interesting.

'The RockClan border.' It just sounded like a border of rocks. He sighed, though tried his best to stay positive. "Okay."

[Speckflame]

When they arrived at the border to RockClan, Speckflame felt a lot more calmer. Maybe it was just from being somewhere familiar. "Here we are," he meowed, flicking his tail to gesture to RockClan's territory. "RockClan are great at digging. Their leader is Cloverstar, and their deputy is Flamepath. RockClan is the smallest of the four Clans, but they make up for their smaller population by being a tight-knit group that most don't want to mess with. Have any questions?"

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Snakepaw listened half-heartedly, shaking his head when Speckflame finished. RockClan sounded pretty lame. 'Don't their claws get dirty? And if the group is so small, don't they get sick of seeing the same cats everyday?' He looked across with a sigh. 'At least they have trees and shade, though. That must be nice.' He looked back at his mentor. "Can we move on?"

[Speckflame]

Snakepaw didn't seem interested at all... was he bored with this? Maybe Speckflame should hurry up and get to the hunting and battle training....

"Right," he murmured, beginning to march away. "This way."

As they began to get closer to the TreeClan border, a faint draft of the forest dweller's scent drifted over to them. Speckflame remembered a few TreeClanners he was friends with. And when they got even closer, the trees loomed overhead. Some even hung over the scent markers, shading both Speckflame and Snakepaw at the spot they had chosen to stop at.

"Alright. This Clan should be easy to guess, but let's at least make sure you know it yourself. Also, what do you know about them?" Speckflame figured Snakepaw already knew what each Clan was named, so it shouldn't be too hard to put TreeClan and trees together.

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Snakepaw followed behind, looking up at the trees once they stepped into the shade. 'Why can't FireClan have trees like these? It'd be so much better.' He looked at his mentor when he started to speak, nodding once when he was done. "I'm gonna guess TreeClan. I don't know anything about them." 'They're just another group of cats living nearby. How different could they be?'

[Speckflame]

Speckflame looked away. "TreeClan's leader is Spiderstar, and their deputy is Arrowstrike. They have a strong population of cats, and are good at tree climbing and hunting among the delicate leafy flooring, making them rather stealthy."

Moving on with quick steps, as Speckflame wanted to wrap this up soon-- he didn't want to keep boring Snakepaw... even though it was basic knowledge he was suppose to know....

So when they finally arrived at the IceClan border, Speckflame was already up and talking. "IceClan cats recently moved out because an avalanche buried their camp. They should be returning within the coming moone, hopefully. But even with them gone, IceClanners still patrol here to keep out trespassers, as are their leader Robinstar's orders. Sunfish is their deputy. Any questions, Snakepaw? Otherwise that's the border tour."

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Huh. TreeClan sounded a lot better than FireClan. Trees, shade, and plants? That sounded like paradise. 'But instead I got put in this dump.' He thought, looking back at FireClan's boring, open prairie. 'I wish I could just leave.'

Snakepaw followed closely when his mentor moved on, listening quietly when he spoke about IceClan. 'An avalanche? Yikes.' He didn't really know what that was, but it had to be bad if it buried their entire camp. The tabby shook his head. "No, no questions."

[Speckflame]

Speckflame shrugged. "Okay. Well then... what would you like to do next? Hunting training, battle training, or head home?"



(i'm sorry for how late this is!! but if you're still around, i can give Snakepaw his assessment, and we can end this thread after your post or mine.)

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|| don't worry about it! And an assessment would be great.<3 ||

Snakepaw was tired and training didn't seem to cure any of his boredom, so the choice was obvious. "I want to go back to camp."

[Speckflame]

He turned with a nod. "Y-yeah, fine by me. We can head back." And without another word, he led the way.



{mkay, i'll try to have a thread made by tomorrow!}