Dancing In Shadows [Needle]

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Needleclaw
Fallenkit had trouble trusting, yes, but she wasn't shy. She knew how to protect herself from other kits and how to run when need be. She didn't like the tight space of the nursery with all the cats though, so she spent most of her time in the clearing of the camp. When she became an apprentice, she was sure she would spend most of her time outside camp altogether, but as a kit she was refined to a smaller area. She wasn't even sure the queens liked her in the clearing of camp, but they could do nothing to stop her at that point. At the current time she was in the clearing, having just stepped out of the nursery. She made her way over to the freashkill pile and grabbed a small mouse before retreating back to the base of a tree where she normally ate. She nibbled at the mouse slowly, most of her attention on paying attention to any cats nearby. If someone approached, she wanted to be ready to react in a proper kitly manner.

[Needleclaw]

Needlekit chased after a leaf that was being blown by the wind, not very amused by the activity but having nothing better to do with his time. Can't they just make me an apprentice already? he thought, pouncing forward and capturing the leaf in his claws. It was a waste to let someone with his potential rot away in a dumb old nursery, or at least he thought so. Needlekit lifted his head when he caught a sweet scent. His stomach grumbled, and he looked around, spotting Fallenkit with her mouse. Abandoning his lead, Needlekit bounded over to the tabby kitten. "You gonna eat all that?" he asked bluntly, leaning forward and sniffing the mouse. 

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Fallenkit's eyes widened slightly when another cat came up and nodded in response. "Probably eventually." she responded. Fallenkit didn't like sharing her food. It wasn't because she grabbed such little prey, though another cat might think it was, but it was because she didn't like the idea of eating something someone else had bit into. She knew this made her a really weird cat, but she would rather have that than to share food... or much of anything. She also knew the answer was rather rude, and all that thought about acting in a nice manner if approached was pretty much just opposed right there.

[Needleclaw]

Needlekit snorted, "oh, c'mon, I've seen snails that eat faster than you," he rolled his eyes, having seen the little nibbles Fallenkit had been taking out of the mouse beforehand, "it'll go stale by the time you're halfway through." His stomach growled in agreement. There were probably better ways for Needlekit to go about asking for a shared meal, but his hunger was making him impatient. Also he was always impatient. "Just let me have a taste," the tabby licked his lips, looking down at the mouse with nearly lustful green eyes.

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"Fine." she responded, taking one more bite of the mouse, this time a bigger one, and shoving it over to the other kit. She didn't like to eat a piece of prey another had bitten into, but she sure didn't mind if someone else did. She swallowed the chin i of the mouse and then turned to the other cat, eyes narrowed. "What's your name anyway?"

[Needleclaw]

Needlekit smirked triumphantly and leaned down to take a mouthful out of the mouse after Fallenkit pushed it towards him, "Needlekit," he mewed through his mouthful of mouse. He licked the blood sloppily off his mouth once he had downed the prey, angling his ears to the side in vague curiosity, "you?"

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Fallenkit watched as the other kit sloppily ate the mouse, choosing not to comment. If she made comments on everything she disapproved of, no one would be able to do pretty much anything they normally did. "Fallenkit." she responded, sparing a small smile, "Nice to meet you Needlekit."

[Needleclaw]

"Weird name," Needlekit mewed, looking at the mouse impatiently instead of at Fallenkit's face, "did you fall on your head as a newborn or something?" He couldn't think of any other reason her mother would give her a name like that. Smirking mischievously, Needlekit looked the she-kit over in a single drawn-out glance, "it'd explain a lot," he snarked.

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Fallenkit narrowed her eyes. "No, I was named after another cat. Perhaps they fell on their heads a lot." she responded. "And Needlekit isn't a weird name? What, did you roll into a pine needle and have to run to the medicine cat?"

[Needleclaw]

"Pfft, named after a cat that falls on their head all the time? What a legacy to uphold," the tom-kit drawled, bristling when Fallenkit called his name weird. His eyes narrowed, he didn't like to be teased. "No, I was named Needlekit 'cause of these," in a flash the tabby unsheathed his claws and darted his paw out, stopping just before his claws could make contact with Fallenkit. The tom smirked, sharp, huh? He hadn't actually been named after his sharp claws, he had been named after his prickly pelt, but he thought being named after his claws was cooler.

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Fallenkit didn't so much as flinch when the other cat came after her. She knew there was no way to be named after claws that you were born without, but she didn't bother pointing that out. "Or named after a leader of another clan. How do you think Fallenstar got his name? I bet not by falling on his head, as he got to pick it." she responded coolly. "As for your claws, well," she narrowed her eyes, "I've seen sharper."

[Needleclaw]

Needlekit sneered. "You're named after a leader from another clan? his green eyes narrowed suspiciously, "what are you, half-clan or something?" He looked accusingly at the she-kit. He was full-blooded TreeClan, and been raised on the mindset that TreeClan was the best clan there was, and that he shouldn't trust cats from other clans. Half-clan cats included.

His nose twitched at Fallenkit's boring reaction. He wanted her to jump, or at least squeal. The tabby sheathed his claws and set them down. She wouldn't be saying that if I gave her ear a little nick, he thought mischievously, actually contemplating it for a moment before deciding against it. His apprentice ceremony would be soon, and he didn't want it delayed. "Whatever, my name's still cooler than yours."

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"No, I'm not named after Fallenstar. But I'm not named for looks or actions either. If I told you the story you woild get bored anyway." she responded, narrowing her eyes, "And I am a full blooded Treeclannrr. So's my sister, Littlekit." she responded, biting her lip to keep from smiling. She didn't know why she wanted to smile, she was mad at the other kit, but the urge fell upon her. "Don't feel bad about me not being a little girl, it's not your fault," she added at Needlekit's look of disappointment, as slight as may be.

[Needleclaw]

"Probably," Needlekit mewed blatantly, "it's not as if you're that interesting, wouldn't be surprising if your name was boring too." He rolled his eyes, giving Fallenkit an unimpressed look. He was beginning to get bored with her. "So, this is where the TreeClan bloodline has come too," he mewed, talking more to himself that to Fallenkit, although he made sure to speak at a volume that she could hear. "Pity," he drawled, "guess it's all up to me then. You may not be half-blooded but you talk like your mind is only half there," he decided to ignore her remark about not bing a little girl.

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Fallenkit nodded. "We acctually are probably all of the Full Treeclanners." she sighed to herself. "No they are all loners that stole our jobs." she said, then turned back to Needlekit. "And who do you suppose your mother is?" she's shot back.