Hazelpaw stared at him with shocked. "For one Your a Medicne cat... For two your my brother and for three... I cant be with you." She finished and looked into his deep sorrowed green eyes. "O-ok. But that doesent stop me." He meowed and bounded back in the den leaving his tail whirl behind him.
Hazelpaw stared into the dark den for a few more heartbeats. She then turned as she heard her name. "Bearclaw? What?" Still agitated she asked twitching her ear. "Since Shelljaw is a... Traitor your my new apprentiance. Were going to train now. Im showing you how to hunt and a few battle moves." He mewed joyfully.
"Oh, ok."
She said and padded to the massive toms side. "Lets go." Bearclaw pointed with the tip of his tail to the camp entrance. They padded along throught the rocky territory searching for a scent of prey. "I smell... Oh its a vole?" Hazelpaw questioned thinking it was a mouse after she saw it scurry past her paws. "Get it!"
Bearclaw exclaimed. Hazelpaw stared at the shaking brush of leaves and unsheathed her claws. Darting off in the bramble she leapt as she saw the small creature. Puncturing her claws into his neck she pulled back easily killing it.
Bearclaw smiled as he saw his new apprentiances catch. "Nice job. You will make an excellent hunter. But your fighting? Lets find out!" He teased extending a paw to her chest nuding her down. "Hey!" Hazelpaw protested and swiped at his paw. "Chill, i was just playing." Bearclaw meowed taken back he sat down and licked his paw and brought it up to his ear.
"Now, I will teach you simple moves and a complicated move. First set your paw out when they are running at you and let them trip over your paw. Then swoop onto there back and pin them." Bearclaw got up and padded into the bramble leaving no sense.
Hazelpaw still stunned blinked. Watching the bramble closely. Suddenly ge darted out claws unsheathed hissing and spitting. Hazelpaw taken back set her paw out at the last heartbeat and made him tumble. "Nice!" Bearclaw meowed shaking the dirt off of his head.
"Now if you take a powerful paw swipe at their shoulder you can knock them down and take advantage." Bearclaw got in a battle stance and swinged a few paw swipes at her. Hazelpaw avoided them quickly and darted forward at him with a powerful-yet weak blow she sent him half to the ground.
"Good. Good. We should work on the complicated move now. When your at a far away distance from your opponent. Flatten your ears to gather speed and keep your paws straight. When yiu charge at me it will keep you balanced. When you are close jump at my side and slide your paws out." Bearclaw instructed and got in a battle stance.
Thats a lot to Rember! Hazelpaw thought. She flattened her ears slowly and didnt take an eye off of Bearclaw. Unsheathing her claws she pelted forward gathering speed she lunged at his side before he could squirm away knocking him to tge ground and taking hold of his underbelly. "I did it!" She squealed like a kit.
"Good job! It took me a few tries. Now get your prey and lets return to camp. If we smell anything on the way i will show you how to catch it." Bearclaw smiled and nudged her over to the prey with a paw.
"Ok."
Hazelpaw nodded and walked over to the vole she caught. Grabbing it in her jaws her mouth watered. Hungrier than ever. She followed Bearclaw her side ached gravely. She looked at her old wound. Blood was dripling from her side.
Tired she lay down. "Im going to take a break." She panted wondering why she felt tired now. Bearclaw glanced at her and sighed. "You must be hungry. Eat the vole..." Bearclaw meowed. Hazelpaw looked at him and then at the vole. "I shouldnt... Its against the warrior code."
Hazelpaw flattened her ears as her stomach growled at her. "Good. I wanted that to be a lesson." Bearclaw lay down next to her. Thats not really a good learning experience... Hazelpaw thought. Irritated she got up. "Im ready now." She struggled to get up.
"Do you want me to get Owltail...?" Bearclaw asked sweeping closer to the bramble. "No... Im fine. It just hurts." Hazelpaw meowed and lashed her tail back and fro. Taking the first paw step she fell and blacked out.
"Hazelpaw!" She heard a faint voice calling her. Shaking her roughly she opened her eyes. She was in the apprentiance den with Crowpaw abd Sagepaw. "Are you ok?" Sagepaw nudged her gently with her head. "Yes i think so. What happened?" She asked examining her surroundings. Nothing unusal. "Nothing. You just fell Unconscious. Why?" Crowpaw narrowed his eyes down to her.
"Wait... Arent i bleeding?" Hazelpaw suddenly startled looked at her side just the large scar with fur growing over it. "H-how did i see my wound bleeding then?" Hazelpaw looked at Her brother with a questioning glare. "I will tell Owltail and try to have her ask Starclan tonight. Or maybe you will receive the dream. Its unpredictable. But i have to go help Owltail with Snowpelt. She has fleas and shes showing me how to remove them." Crowpaw waced his tail in a goodbye and ran out of the den.
