Ivypool's Heart || Warriors ✔

Chapter 5

"Come on, Ivypool!" Snowpaw whines. "I wanna go hunting!"

Ivypool stifles a purr towards her young, full of energy apprentice. Snowpaw is definitely quite the handful, but Ivypool sure loves every part of being Snowpaw's mentor.

Although, she can't stop the nagging at the back of her mind that the reason Bramblestar had chosen her to be Snowpaw's apprentice, is to show that he trusts her, even after the battle with the Dark Forest. Or so she could prove herself worthy of ThunderClan, and regain her Clanmates trust once again.

Either way, she rather not think about that possibility, and just concentrate on her duties to the Clan.

"Okay, Snowpaw." Ivypool purrs. "Calm down, and we can go out hunting."

Snowpaw lets out a yowl of success, as he jumps up and down on the spot a little, clearly way too excited and energetic than he should be.

"Awesome!" He yowls. "I'm going to catch the biggest squirrel ThunderClan has ever seen!" He boasts, before pouncing on a nearby ginger tail, that belonged to none other than Squirrelflight, the Clan's deputy.

Squrrielflight jumps up onto all fours in fright at first, before turning to face the young apprentice, purring in amusement.

"I hope you don't mean me being the biggest squirrel ThunderClan has ever seen." She jokes. "After all, my name is Squirrelflight."

Snowpaw shakes his head quickly. "No, Squirrelflight!" He says. "I didn't realize you where there! Honest!" He bows his head down. "I didn't mean to pounce on your tail."

Ivypool shakes her head slightly and purrs in amusement. Snowpaw knew Squirrelflight was sitting behind him, and pounced on her tail anyway. Of course, Squirrelflight knew that too, but she went along with the little lie the apprentice was saying anyway.

"Come along, Snowpaw." Ivypool says, flicking her apprentice over his ears with the tip of her tail. "You want to go hunting don't you?"

"Yes!" Snowpaw exclaims, spinning around to face his mentor. "I want to go hunting!"

The young apprentice begins to scamper round Ivypool, growing impatient by the second. He so desperately wants to go out hunting and blow off all this energy, instead of laying round in camp doing nothing, or being forced to search through Purdy's fur for ticks. Luckily for the apprentices, since there is only one elder in the elders den at this very moment, it's a fast job for them to clean up in there, and care for Purdy.

Yet, being the only elder left in the elders den, is rather lonely for Purdy, so some nights to give the old cat some company, a couple of the apprentices will sleep in the elders den with him so he's not so lonely by himself. Sometimes a couple of the warriors will sleep in there for the night also, just to keep Purdy company.

"Make sure you catch something good, Snowpaw." Squirrelflight says. "I think Purdy, or one of the queens will enjoy something nice."

"Yes, Squirrelflight!" Snowpaw says, jumping up and down, before running off to the thorn tunnel to wait for Ivypool.

Ivypool looks on after her apprentice, before turning to Squirrelflight and saying a quick farewell, before running to catch up with her apprentice.

But, as she's running over to Snowpaw, and as she and Snowpaw are making their way out into the forest, she can't help but notice the certain tortoiseshell cat that's walking through the trees not far behind them.

Not only that, but she can't seem to shake the strange pulling at her heart for the tortoiseshell she-cat....

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Reminder, I haven't read Bramblestar's Storm yet, so I don't even know how Snowpaw really acts.

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