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    Redscar was trying to remain calm as he walked towards the apprentices den wherein waited Thistlepaw, his first apprentice. He had been waiting quite a while for his opportunity to train the clans newest Warrior, and it was quite a plan he had been cooking up for a while. The war minded tom had been surprised to receive  his first apprentice, a little later than some, but long before it became apparent they were avoiding him. It hadn't been too long a walk and he soon found himself standing outside his destination, his mind continued to race. After he had given himself proper time to think he poked his head into the den and surveyed for Thistlepaw, upon catching a glimpse of her grey tabby pelt he quietly wandered in and gave her a few expert prods to the ribs figuring that would be enough to wake her. He slowly turned and wandered out into the camp as the sun began to light their territory, he figured he was being kind letting her sleep until dawn.

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The young apprentice lay coiled within her nest in a deep sleep, her breath vaporizing in the chilly morning air as her flank rose and fell. A jagged claw tore her from her peaceful rest by jabbing her in the side and forced the young one to pry open her eyes, with great reluctance of course. But her annoyance only lasted a moment, for when she saw the tail of her new mentor exiting the apprentice den, her chest swelled with excitement, and she was up and padding into the main camp as fast as she could. Thistlepaw's tabby pelt was clumsily smoothed down as she walked so her chest fur wouldn't stick straight up, but when Redscar came into view, she lifted her head and perked her ears forwards to seem as if she hadn't been stumbling over her own paws a moment beforehand. 

"Hello Redscar," She meowed in greeting, not to timid, yet not overly confident. "Will we be starting training this morning?" 

The young one's tail swayed back and forth behind her to express excitement, she could hardly wait to start to learn how to hunt for her clan! Somehow managing to keep all four paws on the ground, Thistle awaited her mentor's response.

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Thistlepaw's exuberant energy seemed to flow into Redscar, he fed off her excitement and any doubts about mentoring his first apprentice were quickly erased from his mind. When she questioned if it was time to start her training the red furred warrior considered telling her no, curious how she would react to a clearly sarcastic answer. Redscar quickly pushed the thought out of his mind and answered with silent a nod. "Follow me." He instructed as he moved toward the camps entrance. It was a chilly morning with the frost and light snow covering giving everything a dusting of white. The typically bright colors of their home were muted by the weather causing cats to stick out as if they were the only source of life among the dead. Redscar exited the camp and waited for Thistlepaw to do the same before he broke into a run, physical activity was the easiest way to stay warm on mornings like these. Approaching his destination quickly Redscar wished it could have been a longer run, luckily the weather hadn't dampened his spirits any as he halted in Lightningclans' preferred training destination. "Are you ready to begin?" Redscar asked as he turned to face his young apprentice.

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