[jaythecat]

There was a gleam in the sun that hardly reached the camp of Nightclan. Crimsonclaw had awoken a few minutes ago. He was ready to do the patrol search with another warrior,Wolfheart. He quickly got up and made his way to the warriors den. "Wolfheart,it is time for the border patrol." he mewed in a serious tone.

He made his way to the entrance and awaited the warriors arrival,so that they could begin the border patrol.[/color]

[Fate Admin]

Wolfheart stood and stretched briefly as Crimsonclaw awoke him with a phrase. He shook himself to clear the moss from his pelt and padded out of the cave that served as the warriors' den. Glancing around, he set his jaw. NightClan seemed a bit short on warriors lately, which was why this patrol was such a small one, only two cats. Nodding in respect to his deputy, he began to pad toward the gently slope that was the entrance to camp until he spotted a small black and white she-cat coming toward them. He dipped his head in respect to his leader, "Ravenstar?"

Ravenstar twitched her ear in acknowledgement of the big gray warrior, blinking her pale amber orbs at him before turning her gaze to Crimsonclaw, "I'll accompany the two of you on the border patrol, seeing as we have no spare warriors to take my place." Pausing briefly to address the concern of having both leader and deputy out of camp at the same time, she flicked her tail dismissively, "I've put Hawkeye in charge of camp while we're gone." She then stepped back, willing to let Crimsonclaw continue to lead the patrol as planned.

[jaythecat]

Crimsonclaw was surprised and happy to see that leader would accompany them. She usually stayed at camp. He quickly set off as they followed him to begin the border patrol.

As they left camp and the sun hit his fur,he took a moment to absorb the nice warming feeling,before quickly catching himself and continuing on the patrol. After a few minutes something very strange caught his eye. His Crimson eyes glared straight ahead. He was almost certain the leader would catch what he was staring at...it was-[/color]

[Fate Admin]

((the rogues are NPCs))

Ravenstar paused, her pelt bristling, as the scent of a cat not from NightClan met her, and as they rounded a tree two rogues came into view. They were sharing a crow with absolutely no regard for the fact that they were trespassing and stealing prey. Snarling her fury, she leapt forward onto the nearest rogue, who yowled in surprise as her claws dug in.

As soon as the scent of the rogues hit him, Wolfheart's fur fluffed out to make him look twice as big, and Wolfheart was already a large cat. He raced after Ravenstar and headed for the other rogue, which was bigger than the one Ravenstar's was fighting. His initial surprise that two rogues would dare invade their territory was drowned in anger at their audacity. Well, their patrol would show them never to underestimate NightClan ever again.

[jaythecat]

Crimsonclaw watched as both cats leapt at a different rogue. The deputy did not react as fast as the others because he was going in to that 'mode'. This was when he would become ruthless. He leapt at the bigger rogue as he saw it push wolfheart off. He leapt at it and pinned it to the ground. He felt Wolfheart help him take the rogue down. He was about to kill the cat but then realized he did not know all the facts yet.

"Why are you trespassing in our territory?"[/Color]

[Fate Admin]

Ravenstar gave the rogue one last warning bite before sending her on her way, screeching through the forest. She snorted indignantly and padded over to where Crimsonclaw was holding down the other rogue, a large tom. Wolfheart was standing at the ready should the rogue break free of the deputy's grip, "I've sent your mate free, answer the question and we may yet show you the same mercy." Her tail lashed as she glared down at the rogue, who only sneered at her.

"You're nothing more than an apprentice!" though Crimsonclaw's weight was slowly pressing the breath out of him and it was becoming hard for him to breath, and so he spat angrily, "We're passing through! Let me go!"

"Passing through does not warrant stealing our prey! If you had been just 'passing through' we might have let you!" She swiped her unsheathed claws only a kittenstep away from his nose, "Stay out of our territory or next time we catch you we will not be so friendly!" She nodded at Crimsonclaw to let the rogue go.

The rogue streaked away, calling back, "You'll see when MountainClan descends upon you! We'll take your precious territory for ourselves!"

Ravenstar lashed her tail in annoyance that the rogue would continue to defy her in her own territory, and it took her a moment to realize he had said 'MountainClan'.... Her ears pricked and she wished to race after him and hold him down until he told them more, but he was too far away for them to catch now. Lashing her tail once more, she turned back to Crimsonclaw, "When we get back, tell the warriors to keep a lookout for any other rogues, and if they find any, to bring them back to me for questioning." She wanted to find out what the rogue meant by MountainClan.... Digging her claws into the earth, she tried to relax her muscles and focus once more on the patrol. The scent markers with RainClan needed to be renewed.

[jaythecat]

Crimsonclaw watched as the pathetic cat ran from the territory and talked about mountainclan taking Nightclans territory."I would like to see them try." He said to himself. He quickly heard his leader speak of telling the warriors to keep a lookout and bringing them to her.

He quickly nodded and figured they should finish there patrol.They quickly finished patrol. Crimsonclaw figured if there were any rogues the rogues that fought this patrol probably warned them about Crimsonclaw,Wolfheart, and Ravenstar. They arrived at the camp and Crimsonclaw awaited further instructions.[/Color]

[Fate Admin]

As they padded back into camp, Ravenstar stretched languidly before looking back at the two toms, "Both of you should grab something to eat from the freshkill pile. Then, I think, it wouldn't hurt for you to take your apprentices out on a hunting patrol, if you feel up to it." She dipped her head in the slightest to them both before padding away, grabbing a a plump rabbit before heading to the medicine cat's den. She felt an urge to speak with her friend, Mistheart, and thought that the medicine cat might like to share some prety with her, and Lunarpaw too if she wished. The rabbit would be enough to feed them all.

Wolfheart stifled a yawn as he listened to Ravenstar's instructions, nodding as she turned and padded away. Picking out a mouse for himself, he laid down briefly to eat it and get a little rest in before going out hunting with his apprentice, Blackpaw. He flicked his tail invitingly at Crimsonclaw, if he wished to join him for the short meal before heading out.

[jaythecat]

He was very hungry and this caused he to pick up a few mice. Most cats would be full after one or two. But This deputy had a big appetite. This was probably due to his size.Crimsonclaw accepted the invitation as he grabbed a few more mice and began walking with wolfheart.[/color]

[Fate Admin]

Wolfheart glanced over at Crimsonclaw as he came to sit beside him and eat, "Speaking of apprentices... I wonder how Darkpaw's training is coming along? Blackpaw seems... hesitant... and nervous whenever Darkpaw is around," he mewed thoughtfully. Taking another bite of his mouse, he twitched his ears, "Does Darkpaw say anything to you about Blackpaw ever?" he was a bit worried about his apprentice. He knew he could be a great warrior, but it always seemed like something was bothering him, and that, if he tried his best, something bad would happen. Perhaps it was just Wolfheart's imagination.

[jaythecat]

Crimsonclaw ate three mice with two bites as he listened to the warrior speak. He looked around for darkpaw,and blackpaw,but neither of them were there. They were probably on patrol or something. He finished a fourth mice before turning to wolfheart,cleaning his whiskers of the leftovers and saying"Not really,he usually centers himself on training,which is why I think he has potential. That,and the fact that he looks similar to my size when I was a kit." Crimsonclaw cracked a small smile remembering how he used to be as a warrior,when it came to personality,Darkpaw was the complete opposite.

[Fate Admin]

Finishing the last of his freshkill as Crimsonclaw spoke, he nodded and stood, "I see... well, good luck with him then, Crimsonclaw. I'm sure with your guidance he will indeed becomes a great warrior. I hope I am teaching Blackpaw enough...." He shook his head to clear such negative thoughts away, "I suppose I'll see if I can find my apprentice then, so we can work on bringing back some freshkill for the Clan." He dipped his head in respect to the deputy before padding across camp to see if his apprentice was around. He was glad that NightClan's camp was underground and clear of snow. It had to be quite a bit warmer than some of the other Clan camps.