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GL 20: Overcast skies relieve some of the greenleaf heat, keeping the sun hidden away.

Don't wanna live as an untold story,
rather go out in a blaze of glory...

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Hunting was boring. There was so much standing around waiting involved. Learning about hunting was even worse. You had to watch some other cat stand around waiting. Wow. How would she ever contain her excitement? Minkpaw snorted at the very thought, pretty sure she'd rather be doing just about anything else. At least it got her out of camp. Since her excursion to LightningClan, Frozenrain had some cat watching her all the time and she wasn't even supposed to go to the moss meadow without some warrior to make sure that's where she was really going. Even her visits to dirtplace were noted in case she took too long coming back. She couldn't even set up any decent pranks with eyes on her all the time. It was stifling.

And it was worth it.

She'd crossed the border, stepped paw on enemy territory, met a cat from another Clan, helped fight off a fox (sort of?) and had a great story to tell her peers and make them all jealous of just how fearless and awesome she was. So what if she was now being watched closer than a kit? Totally worth it.

Still, she was eager to get out of camp, even if the activity was hardly what she'd like to be doing. She'd figure out a way to make it more fun once she got out. So when Eagletalon finally sought her out to tell her they were going out for hunting practice, she leaped on it with enthusiasm for the chance to get out of camp and away from so many eyes constantly watching her. “Let's go, let's go!” she pestered her mentor, flashing fangs in a grin, “You sure you're not too old to still be a warrior? You move more like an elder!” She bounced away from him preemptively, before he could swat at her in retaliation for the tease, as they headed toward the camp entrance.

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I'll live now 'cause the bad die last.
I can't hear you, I don't fear you.

BlooRey DVD (I figured Heron could come in next to ask about coming with and then Eagle could confirm that its fine if she comes along and set them on their course?)
Fawn

[BlooRey DVD]

HERONDIVE

Rolling a strange stiffness from her shoulders, the cream and white warrioress ducked out of the warrior's den. She'd overslept a tad, which was strange considering for once she hadn't had her sleep wracked by nightmares. Although a strange hollowness still weighed in her heart, and she felt closed off from the rest of the Clan, she... She had slept. That was progress, wasn't it? With a shake of her head to clear a still-troubled mind, Herondive's brilliant blue gaze swept over the camp. A voice that her head told her should be familiar suddenly broke through the silence, catching the she-cat's attention.

What she saw robbed her of breath, and Herondive nearly staggered. Her own younger sister, yet a far cry from the tiny kit she remembered. A spark of unfamiliar confidence radiated from Minkpaw, and with a thorn of self-directed disappointment, Herondive realized she didn't know her own sister. Didn't know either of them. Never once had she made an effort to spend time with the newest additions to their family, as wrapped up in her own world as she'd been. Thus far, she'd failed as an older sibling; failed as a family member.

It... It wasn't too late, was it?

Ears pricking forward, her paws seemed to move on their own accord as she shifted direction toward Minkpaw and Eagletalon. Considering she'd just woken up, the warrioress was not yet entitled to take prey from the fresh-kill pile. Perhaps she could make herself useful by tagging along, get some hunting done for the Clan. Blue eyes flicked uncertainly from her sister to her former mentor, but she cleared her throat and spoke up as she approached. "I, uh... Think Dad, uh Hawkstar, wants at least two warriors per outgoing patrol..? I can come along, if... If that's okay with you?" She asked Eagletalon first, before adding in.

"Both of... Of you."

warrior of stoneclan

Fawn @zen   | background image | table by phoenix

Note: 39 moons

[Fawn]

89 Moons // Tom // Senior Warrior // StoneClan

"You'll know I'm an elder if I start growing moss like your Dad," Eagletalon's grin was wide, and accompanied by an amused glance to Hawkstar's den. Maybe he could steal their leader for a short outing? It would satisfy the stricter patrol requirements and provide him with an extra set of eyes for Miss Troublefur, here.

"Good timing, Herondive. Been a while, eh?" She was awkward, even more so than he remembered, but the old warrior wasn't about to turn her away. It was a mark of recovery that she was reaching out at all, offering to spend time with the cats in her life again. Eagletalon would kick himself to StarClan and back if he didn't encourage it.

"You're in for some fun, Minkpaw." Eagletalon flicked the kitten's ear with the end of a sandy tail, taking the lead to allow the sisters to walk closer to one another. "Herondive's one of the best hunters in StoneClan. She can take down birds like the rest of us take down mossballs."

Eagletalon wanted to ask Hawkstar's eldest daughter about his own, Meadowpaw, but there was time for that later. From what he could see, their training sessions were going fine. If something was wrong, Eagletalon wanted to believe that Herondive would approach him for advice - right? She'd been like a snail these past seasons, retreating into her shell. They could either break it, or wait for her to come back out on her own time.

For once, Eagletalon preferred the pacifist's approach.

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Word Count: 252 Words
Tags: @zen BlooRey DVD
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