let's play pretend - grayblaze

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[style= font-size: 30pt; font-family: dawning of a new day; color: #528B8B; text-align: center; line-height: 30px;]beetlepaw of windclan[/style][style= width:350px; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana; font-size:9px; text-transform:lowercase;]Bright sunlight streamed through the crevices that made up a simple rooftop. They shone onto the small figure of a black feline, his eyes opened slowly as the world around him seemed to arrive in a blurry fashion. As he lifted his head in a dazed nature, small clumps of forest green moss fell from his chin. It was the same situation every rising morning for Beetlepaw, "ten more minutes" would turn into "thirty more minutes" which would go on to more than an hour of sleep. It seemed that each day he wasted more energy and was required to sleep even more. There was one problem, though, each morning he was rudely awaken by all the apprentices bustling around the den. "Could you guys seriously get any louder?!" He asked rhetorically, the weight of his own head dropping it back down to the ground. Just as Beetlepaw was about to drop back into dream land he was awaken by an unsteady, and rather sleepy, apprentice crashing into him. In shock, Beetlepaw found himself stumbling to his paws, fiercely blinking away the drowsiness in his eyes.

"Alright, I'm up! Don’t have to tackle me you frogbrain," He slurred, extending his claws into the moss on which he slept as he gave his back a good stretch. The almost audible sound of his back cracking sent a weird (though not uncommon) sensation through his body and he shivered. The same routine, the same sun, the same everything despite the passing days. Beetlepaw had to squint when he stepped outside of the apprentice den. Despite the fact that the sun had just barely passed over the horizon, the rays of sunlight and heat it cast down on them were strong enough to melt the wings of a butterfly almost instantly if it even dared to set foot on a rock. Okay...so maybe not really, but that's what it seemed like. Ever since Leaf-fall had come to the Clans, although prey had been seemingly endless, Beetlepaw could do without the stuffiness of the heat and humidity. As if he was going to let anyone else know it bothered him, though. He'd strut his stuff and act like it didn't bother him at all. Then there was the prey. Now that sounded just pleasant right now, and he faintly recalled his mentor, Grayblaze, telling him they were going to go do some hunting practice today.

The problem was, Beetlepaw didn’t need that bag of fleas to help him. He was perfectly capable of handling on his own. Sure he was 6 moons old and had no experience, but he didn’t need help. Although he didn't bother much to bring back prey to the Clan before he stuffed himself. His father used to get on him a lot about eating before the queens and elders got their food. Of course, Beetlepaw didn't like the old fart so he never listened. The black apprentice stretched out his limbs one more time before bounding out of the Clan camp. Either grayblaze would already be there and Beetlepaw could show him just how good he was, or if he wasn't he could do some of his own hunting, maybe kill a rabbit or something and still show grayblaze how amazing he was. Trotting out of the camp to a territory he’d only technically explored once. Though he snuck out of camp a lot of nights just so he could go play pretend, not a lot of cats in the Clan knew that. Beetlepaw had no friends, so he made up friends of his own. Slowing down at the stream, the black apprentice bent over and took a sip of water as he prayed to StarClan Grayblaze would forget all about it.

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Grayblaze lay waiting in one of the many burrows in the camp, well hidden among the thorn bushes, for his dark apprentice to wake up and come looking for him, although he knew the little twerp wouldn't. His dumb little apprentice thought he could do everything on his own, but the striped warrior was determined to prove him wrong. But he started to get impatient, because it seemed like forever before the apprentice finally woke up and got his lazy tail off the ground. And just as he had predicted, the black youngster bounded off alone, without waiting to see if his mentor was still back at camp. Snorting, he wondered if Beetlepaw even remembered the training session planned for today, or if he just decided to take a stroll. Emerging from his hiding place, he followed in pursuit of the lanky apprentice at a distance.

The whole way to the Moonpool stream, Grayblaze took extra care not to give himself away, as if he was stalking his apprentice like he was his targeted prey. Once Beetlepaw finally stopped to take a drink, he crouched down low to the ground, downwind of his target. He moved forward ever so slowly, waiting to see if his apprentice would notice that he was even there. But with a smirk, he knew that the little black brat was completely unaware. Finally, he bunched up his muscles and let loose a mighty leap, landing on top of the little tom. "Surprise!" He yowled at the top of his lungs, his face so close to Beetlepaw's that he could feel the little apprentice's breath. "Bet yeh didn't expect dat one, did ya?" He meowed smugly, backing off of the young cat. "Perfect example o' how ta hunt prey, I tell ya. Perfect. Yeh couldn'ta done it any bettah. Admit it." He said, chin and tail high in the air in pride.

"And dat's exactly what we're here to practice today; improvin' how yeh hunt. Oh and, uh, we should prolly work on dat problem o' yers... yeh know, how unaware yeh are o' yer surroudin's." He purred playfully, giving Beetlepaw a smug wink. "Could save yer life one day, yeh know."

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[style= font-size: 30pt; font-family: dawning of a new day; color: #528B8B; text-align: center; line-height: 30px;]beetlepaw of windclan[/style][style= width:350px; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana; font-size:9px; text-transform:lowercase;]beetlepaw loped ahead, keeping no real eye out for grayblaze. in all honesty, the apprentice was still praying he wouldn't show up. as he bent down to take a drink, the black tom wasn't prepared for his mentor to show up. "surprise!" he heard from behind him in a screech. hissing and frightened, the tom fluffed up and whirled around to face whoever it was. though he knew who it was because of the distinctive voice. grayblaze and his weird voice. make beetlepaw's lip curl. breathing hard, the apprentice was about to snap at his mentor, but grayblaze was midair by the time beetlepaw had thought of what to say. "oof," the apprentice grunted, falling to the ground as the warrior landed on him. hissing, the black tom wriggled his way out from under the warrior.

"Bet yeh didn't expect dat one, did ya? Perfect example o' how ta hunt prey, I tell ya. Perfect. Yeh couldn'ta done it any bettah. Admit it." through narrowed eyes, the still-fluffed apprentice scowled at his mentor. what was he supposed to say to that? of course he would've done it better! and he wasn't- starclan's sake, was grayblaze filled with fluff? growling, beetlepaw straightened up. "for starclan's sake grayblaze! what if i'd have fallen into that stream? do you think about anything? it's a wonder you ever got promoted to a warrior. acting like such a kit. eck. but, to answer your question, yes. i could've done better than that. prey's not nearly as smart as an apprentice," he sneered, lashing his tail.

"And dat's exactly what we're here to practice today; improvin' how yeh hunt. Oh and, uh, we should prolly work on dat problem o' yers... yeh know, how unaware yeh are o' yer surroudin's. Could save yer life one day, yeh know." his mentor continued, purring. beetlepaw merely scowled. had he been a twoleg kit, he would've crossed his arms. instead, his body stiffened and he lashed his tail in anticipation. he really did want to show grayblaze how talented he was, but his attitude got in the way a lot of the time. okay, all of the time. sighing, beetlepaw relaxed his shoulders. as he spoke, the attitude slowly was vanishing. he really was interested in learning whatever it was his mentor wanted to teach him. not that he liked him, but because it meant becoming a warrior. "fine. what is there to learn then? we're not gonna learn how to hunt rabbits over here by the water. should we move to the moors?"

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Grayblaze purred amusedly at the little black apprentice's aggravated state, fluffy kit fur all ruffled up and everything. The apprentice's usual moodiness didn't faze the gray warrior, since he was so used to it. Instead, he purred good-naturedly, "Bu' dat's why yeh gotta be aware o' yer surroundin's, my little fuzzy friend. Had I been a warrio' surprise attackin' yeh, yeh gotta be aware o' da fact dat yeh can easily be pushed inteh de watah, got it? Stay sharp." He justified himself with yet another wink. "An' 'ey, who says a warrio' can't have some fun, huh? Yer too serious fer an apprentice, yeh know. Loosen up a bit!" He meowed loudly with a cheerful pat on Beetlepaw's back. "O' an' uh, if an apprentice is smartah den da prey, den how did I catch ya so easily off-guard, huh?" He added with a smirk on his face. "Yeh gotta prove yer smartah den da prey befo' yeh say yer smartah den dem."

The next thing Beetlepaw said made Grayblaze's smile even wider, and his eyes brightened enthusiastically. ""Ey! Now yer talkin'! Finally got dat noggin in yer head workin' now, don't'cha? Well den! Let's head on out tuh de moors!" And so saying, the tabby tom turned from the river and headed in the direction of the open lands, where he knew there would be a plentiful amount of rabbits for young Beetlepaw to chase around. Keeping in pace with the lanky apprentice to make sure he didn't run off by himself, he started talking again. "So Beetlepaw, what's it dat yeh really want ta work on today? Yer speed? Yer a pretty speedy apprentice though and yeh got long legs, so I doubt yeh'll have much problem dere. How 'bout stealth? Hares are hard tuh outrun, yeh gotta sneak up on dem before yeh start da chase. An' considerin' yer fur color, I say we should really focus on figgerin' out how ta keep yeh concealed when yer not huntin' at night. What'cha say tuh dat?" As he was talking, Grayblaze had already scented a hare, but didn't say anything to see if the little black apprentice would detect it himself. If not... well, they would be out here for a long while.

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