Never Alone [o]

[Mirage ☪]

Patchfeather padded through her home and zoned out. She had no idea why she was out here let alone the medicine cat of her clan. She was still very young shocked how she could heal cats in no time but something just did not feel right. She loved healing cats but why did her mother have to leave so soon?

The clan was in her paws. The lives were in her paws. How fair was that? A crow called out in the distance and a mouse scurried away from the medicine cat leaving her alone in the part of her home. Did her clan think she couldnt do this?.. Did she think she could do this? Taking in a deep breath she padded on going to starclan knew where.

Coming to the edge of Thunderclan territory she looked over the Thunderpath and looked up at the sky with not a cloud in sight. I need to go to moonpool.. now.. tonight.. she thought. She had to speak with her mother maybe even her father. She felt lost and as if her clan did not have her back. Turning around she padded on back to her home to tell her leader where she needed to go.

[WolfieWolf]

The chocolate brown apprentice was bored out of her mind, quite surprising for her as her mentor usually gave her quite a few tasks, so she decided to go out into the forest and climb. No other purpose or goal, just climbing the trees. The feel of her claws digging into hard bark, the smell of prey and the smellof forest surrounding her. It somehow just calmed her down, a nice way to reflect or meditate.

Pinepaw climbed up an oak tree with ease, managing to get a good 20 feet up in the air before she decided to just rest on a branch for a little while and swat at various bugs and birds that came her way. She stayed like that for awhile before she finally realized that it was just about time for her to get back.

Taking a deep breath, Pinepaw jumped off the branch she was on then, once she was close enough to the ground, unsheathed her claws and grabbed onto the hard bark. After some sort of struggling, the she-cat finally managed to have a firm grip on the surface and was able to easily make it down to the forest floor. This move was one that still needed perfecting but she was working on it.

As Pinepaw began the trip back home, she noticed Patchfeather, the medicine cat of Thunderclan, heading the same way. Deciding that perhaps a bit of conversation would be nice, the chocolate brown she-cat quickened her pace to catch up with her clan mate.

"Patchfeather!" she called, quickening her pace a bit more. "Want to head back to camp together?"

[Mirage ☪]

Patchfeather almost didnt hear the apprentice talk to her. She looked to the side and saw it was pinepaw. Not wanting to really open her mouth she just gave a nod and waited for the little apprentice to catch up and started walking again towards the camp. She really didnt know what to say to the apprentice. Then again she didnt feel like talking at all. She was hoping for just a quite and quick walk back to camp yet she knew with apprentices all they wanted to do was talk talk talk. She looked down to see the apprentice then back to where she was walking. She thought she should say something but really had no idea what to say.

So umm pinepaw.. hows training going? she asked trying to make little conversation.

[WolfieWolf]

Pinepaw wasn't really a talkative apprentice and she was pretty tired too so she simply padded alongside the medicine cat quietly. In her mind, however, she was fiercely thinking about how she could perfect her move and what to name it as well.

"Maybe I should name it the Leap and Catch... That seems the best option. Or maybe the Leap and Catch Climb? I think I like the Leap and Catch better." Pinepaw thought to herself, barely paying attention to where she places her paws. "But what should I do to improve it? I know I need to make it so that there's less of a struggle to hold onto the bark when making the leap but, how? Maybe if I go higher up... There'll be more force when I fall so that it's easier for my claws to get a good, firm grasp on the bark! I need to try that out tomorrow..."

Suddenly the older she-cat next to her asked her a question, interrupting her chain of thoughts. It took her a few moments to figure out what she said then another few to think up of an answer.

"My training is doing good! My mentor is teaching me some more hunting tricks. I'm also learning a bit more on climbing." Pinepaw chuckled quietly at her last statement. It was true but it wasn't her mentor teaching her. It was herself and no one knew about it.

[Mirage ☪]

The spotted grey and white medicine cat raised her eyebrow and wondered why this cat was so obsessed with climbing trees.. she had her whole life to learn no? Patchfeather nodded to the apprentices words and looked back to where she was walking. She padded along the forest floor with twenty things going through her mind like no other. She looked at the sky but all this cat could think about was going to moonpool to see her mother and talk to her about all of this.