fire & flaming

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flamingstar **
@wolfwind3


The sun had barely peaked the horizon when Firepaw's brother Rustlepaw rolled over on top of her in the apprentices den. Rudely she was awakened to find Rustlepaw snoring away. She glared at him and pushed her way up from her now smashed nest. She would be pouncing on him later for that. When she pushed her way out of the den, her excitement replaced her irritation at the idea of her training with her mentor, Flamingstar.


She was so excited when Flamingstar decided to take Firepaw on as her apprentice. The orange and white tabby bragged to her siblings so much so that Rustlepaw was the one to tell her to knock it off. Of course, Rustlepaw got Jetfang and he was excited and Shadedpaw got Hollybreeze, but Firepaw was the one that got the leader. Shadedpaw congratulated her like an adult, naturally. Firepaw was sometimes aggravated the way Shadedpaw acted older than her and Rustlepaw. But then, her brother, acted smaller and more weak than both of them combined. Firepaw would finally get to stand out against her siblings, maybe she'd catch a bunch of prey this morning just to tell them that their meals were provided by her. The fresh kill pile was so low from the night before.

She breathed in her sisters scent and realized she must have gone out on an early patrol with Hollybreeze and Firepaw's ear flicked with irritation. How early did they leave? Why wasn't I allowed to go with them? But she assumed Flamingstar would want Firepaw to do something far more important today.

Firepaw waited for Flamingstar to appear for her session this morning. Instead, the she-cat started practicing her pouncing. She put all of her weight in her front paws and left none in her back paws. From any other cat's perspective, you could tell how lopsided she was. Safe to say, Firepaw looked ridiculous. 

[flamingstar **]

greenleaf was beautiful in this territory. the lush green of the grasses and undergrowth were only the backdrop for the many bubbling little brooks and waterfalls that flowed around rocks, down the mountainside, and into the humid fen below. tempestclan's land appeared lush as well, though it was in an entirely different way. the fire colored she-cat's green gaze swept across the border as she quickly padded past, happy there had been no recent conflicts. the peace wouldn't last, of course. even she knew that. but, for the time being, she could embrace it, and hopefully no one would grow too used to it.

some time later, with a vole swinging from her jaws, the bright ginger she-cat's lean frame entered camp, and once she had deposited the plump rodent to the freshly sorted freshkill pile, she turned about, whiskers twitching, to seek out her apprentice, firepaw. the younger she-cat was waiting for her, flamingstar could tell, and her emerald eyes twinkled as she dipped her head in greeting to her ginger tabby and white apprentice. "good morning, firepaw." the she-cat said warmly, tail waiving amiably in the air. "what sort of things should we go out and do today?"