Shinypaw's training

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Shinypaw bounced up and down from the Windclan cmap to the Grassy Moores. She stopped at a hill, catching her breath and waiting for her mentor, Silversnow. "C'me Silversnow!" She called eagerly. "Let's start training!"

[winterleaf]

"I'm coming!" Silversnow howled from the distance. She climbed up the slope, Shinypaw mousetails away from her. Until the ivory warrior finally caught up with the jaunty apprentice, she sat down to take a rest. "Wow, this old bones don't move like they did before!" she hotted in laughter and stood up again. "Now, what do you want to learn first? Hunting? Tracking? Or fighting?"

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"Hunting!" Shinypaw exclaimed eagerly. "I want to learn now! So when the next hunting patrol goes, I will be with them!" She said enthusiasticaly, thiugh she knew she was to young to go with them.

[winterleaf]

"Very well..." Silversnow sighed. They went down the slope until they reached a silent clearing. The ivory warrior perked her ears at the sound of a small rabbit. "Show me what you've got" she meowed.

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Shinypaw ran down the slope, perking her ears and preparing her nosetrills for any prey scent. She stood there, motionless, waiting for something. Suddenly, she heard something. "There is something in the bushes over there!" She exclaimed, pointing with her tail. "C'me!" She ran to the bushes, very carefully not to make any noise at all. Shinypaw leaped intot he bushes, and in some seconds she came out with a chubby mouse. "A jaught eht!" She exclaimed, the mouse in her jaws.

[winterleaf]

"Great job!" Silversnow praised. "I'm amazed! Now, we pass to fighting. You're a better hunter than me!" she mocked and ventured Shinypaw to a small clearing, perfect for the Windclanners to practice their fighting skill. Silversnow crouched defensivly. "Now, attack me" she commanded.

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Shinypaw did as her mentor told her. Preparing to leap at her, back legs crouched, head up, she targeted her mentors chest, and with a sudden impulse...

"Pow!" She exclaimed, attemting to hit her mentor.

[winterleaf]

Silversnow narrowed her eyes as she slid out of Shinypaw's way easily, her lean and sleek body making it easier for her to dodge the apprentice's strike. "Good stance, but I'm afraid you do not target your foe's chest. What you usually aim is at your foe's legs. They're their weakest point and if you tackle him there, your foe will collapse, giving you the perfect chance to attack him..." the ivory she-cat explained but did not give Shinypaw a chance to answer. "But tackling your foe's legs is the oldest tactic. You're foe will know what you're doing so he'll rapidly dodge your attack. That's why you need to confuse your foe..." Silversnow breathed and ducked again. "Attack me" her voice rasped in exasperation for she wasn't the young warrior she used to be and this short training had made her quite tired.

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Shinypaw nodded, and attempted to attack again. Pointing at the chest again, she ran and instead hit her legs, and then she got out of the way and hoded slighly her mentor's neck. Not hurting her. "Is that ok?" She asked, letting go.

[winterleaf]

Silversnow nodded wearily. "Well done" she purred and heaved a weak smile. The snowy warrior summoned her back legs, the ones that pushed Shinypaw away from her throat and sent her flying away. Silversnow stood up again and helped the apprentice up. "You must be aware of everything, you must never loose guard" she meowed, enphazising her on the word never.

((So crappy but...))

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Shinypaw landed on her back, "Ok..." She mutered. "Can we rest? You look tiered, Silversnow.." She asked, worried about her mentor. "Are you ok?"

[winterleaf]

Silversnow narrowed her eyes and shook her head, her lip trembling. "No, I'm alright, lets continue, you'll almost ready. Come on attack me again!"

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Shinypaw nodded grimly, knowing she might realy hurt her mentor this time, even if not attempting to. Shinypaw targeted the head this time, but looked at the legs. Attacking them, Shinypaw thought in surprising her mentor. She ran up her back and goot behind her neck, bitting her neck on the top, not letting go, but not harshly.

[winterleaf]

Silversnow loosened herself to be left completely manipulated and vunerable for Shinypaw. Once the apprentice stricked, the ivory warrior collapsed on the ground after the impulse of her attack. Her gaze followed her hind legs and shifted to her jaws, the ones that laid bare. "Erm..." Silversnow whispered and expectantly glared at Shinypaw, hoping she understood the hints she was giving to her.