C8 Frost and Flame: A Tail of Two Sisters

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Chapter 8 Flamepaw woke up to someone shaking her awake. Ugh… who could that be? She thought. “Wake up Flamepaw, it’s time for a hunting assessment!” Said Mistheart. Flamepaw stood up and stretched, shaking the moss off her pelt. “Ok, I’m up. When do we start?” Mistheart smiled. “First, go get something to eat from the freshkill pile, then you can change the elder’s bedding. When you’re done, come find me, and we’ll start your assessment.” Flamepaw sighed and then nodded. Ok. She thought If I’m going to change Heatfoot’s bedding, at least I’ll get to eat first! Flamepaw padded over to the freshkill pile and grabbed a fat and juicy thrush. Before she could start eating, Scorchpaw came over. “Hey Scorchpaw,” said Flamepaw. “Want to share this thrush?” Scorchpaw hesitated before sitting down next to her and taking a bite. “Thanks,” He said with his mouth full. “I’m starving!” Flamepaw smiled. “What’s Ashclaw having you do today?” she asked. “I have to search Heatfoot for ticks, and then I have a hunting assessment. What about you?” said Scorchpaw. “Actually, I have to do the same things! I have to clear the elders' bedding, and then Mistheart’s going to take me out in the forest for my hunting assessment.” Scorchpaw nodded, and then stood up. “Well, we better get going if we’re going to finish before sunhigh!” Flamepaw nodded and stood up as well. After the two apprentices finished tending to the elders, they both went out into the forest with their mentors. “Ok,” said Mistheart. “Listen up. You two are going to team up, and try to catch four pieces of prey. We want you to catch a squirrel, a mouse, a rabbit, a vole, and if you can, a thrush or wagtail. Now go!” Flamepaw stalked off through the undergrowth, Scorchpaw closely following her. All of a sudden Flamepaw halted. “Mouse” she whispered to Scorchpaw, before dropping into the hunters crouch and stalking her prey, soon she came into a small clearing, she looked around and saw a mouse eating a seed underneath a bramble bush. Before the mouse could notice her, Flamepaw pounced. Thank you StarClan for this prey, thought Flamepaw. She picked up the mouse and buried it by the roots of a towering oak tree. After walking for a little while, Flamepaw spotted a rabbit. She flicked her tail to tell Scorchpaw to stop, and slowly started stalking the rabbit. Scorchpaw moved to the side to corner the rabbit. Once the rabbit spotted Flamepaw it fled, right into Scorchpaw's path, he chased it and caught it and then carried it back to his friend. Some time after sunhigh, Flamepaw and Scorchpaw had caught all the prey their mentors had told them too, plus the extra thrush and wagtail. They went to collect their prey, and when they did, Mistheart and Ashclaw appeared through the leaves of a juniper bush. “Well done you two!” said Ashclaw with a wide grin. “You both passed, now let's take this prey back to camp.” Flamepaw and Scorchpaw smiled at each other, and walked back to camp, their jaws full with all the prey they caught. When they got back to camp, they put the prey on the freshkill pile, and then brought Heatfoot, and Smolderfur some freshkill. Afterwards, the two apprentices curled up side by side in the apprentice’s den, and fell asleep. End of Chapter