Flamingpaw narrowed her eyes at him but didn't comment on his demeanor. She noticed he hadn't raised his muzzle to scent for anything, but she didn't say anything on that, either.

"I can try again on my own."

She frowned, raising her snout to scent around the clearing. Did she remember everything he taught her yesterday? Tail out, paws in, quiet stalking... yeah. She thought she had it. She recognized the scent of a squirrel nearby. Fast, wiry creatures... More silentness. She crouched down, fixing her posture silently, her tail out behind her, hovering over the grass. She crept forward for a moment, checking the wind and making sure she wasn't brushing against the grass. She stalked forward again and the sight of the bushy red tail was visible over the grass. She crept forward until she was a few feet away from the prey, her eyes focused. After a beat, she leaped, landing on the squirrel's back. She bent down and nipped it's spine, her tail lashing excitedly. She picked it up and turned to see her mentor not looking at her. She frowned and stepped over, dropping the carcass at his paws.

"Are you awake right now"

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-P.O.V. Shade’Feather-
-Location: OakClan Territory-

Shade’Feather’s head snapped toward her. His eyes glanced down at the carcass.

“Of course I’m awake” He grumbled. “Good job.” He voice lacked all emotion and his eyes narrowed at the prey. “Why don’t we continue to hunt.” He now lifted his head to scent, and brief flash of confusion crossed his face before nearly all emotion dropped from his face again. He turned away and lifted his tail in a small flick, to signal she could go and hunt, while he tried to hunt himself. Who knows if she would understand that all from a trail flick though. The thought crossed his mind, but he was already quietly walking away, his ears perked up more.

He was tracking down a mouse he had scented off in this direction, and as he got closer he crouched down and crept closer. Soon he spotted the small shape, and just as he was about to pounce, a large sneeze erupted from his nose and he stumbled back in surprise. He wheezed then hissed as he realized the prey had now gotten away.

“…Mouse-Dung” He hissed after a pause. He stared in the direction of the mouse for a second, once again lost in thought.

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Flamingpaw frowned and sat down, a little put out, before her mentor muttered something and flicked his tail at her. She stared at him and watched him walk away. ...What? He seemed to be lost in thought, and she just stared at him as he disappeared. She listened to him for a moment before she heard a loud sneeze coming from the direction she watched him walk in. She shook her head and pushed earth over the squirrel.

"Hopefully that helps... Maybe I can catch something else to bring back to the clan."

She muttered, raising her snout and walking off in the direction that she smelled a bit of prey in.

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-P.O.V. Shade’Feather-
-Location: OakClan Territory-

Shade’Feather glanced back toward the clearing, hoping Flaming’Paw hadn’t seen his miserable fail. He did feel pretty miserable. Maybe he should head back… but no, he couldn’t. It’s been two days since he had brought back prey for the clan. He needed to catch something. He lifted his nose again, and started off in another direction. He spotted a small mouse that hadn’t gotten scared away by his previous sneeze. He was determined not to miss this one, and crept up on it silently, before pouncing and sloppily trapping it and killing it. It let out a shrill shriek of warning before he killed it, and he sighed, figuring most things might have gone into hiding nearby. He just hoped now Flaming’Paw was too far to be affected by it. He hid it in a small hole and started to wander. He had meant to continue to hunt, but he seemed to have forgotten as he wandered almost silently through the forest.

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Flamingpaw managed to be close enough to hear the warning cry. She shook her head, wondering what her mentor was doing. Is he alright? Should she go find him? She weighed her options for a moment before turning around, following her mentor's jagged scent trail. Couldn't hurt to check up on him... right? Worry began to creep under her pelt, sending prickly shivers through her body. He was probably fine. She was probably overreacting.

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(Anyone gonna interact with Shatteredpaw??????)

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(im out of camp trying to not have my mentor walk into a tree in a daze so-)

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(I'm outta camp, trying to hunt,but terribly failing)

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(lmao well stumble on us then?)

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Sure)

Shatteredpaw

Shatteredpaw stuck her muzzle out, trying to catch the sent of prey, though she couldn't really smell anything other then plants, she couldn't remember the names and smells apart yet but, was that thyme,or rosemary, or it could be horsetail. She finally found a sent of a squirrel, she pricked her ears, searching for where the squirrel was.

"There!" She whisper-yelled to herself, almost pinpointing the location, she shuffled closer. Shatteredpaw looked around, the squirrel was beneath an oak tree, looking for seeds at the roots, crouching down she shuffled closer, tail on the ground brushing the leaves, along with her belly.

Shatteredpaw heard a squeak of alarm a little ways away, probably a mouse, she hoped that it wouldn't alarm he squirrel,she turned her attention back to the squirrel, she stepped forward a few more times before darting at it, bolting away, she chased after the squirrel, running so fast everything was a blur, she skidded to a halt when she almost ran into Flamingpaw

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Flamingpaw let out a small noise and turned to Shatteredpaw.

"What are you doing out here? Looking for herbs?"

She asked, still following her mentor's scent, yet slowing her pace slightly to allow Shatteredpaw to walk with her.

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-P.O.V. Shade’Feather-
-Location: OakClan Territory-

Shade’Feather heard a noise behind him and he whipped around, fur on end, spiking up all along his back. He relaxed, seeing nothing, but he couldn’t shake the weird feeling in his stomach. He was about to continue wandering, until he realized he was supposed to be hunting. He scented the air again, and started following the trail of a rabbit. He soon found the creature near a hole under some roots. He carefully crept up, setting his paws lightly, until he darted forward, slamming his paws on it. It struggled, kicking out its powerful back legs, and one smacked him in the chin and he let out a yelp, but still managed to slay the beast. He huffed tiredly, and sat down, licking his paw and carefully pawing at his face. He shook his head out, trying to clear his mind, but after a second he was staring down at the rabbit carcass again, in silence.

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Shatteredpaw

Shatteredpaw hesitated for a minute thinking about what might be the best option for an answer " I errrrr, um i.... Yeah, I'm looking for herbs " she stuttered so badly she though even a deaf kit would know that she lied

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Flamingpaw narrowed her eyes at Shatteredpaw and let out a snort.

"Yeah, whatever. How would I know what you medicine cats do."

She kept following the trail, hearing her mentor yelp. She began to hurry, not even caring if Shattered was behind her.

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-P.O.V. Shade’Feather-
-Location: OakClan Territory-

Shade’Feather looked up into the sky, watched the glimpses of clouds he could see through the leaves. His chin hurt a little from the kick, and his whole pelt felt a little squirmy. His tail flicked and he narrowed his eyes into the sun. He looked back down at the rabbit underneath his paws and glanced back up the tree. Part of him wanted to climb the tree. He didn’t know why. He just felt like he wanted to. He hadn’t gone climbing for a while and he missed the feeling of being on top of everything. He didn’t feel it was safe right now though, so he continued to sit where he was and watched the leaves quiver in the slight breeze.

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