First Day [RC]

Chervilpaw’s ears flattened and she sprung to her feet. She stepped closer to her sister instinctively. All the animosity that had filled her for her sister moments earlier fled, leaving her bristling slightly at being disturbed and eyeing Cherrypaw dubiously.

“Well, we are all the way out here, bury youself in moss if you don’t want to hear us.” Chervilpaw called after her. Turning to Flutterpaw she dropped her voice to a whisper. “She does realize her mentor will be shoving her out of the den any minute now doesn’t she?”

Besides if she wanted to join in all she had to do was ask…

Cherrypaw rolled her eyes. Mouse-brain.  She was smarter than the two of them combined.  She snorted, annoyed at the fact that they were so annoying.  She waited for Bearshadow to arrive.  Then maybe she would be away from those two.  As she heard the two start yowling again, she padded out of the den, staying as far away from the two as she could.

Flutterpaw sighed, irritation quickly leaving her in favor of dissapointment. It seemed that they all had somehow gotten on the bad sides of their clanmates. Apprentices were supposed to support each other and stick together, weren't they? After all, they shared the same stage of life, striving to be the best warriors possible.

It was as if they all thought Secretsong's hateful personality had been passed onto them.

Flutterpaw felt horrible for thinking badly of her mother, but she wasn't stupid. She knew Secretsong wasn't a good birthmother, and had never cared for her litter like she should have. However, that didn't stop her for instinctually loving her mother, and she couldn't quite bring herself to distance herself from her mother like some of her littermates could.

(Just a heads up, @asiandumbledore if you're actually waiting for Bearshadow you might be better off sending Blossom a message about starting a thread)

Chervilpaw rolled her eyes and kept her voice too low for Cherrypaw to hear, no sense drowning freshkill on day one. "Looks like someone needs a few more moons before she's ready to wake up.”

She couldn’t help but follow Cherrypaw with her eyes; it was almost like she wasn’t a real clan-cat at all, after all a real warrior was loyal to her clanmates. True warrior in the making or not Chervilpaw scented an opportunity here. She sat up on her haunches and batted at her sister’s ear and nodded her head to the side. It seemed natural enough but her message was (hopefully) clear to one who knew her as well as her sister: come with me. Lightly she sprung to her feet, resisting the urge to shake the accumulated debris from her scraggly pelt.

“Hey! Hey Cherrypaw! Hey wait up!” She started towards her den-mate. “Where are you going? It’s a bright, bright, beautiful day!”

"Yeah." Flutterpaw chuckled at the good-natured comment.

Flutterpaw's fur prickled slightly with alarm as her sister trotted after Chervilpaw. What is she doing? Does she want to get her ears clawed? Flutterpaw trailed tentatively after her, hovering by Chervilpaw's side. She couldn't help but feel uncomfortable - interacting with other apprentices was so much harder than with her sister.

Cherrypaw whipped around. "Oh, yes it is indeed. Why do you say?" She asked, sounding too friendly. Cherrypaw waited for them

Chervilpaw trotted forwards, tail kinked as if in greeting. Any charade of genuineness was shattered by the smirk playing across her face and her twitching whiskers. This was going to be great! When Cherrypaw whirled on her Chervilpaw froze -- that didn’t sound like Cherrypaw at all – but the plan was too good to go to waste.

“See there’s the sunshine!” Chervilpaw forced a purr.

Barely a tail length from her denmate Chervilpaw couldn’t help but shoot a glance back at her sister for confirmation of the plan but her sister didn’t know the plan just yet. It was all up to her. Lightly she stepped forwards again and shook out her long pelt, hopefully sending a cascade of the dust and debris over Cherrypaw.

Cherrypaw was hit with debris. "Hey, you did that on purpose! So stop it now!" She yells.  She remembers that she has to meet Bearshadow and runs off, her anger forgotten.

Flutterpaw's eyes widened slightly as Chervilpaw promptly shook dirt and leaves all over Cherrypaw. The apprentice was quick to race away, and Flutterpaw was surprised her sister hadn't gotten clawed for that. Cherrypaw had been so irritated earlier.

"That wasn't very nice." Flutterpaw piped, but she couldn't keep the amusement from her voice. It was clever on Chervilpaw's part, and Cherrypaw had been a grump.

(Jump right in )

Cherrypaw gambolled off, probably off to see Bearshadow or else to find a bee hive to stick her nose into. Well, that was anticlimactic. Logically Chervilpaw should have been happy for things to end on such a civil note but something restless and unfulfilled inside of her was almost disappointed with the turn of events.

“Well, she wasn’t exactly all purrs when she welcomed us into the den now was she?” A bitter edge clung like burrs to her cheerful tone.

She bent down to lick her shoulder, hiding a frown in the pretext of removing the muck from her pelt. Her sister was far too nice sometimes.

( Yes, join us! :3 )

"I guess not." Fluttepaw stepped forward, using a paw to free a pine needle from her sister's pelt. Cherrypaw had been rude, but Flutterpaw had a hard time getting angry... she tried to be nice, but the primary reason was probably because she was a coward.

She sighed slightly, glancing over to the cave. "When do you think the others will wake up?" She murmured curiously.

Kestrelpaw yawned and stretched out his legs, greeting the late morning. A small beam of sunlight trickled in from the opening above the camps entrance, and Kestrelpaw blinked the sleep from his eyes. He glanced around and noticed that most of the apprentices were gone already, two of his sisters included. Heat rushed to his cheeks, why did he have to sleep so soundly? He would never be considered a great warrior if he couldn't even make it out of the den before sunhigh.

Flicking the last of his sleepiness away, he paused to lick his chest before going out, not wanting to be walking around with nest-fur all day. He practically skipped from the apprentices den to the camp entrance, nodding to the few elders that were sharing tongues near the outside of their den.

With eager steps, Kestrelpaw bounded out of the camp, nearly running into the older Cherrypaw who stormed by him with a look of purpose on her face. Stepping out of her way, he looked up to see his sisters, Chevrilpaw and Flutterpaw, watching Cherrypaw disappear. He purred with delight, "Hey guys! What's up, got any assignments from your mentors yet?"