"Yeah its been fun! Battle training is really fun, but I still like herbs!" Aurapaw meowed to her mentor. "When I went on a patrol with Jaggedpine, Paintedleaf and Scorchheart we caught some Shadowclan cats patroling to close to the border! And Jaggedpine yelled at them! And they ran away."
Standing up paintedleaf shook out of the kits' grip and ran around the camp in circles until they were tired. Laughing she watched the queens bring the kits back to the nursery so they can rest. "It's about time they rested, Ive been trying to get them to go to sleep all day." one of the queens sighed in relief before they all when in the den. Paintedleaf purred happily and looked around the camp, wondering what else she could do.
Scorchheart woke up a few minutes later, groggily looking about the camp. She spotted Jaggedpine and Painted a fewe feet away and padded over. "Okay, so what do you guys want to do?" she asked. Her voice level had dropped a bit, so she wasn't very loud at the moment.
Paintedleaf shrugged. "I don't know. Want to go check the shadowclan border? Those Shadowclan cat's seemed like they were going to come back." Paintedleaf stood up and twitched her ears remembering she was suppose to tell Duskstar about the fox. "But first we should find Duskstar, and tell her about the fox scent." The calico looked over at Shorchheart and suddenly felt like she was giving her orders. "Uh....if you want that is..." She spoke quitley after.
Scorchheart gave knowing nod."Sure. Let's go." she answered. She looked over to Jaggedpine. "We need to see Duskstar, so we'll be back in a few." she told him, waiting for paintedleaf.
Paintedleaf nodded and ran out of camp. Sniffing the air she could pick up Duskstar's scent but it was starting to fade. Looking back to the camp a gust of wind hit the warrior's face as she was about to call Scorchheart. Opening her mouth she picked up a tiny scent of Shadowclan in the wind. Her pelt began to bristle as she sniffed again. "Definitly Shadowclan." She growled and wondered if they were just passing by the border to rescent their trees. Feeling uneasy Paintedleaf looked back in the camp and called to Scorchheart. "I think we should go towards Shadowclan border first." She called to the warrior and ducked back out waiting for her.
Jaggedpine nodded at Scorchheart and Paintedleaf, then turned and padded away toward the warriors' den. He saw the kits, now growing tired, stumbling into the nursery. His tail waved when Midnightstep passed. She nodded in greeting. "I think you should send some cats out to check on that ShadowClan border," she suggested. Jaggedpine nodded. "I have some cate," he said. Midnightstep nodded again and strode off to the fresh-kill pile. That reminded Jaggedpine of Duskstar and Ebonycloud. He wondered when they would get back.
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Scorchheart gave yet another nod, and started for the camp entrance. Those shadowclan cats weren't starting anything on her watch. SHe shot out like a gust of wind. If they were to catch them, they had to get there as soon as possable. She spotted a shadowclan patrol resetting the borders. "Stop right there!" she roared, hopped onto one of them. SHe dug her claws into his side as he tried to kick her off.
Paintedleaf ran after Scorchheart and saw a Shadowclan patrol marking their scents OVER the border. Hissing Paintedleaf saw Scorchheart jump on one of them. Looking at the patrol she flexed her claws. There were five Shadowclan cat's and only two of them. Seeing one of the cats from the patrol before she hissed at him. "What are you doing on Thunderclan territory! Get your patrol off our territory right now!" The other cat from before, a large gray and white tabby grinned at her and took a step closer. "make me." He hissed at her and threw himself at the Thunderclan warrior. Paintedleaf hissed and yowled loudly so anyone near them could hear and help the two cats out. Clawing at the tabby's face she jumped from his grip but was tackled again by another cat from the patrol.
Scorchheart leapt off of the apprentice and onto the cat that attacked Paintedleaf. "Die you scum!" she shouted, raking her claws over his flank. He gave a yowle of pain. DOn't you DARE touch Paintedleaf!" she screamed, hitting him harder. "You cats have no right to disrespect the warrior code like this!" she roared. SHe leapt off of him and bit into his back leg.