Bright as the Morning (closed)

Brightpaw poked her head into the apprentice den, it was still very early, the sun just barely coloring the sky. She'd been up for an early morning patrol but now that she'd returned was wide awake and not yet eager to go back to sleep. She was ready to go! Her gaze settled on the bright orange pelt of Sunpaw, conveniently the closest to the entrance of the den for the moment. Brightpaw crouched next to him, dilute calico coat fluffed around her. Carefully stretching out a forepaw she poked at him. "Sunpaw! Wake up!" she softly hissed. "The sun's up! Let's go!" Sure, maybe some cats wouldn't be thrilled about getting woken up so early for unplanned training but this was what being a warrior was all about! Training hard! To be the best warrior you could be!

Sunpaw groggily lifted his head as a paw dug into his side, stretching his jaws wide in a loud yawn. He turned to see Brightpaw crouched down beside his nest. “Alright, alright,” he yawned as he stood and stretched. He fluffed up his ginger pelt as he stepped past Brightpaw out into the early morning chill. “Even if the sun’s up, you could’ve waited till it was a little warmer to wake me up...” He looked over towards the freshkill pile before glancing over his shoulder to his denmate. "Can I at least scarf down a mouse first before..." He paused and twitched his tail. Why was Brightpaw waking him up so early for? "Well, whatever you needed me for."

Brightpaw's whiskers twitched with excitement as Sunpaw clambered to his paws. She playfully huffed at his request to eat first, "Ugh, fine I guess!" Maybe it was a bit cool with the sun still so low, but Brightpaw barely noticed the chill. Her short tail swished impatiently as she settled to wait for Sunpaw to be ready. "Well, obviously, we're going training! Warriors need to be ready for anything at any time! Which, clearly you need to work on." Brightpaw teased.

“Any good warrior knows you can’t train on an empty stomach,” Sunpaw snorted, tapping Brightpaw’s shoulder with the tip of his tail before he hurried over to the freshkill pile. He was quick about eating his breakfast, and not long after he’d started, the ginger tom sat up and licked at his whiskers. “Alright, Brightpaw, what’d you have in mind?” He asked with a small nod towards the camp entrance. "You have a plan, right?"

With a vaguely annoyed, but good natured sigh, Brightpaw rolled her eyes as Sunpaw hurried to eat breakfast. "Sure, I guess. She'd had a bite to eat prior to patrol that morning so, though she actually was a little hungry after that she wasn't about to let that ruin her point. A good warrior is ready for anything at any time!

Once Sunpaw had finished his quick meal, Brightpaw hopped to her paws. "Yep! We'll start off with some sparring, and then probably try to get in some hunting practice before heading back to camp!" She made her way out of camp as she spoke, short tail waving excitedly.

Sunpaw followed her out of camp with a more cheerful step than before his quick meal. “Alright, but I won’t go easy on you. I fought an eagle all by myself once, so I’m pretty good in a scrap,” he said with a confident sniff. He bounded ahead of her a few paces before he suddenly stopped and dropped into a crouch, whipping around to face her with a playful glow in his amber gaze. "Come on then! Pretend I'm a fishfaced RiverClanner and show me what you got!"

Sunpaw's boastful claim caught Brightpaw off guard, "You fought off an eagle!?" Just the thought of such a thing was alarming, eagles were big! Given her smaller size, Brightpaw certainly wouldn't want to tangle with one of them anytime soon!

As Sunpaw whipped around to face her, Brightpaw's eyes narrowed in playful anger. She dropped low to the ground as she crept towards him. "Get off of Skyclan territory fishbreath!" she hissed before leaping high in the air at him. Her paw slipped on a loose stone as she leapt, knocking her off balance as she awkwardly landed a weak blow on Sunpaw's shoulder.

((Brightpaw used Play Blows 1+2= 3))

Brightpaw: 30/30HP
Sunpaw: 27/30HP

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'Battle Dice' : 2

With a twitch of his whiskers, Sunpaw made the mental note to tell Brightpaw the whole tale after they were finished training-- but of course, he'd leave out the part where he'd turned tail and ran off before he could finish the bird off.
As Brightpaw leapt and landed an awkward blow on him, Sunpaw let out an overly dramatic yowl. "You'll have to hit a lot harder than that, squirrel chaser!" He threw back with barely contained laughter. While Brightpaw was still open from her off balance jump, he pulled back to bat at her to try and knock her off her paws.

Sunpaw used Play Blows (1+5=6)

Brightpaw: 24/30 (-6)
Sunpaw: 27/30

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'Battle Dice' : 5

Brightpaw narrowed her eyes to make a retort when Sunpaw bowled her over. She squeaked in alarm as she fell but managed to twist herself to roll with it and jump back up to her paws. Slightly dizzy from the hit she shook her head, green eyes flashing "You hit pretty hard for a water-logged furball," she hissed before launching herself at him again. Shaking her head hadn't fully dispersed the dizziness. She stumbled on the approach, changing her mind midway to try to knock Sunpaw off his paws.

Brightpaw used Play Blows (1+2=3)

Brightpaw: 24/30
Sunpaw: 24/30 (-3)

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'Battle Dice' : 2

For a moment, Sunpaw thought that maybe he’d actually hurt her-- but she quickly proved him wrong as she rolled back up onto her paws and launched herself at him. He didn’t realize he’d dropped his defensive stance until she was slamming right into him. He let out a surprised yowl as they tumbled over together, the ginger tom scrabbling to pull himself back onto his paws. "Oof! I thought squirrel chasers were supposed to be lightweights!" He grumbled, managing to untangle a paw long enough to swing it in Brightpaw's direction.

Sunpaw used Play Blows (1+4=5)

Brightpaw:19/30 (-5)
Sunpaw: 24/30

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'Battle Dice' : 4

Scrambling to her paws, Brightpaw, jerked to the side, taking Sunpaw's blow to her flank. She hopped back to get some space and catch her breath. Tail lashing in excitement and frustration at her own paws for their clumsiness. Wordlessly charging right back in, Brightpaw leapt into the air with her powerful hindlegs, trying to land on Sunpaw's back.

Brightpaw used Play Blows (1+1= 2)

Brightpaw: 19/30
Sunpaw: 22/30 (-2)

The member 'Scaredykitty' has done the following action : Roll Dice

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'Battle Dice' : 1