She watched as her apprentice began to approach the mice. Good. Everything was going well. Nothing was off or out of place. If he was lucky, he should be able to get it this time. Perhaps she spoke too early, too abrupt, it was all...over in an instance. Aspenpaw had tumbled over himself and the mice had scurried away.
The cream silver warrior heaved a sigh.
'He was so close...' Just barely and he would've caught it. She'd closed her dim blue eyes in disappointment. Not in him, but rather in herself. Was taking on an apprentice too much? Was she actually that bad at teaching? Floodsight was sure this was the way to go, yet little accidents kept happening here and there. It wasn't like the gray pelt apprentice had no skill yet it seemed like the stars had cursed him from catching anything.
"Don't mind, no luck today doesn't mean it'll be like that forever. The prey's not faulty. They are just lucky today...and you did nothing wrong the last attempt."
With the cold wind whispering pass and the sun starting to dip, Floodsight shook her head. There was no time to respond to Aspenpaw's little tantrum.
"Come on, let's get going for the day. We'll try hunting again some other time."
Together, Floodsight led the apprentice home through Sleepy Thicket. (Land went poof, but not in this timeline :"D) A eerily peaceful, serene set of mellow trees that gave off a cold presence. The silver warrior turned back a couple of times to make sure Aspenpaw was still following.
"Here we are, Sleepy Thicket. The dead are buried here...and as you said, some may encounter some form of spirits."
Not that she's ever encounter any when passing through this area. Yes, she believed in StarClan as some place for her dead sister to go to and have a happy ending, but ghost cats always felt a little strange to her. The dead in their world? Odd thought.
"There are some mice and birds scattered here and there, but they'll run at a pin drop." Floodsight continued then tilted her head.
"If you don't have any questions, we'll be going home."
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burntToast | yeahh no worries! i'm not the fastest myself <3 if aspen don't have any questions, i'll take it as the end of day 1 lol ]