Evergreen Grotto

[Mica]

Birdpaw
ShadowClan Apprentice
she/her | 9 moons | 80/100
[Grey tabby with a dark overcoat, white underside and amber eyes]
Purrks: Lyrebird's Lullaby [PERMANENTLY ACTIVE], Don't Mind if I Do!
⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ The Fool ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆
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[Lostspark - @Rose ] [Cinderpaw - @Neptune. ] [Wispypaw - @Kix ]
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As Mama's form bumped into her own and a tongue rasped over her ears, all of Birdpaw's worries were completely forgotten. The small apprentice purred happily, reaching up to nose her mother's cheek. This would be a great patrol! Any time spent with Mama was a great time.

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The grotto was a lot wetter than it was before, and something about the plants looked a little wrong, but Birdpaw couldn't place it. Well, she wasn't here for plants, she was here for prey!

Birdpaw quickly dropped into a crouch, stalking in the direction of a nice bird scent. The apprentice caught sight of it hopping about in some leaf litter, flipping over leaves and gobbling up what she could only assume to be buggies. Birdpaw had tried bugs, and she could tell you, they weren't great. Why birds liked them so much, she couldn't say. Stalking up on the bird, Birdpaw kept her tail low and her belly off the ground, her paws aiming for parts of the ground that hadn't been covered in slightly crunchy leaves yet. Finally, once she was close enough... BAM!! Birdpaw lunged forward, snagging the small creature in her paws and killing it swiftly. She grimaced at the mud that got on its pretty grey feathers, but it would have to do for now. It was dead! Not like it would care whether or not it was muddy.

[Birdpaw gained +1 finch!]

Moving forward, Birdpaw caught the scent of a mouse nearby too. Checking to make sure she wasn't straying too far from Mama and her siblings, Birdpaw continued into the undergrowth. The mouse was more difficult to find, as its scent was washed by the rain, but eventually her amber eyes caught sight of some scuffling in the undergrowth. Waggling her haunches, Birdpaw crept forward before springing up, landing on the mouse with a thud and killing it with a bite to its neck. She trilled happily, picking up her catch and taking it back to the finch where she left it. But on the way she caught the scent of another tasty piece of prey, and the scatter-brained apprentice immediately dropped her mouse to go after it.

[Birdpaw gained +1 mouse!]

The scent lead a little farther away, and this time it was something watery and earthy at the same time. A frog, if she remembered correctly! Birdpaw could hear the thing chirping away as she got closer, so she slowed her steps and got real low. A few more steps, and... BAM! Another swift kill from Birdpaw! Oh, she hoped Mama would be proud of her!

[Birdpaw gained +1 frog!]

With that the apprentice gathered her catches and returned to her mother and siblings, looking really pleased with herself.