Bleedingpaw's Training! [p]

[Rani]

Bleedingpaw
Shadowclan Apprentice | He/Him | 7 Moons

Just a Scratch | Shadow Fiend

The golden bengals sunny grin turned to something more serious and determined at the assignment of his task, more then ready to do his best and suceed and make his mentor proud! Besides if he got this he had to be able to hunt any prey, right? Hunting down his mentor, an enforcer had to be much harder then catching prey so it was an amazing test! Though Bleedingpaw kinda doubted that hunting a cat was anything like hunting a stupid frog.



Maybe he could ask his siblings the best tips to catch different prey types later to get ahead and impress Miss Brairsplash.


That was planning for later though, right now he needed to catch her! Bleedingpaw set to work tipping the scales in his favor as much as possible.


First was his fur, as while the bengal spotting was useful the color was not so rolling in some nearby dirt and leaves to appear akin to a walking bush was useful. Next was scent, mostly taken care of by the mud but a spot of pine which dominated the area was enough to smother the last of it. Finally there was surveying how he was going to do this and so slipping into the shadows and watching Brairsplash in the clearing hidden in a bush Bleedingpaw planned.

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The issue really was getting across the clearing, which by nature was clear with few hiding spots. Once he got there there were trees and a perfect bush to pounce from, though Bleedingpaw expected Brairsplash to be watching that bush. So what to do..... Ah, now that was an idea!


For a time there was no sign of Bleedingpaw, the apprentice entirely hidden from view and unscentable. Sure there was the occasional bush rustle, but this was a forest and prey or just a stray breeze were abound so it was impossible to distinct if it was Bleedingpaw or a false alarm. Especially given the rustles that were him were so random and uncatlike from his wobbling it was easy to dismiss as just that.


So there was simple no clue for a long moment, until a little wobbly form burst out from a patch of tall grass upwind from Brairsplash unexpectedly trying to grab her paws.


"Didja see me!! I skirted around the clearing in bushes and stuff but pounced from upwind because I covered by scent with mud and stuff because I thought you'd expect me to pounce from downwind and from the bush! Was it unexpected, did I do good?"


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