Life of a Warrior : Training

Brakenpaw's paws slashed the air close to Fuzzypaw's ear. Growling, Fuzzypaw skipped out of the way and leapt into battle. Rolling over, Brakenpaw countered with all four paws, swipping at the advancing Fuzzypaw. "That's good," mewed Bumblestar, nodding her approval at their training. Backing away from each other, Brakenpaw and Fuzzypaw sat respectfully with bowed heads, awaiting their mentor's call. "Why don't you to go hunting. We can always use another fish!" Fishtail mewed, coming up behind Bumblestar. Brakenpaw and Fuzzypaw skipped out of the clearing and into the wild. They headed towards the river. Brakentail was concentrating on a water mole close to the banks of the north river, but Fuzzypelt went further south. Suddenly, a humongous fish leapt out of the water, droplets of water splashing the unexpecting Fuzzypaw. She leapt into the somewhat shallow river and swiped at the fish. The fish, which was much stronger than she expected, fought back. The struggle was on. Fuzzypaw dragged it out of the water, where it flopped around like crazy. She sunk her teeth into it, and it stilled. Brakenpaw came over, and her eyes opened wide as she saw the fish. "That's gotta be the biggest fish I've ever seen!" she mewed in surprise. Fuzzypaw dragged the fish back into camp, and generously gave it to Splashstone, one of the elders. She slumped over to her den, and watched the glorious sun go down slowly over the horizon. Her eyes closed in sleep.