Getting to know you{{Mysticpaw}}

Gingerflight
Victim of a Broken family

The ginger she-cat slowly padded out of the warriors den after taking a small nap and slowly looked around. The camp seemed peaceful and calm compared to what had been going on in the past. She smiled slightly, wishing she again could be a care free apprentice.
APPRENTICE! oh shoot i totally forgot about Mysticpaw! she hissed at herself and quickly licking down a few stray hairs before padding away form the den and toward the apprentice den to look for Mysticpaw. How in the world could she forget about being a mentor. Ugh, she was so mouse-brained at times.
As she neared the den she though about where she could take her apprentice. Maybe the Shadowclan boarder....she could possible run into her brother there. But she could also run into a patrol. That would be bad since she hadn't taught her how to fight yet. Maybe the windclan boarder would be good. there was fresh air and the windclan cats seemed to be more at ease lately.
Wait! I know...the beach. she though her ears perking and with a small smile. It would be perfect because that's where her mom first took her and Nightscar to when they first became apprentices.
She nodded to herself and stuck her head in looking for her apprentice. "Mysticpaw?" she said softly, not wanting to wake any sleeping apprentices. She knew what it was like to be tired. Whens he saw her apprentices shape she carefully slip over there and prodded her with a paw.
"Mysticpaw, come on. We're going out for a little bit." she mewed hoping to get her apprentice moving.

Mysticpaw
You may be smart, but I'm smarter

Mysticpaw felt annoyance prickle her spine as a sudden wake up call from her fellow clanmate disturbed her sleep. At first, she thought it was her sister, Kestrelpaw. But confusion said otherwise when the second time the cat spoke, it sounded different.

The soft voice didn't have that young feel like all the other apprentices did, so it had to be a warrior. But why would a warrior want her? The dawn patrol had already dispatched, so what need would some can older than her want? She had nothing to give.

Drowsily opening her eyes, she discovered it was none other than Gingerflight. Giving her a curious look, she slowly got up, shaking the bits of moss from her pelt. Straightening up she opened her jaws to speak, "What are you doing here?" but foolishly remembered she wasn't a kit anymore. She had the duty of training, and this was her mentor.

Dipping her head in respect she whispered, "Ready."

Gingerflight
Victim of a Broken family

Gingerflight smiled slightly at her apprentice. She remembered the first time her mentor had come in to get her. Except she had mumbled till her mentor dragged her out of the den....literally. Once she knew the apprentice was up she padded out of the den and toward the entrance.
"I figured the patrols would be covering the boarders so I'm going to take you where my mentor first took me." she mewed looking back at the other she-cat, hoping her voice was shaking with nervousness.
Gingerflight kept padding out of then camp and stopped outside the entrance and waited for her apprentice. When she came out she padded a little ways away.
"Now, Mysticpaw, i do have a few rules i want you to follow. They're simple and not hard at all." she mew, a small hint of seriousness in her voice. " I want you to treat every warrior and elder with respect. They are your clan mates and if they ask you to do something please do it. Also, most importantly, if you have any questions don't be afraid to ask. If you want to find me you can, or you can talk to another warrior. But if something's bothering you, don't be afraid to talk to me, okay?" she said smiling a little bit. She knew what it was like being an apprentice and learning new things.

Mysticpaw
You may be smart, but I'm smarter

Mysticpaw followed the older she-cat out of the den, wondering what it was going to be like to finally get a taste of training. She was pleased to finally be a help to the Clan and be out working and training instead of getting in trouble for being out, but she did miss the old nursery days.

Kestrelpaw was going to be more distant, off being busy with patrols or her mentor. As well as herself. So it was going to be hard really bonding with her like they used to. By they time they were both in their den, they would be too tired out from the day's work to really do that kind of stuff like they used to.

But, Mysticpaw was going to have to deal with it. She could work on new bonds. Like with her mentor, Gingerflight, or maybe other warriors. She couldn't just mope around because her sister wasn't at her side all the time. She is just as independent as Kestrelpaw is. More determined, she raised her head and spoke loud with a tone of seriousness and confidence.

"Understood."

Let's just see how this day will plan out...

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Gingerflight
Victim of a Broken family

Gingerflight smiled and nodded before starting to pad away into the forest. She was quiet fora moment letting her apprentice take in her surroundings fora bit, but as they neared the middle of the forest she slowed a little bit.
"Now, Mysticpaw, i want you being as close to me as i plan to be with you. so I'm going to let you ask a few questions about my life if you wish and i can tell you about it. Now if i don't go into much detail, don't ask more questions about it." she said smiling slightly at the smaller she-cat.
She had a feeling Mysticpaw was going to be a great First apprentice for her. She was loyal and a great listener. And maybe once she got her caught up with her training she and sabertooth could help each other out. The apprentices may not like it much and she planed on changing the partnering system some, but it would be good to train with other apprentices.

Mysticpaw
You may be smart, but I'm smarter

Mysticpaw silently followed her through the territory, observing every detail in sight. She didn't know if she'd ever get used to the beauty of this forest. It just seemed full of wonders and lush details that she could stare at the rest of her life. How could warriors memorize this territory so well?

Or get used it, nevertheless. Suddenly, Gingerflight broke the silence between them with gentle instructions. She realized in that moment how lucky she was. That she got a friendly, kind mentor who wasn't rude, snappy or impatient. She was also very straight forward and seemed very knowledgeable.

She could have been stuck with someone else who would act very differently. When she spoke of asking questions about her life, which seemed very wise. It was a great way to get to know each other. Not that Mysticpaw herself would have anything to share with her life, knowing Gingerflight was alive since she was born and probably knows quite a bit.

"What was it like when you were an apprentice, may I ask? Who was your mentor and how did he treat you?"

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Gingerflight
Victim of a Broken family

Gingerflight slowly walked through the forest and waited for her apprentice to ask a question or say something. She wasn't surprised a bit when Mysticpaw asked the first two questions. She smiled slightly at the first, but it almost seemed a little pained.
"My training as an apprentice was hard at first. You see, i had a brother born here in Thunderclan. However, right before he got his training started he left to go join Shadowclan." she mewed softly as she kept padding along. "He's a brave loyal warrior now, though he's not really well known. Nightscar does tend to keep to himself a lot, but that's my brother."
She let out a small chuckle and jumped up on near by stump and wrapped her tail around her paws. She looked down at the apprentice and couldn't help but see herself as a new apprentice, with just a fur color change. She smiled a little and continued on her answers.
"My mentor as an apprentice was Old Talonstrike Believe it or not." she mewed smiling slightly. "I believe i was his last apprentice before he went into the elders den. And he helped me understand a lot."
Gingerflight jumped down and continued walking after quickly stretching. She hoped her apprentice would ask more questions.

Mysticpaw
You may be smart, but I'm smarter

Mysticpaw raised at eyebrow at the tragedy of the reply, and the bright half. She was lucky on the mentor side, but she wasn't with the family side. And Mysticpaw would actually be lucky on the family side than the mentor part. But she was lucky with both. She felt like she didn't deserve such a good mentor.

Dismissing the thought, she decided not to comment, knowing it was probably hard to reply to such a thing. Opening her mouth she decided to ask something she thought about before. "How do you get used to this territory and memorize its paths? How big is it? Are other Clan territories bigger?"

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Gingerflight
Victim of a Broken family

Gingerflight was quiet as her apprentice asked the other questions. She really had never thought that a new apprentice would come up with such good questions. When she was an apprentice her first questions were "When are we going to hunt? is a battle scary?" and "Have you ever killed anyone?" She had never thought to ask about the territory or the other territories.
The she-cat grew quiet for a moment thinking. "Well, mostly around here you grow used to the paths and after a while you can tell your following a path by scents left by other cats. This path we are on now, most mentors don't take there apprentices on till they're a few moon into their training. I like being different so I'm bringing you early."
She stopped and thought about the other territories. She had never really been into the shadowclan territory before, but Nightscar had said it was just slightly smaller than Thunderclan.
"Well, I'm not sure exactly about the other territories. But if I'm correct, you may have to ask another warrior to make sure, i believe they're all about equal give or take a few paw steps. To me really the largest is Windclan because there are no trees to take up space. But each territory is different and it depends on the cat's view."
She slowed as the smell of the lake filled the air. When they padded out on the beach the sun was at it's highest point. She knew tonight would be the gathering and they might need to get back early to see who was going. She sat down and looked out over the water, letting the cooling wind blow through her fur.