magnificent quietude {Whiteheart}

<sup>A cool breeze tugged at Jaggedpaw's fur as he trekked up the moor, carefully trying to meander around the rabbit warrens that were scattered around the site. He wasn't so familiar with the clans territory yet, after all he had only just became an apprentice; a few days ago he had his apprentice ceremony, Whiteheart, his new mentor was going to start his training today. Jaggedpaw was fairly hasty to get started, in fact he was too hasty; he entered the warriors den and woke Whiteheart up because he was so eager. The muscular tom didn't take the early morning too well and told Jaggedpaw to wait until he woke up, so here he was waiting for his mentor to arrive.

He sighed and decided that this was a good time to recollect his thoughts, after all Whiteheart would take a while to arrive. What did he know about Whiteheart? he hadn't heard much from this warrior at all, although he seemed to be a friendly loyal warrior. Whiteheart had lost much though, Jaggedpaw could recall his mother telling him that the tom had suffered from several deaths; first was his sisters and then his mate and friends. He found it peculiar how this cat didn't turn cold and cynical through everything, he seemed like a friendly loyal warrior, and this irritated Jaggedpaw to no end. He knew nothing about how Whiteheart's mind works, so he couldn't possibly understand the reasons behind it.

The little cat sighed and perched himself on a rock, watching as the sun rose over the treetops in the distance. For a while he just cleared his mind and watched. It was relaxing to be away from the clan for once; perhaps he would make this a common spot for him to think. As he salvaged the quietude, he soon dosed off into a deep sleep.

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Whiteheart
No Matter What You do
I'll Always Stand Right By You

He was dreaming about her again. He was dreaming about all of them. It was just like he was a kit again. They were all there playing like they used to. Minnowpaw and Nightpaw were there grinning at him, then felt someone prod him and he turned and there was a young Stargaze. He smiled and butted his lightly against hers but she prodded him again. Then he realized that in real life. Opening his eyes some, they moved to the cave entrance. The sun wasn't even up. Had he forgotten a patrol? No the scent that was near him, why was it familiar? Oh yeah, his new apprentice. He hadn't even moved Jadepaw, no Jadetooth, on and Sunstar assigned him mentor to Jaggedpaw.

He remembered mumbling something to the apprentice who left and he dozed back asleep. Stargaze returned, older and was scolding him for not doing his job. She was pretty even when she was scolding him, but she was gone now. Slowly opening his eyes so he wouldn't see her face he stood and slipped out and stretched in the rising sun light. Glancing around the camp he looked for the brown tom but was surprised not to find him.
"First lesson i'm teaching him, you don't just go out alone..." he muttered under his breath then yawned and shook out his fur and started out of camp to find his new apprentice.

It wasn't hard to track him and he stopped a bit behind him, chuckling lightly to find the young tom asleep. Slowly moving over he moved over and prodded him just like he had done to him until he was awake.
"Not as awake as you thought, huh?" he mewed easily then moved and sat beside him, bringing a paw over his ears before looking a the rising sun. Once he was sure Jaggedpaw was awake and ready, he turned shifted so he was still sitting, but not looking down at the tom.

"Well, as clanmates, it is sad to admit that i really don't much about you," he started off, his tone casual, "But today, I plan on changing that. Today is the day that you are allowed to ask me any questions that you want. We will be staying out of the camp all day until the sun is going down."

He flicked his tail toward the sun for emphasis. He could see the tom was full of questions, so it would probably take most of the day to answer what he wanted to know. He had kept himself locked up, hidden. But he felt that the cat he trained should understand why he does things the way he does. He gave Jadetooth the same opportunity, but she didn't take it very well.

"I will also ask a few things, but I want you to make me a promise, what is spoken of today, it stays between me and you unless I aw otherwise understood?" he mewed firmly, but not harshly. He didn't want Jaggedpaw running off and telling all the apprentices his secrets. He did enjoy them wondering about him some.

Word Count:: 515
Tagged:: Jaggedpaw
Thoughts:: Whiteheart will have fun answering these questions. And that is a long post for me....how did I do that with him? lol

<sup>"Not as awake as you thought huh?". The voice was of equivalent to a quiet whisper amongst the sound of monsters as Jaggedpaw sprawled lazily across the shrubbery. What seemed to prompt him back to his senses was a quick prod into Jaggedpaw's flank as he jerked awake. "hum huh.. oh, OH" he mewled as he slowly recognized the cat before him, Whiteheart had arrived for his mentoring and was watching him a few tail-lenths away from where the mossy-brown apprentice lay. Jaggedpaw lowered his head in embarrassment and got onto his haunches, he wondered what Whiteheart's impression of him would be now that he had caught him slacking off; perhaps the warrior thought that he was going to be a lazy apprentice, either way this wasn't going to be good for him in the future.

"Well, as clanmates, it is sad to admit that i really don't know much about you," Whiteheart started as Jaggedpaw shifted his attention on him "But today, I plan on changing that. Today is the day that you are allowed to ask me any questions that you want. We will be staying out of the camp all day until the sun is going down.". Jaggedpaw blinked in surprise as he realized what the older tom had just said, Jaggedpaw was used to having to unwravel another cat's thoughts to understand it's motives, but this cat had practically just served the opportunity up like fresh kill. He looked down and decided it was only polite to introduce himself in the process.  "h-hey, I'm Jaggedpaw. I understand that, warriors must have much more important things to do rather than hang around in the nursery." He cocked his head and smiled shyly, then spoke up the matter at hand. "well.. I was wondering earlier.. I don't understand how a cat like you (who has been through so much traumatic experiences) couldn't possibly have possibly ended up broken."

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OOC: Sorry for replying quite late, I've been doing a lot of coursework lately :'D</sup>  

Whiteheart
No Matter What You do
I'll Always Stand Right By You

Whiteheart was quietly watching the apprentice. He was polite, but also had a light humorous side as he made the comment about the nursery. A very faint smile crossed his muzzle as he wrapped his tail around his paws and awaited the apprentices first question. However, he wasn't expecting the words that came out of the apprentices mouth.

He was quiet for a while and closed his eyes some trying to decide how to answer this question. After a while he slwoly stood and motioned for the brown apprentice to follow him. He could talk easier when he walked, but it would allow him the opprotunity to show Jaggedpaw the territory.

"I can tell you right now, your assumption about me being not being broken is completely wrong," he mewed calmly, "I've been broken since the day i lost my sisters. And each death i witnessed after that broke me more and more. Memories hurt, but i would be dishonoring my family and friends more if i just forgot and act like it never happened."

He kept waslking for a bit, occasionally leading the tom around hidden rabbit holes that he had learned to detect over the many moons, even if he wasn't looking. The way the ground felt, that it would occasionally rise before a hole, or that the ground would cave in ever so slightly under his weight. It had taken moons for him to notice, but it was something he unconciously picked up.

"I think the worst was wen i lost Stargaze. One day we had been out together talking about making offical with teh clan, then she was jsut...gone." he mewed and his broke ever so lightly, "But she taught me that the clan is my home, my family. If i ever let that go, i wouldn't be able to cope. And until this whole clan is gone, i still have a family."

He rested his eyes on the apprentice and gave him a light smile. Jaggedpaw reminded him a lot of himself, curious and wanted to know more and more, even if he didn't completely understand what it all meant. He would, in time he would truly understand.

"Do you understand now? Even the strongest looking warriors are fighting their own battles within themselves. It isn't a bad thing."

Word Count:: 379
Tagged:: Jaggedpaw
Thoughts:: Whiteheart is so open lol.