Boredom Seeps In (Continued)

Amberpaw was running so fast, she didn't notice Jadeclaw at all. All she cared about was getting to the lake first. She could tell Nightpaw was right on her heels. She started to run faster as she scented the lake: A clear, crisp smell layered with the scents of the plantlife within the lake. The bushes were thinning out, and soon she had to screech to a halt to stop herself from falling into the cold water. However, she moved aside at the last second. She grinned, hoping that Nightpaw would fall in.

Nightpaw ran with his head down trying to keep his paws from getting tripped up. Unfortunately that's exactly what happened at full speed he finally broke his dash, flailing his paws like mad, he landed head first into the freezing waters of the lake. For a few heart stopping seconds he had completely disappeared, until he finally surfaced sopping wet. Crawling up to shore he gave Amberpaw a villainous glare, and then proceeded to lick himself clean once again. "Stupid lake..."

Amberpaw couldn't help but purr with laughter. "I hope that cooled your head down a bit!" She called to him as he cleaned himself on the shore. Something struck Amberpaw like a thorn, however. Now that Nightpaw's fallen in this part of the river, the fish will be all scared off! She realized with a jolt, now feeling guilty she had stepped aside. "Eh." She muttered to herself, lowering her head but not her gaurd, in case Nightpaw wanted revenge.

Jadeclaw heard a loud splash and ran to the lake. When he arrived, he was surprised to see another cat wet instead of Amberpaw. I shouldn't have assumed that... Jadeclaw realized the other scent from earlier was now the clump of wet fur known as Nightpaw. He padded toward them, shaking his head. "Smooth move. You scared away my prey with your big paws and now you've scared all the fish."

"Hahaha, laugh all you, do you know how long it's going to take to clean this pelt." said Nightpaw continuing his obsession with grooming himself. Until he noticed a newcomer, Jadeclaw. "The fish couldn't have gotten too far, we'll just have to search the lake, and it's not my fault, it's Amberpaw's!" Nightpaw snapped, still agitated by the fact that he was sopping wet, and starving. He walked along the shore of the lake keeping watch for any fish at all.

Amberpaw merely snorted. "You're a RIVERCLAN cat! You should be used to getting your fur wet." She snapped. Her ear flicked. She turned around to see Jadeclaw. "Heh. Sorry, Jadeclaw." She edged away from the edge of the lake slowly. "No, it WASN'T my fault! It was your fault for not being able to stop running!" She spat as soon as the words were out of Nightpaw's mouth. Her tail flopped angrily on the ground, and she bared her teeth for a second.

I should probably seperate them, but a little rivalry can be good... Jadeclaw amiled for a moment. He remembered his first rivalry. They had always competed against everything. And then, like a smack in the face, remembered what happened to him, and Jadeclaw stopped his grinning. Oh well... "I'm going to the other side of the lake. You two stay here and look." He ignored any replies and went to the other side.

"What ever, I still blame you... Don't leave me alone with her, she'd feed me to the wolves for a couple of mousetails!" In truth he did expect to wake up one night surrounded by wolves. He had had that dream a couple of times too. And if Jadeclaw left them alone, maybe she would do something worse. But he was way to hungry to fight back anymore, looking into the lake he could see his reflection mingled with a small fish. "Dinner." He muttered to himself licking his lips, and waiting a few seconds for it to get closer.

"Hmpf." Amberpaw blinket as Jadeclaw slid into the water. She bowed her head at Nightpaw's words. No, I wouldn't feed you to the wolves. She thought, however replied much differently. "No, you're wrong. I'd give you to the wolves in half a heart beat!" However she stopped as she saw Nightpaw see fish in the water. She padded over to the side of the lake, making sure her shadow didn't fall accross the water. She stared at a particular silver dart, and with much concentration, her fiery furred paw lashed out, struck the fish into the air, and watched as it landed on the bank. She smiled as she cornered the fish, making sure it wouldn't flop back into the water. She bit it's throat, and savored the small, sweet taste that lay on her tongue. However she had to feed her Clan first.

Now onto another fish, they were few fish that were on the shore of the lake, frightened to the center by Nightpaw's fall. Nightpaw wagged his tail anxiously, wishing that a fish would just hop into his jaws, until he finally found one, a small fish but a fish indeed. Stepping back and easing his paw into the water, he unsheathed his claw and stabbed into the fish, flipping onto the grass around the lake. He wished he could just bite into the fish now, and gobble it down, but it was already dead and he needed to feed the clan first. And now that he had matched Amberpaw, he was certain he could catch twice as much fish as her.

Proud of her catch, she turned to Nightpaw. She sensed rivalry in his eyes. She nodded absent-mindedly, and then turned to the shore once more. Keeping back, her forepaw flashed, and another fish kicked the bucket. But on her third attempt, the fish darted away. She glared up at the sky, and saw that the clouds had shifted. She grunted impatiently and shifted her position, so that her shadow did not fall on the water. Afterwards, she caught two more fish, a big one and a small one. However, before she could kill the big one, it flopped back into the water. "Fox-dung!" She hissed under her breath as water droplets clung to her whiskers from the fish's drop. She saw the fish swim away very slowly. Blood was streaming from a gash in it's side. However, she was too far away to reach it. She didn't know what to do. But you're a RiverClan cat! She wailed inwardly, ashamed she had lost such a fat fish.

Still walking along the shoreline, and also keeping a few paw lengths away from the water so that he could see the fish and they couldn't see him. Left and right he continued catching fish until he had a total of four, sadly they were all small, it was kind of strange that the fish didn't seem to grow anymore. He peered a little closer in to the water, there was a lot of fish, but the bigger ones were farther away. He thought for a second wondering he could swim into the water and catch one of the bigger fish, but that would be a waste of time. Creeping as close as possible without falling in, he unsheathed his claws a gain and raked a fish closer to him, before he grabbed it with his teeth the tossed it into the air killing it with a single throat bite.

Amberpaw shook her head, and then continued on with fishing. She watched a fish drift closer, and then, quick as lightning, she caught the fish and killed it. It was agonizingly small. She sighed heavily. She needed more excitement then this! (I have to leave for the rest of today.)

Jadeclaw padded back toward the two apprentices. He had been watching them, hoping for an amusing show of rivalry, but instead, they seemed to be acting......mature! He laid his catch down nera the shore - A small fish and fish nearly as long as Jadeclaw's tail. "How are you two doing?"

"Can we eat something now, I'm starving." said Nightpaw, now perfectly dry, tired, and about to eat his own paw. He looked at his pile of fish, just waiting till he could sink his teeth into the scales and scarf the meat and leave only the bones. The clan would be fed and now it was his turn to be able to satisfy his empty belly, he hadn't eaten in a long while, he had slept right through lunch, and dinner was the one thing awaiting him back at camp.

(Night, wth? We didn't even journey back to camp yet! How can the Clan have been fed?!)

(If we give the fish we caught to the clan, then we can catch fish to eat now.)

[whatever you guys are talking about, Smallpaw and Oakclaw are joiing you...]

Smallpaw burst through the bush onto one side of the lake. She skidded to a halt to see Amberpaw, Nightpaw, and Jadeclaw. "Hey guys!' The grey apprentice mewed, bounding over to them. "Whatcha guys talking about?" Smallpaw's grey tail thrashed excitedly, for she had just finished her first Battle Training.

Oakclaw followed her."This looks like a great spot to fish!Lets start now Smallpaw!"

Smallpaw nodded her grey head. She bounded over to the side of the lake, focusing on any shapes in the water. She sat there, back arched, almost looking like a grey crow. A small black figure formed, as it rose to the top, silvery scales glistened in the sun. Smallpaw clawed at it, bringing up a large silver fish.

"Wow!Thats huge!"Oakclaw did the same and caught a fish almost as big as Smallpaw's.