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[Bronze]

"You don't need to like squirrel. I'm sure one of your Clanmates would welcome any kind of prey, and be able to enjoy it," she mewed.When she saw the apprentice hesitate before attacking the bird, Rainstar looked at the apprentice with a stare that demanded full attention. Littlepaw could be amusing and often exaggerated, but she needed to remember that she was still in training to become a warrior, and that training was currently her first priority.

"Turkeys are not like trees. They don't come to the rescue of other birds. The only way you will ever learn how to hunt birds is if you start trying. I can't tell or show you everything, Littlepaw. Some things a cat must do themselves in order to learn," she told her apprentice in a low hiss as not to warn off the prey. She sat down, and looked at the black and white cat, then at the thrush, and then back to the she-cat. "Believe in your own abilities. You can do this." Her voice became more encouraging, and her eyes softened a bit.

[Puppet Fox]

Trioleaf had been running full sprint to where Rainstar had told her she'd be, her whiskers twitching with worry and anxiety. What if the fox had woken up? What would happen if it spotted her apprentice? Would she and Rainstar come back to find crowfood and no fox in sight?

She caught Rainstar's scent and turned in the direction of the forest, bounding into it's deeper areas, her senses were on high alert, her eyes wide as adrenaline raced through her lithe frame, her tail bristled lightly as a familiar pair of ears came into her line of sight.

"Rainstar!" Trioleaf mewed loudly as she bounded over, literally skidding to a halt in front of her due to the leaves on the ground from past seasons. "Hazelpaw and I were gathering herbs, and I caught the scent of blood, we discovered a fox and I have healed it, what should we do now? The fox is seriously wounded and I-"

She saw a few images flash through her head and her tail dropped, bristling even more. "It's Smokeleg! I just noticed! The deputy of the Tribe of Eternal Smoke! If we don't! What will we do?!"

Trioleaf had never lost her calm so badly, scared that if they didn't save Smokeleg then the Tribe of Eternal Smoke might declare war on them, claiming it was Trioleaf's fault he died from such a horrible wound. They might even come to the conclusion she inflicted them, when she wasn't even near him when he was injured.

[Uzu]

Littlepaw nodded at her mentor, and dropped into a crouch, her whiskers twitching a little. She slipped forward carefully, and just as she was about to pounce, Trioleaf's mews for Rainstar came into the air, and the thrush shot off. "Mousedung," the apprentice mewed under her breath, her eyes shooting to the medicine cat. "Couldn't you have waited another minute?" she mewed, "just one and I might have been able to catch my first bird!" she let out a soft sighing sound, looking towards where the thrush had been moments before.

Her disappointment faded, hearing about a fox in their territory. "Fox? Fox deputy?" Littlepaw's eyes widened a little, "why's he here?!" she bounced a little.

[Bronze]

"It's all right, Littlepaw. I think you should go back to camp. I'll tell the Clan what's going on as soon as I get back, but you can let them now that I won't be back for a little while," she commanded. It didn't sound like too much of a problem, but better safe than sorry. Trioleaf never got this agitated unless something was seriously wrong. Perhaps it really would be good for her apprentice to stay out of it.

"Calm down, Trioleaf. You are a wonderful Medicine Cat, and I'm sure Smokeleg will be fine. You were right to get me, though. The Tribe of Eternal Smoke will need to be notified, but I'll go over there first. You said you would be looking for herbs, so I assume he's in that clearing in the Forest? Let's go!" she meowed. If she hadn't been leader, she would've gotten as worked up as Trioleaf. However, a Clan usually needs their leader to be calm, so she refused to lose her cool.

Without really waiting for a response, she started running. It suddenly occurred to her that the Tribe of Roaring Skies foxes would probably be hunting around there. Was that part of her strangely impatient response? Very possible. Not that it seemed to matter how many things were going on.

[Rainstar somewhat rudely leaves, and goes to "Fox in Cat Territory" where Trioleaf can follow and meet the other Tribe foxes!]