Chapter 16 - Before
“Mintpaw, Blossompaw that was perfect.” Moonflame said as the two apprentices stopped fighting. Blossompaw looked as if she was about to start yelling “I WAS PERFECT!”.
“And please don’t start yelling” Moonflame added to a Blossompaw who had just opened her mouth.
“I wasn’t going to yell…” Blossompaw said, obviously lying.
“Was too” Mintpaw said teasingly.
“Was not!” Blossompaw said, not wanting to lose.
“Was too” Minpaw said, calmer than Blossompaw.
“WAS NOT!!!!!” Blossompaw yelled.
“But you just yelled.” Mintpaw pointed out.
“Mintpaw, Blossompaw...we are supposed to be training. You do know that the rogues could attack right now if they wanted too” Fallenwings said, hoping to get the two apprentices to stop arguing.
“We know” Blossompaw said, still glaring at Mintpaw.
“Look, pretend I’m a rogue” Fallenwings said, trying to get the lesson
underway.
“Ok!” Blossompaw said, her mood instantly changing.
Only Mintpaw said nothing. I know this is just training, but I don’t think I want to attack him. Mintpaw thought. Look, Mintpaw, what are you afraid of? It’s TRAINING. Mintpaw thought. Look, SELF I don’t know, ugg let’s just get this over with.
“Fine” Mintpaw said, not fully paying attention. Then, Mintpaw pictured what might happen if the real rouges got into the camp. All the Clan cats scattered around the camp, some alive and fighting, but most not, slouched on the ground. She thought of what she would do if Fallenwings, Echonight, Blossompaw, or any of Kitclan passed away. She would have to give those rouges a good beating, if they laid so much as a paw on her clanmates.
“Are u ready?” Blossompaw said to a frozen Mintpaw “Mintstar?”
Mintpaw was jerked back out of her thoughts, and nodded at Blossompaw. Mintpaw and Blossompaw launched themselves forward, and Blossompaw stopped squarely in front of Fallenwings. She looked up and started bouncing up and down. Fallenwings swatted her away easily, for Blossompaw was not really holding her ground or attacking. Mintpaw, while this was all going on darted behind Fallenwings. Mintpaw crouched and sprang onto Fallenwings’s shoulders. She held on tight, not wanting Fallenwings to get her off easily. Blossompaw, seeing as Fallenwings was occupied with Mintpaw on his back, darted under Fallenwings. Blossompaw pushed her hind legs into Falllenwings’s underbelly, toppling him. Mintpaw quickly jumped off his back and joined Blossompaw in fake clawing Fallenwings. It took a while to paw through all his floof, but they did it. Then Blossompaw and Mintpaw jumped onto Fallenwings and started kicking.
“All right you can stop now. If we were really doing this I would’ve been dead
by now.” Fallenwings said to the apprentices. Mintpaw and Blossompaw smiled happily.