Hunting Practice? Or just a failed attempt?

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Several pink hued petals rained down from a thick, heather bush as a young, clumsy calico apprentice scrambled to get free of the shrub covered terrain, her fur-like, feathers ruffled and covered with loose twigs and petals. "How am I expected to catch anything if I can't keep track of where it's going?!" Larkpaw complained loudly as she dug her claws into the soil, her large ears pressing back against her skull with annoyance as a small rabbit darted out from a heather bush nearby and raced out of her line of vision. "I give up!" the savannah splattered apprentice exclaimed after a few solid seconds of disbelief passed by. Magenta colored flowers rained down upon the WindClan apprentice as she threw herself onto the ground for a rest, her slightly shortened tail slapping onto the surface next to her, causing a small, puff of dirt to rise up before it settled down upon her downy feathers.

Thinking for a few moments, Larkpaw recalled how she had slipped out of camp, well... not really slipped, more like tumbled and tripped. Shaking her head, the apprentice tried to get her thoughts back on track. She had snuck out of camp to try and get a head-start on training, even if it had required getting in trouble once she returned. Grumbling to herself, the apprentice hadn't realized how tough hunting was, she thought it would've been a piece of cake, more or less, even with her defective sense of smell. Rolling over onto her patterned back, the young she-cat blinked her tangerine colored eyes as she watched the dancing shrub branches, the warm breezes allowing her to calm down to some extent. "I guess I could try again," Larkpaw thought silently as she lay on her back for a few seconds before rolling onto her side and sitting up, her back and side covered with powdered dirt and scattered petals.

[splashtana ★]

^{“Want some guidance?” The petite calico and white she-cat asked as she padded into the clearing, a gentle smile on her maw and a cheery emotion glowing in her baby blue doe eyes. With a flick of her tail, she padded over, and dropping into a hunter’s crouch. Sweetleaf was a bit rusty, yes, she’d been a warrior apprentice ages ago, but she did know what she was doing. “I know, I’m a medicine cat, but I was a warrior apprentice in RiverClan.” The medicine cat explained with a flick of her tail. Creeping forward ever so slightly, only moving her tail a little bit, she focused only on a bright red leaf at the center of the clearing, and let everything else dissolve into the background. Leaping forward, the medicine cat landed squarely on the leaf, and looked over to Larkpaw. “Try letting everything else around dissolve into the background. We use that skill in medicine training as well. If we get distracted, we could mess up on our patient, and that wouldn’t be good for anyone, now would it? You try.” She meowed with a smile, stepping back to let the apprentice try.}