Patrol?

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart dipped her head as Dapplestar dismissed her. She padded over to an empty space where no cat was near and sat down, watching Clan life. A few warriors were sharing tongues near the elders den while a couple of apprentices wrestled near the apprentice den.

[Tigerlily]

As Dapplestar had finished her meal and was now sharing tongues with her closest warrior Sandwillow, the pale orange she-cat muttered "I dont know why you gave Swiftheart an apprentice, she is far to young and well i feel like she just wont keep up." Dapplestar stopped her washing and glared at her friend in a cold manner. "You do NOT ever speak to her like that again Sandwillow! she is young yes but she will learn!" Never had Dapplestar been so mad, but Sandwillow had said the same thing her previous deputy Dragonfang had told her.

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart watched the confrontation with Dapplestar and Sandwillow. She flinched as she heard the pale orange warriors comment. Getting to her paws she padded quickly towards the thorn tunnel. Once clear, she began to run towards the WindClan border, leaping into her favourite tree. She climbed to a branch that leaned over the border. She sighed as she looked acrossed the moorland. "Why don't they like me?" she muttered to herself, her tail twiched.

Kestrelwing walked along the border with ThunderClan, renewing the scent markers from time to time. Suddenly he smelled ThunderClan scent. The scent was also recent. Very recent. Slowly he stalked up closer to the border and saw a she-cat slowly climbing down an oak tree that was partly inside the border with WindClan. He was about to yell out at her when the she-cat lost her grip and landed in a gorse bush at the base of the tree.

"Foxdung!" Swiftheart yelped as thorns digged themselves into her pelt. Angrily she began to yank the thorns from her pelt, spitting them out with rage. She whipped around as she heard a small mrrow of laughter coming from the WindClan side. Her eyes locked with the WindClan deputys as he sat near the border.

"So," he meowed. "Thats how you get out a tree, I persume?" he asked, his eyes glittered in amusement.

"No, it wasn't!" Swiftheart snapped, stalking up to the border, her eyes blazing. "What are you doing so close to the border?" she demanded aggressivly.

Kestrelwing turned defensive. "Well I don't need to have ThunderClans permission to be where I want in my territory!" he growled, the amusement gone.

Swiftheart sniffed. "Well just get away from here and from me. I don't need someone else sticking their nose where it doesn't belong."

Kestrelwing heard saddness in her meow but didn't say anything right away. He shrugged. "Fine," he meowed, still alittle tense. "Why are you so close to the border? Your as close as I am and accusing me of being too close."
He narrowed his eyes and was surprised to see sadness in the she-cats eyes when she carelessly replied with no anger in her voice," I don't know."

Swiftheart glanced at the tom and sat at least three tail lengths away from the border and began to pull the remaining thorns out of her pelt. "Why should I leave first?"she thought to herself. "I was here first before the stupid furball. He can leave,she added, glaring at him.

[Tigerlily]

Dapplestar looked around for Swiftheart, calling to another warrior she asked "have you seen Swiftheart?" when the cat shook their head (no) she panicked running outside and calling her name "SWIFTHEART SWIFTHEART WHERE ARE YOU? SWIFTHEART!" She ran everywhere and sniffed to try and find her scent "great StarClan i smell blood!" (from the thorns)

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart licked her scratches and Kestrelwing meowed, "You should get those scratches seen by your medicine cat."

Swiftheart glances sharly at him, momentarily stopping her licking. "Oh, so your a medicine cat now? I'll do what I want. I don't need advice from a snivling WindClan warrior," she hissed.

Kestrelwing glared at her but didn't reply, swallowing a stinging reply.

Swiftheart suddenly stopped her licking her eyes alarmed. Hearing her name, she scented the air. Dapplestar. She sighed and scrambled to her paws casting a glare at Kestrelwing as she padded quickly by him.

"I'm over here!" she meowed, a little annoyed. "Dapplestar!" she yowled her leaders name.

[Tigerlily]

Dapplestar ran over to her licking her fur as if she was her kit and she was the mom "DO NOT EVER RUN AWAY LIKE THAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!" Dapplestar was only yelling because she was afraid for Swiftheart. "Come one lets go back."

(when Dapplestar was a longer she had siblings but they ran off and she witnessed their deaths helplessly)

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart pushed away from Dapplestar. " I didn't run away!" she snapped. "I just need time to cool off and to get away from them!" she growled. "I'm not a helpless kit who needs to be looked after but I guess thats all I am to this Clan isn't it?!" she demandingly hissed at her leader. She didn't wait for an answer as she stalked by her leader.

[Tigerlily]

Dapplestar watched in surprise as the little "greeting" she had received from Swiftheart. Glaring back at the WindClan cat she gave a brisk nod and padded after the tiny warrior. Once she and Swiftheart went back to came she placed a paw on the young she-cats's tail "Swiftheart why did you run off like that?"

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart stopped at the pressure on her tail. "I ran off because of them," she meowed, glaring at warriors who passed. "Why am I treated like the way they treat me? I don't deserve it." she growled."

[Tigerlily]

Dapplestar released her paw on her tail and sighed heavily "well its because you are a small warrior, and well..." She didnt quite know how to answer her question "its because you are small they think you will not be able to train a apprentice and let them become a warrior like you."

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart snorted. "Well, I think its stupid," she muttered.
She licked her paw and meowed, "I'm going to go hunting. Is that alright with you?" Swiftheart asked, her tone was bitter and tight as she tired to control her temper.

[Tigerlily]

Dapplestar was about to deny her request yet she saw something special in her eyes. "Alright..but take Spottedpaw with you." Dapplestar flicked her tail towards the young apprentice who was dozing off in the sun light "train her well Swiftheart and maybe one day you shall become leader of ThunderClan, just wait.." After she allowed them to leave she went towards the medicine cats den to speak with Sugarflower.

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart opened her mouth to protest that she wanted to be alone but thought better of it. Her eyes widened at her leaders last words as she departed. Nervously, she flicked her tail to her apprentice to follow her out into the forest.

[Tigerlily]

As Dapplestar greeted the old she-cat she asked "Well do you think StarClan's words are true?" Sugarflower nodded "i am afraid so Dapplestar, " As she muttered the words of the omen the leader shivered under the newleaf sun

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart stopped and looked at Spottedpaw. "I'm going to show you how to crouch and then I want you to to try and copy my movements the best you can," she meowed. "Okay?"

[Tigerlily]

Spottedpaw nodded eagerly "YES!"

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

"Okay," she replied.
Swiftheart crouched, explaining her position. "You need to crouch low enough that the undergrowth can hide you but not low enough that you belly fur brushes the ground. The rustle of your belly fur and the leaves on the ground will warn the prey that you are stalking it. Let me see you try it," she added, moving to a sitting position.

[Tigerlily]

Spottedpaw tried to copy her mentor right but she went to low and sneezed as a small blade of grass tickled her nose causing her to sneeze making the small mouse that was behind the tall grass run away along with startling the birds "MOUSE DUNG!... I scared so much prey StarClan must have heard me!"

[.:~{T}awny~:.]

Swiftheart muffled a purr of amusement. "Its alright. Your learning. A trick I learned when your hunting near grass is to tip your head up a little," she meowed, crouching and showing her movement. "But then its tricky because you need to be confident in yourself and your paws," she added. "You have to keep your ears open all the time, listening to the preys movements and the movements you make. My mentor had me learn with my eyes closed. You'll feel ridiculous but once your sight is gone, your ears open and your more aware to what is around you."

[Tigerlily]

Spottedpaw looked at her mentor in awe "who was your mentor?" Suddenly she dropped down into the hunters crouch in a heart beat sprang on something and came back towards Swiftheart carrying a squirrel in her jaws, the squirrel must have been twice her size for she had a hard time carrying it.