Jaypath smiled. "If Eclipsedpaw wants to go, then yes." He meowed happily. I will be able to teach Eclipsedpaw some stuff if we go, he told himself.
Snowpaw smiled excitedly. "Yes, I would love to go hunting later." Her tone sounded calm but her eyes sparkled happily.
Cometclaw nodded and went to get Rainingnight. He went in the nursery. "Rainingnight, meet us at the camp entrance, we are hunting down a badger." He said.
Rainingnight left the nursery.
Cometclaw smiled at his mate and kits. "I will keep you all safe and I'll be back soon." He whispered.
Eclipsedpaw smiled. "That will be so much fun!" She said.
Jaypath bounded over to Eclipsedpaw. "Would you like to go hunting for a badger?" He asked her nicely.
Snowpaw nodded. "It will be so much fun." She then looked at Jaypath. "A badger!"
Jaypath nodded at the apprentice. "Yes, a badger was scented on our territory."
Eclipsedpaw's eyes widened. "Ok!" She said.
Cometclaw came out with Rainingnight. "Ok, let's just get Sunpaw." He said.
Jaypath smiled. "Ok, come on lets go." He turned away but looked back at Snowpaw. "Come on, I will see if you can come to Snowpaw." He meowed before padding away towards Cometclaw and Rainingnight.
Snowpaw nodded and followed Jaypath.
Cometclaw smiled. "You ready to go, Snowpaw?" He asked.
Rainingnight looked to Jaypath for leadership since he was the deputy.
Eclipsedpaw's whiskers twitched excitedly.
Snowpaw smiled happily. "Yes, I am." The young apprentice meowed excitedly.
Jaypath's gaze shifted from cat to cat. "Before we go, we must keep in mind that badgers are known for killing cats-" The deputy paused for a second. "-This is a very dangerous mission, but I know that we can do it." He meowed encouragingly. "Now lets go." Jaypath glanced at Cometclaw. "Would you like to lead this patrol?"
Cometclaw dipped his head and stepped out of camp confidently. He led the patrol to the spot where him and Sunpaw first scented the badger.
Eclipsedpaw scented the air. "That smells awful!" The apprentice whispered.
Rainingnight's fur stood up. "It has the scent of milk on it!" She said, forcing her fur to lie flat.
Snowpaw wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Your right." She whispered to Eclipsedpaw.
Jaypath scented the air, his neck fur rose. "Oh no! Your right Rainingnight. It has to have cubs." He meowed.
Cometclaw assessed the situation. "Alright. Since there are cubs, the mother will be less likely to be driven out unless we threaten her cubs which will make her more dangerous." He said. "So we find her set and drive out the cubs, and check it every few days to see if the mother will follow them." The warrior said. "The apprentices don't need to be near them, so they can keep guard in the trees." He blinked, realizing that Jaypath should be giving the orders. "If you agree, Jaypath." He said.
Rainingnight nodded, agreeing with the plan.
Eclipsedpaw's eyes widened, she was scared, but glad to do something useful for her clan.
Dreamstar was glad that the apprentices had something to do, especially Eclipspaw; Since his mentor was the deputy of Dreamclan.
Be safe she called to them silently. The last thing they needed were less cats.
OOC: Eclipsedpaw is a she-cat! :)
IC: Cometclaw looked at Jaypath embarrassedly.
OOC: ... woops!
IC:Dreamstar stared at the entrace of the camp untill the cats were way out of sight. I hope they remember about their advantage on climbing trees better than even most cats.
Dreamstar picked out a small mouse from the small prey pile before going inside her temporary den to think and eat her small meal.
Silverkit wandered out of the nursery. She saw Dreamstar. "Hi, Dreamstar...." She said quietly, wondering if she had even been heard.
Dreamstar stopped where she was. She didn't really have anything much to do for the moment so she guessed she could sit down and chat with the young kit. Dreamstar dipped her head in greeting. "Hello Silverkit. Have you tried hard food yet?" she pointed with her tail to the now very small fresh kill pile. "We can share if you wish." Dreamstar was in a strangely friendly mood. She knew that this was a big honour for a kit to be sharing tongues with a leader.
Silverkit's eyes widened. "Really?" She asked sitting down. "I'll try some!"
Dreamstar lied down and pushed the small mouse towards the young kit. "Go ahead. Take a bite," she mewed invitingly.
Featherleaf carried the leaves back to camp. She had to make a pollute.
Dreamstar nodded to the new medicine cat. Moonpaw would be so excited. "Most of the cats have left to get rid of a badger in out territory. Can you get ready some herbs for them when they get back?" she called to Featherleaf. She then turned back to Silverkit and gave a quick lick on the forehead encouraging her to take a bite.
At the call of her leader, Featherleaf started to gather up herbs for the returning cats.