*:・゚✦ saturated streaks of dawn light trickled through the trees and speckled the ground below, bits of dead foliage giving away as zephyrs from the North picked up gradually amongst the territory. it was a unusually calm day, the sound of trickling water accompanying such solitude as eyes peered out from the shore, hushed voices rising as paws gingerly scraped over the pebbles that adorned the bank.
the day was quite leisurely, with nothing much happening. everything seemed quiet, as it should have been. suddenly, an abrupt screech of pure ecstasy resonated throughout the forest, light paws thundering against the sodden Earth until finally extensive limbs propelled the lanky form of the apprentice into the river. indignant stares averted to the young she-cat as she gathered up the nearest driftwood, while as trying to find the fastest current. of course, duskpaw was there to ruin the moment, as usual.