Snowypaw Needs A Mentor! (For triss94)

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    Snowypaw waits outside the entrance of the Warrior's Den. She hopes for a mentor to mentor her.

    Brookcloud padded over to Snowypaw."Hi Snowypaw," she meowed in greeting."I hope your experience in the woods hasn't scarred you for life, or anything like that." she said jokingly."By the way, who is your mentor?" she asked curiously, knowing that it was time for Snowypaw to have one.

    "First, it was not that life-scarring." she giggled. "And second, I don't have a mentor. I thought some mentor would just show up and teach me."

    Brookcloud chuckled with Snowypaw."I know, Snowypaw. I was just kidding, and you are in luck, because a mentor has showed up to train you. What do you want to learn or do first?" she asked cheerfully.

    "We-e-e-ll...." she started with a hesistated tone. "I'm not really good at hunting."

    "Then why don't we start there," Brookcloud suggested, and headed towards the camp entrance, looking over her shoulder to see if Snowypaw was following her.

    Brookcloud looked happily at Snowypaw, glad that she was able to mentor the same cat she rescued from the woods.

    "I don't know. You tell me what we should hunt first." Brookcloud said mischievously.

    "Well, when I was younger, about a few weeks old..." Snowypaw said drifting off. "...I was hunting beetles. But they didn't taste so good and they were too easy to catch. I managed to catch mice, but they weren't filling. So I would want to hunt vole!"

    "All right then. See if you can scent any vole nearby." Brookcloud said cheerfully, watching Snowypaw to see just how much skill she had.

    After a whole lot of sniffing, she pointed her nose, like a pointer breed dog, towards a bush.
    "That way!" she snuffled, a little stuffy in the nose from inhaling so much.

    Brookcloud smiled proudly."Well done, Snowypaw!" she praised."Now go catch it and bring it to me, and then I will catch something else." she said cheerfully.

    "Aye-aye, Brookcloud." she said optimistically, raising her left paw toward her foward like a soilder saluting.
    After saluting, she darted off into the bush.

    Brookcloud watched Snowypaw proudly, thinking of the day when she could welcome her into the ranks of warriors.

    To keep herself energized, Snowypaw thought of Brookcloud, and her kindness that saved her. After some sniffing, she found a small vole sunbathing itself on a rock. Quickly, she darted on another rock and prepared to pounce and extend her tiny claws.

    Brookcloud watched Snowypaw proudly, marveling at the progress she was already making.

    With quick stealth, she leaped upon the vole. The vole quickly awoken and started to scratch at Snowypaw. Snowypaw refused to give up and wrestled with the vole around the grass.

    Brookcloud watched Snowypaw wrestle the vole, all the while, thinking, *If she would just bite its neck, it would be all over in seconds.* but she didn't say anything because she wanted Snowypaw to figure it out for herself.