Snooping(Dustypaw)

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A lithe form silenty proceeded through the forest, all the while keeping ears pricked. One thought coursed through the mind of the being, find Rachel.

Unfortunately for this cat, Rachel was no where near this part of the forest. The female hadn't even smelt the Riverclan border markers because she was so intense of finding her boss' enemy.

The cat's name was Kari, and she was a long way from home. Her mouth kept opening to find a certain scent that seemed lost to her.

Sudden movement made her freeze. With quivering whiskers, she sat on her haunches and then sprang through reeds. When she felt something wriggling from underneith her paws, she opened her eyes only to find a frog in her grasp.

With a heavy sigh she let it go and sat down. Her eyes looked around at the landscape and her heart fell. There was just too much ground to cover and she'd seen no cat for a long time.

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The brown tabby pelted apprentice snuck through the reeds. He had been alone, a rare chance to hunt without his mentor Thunderpelt, when he had smelled an intruder. Thunderpelt had had things to do, cats to see, so he had sent Dustypaw out to hunt on his own. The apprentice felt proud that the tom that he admired so much trusted him so much to let him do this. Now it was his time to shine.

Not that he really liked to shine. No, Dustypaw was a quiet young tom, letting others do the talking. He was painfully shy, actually. He would speak his mind, but it was rare. The only cat he could converse freely with was his mentor, Thunderpelt. Oh how this little apprentice admired him so. But he liked to make his mentor proud, so that was why he was going after this loner cat, whoever he was. That and his duty to the clan. He had to chase him away, even if he lost his life doing it.

The apprentice peeked through the reeds, and spotted the cat. His eyes widened as he saw it was a she-cat. He couldn't chase off a she-cat! A tom, sure, but not a she-cat! He had been all worked up, ready to face his fear and chase of a full grown loner all by his lonesome, and now he couldn't do it. No, he had to. It was his duty. He had to make Thunderpelt proud.

Dustypaw stepped from the reeds, trying to look as big and confident as possible. It was all and act. Inside, Dustypaw was a nervous wreck, but he tried to shove that aside and put on a brave face. You shouldn't be here. Dustypaw said, trying to keep a shake from appearing in his voice. He had to act tough, or he was going to be crowfood!Leave now before I chase you off Riverclan territory.

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Kari's ears twitched as a smell of a cat wafted up to her. Her head swung in the direction it came from as the reeds revealed its form. At its hostility, she got onto her four paws and listened to the threat, get out before being chased off of Riverclan territory.

She blinked and then looked around confused. I'm in Riverclan?, she thought confused. The smell coming off of the tom was defiantly a clan scent, not loner or rogue. Heat came to her face as she realized her mistake. It made a lot of sense that she couldn't find Skapha's enemy's camp.

Kari's eyes looked back at the clan cat and twitched her whiskers. "Oh, I'm sorry. You see....I didn't mean to go this far. I guess there was no border?," she said confused.

[hi]

Dustypaw saw the confusion on the she-cat's face, and pity swept over the kind apprentice. She probably had no idea what the clans were, much less to stay off the land. The perplexed look transfered over to the she-cat's voice. Pity filled the young apprentice once more.

No. He could not pity her. He had to chase her off. He had to chase off this nice, pretty.. she-cat..... No. He had to. It was his duty as a Riverclan apprentice. It was part of the warrior code! He couldn't break the warrior code, could he? No, he couldn't.

He could tell the she-cat was embarrased by her mistake. He sighed, loosing the confident air about him. A kinder one replaced it. It's ok. There are many markers. Maybe we just need to refresh them. He stepped closer to the she-cat, being wary if this was a trick. You never know with these loners. Here, I'm escort you off our territory. Just pay more attention next time, ok?

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Her eyes noticed the young tom's attitude shift. Confidence was let down to give way to kindess. She like this a lot, especially that the cat wasn't going to run her out, but rather walk her. This was the first time she'd ever dreamed a clan cat could have a heart.

She sniffed again and felt the smell of Riverclan consume her. There had been markers, but she had been to brainless not to notice. This tom though was sparing her further embarressment. What did this cat have to gain from her? Unease dripped through her chest, but she didn't let it show. It was best not to question a clan cat.

Kari twitched her whiskers at the last comment he made. Of course she would! Her form stood up and took a step towards the tom, but then stopped. She would wait for him to lead.
"Again, I'm sorry clan cat.... I'm not used to traveling clan territories, especially this far out. Umm...What is your name, if you don't mind me asking? It just feels wierd if I'm going to travel with you without knowing what to call you by," she mused with a thingy of her head.