He crouched again and bounded after the rabbit and grabbed it in his teeth. He killed it and dragged it back towards where Fernpaw and him had split. Fernpaw came with a mouse and a bird and they walked back together.

He dropped the rabbit for a second, "I smelt cat while I was hunting." he told her quietly, she dropped her prey "What do you mean?" she asked. "It was as if someone was watching me." he told her. "I didn't smell anything." she said before picking up her prey and walking away. Stormpaw picked up his prey and followed her back to camp.

He thought about the smell, it was true that he had a very sensitive nose but he didn't want to say that. He dropped the prey into the fresh kill pile before picking up a rabbit and a bird for the elders. He dropped it at the front of the cave and a murmur of agreement let him leave. He dropped to the sand beneath him and cleaned himself.

He watched Sandstorm stride over to him, "Are you going to eat?" she asked. "Only when everybody else has." he replied. "That was a nice catch." she said, flicking her tail to the rabbit. "You smelt me downwind." she said. Stormpaw got up, "I thought I smelt cat." he muttered. Sandstorm left and after everyone had eaten, Stormpaw snatched up a mouse and age it hungrily. 

He walked into the den and curled up into nest and fell asleep.

((I have writers block and I'm rushing currently, so I apologize for the short post and pretty much no post for Loudstep.))

Hawkflight and Loudstep had helped clean up whatever they could around camp before they vanished into the apprentice den along with Fernpaw and Ashpaw who had shown them around camp. Hawkflight and Loudstep made their nests at the far corner where they wouldn't disturb the others and quickly fell asleep.

With a squeak, Hawkflight woke up, looking through the gap in the roof of the den she saw it was moonhigh. Looking down at her littermate she immediately knew that he kicked her, making her wake up, he had dreams almost every night and kicked very much in his sleep. Sighing she got up, siltently shaking her pelt then made her way to the mouth of the den, a few steps before she made it she bumped into one of the apprentices, Stormpaw. She held her breath wondering if it was enough to wake him up.

~Loudstep~

Stormpaw felt a cat bump into him, he muttered something along the line of 'mouse brain' before falling asleep again quickly.

[A few hours later]

Stormpaw stretched as the warm sun hit him. The sun was just starting to rise and he jumped out his nest and strode into the clearing. "You've been here for a day and you are acting like you own the place." said a soft meow behind him. He growled and span around and coming face to face with Fernpaw. His nose touched hers and he backed, "Sorry Fernpaw." he said, his fur prickled.

Fernpaw looked stunned but quickly composed herself. "That's okay." she said. "Shall we get a bite to eat and then head out to hunt?" she asked. Stormpaw nodded and grabbed a small mouse and ate it quickly. There was little prey left and Stormpaw pranced out the tunnel with Fernpaw following him.

They raced up the hill and Stormpae slammed on breaks and stumbled as Fernpaw crashed into him. "What is-" Stormpaw hushed her with his tail. He sniffed the air and smelt many scents, the scent of other cats, the grass and prey. He smelt birds, rabbits and mice. "Looks like they came out today." Stormpaw whispered. Fernpaw nodded and they split up. Stormpaw had caught mice, a plump rabbit and a few birds. He dragged many of them back to see Fernpaw coming to help him.

Once they had arrived and dumped the prey Stormpaw watched Greystripe come out. Stormpaw looked at Fernpaw and she nodded, he padded over to him. "Hey Greystripe." he called and hurried over to him. Greystripe sat and looked at Stormpaw, "What?" he hissed unkindly. Stormpaw reeled back, "Oh, um, just that there is lots of prey out in the forest. Maybe you could do a hunting patrol?" Stormpaw suggested. Greystripe snarled, "Maybe, maybe not." Stormpaw shrugged before heading out. 

"Hey Stormpaw?" his mentor shouted. Stormpaw waited for his mentor, "Where you going?" she asked. "Hunting again." he replied. "Take a rest." she said. He shook his head, "I want to impress Greystripe. He's a bit harsh on me." Sandstorm nodded and left him be. Stormpaw hunted again and catched some mice and birds and carried them back to the clearing.

He watched Greystripe organize a hunting patrol and watched them head off, Greystripe leading them. He was about to head out when he heard a voice behind him. "Stormpaw!" Stormpaw turned around to see Firestar walk towards him. "Firestar! How can I help?" he asked. "You have helped out enough." Firestar said. Stormpaw shook his head, "I want to prove that I am loyal." he said. "I'll come with." he said. Stormpaw followed Firestar to the forest. Stormpaw crouched as he smelt rabbit, it wa far away but he could smell it.

Firestar glanced at him and smelt the air, "Sharp nose?" he asked. Stormpaw nodded and Firestar crouched beside him, Stormpaw ran quietly and Firestar followed. He saw Firestar prick his ears, he knew he had now smelt it. Stormpaw charged and grabbed the rabbit and killed it quickly. Firestar charged under the bushes, "I have seen enough." Firestar said. Stormpaw crouched to try and hide himself. "You are quite a hunter." Firestar told him. Stormpaw raised with proud and glowed he picked up the rabbit and Firestar helped it back to the camp.

Firestar sneaked off to the side and Stormpae strode in with the rabbit. "Is that all you caught?" Greystripe snickered. Stormpaw looked down at his paws, Firestar strode in. "Greystripe, you should have seen Stormpaw catch that rabbit. He smelt it way before I had." Firestar said, he looked sideways at Firestar and Firestar winked at him. He muttered a 'thank you' and went to ask if the elders needed anything. After a purr of approval he left the elders den to clean himself.

[Sorry, gosh I felt inspired!]

~Hawkflight~

Hawkflight paced in front of her littermate, eager to do something with herself, a muffled 'minnow-brain' sounding in between licks as Loudstep groomed himself. She rolled her eyes and continued to pace until she spotted the flame-pelted leader, Firestar, trotting towards them, she flicked Loudstep with her tail once the leader had become a fox-length from them.

"How are you two doing?" He said sitting with them, his tail curling neatly over his paws.

"Good, Ashpaw and his mentor left before we could ask to join the session." She replied carefully.

"So we've just been sitting around camp." Loudstep chimed in.

"Well I have things you both can do, Loudstep, go to the medicine den and see if Cinderpelt needs any help, afterwards you can help the apprentices clean out the elder's den and search them for ticks. Hawkflight, I want you to clean out the nursery, after you're done you can see if Sandstorm will take you and Stormpaw out training." He said looking at them both expectantly.

"Of course! Thank you Firestar." Hawkflight said and made her way to the nursery with hop in her step. She poked her head into the nursery, the smell of milk instantly hitting her nose as she continued her way in. Once her eyes adjusted to the darkness she saw a pale gray queen with three kits tumbling over her.

"Who's there?" She questioned, hostile eyes staring into her's as the queen's tail curled protectively over her kits.

"Hawkflight. Firestar told me to see if you needed anything." She said staying at the entrance incase she didn't trust her.

"The new warrior? Oh, new moss for the bedding would be nice. I'm Willowpelt, by the way." She said her hackles relaxing and her kits going back to playing.

"Ok!" Quickly Hawkflight went, got moss, came back and cleaned up the queen's nest.

"Thank you very much, the apprentices don't come to help very often." Willowpelt sighed, cleaning her pelt. Suddenly the three kits came and began rubbing against Hawkflight, she stood still her tail flicking back and forth as they tried to catch it.

"Those are Sootkit, Sorrelkit and Rainkit." She said between licks.

"Will you come back and play with us every day?" Sootkit squeaked, Sorrelkit nodding in agreement.

"I'll try." Hawkflight purred dipping her head goodbye to Willowpelt then heading out to find Sandstorm. She spotted the light tabby pelt coming out of the dirt-place then heading to a shady spot close by, she quickly trotted over and greeted her.

~Loudstep~

Loudstep nodded then walked over to the medicine den to see a small gray she-cat sorting through herbs.

"Hey, you need any help?" He said smoothly, waiting at the mouth of the cave.

"What? Oh! Sorry, yes please, I need some help gathering herbs and the more paws the better." She said perkily, then limped out of the den and out of camp before he could get a word in. Finally he caught up to her and stayed close to make sure she didn't fall walking up the ravine, to his surprise she climbed it faster than him.

"Ok we need Juniper berries which will be down by the stream, Yarrow which should be by the training hallow, cobweb and poppy seeds which you can find almost anywhere." She said not looking back as she continued down the trail. He caught up to her again then gathered the leaves she would point at until his mouth was overflowing with herbs, same as her. They got back to camp and sorted all the herbs into their own piles, he continued to help her until she shooed him away when one of the kits came in with a bellyache. He walked to where the apprentices Ashpaw and Fernpaw were sharing tongues and joined them until the mentors came by and told them to clean the elder's den, which they all did obediently.

He watched the others enter the elders done and leave. Sandstorm trotted over to him, "Firestar wants me to take you and Hawkflight for some training. Will you go get her?" she asked. Stormpaw nodded and bounded off to Hawkflight. "If you are ready, Sandstorm is going to train us." he flicked his tail and Sandstorm led the way. 

"Let's see, shall we do some fighting moves?" Sandstorm asked. Stormpaw nodded, "Attack me. Hawkflight, watch him and see if you can-"  Sandstorm was cut off as Stormpaw barreled head first into Sandstorm. A yowl escaped her lips as she tumbled to the ground. Stormpaw jumped onto her and pinned her down. "Are you hurt?" he asked. "I'm fine. Well done, you Waited until I was distracted. How about attack me when I am ready?" she asked,

Stormpaw nodded, "As I was saying, Hawkflight see if you can pick up any things he could work on and things he was good at." she said. She turned to Stormpaw and nodded. Stormpaw growled and turned, before running a circle around Sandstorm. He stopped and watched the sand kick up before jumping into the air and landing on Sandstorm.

A surprise meow left Sandstorm's lips as Stormpaw dug his claws in. He pinned her down and bit her neck softly and hopped off her. "Good." she said. "Hawkflight? What do you have to say?"