Hunting (Frosteh)

[•Hawkeh•]

Blackclaw looked up, attempting to scent prey above the strong scent of herbs... or that was at least what he told his Clanmates. His real reason was because he was looking for a certain she-cat, the medicine cat of RiverClan

[•Frostpool•]

Frostpool was deep in the thick high grass of ferns. Her head low, cutting a few of the streams of a large fern. Her snow white pelt was a bright beaker to where she was. Her black tipped tail high in the air, almost as high as the ferns. She looked up for a moment. A sence of being watched. She flickered her black tipped ears, then went back to cutting more of the fern stems.

[•Hawkeh•]

Blackclaw saw a bright white pelt among the ferns. Could it be her? he wondered. He padded closer softly, seeing the black tipped tail among the ferns. Yes, it is. His heart longed to see the white she-cat who was the Clan's medicine cat, but his mind knew it was wrong...

[•Frostpool•]

Frostpool frowned, she could tell someone was there. She stretched her nose up toward the sky, sniffing deeply. Her pink nose couldn't take in anything other then the ferns. Frostpool blinked her icy blue eyes. She waited for some time before she speaking up. "Is...someone there?" Her soft voice calm, hiding her edge. She couldn't see anything, and she wasn't much of a fighter. Her claws were sunk into the ground as she waited for a reply.

[•Hawkeh•]

Blackclaw's heart skipped a beat. Yeah...I...I...I thought a mouse that I was hunting dashed in here. He stammered. He flicked his black tail, Silently wondering why he haden't come straight out with his fib...

[•Frostpool•]

Frostpool's heart stopped. "Blackclaw?" She spoke softly. She hissed in her head. He was every where. Or it felt that way since he was always on her mind. Her black tipped ears flickered and she started to swerve her slender form threw the high ferns until she bumped into a black flank. "Oh...oh I'm sorry. So sorry." She meowed looking at him. She clentched her teeth, hopeing her ice blue eyes wouldn't give her real emotions away.

[•Hawkeh•]

Do you want help with those? Blackclaw asked, seeing the ferns that she had been collecting

[•Frostpool•]

Frostpool looked back at her pile, with ferns and an assortment of other herbs. She flickered her ears. "Oh no no. I'm sure you have much better things to do Blackclaw." She meowed softly flickering her tail. "I don't think you'll find that mouse again." She mused remembering why he was even here. She tried to make things short and simple. Worried if she talked to much she'd say the wrong thing or he'd catch on to her emotions.

[•Hawkeh•]

Blackclaw shook his head. Like you said, that mouse is probably long gone. he meowed, looking the she-cat in the eyes, whitch was hard to do with his eyes so full of emotion and nevousness. And there are two patrols out. Blackclaw paused. Ever since the fight with RogueClan, Brackendrop was sending patrol after patrol out.

[•Frostpool•]

Frostpool was stunned by looking him in the eyes. She remained silent for a while. Then shook her head. "Oh. Well, you don't have to Blackclaw. I'll do just fine, and I was going to leave yet." She mumbled. The white she-cat was slightly embarassed. He was a strong warrior going around and hunting and fighting, where as she was just goign around and picking up flowers. She looked the other way, unable to look at his eyes anymore.

[•Hawkeh•]

Half the Clan is out hunting anyway.Blackclaw meowed. He knew that he should be hunting, but since Firepaw was still in camp, recovering from her return from RogueClan((Yes, she is back, or should be)), the black tom couldn't help but notice that Frostpool needed some help with the herb collecting.

[•Frostpool•]

"Blackclaw..." She muttered. It was a joy, and also a curse to be around him. The more he hung aorund, the more she thought her secret would escape. Frostpool turned her head to look at the black tom cat. "It will only take a few trips to get this back to cmap." She meowed, tail pointing to the pile. "Go take a break from your duties, go sun bathe or something." She purred, trying to be as kindly as she could in getting him to go away. She was terribly frightened he would catch onto her emotions for him. For one thing, it was agaisnt the warrior code, it could but RiverClan in danger, and she didn't know if he felt the same way at all.

[•Hawkeh•]

Fine. he shrugged, scenting a mouse, and a real one this time. He bent his nose towards his paws, scenting the mouse nibbling on some type of herb. Stepping lightly, he moved carfully towards the prey, leaping on it the moment it caught his scent. Bitting its neck swiftly, the black RiverClan tom held his prize high in the air, so all StarClan could see.

[•Frostpool•]

Frostpool was about to walk back to her herbs when she noticed what Blackclaw was doing. She turned and sat down, watching carfully with her light ice blue eyes. As he caught the mouse Frostpool purred, her maw curled into a smile. She spoke up, "Nice catch Blackclaw. You are one amazing hunter to smell a mouse in a herb field." She blinked softly toward him. Then shook her head. She started to padd to her herb pile, moving her paw around in it slowly, pretending to be intrested in something in the pile, out of the conner of her eye she was watching Blackclaw though.

[•Hawkeh•]

Blackclaw turned back. I have to go take this back to the Clan. he meowed. He turned his paws toward the camp, half hoping that Frostpool would stop him.

[•Frostpool•]

Frostpool's eyes showed she was dissapointed he was leaving. "Alright.." she meowed. She looked around and sighed. Sudden;y she thought of something. "WAIT! Blackclaw!" She meowed leaping in the long grass til she was next to him. "I'm really really getting rusty on my hunting and fighting. And I'll have to teach Firepaw too. You can't let me do that when I'm not doing it well myself!" She mused. Frostpool gazed at him. "Will you help get me back into shape?" She asked, trying to hide how much she hoped he'd say he would. Her tails flickering madly.

[•Hawkeh•]

Blackclaw paused, listening to what Frostpool asked of him before he turned around, his mouse making him unable to grin. Setting down his mouse so he could reply, he thought about not only how he would train Frostpool, but how he would fit in Viperpaw's training as well. Well, I also have to train Viperpaw, and I'd have to work in patrols, becasue I don't want Brackendrop to get supisous. The black tom thought aloud. He certainly didn't want to disapoint the deputy as a warrior or as a freind...

[•Frostpool•]

Frostpool nodded vigerously. "Of course, of course. My re-training would just be a side thing, when you have free time. I still have to be a hard working medicine cat now don't I?" The last words stung the she-cat. Medicine cat... She shook her head. "And I'll still have to train Firepaw and all too." She muttered out and smiled weakly. She kept asking herself why she had not just stayed with Riverstripe, as a warrior appentice, stayed in the apprentice den. Maybe if she had Blackclaw and her would have been closer then they were now, maybe then she could really tell him how she felt. But no...she was determinend to help her Clan, but also to get Blackclaw to look at her, the way she looked at him. A caring and loving look she had like for no other.

[•Hawkeh•]

Blackclaw nodded his agreement. Well, he meowed, his black tail flicking the grass, When do you want to start your 'training', I'm taking Viperpaw out tommorow for his assesment... the tom trailed. His apprentice was about ready to become a warrior, which would mean that he would have all the time in the world. But if Leopardstar didn't agree about Viperpaw becomeing a warrior, then it would mean that he would be stuck training the difficult tom for StarClan knew how long.