Yay for Procrastination!

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((LOL Hedgie "you're still pretty!"))

"See you." Lilypaw purred to Smallpaw before she turned around and returned to the fray. Oh, brilliant, another foxhearted no-brainer had woken up. Lilypaw gave a dainty little yawn as she vaguely listened to Kestrelpaw's whingey voice. "Hmm, careful, Kestrelpaw. You might lick yourself bald. But then, that might be an improvement on what you've already got." She replied smoothly, her lilting voice laced with false sweetness.

She almost laughed as her sister told Kestrelpaw off too and felt a rush of affection towards Hazelpaw. It was very sweet of her to stick up for her, even though Lilypaw was capable of handling a few jealous apprentices. As if she cared what the likes of Kestrelpaw thought about her. Please, there were plenty of influential and important cats whose good opinion she sought, but it wasn't going to blight her life if Kestrelpaw didn't like her.

"I'm fine, Hazelpaw. It's not their fault they're mousebrained." She giggled, butting her sister affectionately whilst shooting a smug look at Kestrelpaw. "Way to tell her where to stick it!" So today had started with a bit of tension. Who cared? Not Lilypaw. "So what are you up to today? Is Wrenpaw up yet?" She looked around, not having seen her other sister this morning. "I suppose Lionstripe's going to be looking for me. Boring!" She sighed.

[hedgie]

(( That's Hazelpaw for ya'!))

"I'll be right out, Halfpaw!" Hazelpaw called to her friend as the other she-cat ran out of the den. Hazelpaw shot one last glare at Kestrelpaw before grinning at her sister. She lowered her voice so only Lilypaw could hear. "I'll go and train with her, but if Kestrelpaw comes back with a few scratches she didn't have before...it was me." She grinned impishly, almost an mischevious sort of happiness, then her expression switched back to that vibrant energetic look.

"I did a good job with her, didn't I? She kinda deserves it, you know. She's so harsh, especially to you." Hazelpaw glanced quickly around the den. 'Either Wrenpaw's become invisible or she woke up before us and went outside. Would you like to go look? I'm kinda going to go out with Halfpaw. Trust me, Lilypaw. Today'll be fun. Don't look so sour about training...it might mess up your face." She didn't mean that as an insult to Lilypaw. As always, she was being entirely sincere.

[Kitty]

Lionstripe was standing just outside of the den when he heard Lilypaw's voice. I suppose Lionstripe's going to be looking for me. Boring! This little comment really irked him, but he pushed in anyway.

"Are patrols really that boring, Lilypaw?" he questioned, looking innocent but stern at the same time. "I suppose we could find you something else to do. LIke search the elder for ticks. But since Adderstar's leading our patrol..." He shrugged, as if to say, You're choice.

"Oh eyeah, you're coming ,too, Kestrelpaw," he added.

((Quickie little post!))

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Wrenpaw blinked her eyes open, shifted a little in her nest, and wrapped her tail tight around her body. From the sound of it, most of her den mates were awake. Or they were talking loudly enough to wake everyone else up. Still tired and not wanting to fully wake up, she lay in her nest, turned away from the others, with her eyes half closed.

At last, when she started to listen to more of the conversations, Wrenpaw decided she should get up. She heard Lilypaw mention her name and her ears angled in her sisters' direction. "Who called my name?" she said sleepily, getting to her paws and arching her back in a stretch. She blinked at Lilypaw, who was acting as her usual self. Wrenpaw would admit that Lilypaw acted stuck-up and vain, and probably annoyed all the other apprentices, too. But she loved her all the same. They were sisters and so she would stick by Lilypaw no matter what. Right?

As Lionstripe entered the den, Wrenpaw remembered her own training. What was she going to do today? Maybe go on a patrol, or Mothpelt might show her something new. Hopefully she wouldn't have to do chores. Even lazing around camp was fine; there were so many apprentices that she didn't have to tend to the elders all that much. But most of them looked like they were going training, so would that mean she had to anyway?

Wrenpaw made her mind stop rambling and looked at Lionstripe, tilting her head. "Why's Adderstar leading the patrol? Doesn't he usually stay in camp?"

[Kitty]

Lionstripe glanced over at Wrenpaw as she awoke. Her question was a good one, though. Why was Adderstar leading the patrol? Maybe he was like normal warriors, restless in camp all the time. Buth e had some important decisions to make for the Clan. So he couldn't always be out and about, because he might be needed here in camp. But wasn't that the reason for a deputy and medicine cat? To aid him in important decisions and to tend to the Clan when the leader was absent?

Lionstripe shrugged. "Leaders can get bored in camp, too, Wrenpaw," he meowed, keeping the wondering tone from his voice. "How would you like to spend all day in camp, not hunting or patrolling? Adderstar can remember what it was like to lead patrols and hunt, after all." Adderstar wasn't that much older than the bright orange warrior. He was a young warrior at the time Lionstripe was an apprentice. He could remember when Adderstar was made deputy, and then the day that the previous leader had died and he in turn became leader.

((Gahhh, I feel like my posts are so short. Dx))

[nightstorm]

Kestrelpaw stood up slowly, her face calm. Mousebrained? Her? Kestrelpaw snorted. No, Lilypaw and Hazelpaw didn't know the half of it. She could run circles around them any day when plotting, something a mousebrain wouldn't be able to do. They were just jealous of her, for they weren't nearly as clever as her. She stood, looking down. Lightpaw had suggested that she, Hazelpaw, and Kestrelpaw go hunting or training later. She sniffed. She would go, but only because Halfpaw was going. She didn't care about Hazelpaw. But if Lilypaw had been going, well, she might not have been so proud of her once perfect pelt anymore, Kestrelpaw thought sourly.

She looked up at the sound of Lionstripe's voice. Ick. She was going on a patrol with Lilypaw? Was his head full of clouds? She sighed with disgust, and padded out of the den after meowing a goodbye to her sister. "Will Spottedsky be going with us?" she asked. Her mentor would drag her out on a perfectly good morning, Kestrelpaw thought. But the thought of being on patrol with Adderstar brightened her up somewhat.

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((Make them longer then. =P))

Lilypaw winced as she heard her mentor's voice behind her and knew that he'd heard what she was saying. She honestly felt guilty about her flippant words because she really didn't dislike training, she just... Didn't find it terribly exciting. Turning around, she blinked apologetically at him. In a rare moment of humility, she found the good grace to look suitably chastised and padded over to him, her silky tail floating behind her. She stretched her nose up to greet her mentor politely, for she didn't want to annoy him as she did appreciate all he did for her deep down.

"Oh, I'm sorry Lionstripe." She apologised. "I didn't actually mean it. Sorry." She repeated, an unusually meek expression on her face. She was even feeling guilty enough not to kick up a huge fuss about having to patrol with that awful, ugly Kestrelpaw... She certainly came in very low on Lilypaw's list of favourite cats. Lilypaw was much too clever, beautiful and popular to be seen with a horrible piece of work like Kestrelpaw, but there wasn't much she could do about it. Especially since Adderstar himself was going to be with them, and he was one cat she was always on her best behaviour around. When she wanted to be, Lilypaw was extremely charming.

With a smile which lit her splendid blue eyes up, she nodded cooperatively at Lionstripe, only turning away when Wrenpaw spoke. "Oh there you are, Wrenpaw!" She exclaimed. "I didn't see you. You slept late today." She chattered breezily as she sat down, lifting one leg to inspect a delicate forepaw briefly. She ignored Kestrelpaw imperiously, quite displeased about having to spend time with her. But never mind. She'd be well-behaved. As long as that mousebrain stayed out of her way.

[Kitty]

Lionstripe nodded, accepting his apprentice's apology. He hadn't found training all that interesting, either, as an apprentice, so he understood. It seemed like she was going to be on her best behavior today, possibly because of the patrol being with Adderstar. Which was good. He wouldn't want to yell at his apprentice in the middle of a patrol when the leader was there. How embarrassing would that have been?

Lionstripe couldn't help but smile back at Lilypaw. "Okay, you two," he said briskly, referring to his apprentice and Kestrelpaw, when Lilypaw turned to talk to Wrenpaw. "The patrol's running a little late already. We need to get going." The ginger tom pushed outside of the den, pausing to to back around and add, "Be in the middle of the camp soon. I have to go find Spottedsky." With that, he set off across the clearing towards the spot he'd last seen the she-cat.

[nightstorm]

With a lazy yawn, Kestrelpaw followed the warrior, purposely brushing by Lilypaw with a disdainful sniff as she did so. She blinked as the bright sunlight assailed her eyes, and Kestrelpaw made her way out to the center of the camp. She spotted the patrol group, and joined them, sitting down and curling her tail over her paws neatly. Her gaze swept over the camp, seeking out her mentor, and curling her lip into a sneer as she spotted Lilypaw, still talking with Wrenpaw 'pleasantly'. Ugh. That sickly sweet tone of hers whenever she tried to get on other cats' good side. Kestrelpaw didn't bother. If they liked her, fine. If not, she didn't need them anyway. She didn't thrive on attention, like the stuck-up she-cat.