Water and a Breeze...{open}

[Arrisa]

On a rock, sunning by the sparkling water, a bright orange she-cat lay dozing off. Her tail lashed back and forth in a lazy rhythm. Her gray eyes slitted so that only a bright little flash showed that they were open at all. The bright lights of the sun reflecting off the water catching her eye time and time again. For a cat that is fond of sparkling moving things, this is Spottedfur's favorite place to pass the time. She had done her duties, and awaited for more orders. She wondered, drifting slowly off into slumber, whether or not she would be catching prey today, again, or doing patrol duty. With that thought, her eyes closed completely and she slipped into a light nap.

A ruffling of leaves startled her awake, and her head rose to the sound. She pricked her ears that direction to catch the noise. A small vole peeked its little head out, and Spottedfur let her head drift back down, her eyes watching the vole. If it came close enough, she would have herself a little snack. Her luck held, and her still form didn't seem to threaten the little creature. She leapt from the rock, straight onto the vole, snapping its tiny little neck with a swift paw. She settled down to eat her meal.

[S I L E N T S T E P]

Suddenly a prown tabby tom padded into the clearing. His very presnce made any cat uneasy for a very good reason. His hazel eyes glared forward at the cat eating a vole. He sniffed the air and sighed. 'A clan mate,' he growled to himself. If this cat was a AshClan cat it would be in some trouble.

"Shouldn't you be hunting for the clan," he growled padding up to her.

[Arrisa]

Spottedfur looked up lazily, finishing the last of the vole. "I have already made my contribution to the pile thank you very much." She yawned and jumped back up onto her warm rock. She twirled her tail daintily around her paws and turned her dark gray eyes nonchalantly onto the brown tabby. "I am enjoying what little free time I have. What exactly are you doing here telling me what I should or shouldn't be doing?" She brought a paw up and began to clean her ear.

[S I L E N T S T E P]

"I'm actually hunting for the clan," he growled. He flicked his tale holding back a hiss. "Free time," he started. "It seems like you always have free time," he spat turning around sniffing the air for any intruders or loners. Thornclaw was always looking for a cat that he could find an excuse to attack.

[Arrisa]

Spottedfur stifled a chuckle. Her mouth stretched into a mockery of a smile. "I am an efficient hunter. It never takes me long to pull my weight. That doesn't seem to be the case with you. How long have you been hunting?" She watched the big tabby scanning the area. "Really, what are you doing? There are no other cats here." She scoffed and resumed cleaning her face. "You will catch nothing but small animals around the brook. The fields, however, are almost filled to the brim with plump little rabbits. I caught three just this morning."

[S I L E N T S T E P]

"It never hurts to always be on guard," he growled. Of coarce Thorncalw just wanted to fight but he could easilly hide that. Thornclaw hid a lot of things but most things he just didn't have. Like a guilty concious. After killing two cats he didn't have another thought about it. In fact he just wanted to kill some more.

Thornclaw glared up at Spottedfur. "Maybe some extra hunting wouldn't hurt. A strong clan is good," he meowed.

[Arrisa]

Spottedfur turned her attention fully onto Thornclaw. " On that I couldn't agree more." She didn't elaborate on what she could agree with, the strong clan, the extra hunting...or always being on guard. She lowered her head to stare at the water. A fish jumped up and Spottedfur's eyes widened. She'd had a fish before, and they were a little slimy but still refreshing to eat. "Don't want to kill out all of our prey though. It would be bad if we caught too much and then some of it went bad. Wasting food is unforgivable." She jumped down off of the rock and wound her body past Thornclaw. "Of course we could make up for those other cats who just aren't as good at catching prey...Have to pull more than our share of the work sometimes." She muttered the last part a little disgusted. "That is why I hunt alone. I don't want an apprentice shuffling his paw's in the leaves and scaring away the prey...That has happened more than once."

[S I L E N T S T E P]

Thornclaw let out one soft chilling laugh that would scare any cat. "We were all like that at one point in our lives," he meowed with an amused smile when he thought of young apprentices trying to catch their first pice of prey.

[Arrisa]

Spottedfur watched Thornclaw out of the corner of her eye. "Yes. I believe it took me a few tries to get it down. She threw her head back and caught a breeze. She smelled so many things that almost made her head spin. She picked up the scent of prey, voles, mice, rabbits... She smelled the fishy water, that made her sneeze. She smelled the fresh breeze blowing across the water, smelled the blooms off of the trees. " There is prey close. Are you still hunting? If you are as good as I hear you are, I will join you if you like." She began to trot off to where she smelled the most prey. "Im ready whenever you are! She took off at a swift run, loving the feel of her muscles bunching and releasing, propelling her along the bank of the stream. Nothing is better than being a Breezeclan cat, running uninhibited. She called back over her shoulder,"Are you coming?"

[S I L E N T S T E P]

Thornstep took off running. He was as fast as Spottedfur and easily caught up. He smelled the air and began to get into his hunting positon as soon as he spotted a pigon land on the ground.

He slowly aproched the pigon as careful as possible. As soon as he was only a tale length away from it he silently pounced at it. It then saw him and started to flutter away but it was to late. He caught it in his mouth and with one swift bite to its small neck it died.

He dropped it and burried it to come back for later.

[Arrisa]

"Berry ice..." Spottedfur dropped the bird she was carrying and tried again. "Very nice... I mean." She purred, and picked up the pigeon she had caught, one that had been traveling with its now dead companion. She dropped it into a spot close to Thornclaw's. She picked up where she left off. She slowed it to a better pace, and felt the pleasant burn in her muscles. "Starclan must be on our side tonight." She purred low in her throat, a menacing sound. She hunkered down low and eyed a rabbit that had wandered close to the bank of an offshoot of the stream to get a drink, it's full attention on the water. She jumped high and landed on its back, pinning it down. It made an awful squealing noise as it tried desperately to get away. She turned her head in disgust and dispatched it quickly. "I hate the sound they make, but I love the taste."

[S I L E N T S T E P]

Thornclaw nodded tasting the air to see if he could smell any prey. But unfortunaly he smelled none. He started to sllowly walk twoards were he smelled a faint smell of Mouse.

[Arrisa]

Spottedfur watched Thornclaw and followed suit. Today was a slow day for prey at the brook. Him stalking was threatening, the muscles in the cat she was hunting with were bulging and full of deadly potential. She suppressed a shudder and lifted her body up to sent the air that was flowing above their heads. The breeze carried only the smell of fish. She dropped back down to all four paws and dug her head around where she had hidden her rabbit. All the while she waited for Thornclaw to find whatever he was looking for. She picked up the rabbit and shook it, dropping off the dirt. She sat it down and looked at Thornclaw. "We can go back when you're done. These are good for now, considering that everyone has already hunted."