The Fresh-kill pile

Chestnutpool laughed as she gently dropped two mice onto the kit. "What a nice addition to the fresh-kill pile." She smirked.

Maplekit started mewling snores and flicked an ear after she felt nipping at it. She opened an eye and lazily sunk deeper in the pile, taking a break from uncontrollable excitement. She slept like she never did before and hugged a vole that lay in the pile to get herself back in a deep sleep. Her eyes were soon shut tight and comfortable but lifted a paw to put on her nose from a dream she was having. She meowed and squeaked for help in her horrible dream more like a nightmare as she was trapped in a twoleg nest in her mind. Maplekit tossed and turned her little body and lashed her tail. She snarled with her eyes closed and twitched her nose. She had always hated nightmares.  

Chestnutpool frowned worriedly and nudged the kit gently with her nose. "Wake up."

Maplekits eyes flung open and let out a squeaky yowl with fright but quiet down after she realized she was awake. Under her eyes it was watery and she looked down at the vole she was hugging and back up at Chestnutpool. She shivered and crawled out from the fresh-kill pile and slowly made her way to the kit den. She wasn't moving too fast, her eyes were wide and she was tramatized.

The leader watched the kit with his head tilt slightly to the side. "Hmm," he said as he picked off a small mouse then padded to his den. I'll check up on her soon..

A few moments later Maplekit fell asleep on her way to the kit den. She then woke up and forgot about everything besides her dream. " A warrior can't be afraid of her own dream!" She yowled as she rose to her paws. "In fact... neither can a LEADER! I am MAPLESTAR!" She encouraged herself as she padded back to the fresh-kill pile. "Roar!" She squeaked. " Now I will mark my territer! Umm... I think that's it! My territer is here!" She mewed walking to the fresh-kill pile, not knowing how to mark a territer, thank StarClan, so she started rubbing her face near the fresh-kill pile. "Marked!" She squealed and leaped back up on the fresh-kill pile. "My leader seat!" She picked up a vole and started talking to it. " I am your leader, Maplestar. You are... Vole...claw! Voleclaw! Go on a... hunting... patrol. Now." She meowed and tossed Voleclaw by her side. She mewled a happy mewl. "I like being leader..." She whispered to herself and waited for something to happen on her fresh-kill seat. She picked up a squirrel from the pile with her teeth."This won't be a cat... this will be... food like it is!" She squeaked and took a nibble out of its tail and paw. She spit it out and narrowed her eyes at it, threw it in front of the fresh-kill pile with her mouth... then got an idea. "INTRUDER!" She yowled and pointed at the squirrel with her paw. "Roar! Attack!!!" She grabbed different types of fresh-kill in her jaws and through them at the squirrel. Maplekit leaped down and tackled all of them. " I win!!! My first battle!" She mewled. "Never intrude in MY territer EVER again!" She squealed. She bit the squirrels neck and dropped it back in the pile and the other fresh-kill she threw one by one. " You did good my warriors!" She meowed through a rabbit in her tiny jaws and dropped it down. "Especially you, Rabbit.... TAIL! Especially you Rabbittail!" She squeaked to the last piece of kill, the rabbit, as she put it in the pile. She then leaped back on top and curled up for her rest. She yawned before drifting into sleep.

HowlingStar appeared at the pile, again, placing down a jay. He heaved a sigh and nudged MapleKit off the fresh-kill pile. He frowned slightly and pointed his tail towards the Nursery, "Go back to the Nursery and sleep if you are tired. Or perhaps stay around in camp. The fresh-kill pile is not your play area. You should only come here if you need to." The leader turned and padded away, heading to his den.

"Aww... but where can I play leader?" She wailed. Maplekit let out a sigh and starting trotting to the kit den. She kicked her hind leg in the dirt and continued padding on. "I can't play Fresh-killClan in the kit den... and I can't be Maplestar either." She squealed but kept on going because she didn't want to give Howlingstar a hard time.

HowlingStar chuckled at the kit's response.

MarigoldFlame pads by briskly, dropping a plum vole, "Whoever will be her mentor will have a hard time controlling her energy," she purrs to HowlingStar, looking amused.

MorningFlower trotted over and plucked a piece from the pile, then trotted off.

HowlingStar nodded in agreement then trotted off.

IciclePaw padded up to the pile and placed a small mouse down on the pile, despite the size, she still felt proud that she was achieving. Being in a clan was harder than she thought, but, certainly funner.

The lithe she-cat slipped by the pile, dropping the thrush in her jaws.

Gingerflower tilts her head, looking extremely confused about what had just happened. "Is she okay..?"

ProudFire placed a large brown rabbit on the pile and padded out.

IciclePaw marched in with her first kill that she managed to catch on her own - A large dove. She placed it on the pile then bounced excitedly out.

"That's a reasonably good kill," HonestyPaw meowed to IciclePaw as he examined her kill. That is a really good kill..

Chestnutpool grinned to herself as she watched the apprentices quietly.

Icicle whirled around to face HonestyPaw, a vague smile evident. She wasn't sure how to take the tom - one moment he seemed hositle, the next he seemed alright towards her. "Oh, reasonably, is it?" She shook her head slightly, "For.. A rogue?" She leaped at his ears, playfully nipping them with her white teeth. "Why don't you put your issues with rogues aside for a moment and realize that I have been accepted by everyone in the clan, except you. Maybe you ought to accept cats for who they are, not of their past." She smiled, kindly, then padded out.

She pads in, flicking her tail. She smiles, blissfully. "Hey, IciclePaw!" She purred, grinning. "I heard you're a fantastic hunter."

IciclePaw flushed at the comment, "Really? Y-You heard that?" curiosity seeped into her tone. "Well, I.. I," she wasn't sure how to respond. "Thank you," she said, finally. "I hope to be the best warrior possible!"

ProudFire gently winked to IciclePaw, "I've heard the same," he meowed. "Keep it up." The brawny warrior placed a rabbit on the pile then padded out/.

JayFeather Bounded In Dropping Her Dead Rabbit Onto The Fresh Kill Pile

IciclePaw bowed her head to ProudFire and scampered away.

Hungry, JayFeather Padded In Picking Up A Vole And Layed Down To Eat It.

MorningFlower slips in and takes a mouse.

The brawny warrior grinned then went to the warrior den.

A fluffy black she-cat entered, she sighed tiredly and placed down a large rabbit. She then briskly padded to her den.

Chestnutpool slipped by and dragged the rabbit off of the pile, feeling ravenous. "Still warm." She sighed, content, laying down.

PigeonFeather entered with a limp frog. She dropped it into the fresh-kill pile then contently padded to the camp.

"Looks tasty," shes aid to the pale brown deputy.

"Sure does, doesn't it?" She meowed in reply.

"Eugh. Frogs." She wrinkled her nose in distaste.

The medicine cat padded up to the pile and retrieved a small mouse.

She pads up to PebbleStorm. "Hi!" She meowed excitedly as she chose a shrew herself,

The tom jumped at her loud greeting, grumbling to himself.

The dusty brown she-cat twitched her whiskers in amusement despite the biting cold piercing through her short fur. "Woke up on the wrong side of your nest? Then again, you've always been like that." She stuck out her tongue in a good-natured manner, obviously trying her best to keep her mind off of things.

HowlingStar soundlessly entered. He dropped two freshly killed rabbits on the pile. "Our fresh-kill pile has dropped as we have not been home," he said, "It needs to be replenished."

IcyPaw sniffed around the prey, her eyes shining. "Can I help to hunt?" She said, excitedly. Even though she was a medicine cat apprentice, she wanted to help the best she can.

The leader gave a small smile and nudged the apprentice with his nose. "That is kind of you for offering," he said, "Why not gather some fresh moss for the dens or gather some apprentices and go searching for some herbs. We could always do with fresh moss and more herbs. Soon, MiseryCloud's kits will be here, too. I'm sure they would appreciate some pebbles or feathers to play with when they arrive. You do not have a lot of experience with hunting and so..To send you out into the cold and dangerous forest without someone with you, could be a poor choice. You can learn some battle moves soon, though. Every apprentice needs to know how to defend themselves."

She brightened up. "Hey, good idea! Why did I not think of it before?" She tilted her head to one side, and murmured to herself, "I'll ask PebbleStorm to teach me how to hunt soon." She lifted her head, her pale blue eyes resting on HowlingStar. "I'll go get fresh moss, pebbles, and if I can find some, feathers. I'll go herb-collecting, too." She said, bowing her head before scampering off.

The leader gave her a warm smile then padded to his den.

ProudFire entered and placed a fat bird on the pile.

The pale brownish colored deputy approached the pile. She felt hunger, but the sight of the prey made her feel sick. She flattened her ears and bounded briskly away.

Oh my, Piggy xD

Chestnut's eyes grazed the pile as she bounded by. With a frown, she headed for the pine forest to do some early hunting.

MorningFlower placed a piece of prey on top of the pile, then trotted off.

HowlingStar entered and picked off a frog.

She pads in and at least picked a small vole, eating it hungrily before,picking up a young rabbit, trotting off.

PigeonFeather tiredly places down two mice then frowns, padding to the medicine cat den. Her stomach was swollen; soon the clan would notice..