Training Joypaw

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

He hears her and then says stiffly, with just a touch of anxiety, "Joypaw, go get help. I don't need anything to happen to you too." He was, of course, referring to his former mates and apprentice who died/left him, but Joypaw didn't know that.

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

((Hello? Where did everybody go?))

[joygirl33]

(coming Thorny XD)

Joypaw thought she detected sadness in her mentor's voice, but kept her mouth shut and decided not to be nosy. She turned around with a scowl at the intruders, and ran toward camp. "DeathClan intruders!" she yowled at the top of her lungs.

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

He hears her dash towards the DeathClan cats and panics. He yells, "No! Your not ready yet Joypaw!"

[joygirl33]

(um, I ran toward the camp)

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

((xP I knew that. Alright, disregard that last post))

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

Satisfied when he hears Joypaw head towards camp, he turns towards the intruders and says, "Now are you so immoral as to attack a blind, defenseless cat? And a crippled one at that? How awful it must be to live by such rules (or absence of rules xD). You may not view them as bad now, but what about when those rules are turned against you? Will you finally realize that you have been living your life by false truths? Or will you be so selfish that you will only think that you are weak to let that cat kill you and that they deserve the worst?"

[.:.S.:.t.:.o.:.r.:.m.:.]

Stormheart raced towards Thornclaw, Joypaw, Blackdeath, and Sunstreak, snarling. "DeathClan? Again?" She hissed, unsheathing her claws.

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

Relaxes for a second when he hears Stormheart. "Hi, thanks for coming."

[joygirl33]

Joypaw was with Stormheart, panting slightly after the run. "Yes, unfourtunatly". She unsheathed her claws. "When will you fox dung learn that you should just leave us alone?"

[.:.S.:.t.:.o.:.r.:.m.:.]

"I wouldn't miss this, trust me," Stormheart growled. "Listen, DeathClan dung, why don't you just run onto your own little territory and leave us alone?"


Deathclaw trotted up to Stormheart, Thornclaw, Joypaw, Sunstreak, and Blackdeath, a smirk on his face. "Hey, didn't she die?" He asked, flicking his tail at Stormheart.

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

((Dang it! I was having fun with my intellectual games. xD))

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

"Well obviously she is right there, so that was a pretty stupid question."

[joygirl33]

"Well, are you just going to stand there?" Joypaw growled. "Get out of here!"

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

((None of the Deathcats are posting, so we're just going to keep training xP))
Thornclaw marched around the clearing, waiting for Joypaw. He was thinking maybe some battle training. It will be great to teach another apprentice some of the moves of my clan. It will give her an edge over the DeathClan cats. He paced back and forth, becoming slightly impatient. Hmmm....aha! That move would be very useful...oh! and that one too. Now he was getting all excited. Hurry up Joypaw!!

[joygirl33]

Joypaw let her fur lie flat, and shook off her anger. "Are we going to do battle training next?" she asked, her voice quivering in sudden excitement, all traced of anger melting away. Joypaw hoped to become a really good fighter one day. She'd heard apprentices excitedly talk about battle training; some of the movements sounded kind of hard. But she'd get through it and work really hard, hard as she could.

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

He sits in front of Joypaw and wraps his dark tail around his paws. "Yes, we will begin battle training. This is the most fun part, but remember to take it seriously! Okay, we'll start with some basics." He stands up now and looks at Joypaw with a challenging look on his face. "First, always analyze your opponent. This may seem tedious in the beginning, but you'll get faster at it as you practice. Try to decide how quick and strong the other cat is. Then try to look for any weak spots.
Okay, lets try some examples. I'll get in a stance and then you try to find the weak spot. If you get it right, we'll keep going. If you get it wrong, you get a whack and then we keep going, got it?"
Thornclaw crouches down, as if hiding from an enemy (you). By crouching down, he has covered his belly, but left his back exposed because it will be harder for him to counterattack. He watches Joypaw's eyes, watching them shift over him in deep concentration.

[joygirl33]

Joypaw wasn't sure if Thornclaw was serious about the whack or not, but anyhow she concenrated deeply. He didn't leave his belly exposed, but his back was. It'll be harder for him to counterattack, she realized, [/i]and I could get a pretty good grip and land a bite.[i/] "Your back," she mewed confidently.

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

He stood up straight and said, "Correct! Good job. Okay, let us try another one." This time, he does a comical move that he had seen some apprentices do. He lowered his head to the ground, but left his butt in the air. He wiggled from side to side, as if excited, and let out a pretend hiss. This position's awkwardness would probably distract her, but that would just help her self-control.

[Thorn//\\Dark||Shimmer]

((okay Joy, my mind is totally blanked right now, so lets just pretend we've done a few okay? Why not move on to some actual sparing now?))