Wandering Apprentice

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Swallowpaw sighed, she glanced at Kizzy and mewed, "I guess we should follow him?" She decided that they could hunt later.

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Pinepaw flicked his ears impatiently. "If you're not coming, I'll go without you!" he yowled.

[Snickerdoodle]

kizzy did not see what was so interesting about this run-down section of the two-leg houseplace. But the young clan cat Pinepaw seemed to find it fascinating. She shrugged and followed him,wondering what treasures they would find.

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"Okay, okay," Swallowpaw mewed, "We're coming!" She dashed after her mate with Kizzy close behind.

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Pinepaw froze. He could scent cats, but they weren't Clan cats. Signalling to his mate to be quiet, he crept forwards stealthily. Suddenly, a flash of ginger caught his eyes. There was a mean-looking tom in front of him, and he was flexing his claws dangerously. "Great," Pinepaw muttered.

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"Oh no," Swallowpaw unsheathed her claws, ready for a fight. Suddenly, another cat streaked out behind the ginger tom. It was a light brown tabby, much like Swallowpaw herself. The brown tabby she-cat stood with the ginger tom, waiting for the right moment to attack.
Then the strangely familiar she-cat did something unexpected, "Swallow!" she cried, and flung herself towards Swallowpaw, covering her with licks.
Swallowpaw growled, "What in the name of StarClan do you think you are doing?" and moved away angrily.
"You don't recognize me?" The older brown tabby meowed, her eyes hurt. "I am your mother, Swallow," she whispered.
Swallowpaw's eyes widened in amazement, "You're my mother?" she gasped. No wonder she looked so much like the she-cat. "So you knew Nightfrost and you gave me to him?" he mewed, still a bit suspicious. "And my name is Swallowpaw, not Swallow."

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Pinepaw spat at the newcomers, unaware that the tabby was his mate's mother. "Don't touch her, fox dung!" he growled menacingly. Turning to Swallowpaw, he mewed, "Come on. Let's show these mouse-brains how well we can fight!"

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"No," Swallowpaw hissed softly, "She's my mother!" Her eyes strayed back to the brown tabby that looked so much like herself. Her mate was quite aggressive towards strangers, but she didn't want him to hurt her mother.

[[Hea]ther[/sky]]

_{A dark tabby tom emerged from the shadows. His ice-blue eyes scanned the cats surrounding him. Eagle had been taking a catnap, when he heard yowls, and knew that a fight was either present or about to be present. Stepping forward, the maine coon made a menacing figure, attempting to silence the fight that was inevitable. He heard one, obviously a Clan member with wild scent, say that the tabby she-cat in front of her was her mother. The resemblance was obvious even to Eagle, who had never met either. "What is going on here?" He mewed with his deep voice.}

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Pinepaw looked at Swallowpaw and the tabby stranger. Sure enough, they looked almost identical. He forced himself to relax and flattened his bristling fur.
"Sorry," he mumbled.
Turning around to face the stranger, he mewed coolly, "We're just passing through."
Obviously, his disdain for kittypets was showing through. Like his sister, he had never inherited his mother's fondness for kittypets and rogues...

[[Hea]ther[/sky]]

_{Eagle nodded. "I am Eagle. I live in a house not too far from here. If you need directions back to the forest, please ask me. I know the way." He left out that warrior Clans fascinated him, and he loved to hear about them. The wild had always intrigued the big tom, and now was no exception.}

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Swallowsong dipped her head politely to Eagle, but refused, "No, I think we know our own way back, but thanks anyways," she meowed with an edge to her voice.

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Pinepaw was relieved to see that his mate agreed with him for once. "Let's go," he mewed, and looked at Eagle with hostility in his eyes.
Glancing at Swallowpaw's mother, he guessed from her expression that he wanted her daughter to stay. "StarClan, help me," he muttered to himself, rolling his eyes.

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"Please, Swallow, er, I mean Swallowpaw, please stay," Swallowpaw's mother, whose name was Petal, begged.
"No, Mother, I can't stay, I belong to ShoreClan," Swallowpaw meowed, "I'll come back and visit you sometime I guess."

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Pinepaw steped between Swallowpaw and her mother. "Please, can we go now?" he asked in an exasperated tone. The kittypet was making things worse, and Swallowpaw was obviously trying to resist.