Patrols

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Sandypelt's fur glittered in dawn's early light. 'A day worth a fat trout.' her mother, Flameleaf, had once said. She settled down, thinking of all she had left behind through her life- Brightkit, her loyal, friendly, comforting sister, Flameleaf, her wise, smart mother, Cloudtail, her smart, loyal, strong father, Spotpaw, her helpful apprentice friend, she had loyaly died protecting her, Firesong, her patient mentor, and Nightfoot, her patient, mysterious mentor. Her former life.
Sandypelt recited what Flameleaf had told her before she died- short, but true and caring. "Life is something to be grateful for." Sandypelt murmered under her breath. "Starclan, thank you for this day of Greenleaf." She turned, still thinking of her lost friends and family.
Settling down in front of the camp entrance, and began licking her long pale-ginger pelt. It was a nice day. She shouldn't ruin it by thinking about the negative things in her life. She forced a smile. Why don't I go see Dawnstar? Sandypelt padded over to the fresh-kill pile and plucked a plump sparrow. Carefully, she carried it to the Leader Den. Stopping to think, she decided to ask if she could go on a patrol.
"Hello, Dawnstar." The she-cat greeted. "Would you like to share a sparrow?"
Padding in, she sat down. "Oh, also, may I go on patrol later?" Sandypelt held back the grief of her lost friends from her face, trying to look happy. But she wasn't. "May I please?" Anything to get her mind of her mind of off her former Clanmates.

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Talonwind, the clan deputy, padded out of the warrior's den. The strong rays of sun light warmed his dark gray fur. He stood there a moment to soke in the warmth. He spotted Sandypelt carry a sparrow toward Dawnstar. He padded over to where they where. "May i go on a patrol later?" He heard the she-cat ask. Talonwind padded over in front of Sandypelt and dipped his head. "i couldn't help but over hear, but you can go on a small partol with me." He could see that she wanted to go out and do something very badly.

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Sandypelt looked over to see the tom standing by her. Gratefully Sandypelt nodded. "It would be a pleasure to go on a patrol Talonwind," Sandypelt purred. "I haven't done much around camp recently, thought I could be of help. "If OK, Dawnstar, Talonwind, I would like to share a sparrow among us three. Care to join?" She invited, pushing it toward the center of the trio. "It is a pretty good one." She smiled warmly.

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Nodding Talonwind layed next to Sandypelt and took a bite out of the sparrow. She was right this was a good sparrow. He wanted to take a few more bites, but he didn't want to be greedy. "Thanks! and your right this is a great sparrow." Talonwind meowed after swallowing hs mouthfull. There was a litttle bit left of the bird. Talonwind pushed the rest of the sparrow toward Sandypelt. "Do you want to finish it off? Then we can go." He mewed stading up and shakeing his pelt.

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Sandypelt smiled. She took the last bit of sparrow and swallowed it. After swallowing, she said, "Thanks, it was nice sharing the prey. Ready to go?" she said happily, watching the tom shake out his fur. "Let's go." she meowed. "Where will we go first?" she asked the deputy. "I am good with anywhere, sao you can choose.'' She showed him her golden smile again and her tail swept across her paws as she sat in perfect posture waiting for the tom to answer.

sorry its short

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Talonwind watched as the she cat smile warmly. Her sitting posture was perfect and neat. He sat down thinking of the best place to patrol. 'ThunderClan might want sunning rocks back, so we should renew the scent markers there,' He thought to himself."Hmm....lets check the sunnig rocks," Talonwind replied thoughtfully, "we don't want ThunderClan takeing them back." Once he finished, Talonwind wasked around and started to pad out of camp. He sat outside neatly and waited for Sandypelt.

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"Ok, Talonwind," Sandypelt called after him as he finnally sat down. She stood up, shook out her fur of gathering dust, gave the pelt a quick wash before trotting over to Talonwind.
"Ok," Sandypelt said again as she joined the deputy. "Thunderclan will want Sunningrocks back... hopefully they won't try soon." Partially, it was because Sandypelt was a pretty bad fighter, but mostly because she enjoyed the held peace. "They haven't done much to try to take it, but we can't take down our guard." Sandypelt began to pad out of camp, swishing her tail back in forth as she joyfully walked over to the river. "Come on, Talonwind," she said hapilly as she settled down by the near-by river, located only a minute away from camp. She settled down and waited for the tom.

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He watched as the RiverClan she cat pasted by him. He followed her out of camp and down to the river. She sat down by the bank obviously waiting for him. The sun was high in the sky. The air felt clean and warm. Taking a deep breath, he went down to join Sandypelt at the bank of the river. "Ok lets get a move on, we dont want to be too long." Talonwind mew over his shoulder as he walked to the bank. Across the river was sunning rocks. Into the water now, his paws churrned in the water. He propeled himself across the river to the other bank. Shakeing his pelt he waited for Sandypelt to join him on the other bank.

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"Here I go!" She crossed gracefully, being a good swimmer, and landed softly on the banks of the river. "Sunningrocks. Talonwind..." she said, but decided against it. "Let's go this way," she changed the subject. She began marking the trees as the sun beat her pelt like a frying fish on Sunningrocks in the hottest moon.
"So what have you been doing as deputy?" she asked politly.


(SORRY ITS SO SHORT... I have almost nothing to write though!)

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"Um....well the patrols are going alone nicely," He commented, "And the hunting patrols are bringing lots of nice prey, the clan is well fed." Talonwind maked a tree near the shore. "Well, thats all i think, wait we need to mark a few more over there, i'll go." Talonwind raced over to a clump of trees more in land.' we need to make sure that ThunderClan doesn't try to take this territory.' He thought marking them. Padding back over to where Sandypelt was, he meowed," I think thats the last of the markers, lets hunt first before we have to back." He went over to the bank and waited for a fish to flash by. He flashed out a paw and hooked his clawing into the slippery body. He killed it with a blow."The clan can never have enough prey!" He mewed to Sandypelt warmly.

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"Right you are, Tally ol' pal!" she said loudly as she returned the warm smile. She grinned wildly as she prepared herself for the capture. Within seconds a fish-shape that glittered in the sun sparkled in the river. Her paw whipped in and after a splash it flopped in her claws. She killed it with a blow and it became limp. "Hmm, should I leave it here?" she asked the deputy, whisking her ginger tail toward a patch of grass. She carefully took it in her mouth as she waited for an answer. Her eyes sparkled with laughter; Talonwind seemed to be a friendly cat, though she hadn't talked to him much before. She already considered him a friend.

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"No we should maybe bring them back to camp." Talonwind grinned. He loved her enthusiasm and joy. Talonwind picked up his fish and padded to the bank of the river. With a shiver, he slipped into the icy water. With his strong legs, Talonwind swam across to the other side. Once on the other side he waited for the riverclan she cat to cross over. His mouth watered as the smell of fish clogged his senses. Dropping the prey, so as not to be tempted, Talonwind called over to Sandypelt. "Come on, we don't have all moon!" His voice was full of happiness.

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Sandypelt dove into the water with a splash. She raced across, scaring every fish around. "Sorry," she said as she shook her pelt out. She carried her fish back.
Sandypelt felt a special connection with the deputy- it was almost like she had known him her whole life, though they had only met several times before this event. She looked at Tally with deep thought and consideration; he probably didn't feel the same way. Talonwind kept walking, fast forward, and apparently didn't notice her stare. She sighed, but hoped Tally didnt hear.
Sandypelt shook out her pelt again to rid of the drops still left, spraying Talonwind. She laughed loudly and grandly. As a way of showing no hard feelings, she said sweetly, "Nice prey."

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Tally her Sandypelt's sweet meow. "Thanks, you didn't do too bad either!" He replied warmly. "We better go back before i eat this pray, i feel like i ate that sparrow MOONS ago!" He turned and padded away from the river bank hopping the she cat was following. 'She has been so nice to me its like we where best friends already!' He thought happily. Lost in his thoughts, Tally tripped over a root and tummbled to the ground. Quickly, Tally jumped up and gave his chest a few embaressed licks. "i hope Sandypelt didn't see that!" He mummbed to himself picking up the fish.

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Sandypelt's gaze swept over the flowing river. It looked beautiful, in the sunlight. "Thanks," she said happily, flicking a pebble into the water. "I know, I am starving! And my apprentice probably is dying to get out." She sighed, it seemed she never got to go out and just fish or go on walks anymore. It is always huge patrols, training lessons, anything besides relaxing. Though this was a patrol, at least it wasn't with five cats and forcive work, this was fun, hardly considered a hard patrol. "We are almost here," she said, almost dissapointed that she had to go back to hard work. She turned her attention back to Tally, who padded in front of her. "Race you back," she said challengingly, half laughing.