LeopardClan: The Clan of Powerful Swimmers and Climbers

"Fresher over there." She mewed, flicking her ears towards the edge of the undergrowth by the pond. "I think we could. We're strong enough and big enough." She hummed, her tail flicking excitedly. "Maybe this could be our chance to prove ourselves as warriors!" She squeaked, glancing around. she couldn't see the herd, but she could smell them faintly.

Rosepaw nodded, almost bouncing in excitement before she contained herself. "Yeah, definitely feels like it!" She squeaked, leading the way over to where she had scented the antelope more freshly. She crept along the trail, jaws parted to take in more scent. Before long, she spotted the herd and kinked her tail over her back as a warning to Rainpaw. "Found them." She breathed, creeping around one side to tackle one of the young antelope.

Rosepaw nodded to herself as she crept forward, getting closer and leaping at their target, hanging onto its flank before she knocked it off balance and let go to change to a new target from the now scattering herd. She could manage to get another one, she had to! Rainpaw could easily finish off the injured antelope, right?

Rosepaw quickly swerved to change targets, seeing that her friend needed help. She raced ahead, managing to trip up the prey and grab onto it as it fell, dragging her with it and wrenching her paw in the process. She snarled around the kill and slowly pushed herself up, wincing around the throat. She dropped the prey and looked down at her injured paw. "Ow..." She squeaked, flexing it to check the damage. "Should get this back and go see Ashcreek."

((Okay. Night, friend!))

"Ugh... Yeah. I think so, just wrenched my paw really badly." Rosepaw panted, testing her weight on the paw before she yowled in pain and leaning against her denmate. "Yeah, let's get back to the pool first. That might help with my paw." She whined.

"Sorta... Nothing feels broken." She mewed, leaning on her denmate until they reached the pool. She dropped her kill next to the water before she lay down and let her injured paw dangle into the cool water. "I'm sure that I only wrenched it..." She insisted.

Rosepaw twitched her whiskers in amusement. "Yeah. And you do have a dark pelt." She mused, sighing in relief as the cold water soothed her paw. It was a hot day, especially with the drought but she felt better, knowing that LeopardClan was in a more sheltered area of the desert. "At least we have the trees for shelter and aren't left in the full heat of the sun."

((If you can, you should look up videos of leopards swimming. It's so weird to watch.)) Rosepaw flicked her ears in response, closing her eyes before she slid into the water with a splash. She shook her head as she resurfaced and Rainpaw mentioned seeing a fish. "Really? Should we try to catch it?" She asked. LeopardClan typically didn't eat fish, but it could help feed the clan.

Rosepaw hissed in surprise, quickly following suit and scrambling onto the bank. "Okay never mind!" She rushed, grabbing her own antelope before limping in the direction of camp. The cold water had helped numb the pain in her paw for now, but she was still favouring it as they returned to camp, running into Ashcreek along the way.

"What happened?" The stoic tom asked, stopping the two apprentices upon seeing Rosepaw limping awkwardly and half dragging her kill.

((It's all good. I understand that shiz happens, it happens. If ya need to talk, I can usually offer an ear.))

Rosepaw glanced aside. "I think I wrenched my paw." She told the medicine cat, her ears flattening as the trio returned to camp. "Yeah, we caught it ourselves with no help from any warriors!" She chirruped, looking up at Dawnstar as they padded into camp.

"Impressive catch, you two." Dawnstar rumbled, leaping down from her perch in the tree that she usually slept in. "It's been a while since I've seen two apprentices take down two antelope by themselves!" She praised, pressing her muzzle to the top of their heads. "I don't think that you two have been to the Vanishing Cave yet to visit with StarClan."

((Oh hah. Well still, either way. You are young friend, I must mother. If you don't mind, that is.))

Rosepaw nearly leaped into the air from excitement, though her paw kept her from bouncing around. "I think I uh, wrenched my paw while taking down one of the antelope." She mumbled, her ears folding to the side sheepishly.

Ashcreek growled, cuffing the large apprentice over the head before leading her to his den to patch up her paw. Before long, he returned with the embarrassed apprentice. "You can leave tomorrow at dawn. Until then, Rainpaw, I want you to make sure that Rosepaw doesn't stress her injury." He growled. "She did wrench her paw pretty badly, but she should be fine by tomorrow."

((Good. Because as my friend, you're gonna be mothered a lot. Especially since I'm much older and it's habit.))

Rosepaw nodded sullenly before she head-butted her denmate in excitement. "Yeah! That's also the last step before we can become warriors!" She squeaked, her tail lashing in excitement. She would have been bouncing up and down, but she didn't want to hurt her paw even more. "We'll be crossing between LionClan and CaracalClan territory!"

((I feel. XD Yup. Most people that help me with clans and rp with me become my friends pretty fast.))

Rosepaw nodded solemnly before she chuffed softly. "They can't stop us from heading to Vanishing Cave! Besides, we can take on a couple of lousy caracals!" She scoffed, grinning. "Yeah, let's get the rest of the clan first." She agreed, dipping her head. Once they had fed the rest of the clan, she settled down with a leg from one of their antelope and started eating outside the apprentice den. Even with the two of them, the den was starting to feel a little crowded.