Night Patrol

[NightStrike]

Nightstrike walked through the woods by the boarders, silently, ever watchful. In a way, she felt as if it was more effective for her to go alone, it would be quieter, and her reputation alone would be enough to chase off intruders. Hardly any fun. She spotted a squirell, and deciding to take a break from her singular patrol for a hunt, she laid flat to the ground, preparing for the kill. She stalked ever closer, before pouncing, and then biting it's neck, killing it swiftly and painlessly. She hesitated, unsure weather to eat it now, or to take it back to the clan. She shrugged, laying by a fallen tree and digging in. Ivyclan had enough prey now, and it was a scrawny animal, it would be a disgrace to take it back to camp.

[Stella]

The forest was dark, just the way he liked it, crystals where forming too, it was cold, bareleaf would be here any moon now and Forestshadow knew this was a good time to patrol the border, also a good time to hunt mice and other things as they where nocturnal. He heard foot steps and looked around, his glowing eyes blinked, the sent was of Nightstrike, he smiled but did not move he just climbed a tree and waited as she appeared right under him. Soon it would be the perfect place, Forestshadow jumped down right if front of her, he hopped he did not scare her to much but if he did it would be a bit funny, ''Hi''. As most know he did not talk much only when necessary, like now, a hello would be nice.

[NightStrike]

Nightstrike jumped, and was about to tear the fur off the cat that jumped her, when she noticed it was Forestshadow. Huh. So you wanna play that game, do you? She thought, and leaped at the dark brown tabby, claws sheathed. her paws wher expertly placed, not aimed for the head like most cats would do, but to the paws, where she could catch a ducking cat. Of course, she knew Forestshadow would most likely jump, so she made sure waht when she landed, she could jump striaght up, and get his balance upset in the air. she gave a hiss, not a yowl, she didn't want to alert the whole prarie for nothing.

[Stella]

The tom did not see THAT coming, she jumped on him and he tried to duck, but no its like she had it all planed out. He hissed back, and twirled in the air trying to make her dizzy or fall of but it seemed she was prepared. He just sighed and, ''What are you doing?'', Forestshadow demanded an answer, all he was doing was making a great entranced and she jumped him!.

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[NightStrike]

Nightstrike laid down, kept her two front legs over Forestshadow's back. She smiled, almost a laugh in her meow. "Awww, lighten up Forestshadow! You started it, anyway," She said, tail twitching. You know Nightstrike, Forestshadow, though he may be new, isn't all that bad-looking a cat. She thought, blue eyes sparkling. But she didn't know him well enough to make a disision like that. Anyways, she wasn't about to let a mere tom get in her way. She had to work harder, she had to make sure that no one in her clan died because she was too weak to save them, and she couldn't let anyone keep her from doing that!

[Stella]

The tom sighed and turned his head to look at her, ''Dont play the blame game!, now would you like to patrol?'', though he was stern he did have a bit of a laugh to the tone of his voice. He flipped quickly and made her get of his back, he laughed lightly, though he did not wait for an answer, the tom started to walk of he wanted to get his patrol started and over with, Nightstrike was sweet though, maybe even pretty, but Forestshadow never though of these things.

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[NightStrike]

Nightstrike trotted after Forestshadow, tail high. "That's what I was doing before you jumped me," She mewed. She bounded ahead, slowing only when she reached the edge of the wooded strip, gazing out over the creek, outside their territory, blue eyes blazing. Was there a shadow over there? She could have sworn something moved....

[Stella]

[/size=1]Forestshadowwalked on and laughed, he liked Nightstrike, she was an interesting character, but the tom walked on, his tabby paws making no sounds, his green eyes scanned the area, but he missed what Nightstrike saw though the felling that was coming of her made him jump. ''What did you see something!/''. The tom immediately hissed, crouching low to the ground, he was ready for a fight![/blockquote][/size]

[NightStrike]

long, razor-sharp claws kneeded the ground, as if they couldn't wait to dig into weilding flesh. Her icy eyes scanned the area once more, but she saw no other movement, no pelt color that could give away a cat's presence. Nothing, as if nothing was there in the first place. "No, it must have been a bird or something..." She murmered, but her senses screamed at her, a bird would have made noise, there would have been flapping wings, it would have made an alarm call, not the silent shadow she had seen. But Nightstrike tried to make an affort to calm down, move on, though something told her to follow that shadow...

[Stella]

The tom shook his head, he had no idea what to do. But he decided to stalk down what ever it was, but if Nightstrike wanted to come it was her choice, ''Wanna come?''. His tail lashed from side to side, his chest was fluffed out, the tom wanted to get this done with. Soon he would know what that shadow was, good or bad. His nose his the ground, paws moving to the sent of the shadow.

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[NightStrike]

Nightstrike pinned her ears back, she wanted to find out what was over there but It wasn't even in their territory, it was another clan's trouble. They shouldn't go beyond their borders! What if it was another patrol? But something, call it her sixth sense, told Ngihtstrike something bad was going to happen, somthing worse if Forestshadow went alone. "Fine. Let's go," She said, bounding down to the creek and leaping over it easily. But as soon as she was across the dark shadow, another black cat that smelt of the twolegplace lept on her, trying to get a hold on her neck. With an outraged yowl, She pushed the twoleg cat off, with a scratch for good measure, and lept after her, fast enough that she was able to break the rogue's neck with the force needed to kill a pice of prey. She looked around, backing up back towards Forestshadow, there where two more and they didn't look happy that their companion was defeated.

[Stella]

The tom was glad she came, but some how, where they stood, the sound, it was weird. Soon though a cat jumped, it attacked Nightstrike, Forestshadow did not even have time to react, the black she-cat had him killed. ''What in Star-'' Two more cats where there, mad eyes looked at them, Forestshadow then touched the tip of his tail to her shoulder, a way to say, You take one and ill take the other. The tom jumped the larger cat, his claws sheated, he was ready for a fight, Forest's paws hit the tom's flank sending him flying...

[NightStrike]

Nightstrike pulled herself together, sharing a stare-down with the other cat, her ear flicked towards Forestshadow, worrying over her clanmate's protection, bu he was strong, he could care for himself. Her blue-dagger-eyes bore into the orange tabby, her opponent, before she lept without warning. Like Forestshadow did earlier, he leaped, as if he knew better than to duck. Little did that help him, for the black cat with dagger claw and simitar teeth changed her movements so she reached up after the tabby, wrapping her front legs around his back and biting deeply into his soft belly. He twisted out of her grip, running offf and leaving his friend. "Coward!" Nightstrike yowled after him, how could anyone leave behing their companion?

[Stella]

Forestshadow bit down on the cats ear as he collided together, he racked the toms flank and made him fly toward a tree, the white cat hissed, and started to limp back toward Forestshadow. But he was faster, the white cat jumped but he ducked raking his claws on the cats belly, ''Ha that's right you run'', The cat was bleeding and limping, Foretshadow was laughing at the fact that they though they had a chance.''We make a good team, but what was that?'', his green eyes where blazing but confued.

[NightStrike]

Nightstrike looked at Forestshadow, if she was kidding around earlier she certainly wasn't now. Her leader streak was coming out, she was a force to be recond with when her clan could be in trouble. "I don't know, but we need to finish this patrol, case out any other intruders, and report back to Ivystar. He's always said I worried more than a squierrel, and he's about to see just why I am," She said, and splashed back across the stream, the water tugging blood from her paws as she licked dark red from her darker fur, not waiting for her clanmate. She kept her dark blue eyes peeled for any other trained rogues, fur still fluffed out and her strange purr-growl ever-present in her voice.