Sparrowsong Shows Tiggerpaw Territory

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Sparrowsong headed toward the lake from the Windclan camp, Tiggerpaw hard on her heels. They raced over the open moor and stopped once they got in sight of the Lake. Sparrowsong made sure Tiggerpaw was keeping up before she turned north and ran over a hill. Then, she stopped as she reached a small stream.

"Tiggerpaw, this stream flows down from the Moonpool farther north." she meowed. "All apprentices go to the Moonpool sometime during their apprenticeship. That is where StarClan comes to speak with medicine cats and leaders." She made sure Tiggerpaw got a good look at the stream before they jumped over it nimbly and continued to go north on the other side.

"Tiggerpaw," she mewed as they skidded to a stop at the ThunderClan border, "what do you scent?" She paused as the apprentice took in a deep breath.

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Tiggerpaw took a deep inhale. "ThunderClan prey, and ThunderClan cats. The border is near, so I smell both WindClan and ThunderClan scent markers."
The apprentice glanced at his mentor, hoping that was the right thing to say.

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Sparrowsong purred. "That's right." She turned northeast. "That is the way to the Moonpool." She turned back around and bounded away back towards the lake. "Hurry up, we are now going to go down towards the RiverClan border."

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Sparrowsong came skidding to a halt in front of the RiverClan border. "Now," she panted, "what do you smell?"

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Tiggerpaw, panting heavily, stopped at the RiverClan border next to his mentor. He let the air run past his open mouth, and then mewed, "I can smell RiverClan-a slightly fishy, damp smell. There's stale smells from the many cats that came this way during the Gathering, and of course, the smell of fresh kill." Tiggerpaw licked his chest then glanced up at his mentor.

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Sparrowsong was impressed. "Great job!" she purred. She turned and headed towards horseplace. She and Tiggerpaw stopped when they got there. "This is Horseplace. See those horses? Their hooves could kill a cat in a single step. You must be careful around here. Now it is getting late. Lets head back to camp."