(𝓈) Hawk Fire ♕

Hawkpaw padded close to his mentor, Nightstorm, as she led her party and the rest of the apprentices to the training hollow. He heard Snowpaw shriek something about scabs on the trail, but he ignored it.

"Hawkpaw," Said Nightstorm, "Have you figured out what we will be hunting yet?".

Hawkpaw closed his eyes and tried to distinguish the scents in the air. He could smell his pack mates, some carrion from the camp, and another scent he couldn't quite put his paw on. He looked up to his mentor and shook his head.

"It's a porcupine" She answered with a chuckle. "I know you haven't eaten that yet so don't feel bad that you couldn't figure it out."

Hawkpaw nodded. "Can I try stalking the prey this time? I really think I can do it now that I know what it smells like." Hawkpaw pleaded with a determined smile. Nightstorm hummed in thought before agreeing to his request.

"Alright, but don't get too excited. You'll scare them away like that".

As the conversation ended so had the trail as they arrived at a grassy clearing with a canopy of trees to his left, and a large twisting river to his right. Hawkpaw knew what was expected of him and shoved his nose to the ground, searching for that foreign scent again.

He struggled to discern the mingling of scents from that of the porcupine but eventually spotted it foraging within some distant bushes. Hawkpaw's feet started on their own accord, racing towards the porcupine, but halted to a stop when his mentor barked at him.

"Hawkpaw, what have I told you before! You are the stalker, not the chaser. Leave the running to the rest of your team." Nightstorm scolded and called him back to her side. Hawkpaw watched as the other mentors and apprentices chased after the porcupine.

Instead of following the rest of the pack, his mentor had him wait by the trail as punishment for misbehaving. The party returned in about half an hour, Lightningpaw carrying the dead porcupine in his jaws with his tail wagging behind him.



**Hawkpaw has an important reputation to uphold being the firstborn of the pack leader, Redtail. He won't let his parents or his pack down. He may not be able to succeed his father as the new leader but his offspring will pave the way for a stronger generation. It's his job to make sure they are ready to lead their pack and pass down both his and his father's genes.**

WN: Hawkfire
Parents: Redtail & Fernblossom
Siblings: Rosestorm
Mentor: Nightstorm
Future Mate: Badgerfang
Friends: Lightningstrike, Snowsong, Rosestorm, & Badgerfang (Bloodsplatter too I guess, lol)
Enemies: none