"Here's a small trick, that my mentor taught me." AmberFlame said,
wrapping her tail over Ripplepaw's eyes. "Okay, feel with your
paws, and taste with your tongue, and breathe the fresh breeze."
AmberFlame said, her mind been telling her there was closer prey
nearby.
He did what she said. Once he lifted his head up he scented more
than just the mouse. "There's a Robin in the trees as well as a few
rabbits" he whispered naming some of what he scented.
Ripplepaw nodded and began to focus. He then felt the movement of
the rabbit in the leaves he looked at Amberflame slightly and
whispered "I feel movement in the leaves"
"The leaves are a key, but try the soft movement of the shifty
earth beneath the animals, listen. Keep your eyes close and follow
the prey." Amberflame said, as she gently unwrapped her tail, and
moved away. "Follow your chosen prey, and prepare to kill it."
AmberFlame said.
Ripplepaw nodded and crouched down. Focusing his attention on the
movement in the leaves he parted his jaws, and scented the rabbit
causing the leaves to move. He then narrowed his eyes and saw the
rabbit had its back turned to him, and it was eating at a small
patch of grass. Ripplepaw then slowly crept up on the rabbit
carefully. He thought of where he could place his paws as to not
move the earth as much as possible. He then was less than a tail
length away from the rabbit when he bundled his muscles and leapt
at the rabbit killing it swiftly.
He thought for a moment "he taught me how to fight, as well as the
hunter's crouch, and what to do when you fight a fox" he said
trying to summarize all he learnt.
"Okay, so the bush jump exist of three cats, each one angled
themselves to the bush, a cat would give a signal to the other cats
and they would pounce on their prey that they picked." AmberFlame
explained to them.
Ripplepaw watched silently he wanted to wait and see if he could
jump in and catch something. He then saw a bird fly up from the
bush, he jumped up and hooked the bird before it got out of claw
range.