Maplepaw training with Pigeonheart

Finally, Finally she had a mentor again, and it was the very mentor that had successfully trained her brother into being the young warrior he was today. If he'd trained him then surely he'd be able to train her too right? Galloping over the ground her paws making soft thudding noises as they carried her over the ground, the red apprentice skidded to a halt in the clearing where Pigeonheart had asked to meet her. Her tail wagged fiercely behind her, betraying her eagerness to learn from the male, greeting him respectfully "Good Morning Pigeonheart! I'm ready to start my training to become a warrior!". She had to admire the grey and white warrior, he'd tolerated her brothers bad mouthing and had trained him well, and thus the admiration shone a little in her gaze while she observed him awaiting his response eagerly. She couldn't wait to begin, would it be hunting? Fighting? Although she usually preferred to solve matters peacefully it was part of the warrior code to be able to fight to chase off rogues and defend her clan should the need arise.

Standing there and listening as her mentor began in his long winded way explaining that to become a warrior she had to learn a variety of skills that'd hopefully help her out once she was promoted. Privavtley rather reluctant to learn about how to fight others as hurting another wolf wasn't something she ever wanted to do, Maplepaw kept her mouth quiet on that front and instead nodded in silent agreement. Pigeonheart continued to ramble on, informing her that they'd start with defensive fighting and that the first move she had to learn was called the 'roll over'. Paying close attention as he explained the move in detail she began to visualise how she'd preform the movement, however surprise flickered over her features when her mentor announed that he'd come at her and she had to roll over out of the way. "I... I'm not sure i'll be very good at fighting Pigeonheart, could you show me the move first please? I'm sure i'll be able to figure it out better if you show me Pigeonheart, you know heaps after all!" she very openly admired her mentor, after all he'd taught her big brother Blackadder how to be a great warrior! With Pigeonhearts expert guidance she too would become a warrior, never as great as her brother or as Pigeonheart but she'd be able to serve her clan. Green eyes studied the large grey warrior, waiting with baited breath for him to show her how it was done, she had so much to learn. In truth she had little self esteem, she would never be a good warrior like her brother, there was a definite lack of belief in her abilities and future. She was nothing, she was worthless, all she had ever done was get into trouble and get others into trouble, she was so stupid and pathetic. The negative voice in her head never stopped, it was always there ripping her down, souring moments, leaving her feeling alone in the world, she was so terrible for wanting to be loved, for wanting to be wanted and appreciated. The negative voice continued to swirl around and around in her head, reinforcing the negative core beliefs she had about herself, and yet she never spoke about the loud voice. It wasn't her place to bothers others with her issues that were all in her head, around others she was able to hide what she felt and come across as happy and simple minded. At least she had a shot at becoming a warrior with such a good mentor who'd proven his abilities with training as her brother Blackadder as mentioned before was surely one of the best warriors in the clan.