Battle Training ((Puddle and Rain))

[Puddle]

Puddle sat in the mossy clearing, waiting for his mentor. Where was she? Rain told him to meet her here for some battle training. Puddle was excited! It was his first official fighting skills. A crack sounded from the bushes behind him and he whipped around.
"Hello?" he called. "Is anyone there?"
He shrugged and turned back to the empty clearing. Puddle waddled into the middle of it and glanced around again.
"Rain?" he asked.
There was no reply. So he started practicing his moves. First, he lashed one with one flipper then twisted and kicked with his foot.
Not bad, he thought to himself.

[Rain]

Rain crept up to the mossy clearing, hiding behind boulders and chunks of ice. She saw Puddle practicing his best moves. He's not so bad! Maybe even decent... She tried to move closer but to no avail. The leader tripped over flakes of dried snowballs and fell flat on her face. Icehead! she scolded herself. What's the matter with you? Rain tried again but Puddle was already wary.
"Hello?" he called. "Is anyone there?"
"Just little old me," Rain muttered under her breath.
Then when Puddle turned his back, Rain leapt from behind the ice boulder and landed on Puddle's back. Perfect... She twisted around so she unbalanced Puddle and landed with her beak on his tail feathers. She clambered off and licked her shoulders.
"That is a sneak attack my young apprentice," she smiled and looked over her shoulder at Puddle.

[Puddle]

Puddle was surprised when something landed on his back. Of course he HAD to turn his back right as something was coming. He tried to flip over but the object was too heavy. He let himself go limp and the attacker rolled off of him. Weird.. Only when he sat up did he see that it was only his mentor Rain. She was licking her shoulders and smirking. He
shook himself and sat up straighter.
"I see," he said and raised one eyebrow.
He met her crystal blue eyes and then quickly looked away. How embarassing.
"What else can you teach me?"

[Rain]

Rain smiled. Her apprentice was so eager to learn and she was proud to have Puddle as her apprentice. She stopped licking her shoulders and stood up when Puddle asked if they were going to learn anything else.
"Of course," she said briskly. "The next move you'll learn is the drop kick."
Rain dropped onto her belly and stalked towards a piece of ice, her pretend enemy. Then she leaped up in the air and lashed out with one foot. She landed on top on the ice block and started raking it. Then she hopped off and turned to Puddle.

[Dasani]

Dasani stumbled through the snow, late to her first battle training meeting. She was supposed to meet Rain and Puddle here but she had gotten lost. She was so scared and relieved when she finally made it here. She breathed a sigh of relief and let the sweat wash away from her face. She heard voices up ahead and burst into the mossy clearing. Rain and Puddle were already there and training. "Um hi," Dasani whispered. She was so embarassed! She waddled backwards until she lay crouching on the ground. "Icehead!" she scolded herself. "You're so bad!" She hung her head and waited for the scolding to come.

[Puddle]

Puddle whipped around after Rain demonstrated the next move called the Drop Kick. He shrugged and started the move but then he heard someone or something running into the clearing. He whipped around, his heart pounding. He slowed down when he realized it was only Dasani. He sighed, relieved. "Dasani," Puddle gasped. "You scared me!" He waddled up to her and brushed against her flipper. "Are you alright?" he questioned. "Are you joining us for practice?" The young wing cocked his head and waited for her reply. He couldn't wait for the next day when he would be free and smarter.

[Rain]

Rain jumped when Dasani approached. She hadn't expected the young wing to arrive, she was so late that Rain thought she wasn't coming. She quickly composed herself and licked her chest fur. Everything was okay... She trailed off in thought but snapped back when she saw Puddle waddling over next to Dasani. Yeah everything was okay after all. She scampered over next to Puddle. "Hey Dasani," she said. "Are you joining us?" She hoped Dasani would want to train. "We'd be glad to have you!" she added as a second thought. She waved one flipper in the air while she waited. She was bored easily and wanted something to do. She remembered the way Puddle did the Drop Kick. He was good!