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A rustle eminates from the bushes. Dawnstar pulls her ears forwards and opens her mouth slightly. Creeping forwards she leaps and catches her prey. A small dunnart, not much but its better than nothing, especially this time of year. With everything so dry, its been a hard leafbare. With no other scents near by and the sun starting to rise Dawnstar heads back to camp carrying her small prey. Craterclan moved to their leafbare camp only a few moons ago. The Winter camp is similar to the summer camp in that there’s a larger burrow by the base of a white gum, providing shade and shelter from the hot desert sun. But the winter camp is nestled in the side of the hill to shade from the sun.
Snowspark pads up to Dawnstar “Hey good to see you found something, I’ve been out all night and come up empty”
“Yeah I brought it back to share, winter is hard for everyone. Have you seen Windgaze? I’d don’t want them to miss out”
“I think they were out near Summer Camp before, but I haven’t seen them for a while…”
“Lets prepare camp while we wait I guess, I hope they’re back soon.”
As the sun rises there’s still no sign of Windgaze. “Dawnstar, what do we do? Where do we even look?”
“Windgaze isn’t silly, they’d need somewhere to hide from the sun. We should begin by skirting the border that’s where most threats would be, but there’s also trees that will allow us to rest. I just hope they’re okay”
“Me too. Should we wait until the sun is a little lower? Its no use us looking if we’re only going to get ourselves in our own trouble.”
“That’s true, I’m just so worried, I don’t want to wait that long but I fear we must.”
Dawnstar can’t help but pace inside the den, sleep escaping her paws. Anything could’ve happened to Windgaze, from the lack of water to the abundance of predatory birds…
Finally! The sun has dipped behind the peak of the crater’s ridge.
“Snowspark I can’t wait any longer we need to go now”
“Alright, let’s go”
The two cats traced the edge of the crater, no sign of Windgaze by the time they reached Ridgeclan territory. They then followed the border almost taking a bee-line for the centre of the crater, where the summer camp is.
Nearing the camp some scratching could be heard from inside the camp from about where the other burrow is.
“Psst. Snowspark! That sounds bigger than a cat! What if its already gotten them?”
“I-“
A hiss and a yowl strike the two cats ears and cause them to almost jump out of their fur.
“Windgaze! She’s alive!” they both hiss
A short bark follows shortly after
“Dingo?!”
“Dingoes can’t climb right? Quick head up the tree maybe that’ll bring it away from the burrow”
Dawnstar and Snowspark Scramble up the tree and its only moments before the dingo snaps its head around and jumps for the 2 scrambling cats. It’s snapping jaws inches away. It’s front paws slam against the white bark of the tree, almost shaking the cats from their perch. Its hind paws landing right near the burrow barring Windgaze’s escape.
A yowl of surprise escapes Windgaze’s mouth.
“Rats! Snowspark, we’re stuck, and so is Windgaze!”
“Windgaze! Hang tight we’ll surely find a way out of this!” Snowspark called.
Moments later a flash of white streaks the desert.
“Oi! Dingo! Over here! Bet you cant catch me!”
“Who is that?!” Snowspark hissed.
“Doesn’t matter now’s our chance”
The two cats jump down the burrow and sprint back towards the winter camp, and not long after a fourth set of pawsteps joined them, quite a way behind. Trees and wind rushed by the four cats. Darting back and forth between the few clusters desert grasses. They slowed down as they became certain that the dingo was gone. They reached the camp just before sunrise the new cat not far off their heels.
“In here. You too stranger!”
The cats began to settle in the den as they prepared for sleep.
“Why’d you save us back there?” Snowspark inquired
“I love a bit of adventure and you guys looked like you were in a bit of a pickle so I thought why not? You’re safe now aren’t you?”
“I guess, you’re right, who are you??”
“I’m Snowflake That Drifts, and this is Blizzard, we’re from somewhere very different from here, its cold and we have those big hairless animals that live with us ” From the cats fluffy fur, a small white ermine emerges.
“Hey I’m Blizzard” the small bundle of fur called.
“Its wonderful to meet you both” greeted Dawnstar
“Hey, hey, hey” Greeted Windgaze
After they introduced themselves they all settled in to sleep for the day
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