by agathokakologic » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:27 pm
Starlight scented the air again. Her mouth watered at the scent of caribou. I'm not well enough to hunt caribou.. She realized with a pang of disappointment. She sat there for a while, her tail twitching. Her hunger won her over and she followed the scent. She crouched down to the ground as she spotted large, brownish bodies walking around. She peeked over the small she was hiding behind. The caribou were calmly chewing on some tender shoots( the plant one ). Eyeing a calf that had wandered from the herd, Starlight stalked it. She stepped as lightly as she could. The calf stopped to sniff a patch of grass. Now! Starlight leapt at the calf with her claws outstretched. The calf quickly whirled around and ran towards the herd. I have to lead it away! she landed in front of the calf and chased it in the other direction, but it was too late. As the calf tripped and fell into a snow drift, she finished it off. Delicious. she thought. Turning around with the calf in her jaws, she was about to go back to Cadenza's den when a pair of thick and strong antlers stopped her. And angry looking face was behind the dangerous branches. Starlight whipped around and raced away as fast as she could. The buck flipped her up with his antlers. She landed on her back. The buck came again and whacked her with his antlers. Starlight yowled as the buck threw her up again. She tried to escape the fury of whacks, but every time she tried, the buck would whack her harder. How embarrassing! Starlight thought feebly. After a while, she finally came back to Cadenza with the calf.