Username: nindroidzane
Cat Name: Russell -> Milkfur
Gender: male
Rank: hunter
Clan: FrostClanAge: 29 moons
Prompt:The barn owls had taken over the rafters of the barn again. They hooted at Russell as he loped in, and he waved his tail at them, half-heartedly trying to shoo them off. They shut up, but remained perched above the doorway, huge eyes staring at him as he flopped into a scratchy mound of hay. He sighed. Good enough, he supposed.
For a while, he laid there, tail flicking absent-mindedly, the owls preening their feathers, the ancient clock going
tick tick tick. It was like this every night. It was like this every day, even. Russell picked at the half-eaten mouse he'd caught earlier that day, but his heart wasn't really in it. It was so boring here. He couldn't remember the last time he'd been excited, the last time his heart had raced with adrenaline or he'd discovered something new and interesting. Back when he was a kit, maybe? When he'd discovered the dogs, or when he'd gotten stuck in the barn rafters? He wasn't sure. It didn't matter, anyway, really. Whatever it had been, it was a long time ago.
An owl hooted at him, drawing him out of his reminiscing. It was eyeing his mouse, wings fluttering impatiently. He rolled his eyes, flicking the mouse towards it. Two of them flew down at once, and he watched them scuffle over it. He and his sister used to scuffle like that, back when they were kits. Maybe that's part of the reason it was so boring around here. She'd been the fun one, after all, always looking out for some new adventure. Maybe she'd had the right idea, leaving the farm.
Russell mulled over that for a while, watching the owls pick at the scraps of the mouse they'd pretty well shredded. It wasn't too late for him to leave, too, if he really wanted to. Sure, he probably wouldn't find his sister, but that wasn't really what he was looking for. He was just looking for something more than this - some excitement, maybe some companionship. He wanted to see the world, make some friends. Some fellow cats, preferably, rather than these pesky owls.
Yeah, that sounded pretty nice. He sat up, shaking the hay from his fur. The owls scattered as he made his way out of the barn, much more energized than when he'd come in. It was time for Russell to find some adventure.
[400 words]