[Ever]

Originally Posted by hxneysuckle

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@Ever @Kitty Mama @|+Tired Rose Child+| ]

Leopardpaw flicked her tail, stalking through the snowy undergrowth in search of prey. As she heart skittering, she approached a tree root, keeping her pawsteps light as to not alert the creature. Many heartbeats passed before she pounced, her jaws latching around a mouse's neck and snapping it. She immediately set it down and covered it with snow, letting the cold keep it fresh while she moved to catch more prey. The Bengal found a bird hopping along the ground, pecking at snow as it searched for some food. Leopardpaw smirked and confidently stalked toward it, though she miscalculated her jump once she finally pounced. She landed just short of the bird, cursing aloud. With a split-second movement, the apprentice leaped up, catching the bird's wing in her jaws and dragging it to the ground. A quick bite to the spine killed it, though she wasn't proud of her messy kill. She decided that the plumpness of the bird along with the mouse would stand in for the competition, picking up both pieces of prey and heading back to the meeting spot.

Dustbreeze continued on, padding carefully in the snow. As hard as she tried though, she could not smell any nearby prey, nor did she hear and wings or scratching of squirrels in the distance. Defeated, she turned back and ratraced her steps. It had been an awful long way to go for one plump mouse. She hoped the others had done better on their hunts. She grabbed her mouse, it was still warm and soft which was a welcome taste in her maw. As the tortie got up the their meeting spot, she noticed she was the first back, but could hear the pawsteps of the approaching Leopardpaw. Dust hoped that she'd gotten the win, but also hoped the apprentice had had better luck than she. Obviously feeding the clan was much more important than her win.

@hxneysuckle @|+Tired Rose Child+| @Kitty Mama