Windy Hills

[Moonraven]

"I can tell." Dreamlight's meow was full of amusement at Littlepaw's comment. She knew they were inside something; it was easier to hear, and the scents were stronger. It smelled of mice, cats, and hay, and some other things Dreamlight wasn't familar with.

"Go ahead and be careful." She gives her approval to Littlepaw without much thought. Even though she worried, she wouldn't keep the apprentice glued to her side and ruin her fun. While Apple and Littlepaw went off to hunt, Dreamlight padded further into the barn. She honed in on the musky scent and softened her steps. She felt straw underneath her paws, but paid no mind to it while she dropped into a hunting crouch and stilled.

Her ears were ramrod straight as she listened to the rustling below the straw. She dives with her paws outstretched, claws hooking and digging into the small lump below the straw. Her claws dig into the mouse's flank as she pulls it free from the straws and finishes it with a kill bite. Her head snaps to the side as she hears another squeak not too far from her.

Wow, there were mice everywhere in here. Dreamlight drops low, leaving her mouse behind, while listening to tiny claws scurry across the floor near a wall. She can't see the hole in the wall, but has no problem picturing the mouse running along the wall on the ground. She creeps slowly, breathing lightly through her nose to avoid drawing attention to herself, and strikes fast as a snake. Her claws hook into the small being's body, and with a bite to the spine, it's added to the small pile.

She was in the middle of catching her third when Hawkfur's call distracted her. She puts too much power into her leap and smacks her nose into a wall so hard that tears spring to her eyes. No one saw that, right?! Her nose throbs, but her claws manage to grasp the tail of her mouse before it can race off, and she ends its life with a bite. She hears more squeaks, but she plops herself on the ground and rubs at her nose. She tasted blood, but didn't feel any cuts or scratches. She hit it hard enough to cause a nosebleed, but she's unconcerned.

As she licks her forepaw and rubs tenderly at her poor nose, she listens for Littlepaw's or Apple's paw steps nearby. She swipes away her tears with the next brush of her paw and gets to her paws, grabbing her mouse. Three mice weren't bad, she was going to have to see if she could come here again later. This was a great hunting spot. She felt a little bad about chasing off the nicer barn cats after getting to know them a little, but this was WindClan's territory, and they couldn't just stay here.
@Mica [Hawkfur] @SuspiciousMindz [Littlepaw] @Idiotic.Bean101 [Apple]