hunting again

[ryssaroo22]

Seaspiritt was trotting through the medows looking for an unexspecting prey to get in her range. she heard the scuffle of a few other cats near by she trotted over to check it out.

[| .s. u. s .hi. s .hi. r. o. |]

Freewind was pawing at a mousehole on the side of a small hill. She had jsut lost her prey. "Stupid mouse," She grumbled as she turned away from it. She saw a cat emerging from the tall grass. "Seaspirit." The gray tabby mewed in greeting. "How is your hunting?"

[ryssaroo22]

"Well not so good you?" Seaspirit meowed as she looked up at Freewind with as smile, her eyes glistening in the sun she was quiet beautiful.

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Pebblestone was looking for his mate when he scented her near the Meadows. Trotting through the tall grasses, the light gray tom saw Freewind with Seaspirit. "Freewind!" he purred, giving her ear a lick. He turned his green eyes to Seaspirit. "Hello, Seaspirit."

[| .s. u. s .hi. s .hi. r. o. |]

"Pebblestone," Freewind purred, nuzzling the gray tom. Turning to Seaspirit, she mewed. "Would you like to hunt with us? Perhaps 3 minds will be better than 1."

[</cloudii>]

Pebblestone smiled at Seaspirit, hoping the three of them would hunt together. What his mate had said was true. Besides, the Clan was running low on fresh-kill at the moment. He looked towards a tree nearby and saw a vole busily nibbling on some grass seeds. "Hey, over there!" he pointed to the prey with his tail.

[Mouseshadow]

Falcontalon was creeping toward a vole nibbling on seeds. He bunched his muscles, then pounced, slamming the vole's head into the ground and killing it. He was busily digging a hole for the prey when he noticed that Pebblestone, Seaspirit, and Freewind were standing only a couple of tail length away. He looked up and smiled nervously. He thought he was not wanted. Pebblestone and Freewind were mates after all, and they were good friends with Seaspirit. He on the other hand, was not particularly close friends with any of them. Also, they might have seen the vole before he did and considered it their prey. He waited for one of his Clan mates to speak.

[</cloudii>]

Pebblestone hadn't scented Falcontalon, as the other warrior's scent was downwind and he hissed under his breath, not loud enough for the other tom to hear him. Then he flicked his ears and gave Falcontalon a slight smile. "Hello, Falcontalon," he meowed. "Would you like to join our hunting patrol?" he offered, glancing at his mate and Seaspirit.

[Wildshadow]

Dawntear bounded out of the bushes, and greeted Falcontalon with a lick on his shoulder. Then she noticed Pebblestone, Freewind, and Seaspirit near them, and nodded to them in greeting. And to Pebblestone, she said sarcastically, "just like usual, you are everywhere at once. Why am I always running into you?"

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Pebblestone purred in amusement at Dawntear's comment. "Well, I guess I'm just trying to do more for the Clan and you are too, that's why we keep running into each other," he smiled at his former apprentice. "are you out hunting too?"

[Mouseshadow]

Falcontalon relaxed. They weren't mad at him after all. "Hi Dawntear!" he said cheerfully. Turning back to Pebblestone, he meowed, "Sure, I'll come with you. You coming, Dawntear?"

ooc:I will ask this in this thread too. Are Falcontalon and Dawntear already mates even though we didn't finish the 'Dawntear and Falcontalon' one?

[Wildshadow]

ooc - I dunno... Yes, me think so.

"Sure, I'll come!" Dawntear said loudly, then clapped her tail over her mouth. "Oops, sorry. Guess I scared some prey away." She strained to hear some small noises made from prey which were running away, but she heard nothing. "Okay, that was good luck," she joked, "no prey around here to scare away."

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Pebblestone shot Dawntear a stern look and relaxed again, giving Freewind a lick on the ear. He looked at Seaspirit, Dawntear and Falcontalon. "Perhaps spreading out would work better so we don't make so much noise in a group?" he suggested.

[Wildshadow]

"Yeah," Dawntear agreed, "we've got to talk if we are hunting together, right? Sometimes it's much better to hunt alone."

[Mouseshadow]

Falcontalon smiled warmly at his mate, then trotted away toward a thick clump of bracken, hoping to find some prey there, but he was disappointed. Smelling the air carefully he scented a vole and moved farther away from the group to catch it. He breathed in the fresh air and felt that it was a fine day. For some reason, he felt really happy today, but didn't know why. He went into the hunter's crouch and stalked the vole. A few moments later the limp form of the vole was in his jaws. He quickly buried it, then strained his ears to hear what the others were saying or doing, but they were now out of earshot.