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Her breath danced about her in soft plumes as the pretty tortoiseshell trotted through TreeClan's territory. She had decided to go hunting again, knowing that the Clan could use the extra prey. Her paws moved with ease through the snow that coated the ground, feeling it crunch slightly beneath her weight. She knew that once she arrived at her destination, she would need to move more silently, or she'd scare off all the prey that the Clan so desperately needed to feed itself. Hazel-green eyes scanned the area, recognition slowly settling in, leaving the beautiful she-cat to slow her pace.

Hesitating for a moment, Brokensong gave a slight frown. She recalled the last time she had come out here, hunting alone. It hadn't been quite so cold, and she had managed to get herself stuck in a fallen tree. Her coat bristled slightly at the memory, recalling the three trespassing NightClan cats who had waltzed about as though it were nothing. It had really shown her how much of a concern she was. Her tail twitched slightly in irritation, until she remembered the rather sudden and possibly painful way they had been forced to leave the territory. Karma is a magical thing.

Feeling a little better at the thought, clinging to the belief that no bad deed would go unpunished in the end, Brokensong continued on her way. Her movements were more careful now as she stalked silently through the woods. She had to be extra careful, for the mute she-cat's black, orange and white coloring didn't exactly do her much good in these Leafbare months. Cats like Skyfall and his sister, Swandive must have had a much easier time than her during this snow-covered season. Her feathery tail danced behind her, though she stayed aware of it, being certain not to hit something on accident.

Jaws parted slightly, drawing in the nearby scents as she searched for any sings of life. She was patient, and understood that during times like these, prey didn't run around through the woods all willy-nilly. She might be searching for a while. She didn't mind padding about the forest for a bit. It gave her some time to think about how things were going, things that had happened, and wonder about what might happen in the near future. And recently, she couldn't help but think about a certain tom. Smiling softly to herself at the thought of Zephyrfang, a new energy seemed to fill her.

Her ears pivoted rather suddenly atop her head, causing her head to swing in the direction she'd heard something. Her eyes couldn't find the source of the noise, but the scent that wafted to her open mouth told her that there was a mouse nearby, one that had dared venture out in the cold for whatever reason. Lowering her body slightly, she began a proper hunter's crouch, searching out the creature using nothing but scent and her hearing. Her ears twitched and turned, leading her forward, while she moved to stay downwind of the prey on this brisk Leafbare day.

The tortoiseshell she-cat was settling back on her haunches, preparing to pounce when something caught her attention. Her frame froze, hazel eyes flashing away from the mouse that she had finally located, to a new area. Someone is coming... Jaw parting slowly, not wanting to make any noise that might alert the mouse, she tried to figure out who it was. She prayed to StarClan that they wouldn't scare the mouse. At the thought of losing the piece of prey, she turned her focus away from the intruder, back to the mouse, her body once more preparing to pounce.

[Insidious]

Grayowl

The scent of flesh hung in his nasal cavity, tempting him deeper into the wintry domain. The scent of TreeClan was powerful in the area, leading him to believe that another had previously traveled his path. He cared not of the other’s whereabouts, for his focus was fully dedicated to that of the hunt, and he would not be driven to seek out his companion nestled somewhere in the nearby shrubbery until his deed had been completed. The sleek warrior spotted his target from behind a concealment of brambles, his limbs immediately locking beneath him to accustom to that of a professionalized hunter’s crouch. Yellow eyes scanned the creature’s body, his tongue surfacing from its lethal chamber to outline his lips, pulled back over his teeth in preparation to interlock its helpless figure between two rows of sharp weapons. Little did he know that disguised to his right was another, the feline that he had scented earlier far closer than he had originally believed. He was not aware of her having crouched previously in the hopes of catching this mouse in particular, and so it was sheer luck that he unwinded his legs first and leaped forth from his hiding place, a mighty paw trapping the mouse’s tail so that it may squirm diligently, though without any chance for escape, beneath his weight.

Mid-pounce a flash of unusually bright pigmentation had been noted through his peripherals, and with certainty that he could glance away without his prey escaping his grasp, the gray warrior curiously glanced over muscular shoulders to spot the mute she-cat, Brokensong, positioned in her own hunting crouch, having had her meal stolen from directly beneath her nose. A creepy smile entwined itself across the tomcat’s jaw, dipping his head in silent greeting to the she-cat before he averted his attention back upon the creature that he had yet to finish off. “My sincerest apologies, Brokensong.” A nimble paw, claws unsheathed, trailed lightly up the length of the mouse’s body, delicately pinning it to the ground and observing how utterly feeble it was. What a shame that a creature existed in this world that had no semblance of power, its life able to be claimed with the simplest notions of one of the forest’s prized predators. He drew tiny circles with his claw on the mouse’s neck, repeating this rhythmical momentum until an abrupt pressure sent a spine-tingling snap through the clearing, filling the warrior’s ears with sudden pleasure. It created a slow death for the creature, as he did not immediately target the spine or clench its throat within his jaw. Releasing it from the weight of his paw, he watched the creature, stunned with agony, as the tip of its tail slowly vibrated in its place. Slowly, he peeled away his eyes to refocus on Brokensong, offering to her another gentle smile before he collected the mouse in his jaw and tossed it toward her. It landed with a hard thud on the ground mere lengths from her paws, and with the smile having newly reached his eyes, he gestured for her to end its misery. “I did not mean to steal your prey from you. Please, do accept the task of finishing what I have wrongfully started.”