Hunting Rabbits

[Wingstar]

Wingstar gazed down at the rabbit warren situated at the bottom of the moores. She had been waiting for two things to happen. The first was for someone to arrive from the camp. The second, was for one of the rabbits to stray far enough from the group for her to catch. Since Wingstar was so big, she could not hide in the grass as well as other cats. She had to make sure that the odds were in her favor before she even began to hunt. She looked back over her shoulder towards the camp, which was just a black splotch in the distance.

[owly ✿]

Zerowing's black pelt was a bold streak in the barren plains of windclan. The tom's yellow eyes glowed as he trotted with a steady gait towards the local rabbit warren. he had hunted there alot. Rabbits were easy prey for the long-limbed tom. his fur ruffled up in clumps as the breeze tussled it around. Zero gazed around and saw a lump hunche over near some tall grass. He slunk over careful not to disturb the rabbits.

As Zerowing got closer he reconized the she-cat's pelt. His paws carried him closer still and then as he got within hearing distance Zero mewed to the leader. His midnight sky hued pelt was flattened to his lithe body as the wind blew around wildly. Zero sat down quietly.

"How is the hunting going Wingstar?"

[Wingstar]

Wingstar turned her head to look at Zerowing. "Slowly" she answered, keeping still so as not to be seen by the rabbits keeping watch over the warren. "When you're as big as I am, it's hard to catch prey without being seen." The wind blew the scent of rabbit towards the two cats, and Wingstar turned her gaze back to the warren. "I'm waiting for one of them to stray far enough away from the warren for me to catch."

[owly ✿]

Zerowing nodded at wingstar's response. His banana colored eyes gazed over the rabbit warrens and his eyes were eract looking for any sign of a hare seperated fro mthe big group. He noticed a fat grey colored rabbit nibbling in some clover it looked like. Zero looked at the terrain and it looked like an almost perfect landscape for him and Wingstar to trap the prey.

The black pelted tom flicked his tail toward the rabbit and spoke.

"Over there Wingstar."

His body when into hunting mode and he slunk through the brush. The grass barely russled as he weaked his lithe body through it. Zerowing hoped wingstar was following. He was sure she was smart enough the figure out the plan. The tom's paws filed forward over the tough land.

[Wingstar]

Wingstar padded forward, Her body low against the ground, and her ears pulled back. She stuck to the tall grass, avoiding the areas with little cover. She kept one eye on Zerowing's black form, and the other on the rabbit who had strayed from the rest of the group.

[owly ✿]

Zerowing's smooth form slunk through the grass like a whisp of a ghost. His glowing orbs flicked from Wingstar's slaking form to the rabbit. It was still nibbling the grass but was looking a little nervous of the surroundings. As zerowing flicked his tail back and forth he waited for wingstar to get into position. As he saw her shape come into position Zero twitched his whiskers and then leaped.

His lean form glided over the open land at amazing speeds and his paws seemed to skip off the ground like a rock skips off of water. He jumped at the hare and let out a snarl. The shoked animal came out of it's scared trance and bolted strait towards Wingstar. Zerowing still persued it but at a slwer speed. If the plan went right Wingstar would kill it as the hare tried to escape.

[Burningwing]

A golden furred hare bolted across the vast expanse of Windclan territory, sending up a wave of snow into the crisp leaf-bare air, shortly before a slender she-cat sprang up from the crest of the hill, muscles flexing evenly after every bound. Her blue and green eyes flashed like disks of the daylight sun, sea coloured beacons, sending the terrified rabbit a fresh splash of energy. It pounded the ground with its feathered hind feet as it sped forward, leaving the cat a few extra lengths behind. A surge of annoyance lashed through her frame, and her legs became a blurring movement as she crashed forward, then with one, rushed leap, managed to spear her long white claws into the back of the hare. The creature gave a loud squeak, batting at the air with its legs, but in only a few short seconds, the she-cat stood proudly, her catch snared in her fangs.

Soaringarrow pricked her ears against the wind, listening for the sound of an approaching predator hoping to snag her prey away from her, but instead, the steady pounding of feet across hard ice met her. Squinting against the glare of the sun, she lurched forward, awkwardly with the large hare hanging limply from her jaws. Being from the ocean, snow seemed like hard, packed ground after hunting on the beach all her early life, smooth, light sand her only grip. The main reason she had loved Windclan when she joined, was the wide open sea's of swaying grass, and the crashing gurgle of the gorge.

Flaring her nostrils, she caught the scent of Zerowing and her leader, Wingstar. She had been trying to get to know the warriors better ever since she joined, and this seemed the chance to do so. Soaring loped towards them, a searing cold meeting her paws with every step. Thankfully, they had already grown hard and leathery like the rest of the plains cats', enduring the hard ground, where ever the long springy grass didn't grow. A strong breeze nearly carried her off her feet, whipping her plumed calico tail over her back, the rest of her fur wildly rustling. Clawing the ground for a hold, she caught sight of a midnight coloured tom haring after a dark brown rabbit. She stifled a chuckle as she noticed Wingstar, a black and white lump, ambushing the approaching prey. " Quite a strategy you got there!" She yelled over the whistleing of the wind.

[owly ✿]

As his paws pounded the hard ground a sound carried over the wind to his ears. They flicked over as well as his butter yellow orbs. A lithe frame was out-lined on the horizon and Zerowing didn't recognise it quite yet. His black pet pressed agaist his fast moving frame and the wind whisled in his ears. The brown figure darted away from Wingstar and zero hissed angrilly. His paws darted from one piece on land to another strip on ground. His direction changed with the prey's movements and his body went into full speed mode.

Zerowing's long legs dipped and bent to his sprinting movements and his tail flew behind him liek a regal banner. The tom's eyes were slitted against the styrong wind. The hare went double speed and so did the clanner. His body seemed to be zipping over the ground and his legs became a racing blurr against the snow. He raced forward like all of Starclan depended on it and leaped. Zero's lithe body flew over the ground and landed squarely onto the hare's back legs. His white claws latched into the animals legs and his fangs dipped in one swift movement into the rabbit's neck. It gave one last kick and went limp.

Zerowing looked up at the she-cat. It was Soaringarrow. She had recently joined the clan but was a bit shy from what he understood--but he had no room to talk. He was the quietest cat in Windclan it seemed. The black hued tom trotted towards Soaringarrow gripping the prey in his maw. Zerowing's tail twitched back and forth leisurely as he pawed forward. As he got about four tail lengths away from the she-cat he sat and dropped the rabbit at his feet.

"Thanks" The tom panted out, obviously tired.

[Burningwing]

Soaringarrow watched silently, amused, as Zerowings head turned to look her way. His dark coloured fur gleamed with melted snow drops, glinting midnight blue as the sun beams rained down on him. The rabbit took its chance. As it began to dart away, turning sharply from Wingstar towards the warren, she watched as Zerowing snapped back to his chase, streaking after the large grey creature like a miniature black panther, tail swerving and curling with his motions like a long banner. His buttery yellow eyes narrowed as he went full speed, seeming to become a racing blurr as he flew after the bounding hare. The rabbit seemed to sense Zerowing would be upon it soon, and began to kick out a few times, though hardly noticeable with its fast pace.

He leaped. He soared. As the tom's long pearly claws sunk into the prey's stretched back legs, she let out an enthusiastic purr, her whole body rumbling into the rhythm of it. Zerowing was much like her old friend in some ways, like Dinir, he didn't talk much, and ran like he was on fire. Of course, in physical features, they were more different then night and day, water and earth. Dinir's body was unimaginably thin, and even though his legs were long, they were thick for his mass size. He had sea green eyes, and ears that seemed so big that they had just been stuck on his head. His fur and tail were curled, and even his whiskers bent. Meanwhile, Zerowing was more evenly proportioned, with long, slender legs, straight tail and balanced ear size. His eyes were lemon yellow, and his pelt was sleek and pitch black.

Loping towards her, the large dappled rabbit's hind legs barely brushed the creamy white snow. With a stab of doubt, Soaringarrow realized how much shorter her legs and tail were then a clan borned plains cat's. Her tail just brushed the ground, and her legs were heavily muscled, with a moderate length. She froze as he neared, drawing herself up to try and look taller, her calico pelt spiked up were ice droplets had melted then re-hardened. A few rabbits from the warren remained out, small, black and brown dots on the hill crescent, ears remaining up and alert, white tail bobbing in the breeze, liquid brown eyes wide like the full moon. Soaring turned at the tom's voice.

"Well, they no doubt don't have have a shortage of fine hunters in this clan." She purred, with a hint of amusement in her voice, bubbly like the froth off the ocean. " Oh," She began again, staring down at the leader standing in the grass. " Sorry for stealing away your hunting partner Wingstar." Soaringarrow gave a small, embarrassed grin, then turned to grapple her golden hare in her sharp toothed jaws.

[owly ✿]

Zerowing dipped his head at Soaringarrow's praise. His yellow eyes flicked back to where Wingstar was. The tom let out a cough and then flicked his gaze back to the she-cat. His long limbs slid down onto the ground and his tail wrapped around him gingerly. Zero glanced at the plump rabbit laying near him and his stomach growled. I have to feed the clan first!, Zerowing thought to himself before ripping his gaze away from the fat prey.

The tom's paws were pulsing in and out on the ground and his eyes were slitted. Even in leaf-bare Windclan was such a pleasure to live in. Then a scent hit his nose with such force it seemed to attack his sniffer. His sunny eyes flew open with a blaze of anger and terror. A wolverine. Not good for any of the clan cats. Zero jumped up and then flicked his tail towards Soaringarrow. He mouthed the words, wolverine. Then the tom slid into a crouch. His paws slid over the snowy ground with unrepeatable stealth.

Zerowing locked his eyes on the golden colored beast as it sniffed around. Dried blood was stained to it's muzzle and the scent of rotting animal clung to it. The black hued tom let out a shiver before prowling forward even closer to the mammal. Zero then heard a rustle and the wolverine swung it's large head strait at him. It's scarlet stained teeth glittered with foul spit and rancid scents flooded from it's mouth. Zerowing and the wolverine locked eyes and the creature leaped towards him with amazing speed and Zero scampered out of the way just in time. The battle had begun.

[Burningwing]

Soaringarrow let out a muffled purr, settling her own rabbit at her paws. Its golden dappled fur was dried up into spikes of blood, and it neck hung loosely down at its flank. It may have seemed repulsive to someone else, but to the Windclanner, it looked like a feast. Its glazed brown eyes stared up at her face lifelessly, and with a loud growl of hunger from her barren stomach, she gently pressed the hares face down in the dirt, so she wouldn't have to face its glaring gaze. The other rabbits were now becoming increasingly nervous, standing on their large back legs, mouths working furiously, and the whites of their eyes showing against the liquid coloured iris. Soaring supposed it was from the scent of the three cats, but why would that get them so uptight? One lifting of her nose to the air gave away the answer.

It looked as though Zerowing had caught on to, his buttery yellow eyes narrowed as he mouthed the word wolverine. Soaringarrow's fur began to stand on end, the golden, black, brown and white hairs whipping wildly in the breeze. "Zerowing...we shouldn't go after it. I-" But it seemed to be too late, for the midnight black tom was already whistling toward it, his long black tail being lashed around by the wind, so, her only option was to go after him. Lurching from her position, she hared across the plains, the few pieces of grass left above the crisp white snow flapping against her multi-coloured pelt. She could see the creature over the horizon now, its slick golden hide like needles as it lumbered forward. Suddenly, it jerked its head up, small black eyes like burning coals, then, it opened its jaws and let out a roar like cannon had fired, causing Soaringarrow to loose control, whirling into the snow.

Grappling the slick ground for a hold, she glanced up in time to see Zerowing dodge aside as the massive creature barreled forward with unusual speed for such a stocky beast. It bared its teeth in a snarl, each yellow fang slicked down with splashes of blood, and saliva dripped over its ebony lips. " Zerowing!" Soaringaroow screeched, launching down the side of a the hill, leg s sprawling after each other. She barely had time to pull away as she hammered straight into the wolverine, then pulling away just as it lashed out with a sludge hammer like blow from its clawed paw. It hurled the she-cat back into a crumpled pile, a long gash stretching down to her shoulder and flank. She heaved a breath, though her lungs seemed to have contracted, and struggled to her feet with a troubled groan.

" Zerowing, these creature don't often venture out on the plains, this one must be crazy. Lets go as fast as we can! Wolverines can take down moose, so I don't expect it would have any trouble with us..." Her voice was ragged as she recovered from the shock, but instead of waiting for Zero to reply, she seemed to forget her words, and flung herself back at the wolverine with a screech of rage. This type of beast had killed Dinir...she wouldn't let it injure any of her new clan mates. Leaping on top of its broad back, she lifted her paws to sink them into the killer's ears, flattening her own as it let out a deafening howl.

[owly ✿]

The black hued tom leaped around the huge beast with amazing speed. His tail whipped around as it followed his body. The wolverine clawed around but Zero was too fast and the creature clawed at air. Zerowing's yellow eyes flickered over towards Soaringarrow. He narrowed them against the wing and hissed when the she-cat dived towards the predator. He let out a surprized snarl and then saw lithe cat mixed with golden terror. Zerowing watched, stunned as the she-cat tussled with the beast. Then the worst happened before the tom's eyes. He stood rigid, fur fluffed up in anger and fear. Why would Soaring try to commit suicide? The stupid she-cat leaped towards the animal before it clawed her body ragged. She fell to the ground with a terrible scratch down her side. Zero leaped towards her but wasn't quick enough before the pretty femme attacked the wolverine again.

Zerowing let out a thundering yowl and leaped forward with snow spewing behind him. Black paws hit the snow and his eyes narrowed in the blustery wind. As the tom flew over the ground and twitched his opticals up towards the wolverine just in time to see Soaringarrow jump onto the ememy and plunge her claws into it. Zerowing leaped up and let out a battle screech. He clawed long daggers into the beast's golden pelt and hot scarlet liquid laeked out. It wheeled around the greet Zero and swung a lightning fast paw towards the tom. It hit his side with a crack. Zerowing flew over the snowy moor and thudded to the ground. He heaved out breaths and then stood up on shaky limbs. He shook his body violently and leaped into the fray again. The midnight black tom snarled at the wolverine and looked at strait in the eyes before charging forward and scratching it's firey orbs. Zerowing's yello eyes blazed with cold hatred that let out one message- 'Bring it on!'


Zerowing danced over the ground with lightning fast paws and leaped to the large animal's side. He jumped up and slitted it's side. Blood and organs spilled out and the wolverine let out a bone shattering screech. The bloodied tom folded his ears back and clawed at the animal's belly. Zero jumped out of the way as the creature fell to the ground writing in pain. It lumbered onto it's paws quickly though and turned on Zerowing. It jumped at him with such speed he was taken by complete surprize. The sooty colored tom let out a yowl and then was hit. It felt like a bus had rammed into him and all he remembered was foaming jaws, a foul stench, and then blood. Not the beast's but his own. It spilled from his chest. Zero let out gurgled gasps and then everything went black.

[Burningwing]

//I want to wait a bit for Wingstar to post//