11-09-2007, 03:35 PM
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Her stomach was growling, but there wasn't anything she could do about it. It made her mad that she couldn't catch any larger prey...if she could bring down a deer it would feed her for a week! Naniko generally ate any part of the animal that she could; everything tastes good when you're hungry.
Another fish was slowly rising up to the surface, its mouth wide, gaping. Fish breathed underwater, but sometimes it seemed like they breathed the air, too; they would come up to the surface and take gulps of it. This was when she would strike, when it was distracted. She tensed, preparing to jump into the shallower part of the water.
And then a splash. She jumped back, shaking the water out of her eyes. What the hell? The mists were fairly thick here, so she couldn't see where the object had come from...but one thing she knew for sure. The fish were gone. She watched the water for a moment more to make sure, but no, no more shadows were appearing. She growled to herself, climbing up out of the water. They'd ruined her chance at supper. Or lunch. She'd skipped so many meals that she wasn't sure what it would be counted as.
She turned and stalked along the bankline, looking for whoever'd thrown the object...they were gonna pay.
"Oh, it's /you/." Her green eyes stopped at the form of Ahren, one of her former alpha's. She'd been there at the border when he had come to join the pack...and wasn't sure what to think of him. Anyone that would hang around her crackpot old aunt was bad news.
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Her stomach was growling, but there wasn't anything she could do about it. It made her mad that she couldn't catch any larger prey...if she could bring down a deer it would feed her for a week! Naniko generally ate any part of the animal that she could; everything tastes good when you're hungry.
Another fish was slowly rising up to the surface, its mouth wide, gaping. Fish breathed underwater, but sometimes it seemed like they breathed the air, too; they would come up to the surface and take gulps of it. This was when she would strike, when it was distracted. She tensed, preparing to jump into the shallower part of the water.
And then a splash. She jumped back, shaking the water out of her eyes. What the hell? The mists were fairly thick here, so she couldn't see where the object had come from...but one thing she knew for sure. The fish were gone. She watched the water for a moment more to make sure, but no, no more shadows were appearing. She growled to herself, climbing up out of the water. They'd ruined her chance at supper. Or lunch. She'd skipped so many meals that she wasn't sure what it would be counted as.
She turned and stalked along the bankline, looking for whoever'd thrown the object...they were gonna pay.
"Oh, it's /you/." Her green eyes stopped at the form of Ahren, one of her former alpha's. She'd been there at the border when he had come to join the pack...and wasn't sure what to think of him. Anyone that would hang around her crackpot old aunt was bad news.