Hunt- Meltdown

Lana didn’t think that the sphinx and extended marked females liked her. Her inexperience followed by taking down more seals than them the other day wasn’t much of a help either. Sighing heavily she laid her head down on her front paws while watching the flames of the fire flicker. She wanted to make a good impression and had failed. Their gazes would travel her way and then dart away to whisper amongst themselves again.

“ We were awesome today!” Kyrian smiled as he sat down next to her.

She gave him a weak smile and then went back to watching the other two females. Lana wasn’t a feminine type of female and usually hung with the boys. It wasn’t easy getting along with other girls. She felt like she never fit in with them really. It felt like this was the same case about these two. They had a bond and banded together and just like always she felt left out. Kyrian was there with her and an amazing friend, however she secretly wished to be accepted by another female to have as a companion to talk to, and have someone to relate with. Having had enough of watching the other two females she stood up abruptly and walked away. The greying brown female had had enough and stalked away across the ice.

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Umbra watched Lana walk away angrily. She looked back at the male tawny wolverine wondering what he had done to upset her so much. Narrowing her lavendar eyes Umbra stood up and followed after Lana to find out what was going on. Her idea of not wanting to get close was thrown out of the window. The female sphinx trotted quickly to keep up since it wasn’t safe to be out alone.  

“Lana!” she called out.

The other female sped up running faster. Well this was surprising the greying brown had appeared mature to her earlier in the day and now she was acting like a six month old pup. Gritting her teeth Umbra sped up and ran faster until she caught up to Lana and cut her off.

“What’s the matter with you?” she snarled without thinking.

Lana skidded to a stop and lowered her head in embarassment for letting her emotions get the best of her. Her brown eyes refused to meet the angry ones of the annoyed sphinx. There was an awkward silence between the two of them. It made Umbra question herself on whether or not she was over reacting. A mumbling sound reached her ears making her lean down to try and catch what it was Lana was saying.

“Look.” Umbra sighed  heavily. “I can’t hear you, could you please speak up? I’m not trying to start a fight. I just want to understand why you’re upset.”

She watched her look up for a second before looking back down again. This was an very shy female. The black piebald sphinx was really stumped on how to handle the situation. Behind Lana she saw Kyrian and Inolue approaching with their handlers riding. Everyone appeared worried and upset that the two of them had suddenly run off. Jenny leapt off of Inolue’s back as soon as they were within ten feet of them.

“Umbra are you alright?!” the young woman questioned looking her over “You’re a tough girl, but you can’t run off like that into the night!”

The sphinx nuzzled her handler apologetically for making her worry. She loved the woman dearly and hated making her feel bad. It annoyed her that Lana had sort of caused this,but she was at fault for letting her emotions get the best of her. Umbra looked over at the greying brown as the auburn haired female by the name of Aidyn fretted over her. Next to them Kyrian himself was looking extremely worried as well. His light brown eyes had darkened as he listened to Aidyn’s cooing words over the female tokota.

“What happened?” Inolue questioned.

Umbra shook her head still confused by it all. Nothing made sense at the moment.

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Kyrian stood close to Lana wondering what was wrong with her. She was acting very strange and unlike herself. Had the hunt been too much for her? He leaned in and sniffed at her as Aidyn was slipping a halter over her head to bring her back. His claws clicked on the ice as he pawed the ground feeling uneasy out in the open like they were. The sound of his clicking made him realize that they were standing on frozen water. A rumbling noise sounded not long after and an uneasy feeling settled in. He looked over at Inolue who appeared to realize something was wrong as well. Kyrian whined to get everyones attention. Danger filled his nostrils as well as the distinct scent of seal. Across from him Inolue looked down at the ice. Her blue and lavendar colored eyes grew wide with worry.

“They’re below us.” he told them. “We need to get off the ice now!”

The hunters were becoming the hunted. This was a situation he did not ever want to be in. Grabbing the back of Aidyn’s jacket and snatching her off the ice he took off running as Umbra and Inolue urged their handlers to saddle back up. Behind him the piebald and extended marked girl ordered Lana to follow them just before the ice exploded where they had once been standing. A seal burst forth and angrily barked at them and then another. It was almost like a game of whack a mole as more seals crashed through the ice following the movements of the one before. When they reached solid ground Kyrian gently put Aidyn down and finally turned around to see the seals for himself. One of them exploded through the ice right in front of Inolue knocking the female backwards. Her handler Zinny was knocked off of her back and landed on the ice making a loud thump. Lana had been behind Inolue and was hit by the stray blocks of ice making her yelp loudly in pain.

Kyrian’s lips curled back with rage and he ran back out onto the ice not caring about his health or well being. The sphinx, Umbra, looked at him strangely as he passed by her. There was no way he would sit back and watch his packmate nor his fellow hunting buddy get attacked without retaliating. He leapt at the seal and gnashed his teeth together latching onto its back.

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She yelped as the large block of ice hit her in the head. Stars swirled around her as she tried to regain her bearings. It was a madhouse around her and she knew it was all her fault. Lana blamed herself for being selfish at one a friend so desperately. Now everyone was in danger and she needed to fix it. The hunter in her wanted to rip the seal apart, but her emotions told her to see that Zinny was ok first. He was struggling to stand on the ice with all the movement going on. The greying brown female quickly went over to where the young brunette male was and allowed him to grab fistfuls of his mane to swing his weight up onto her back. A flipper swung at her and she jumped high into the air to avoid either of them getting hurt. Hurrying she made her way around the fight to reach the shoreline. Umbra had joined the battle and was taking on one of the other seals alone. In all there were three angry seals attempting to eat them for lunch. Well she wouldn’t have that. Lana howled deep in her chest feeling a giant surge of courage and joined the fight. She stood alongside Umbra and snapped at the seal to prevent it from hitting the sphinx while the black piebald attempted to latch on to sensitive killing areas.

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