Mountain Exploration (Open/tagged)
Feb 20, 2021 19:16:39 GMT -5
Post by bluekachoo on Feb 20, 2021 19:16:39 GMT -5
Orion:
The sun was just cresting the horizon, the sky a beautiful mixture of purples, pinks, and orange, when Orion had woken up. He usually slept later but he’d had a bad dream and couldn’t fall back asleep. He stretched languidly, then padded out of the cave where he and his friend, Gale, had been sleeping.
He and Gale had set out on an adventure to see the mountains this summer, and pair had traveled long enough that the seasons had shifted from warm summer to chilly early autumn. So far their journey had been the best time of Orion’s life. Before he met Gale he had been on his own for nearly half a year and had been very lonely. He was glad now to have a companion, someone to hunt with, to laugh with, and to snuggle close to when the nights got cold.
The young wolf wandered a few paces from the cave and jumped up on an outcropping of rock. From this height he could see the trees in the valley below turning magnificent shades of red, orange, and yellow. Orion lifted his head to catch a crisp breeze as it ruffled his tawny fur. He closed his eyes and breathed in the scent of the mountains. Damp rocks, cool water, a few trees and... a marmot. I guess there is an upside to getting up at the crack of dawn thought Orion.
Cautiously, he leapt off his rocky perch. He and Gale were far from starving, but it had been a while since their last hunt, and their two growing wolves needed all the food they could get.
Orion prowled around the rocks slowly, his light belly fur brushing along the ground. Following his nose he rounded the bend, and there it was its back turned to him as it scrounged for its breakfast. Orion crept as close to the marmot as he dared, then sprung into action. It tried to flee, but it was too late. Orion closed his jaws around his throat, feeling a spurt of blood as he punctured its jugular.
With a rush of triumph, Orion lifted the brown furry creature still in his jaws and trotted back to the cave.
((Blood sorry it’s so long lol))
The sun was just cresting the horizon, the sky a beautiful mixture of purples, pinks, and orange, when Orion had woken up. He usually slept later but he’d had a bad dream and couldn’t fall back asleep. He stretched languidly, then padded out of the cave where he and his friend, Gale, had been sleeping.
He and Gale had set out on an adventure to see the mountains this summer, and pair had traveled long enough that the seasons had shifted from warm summer to chilly early autumn. So far their journey had been the best time of Orion’s life. Before he met Gale he had been on his own for nearly half a year and had been very lonely. He was glad now to have a companion, someone to hunt with, to laugh with, and to snuggle close to when the nights got cold.
The young wolf wandered a few paces from the cave and jumped up on an outcropping of rock. From this height he could see the trees in the valley below turning magnificent shades of red, orange, and yellow. Orion lifted his head to catch a crisp breeze as it ruffled his tawny fur. He closed his eyes and breathed in the scent of the mountains. Damp rocks, cool water, a few trees and... a marmot. I guess there is an upside to getting up at the crack of dawn thought Orion.
Cautiously, he leapt off his rocky perch. He and Gale were far from starving, but it had been a while since their last hunt, and their two growing wolves needed all the food they could get.
Orion prowled around the rocks slowly, his light belly fur brushing along the ground. Following his nose he rounded the bend, and there it was its back turned to him as it scrounged for its breakfast. Orion crept as close to the marmot as he dared, then sprung into action. It tried to flee, but it was too late. Orion closed his jaws around his throat, feeling a spurt of blood as he punctured its jugular.
With a rush of triumph, Orion lifted the brown furry creature still in his jaws and trotted back to the cave.
((Blood sorry it’s so long lol))