Re: Snowstorm [M] (Stormsong)

[Blackberry]

"Breeze did all the work!" spat Rook. "You didn't do anything but growl at it."

"Stop it!" Breeze cried.

Dutch growled as he heard spitting and crying. "I think they're in danger," he hissed to his mate, his fur bristling.

[Stormsong]

"No! I pounced on it and pinned it down while Breeze killed it!" she spat. "Unlike you! You just stood there like an idiot!"

Mailou lifted her head at the sound of tiny voices. "Breeze? Rook? Savanna?"

[Blackberry]

Rook snatched the squirrel away. "You're so stupid!" he spat.

Dutch emerged from the bushes. "What's going on?" he rumbled, his eyes narrowed.

[Stormsong]

Savanna felt the squrriel being wretched from her paws and collasped on the ground crying. "Daddy! Rook took the squrriel that Breeze and I hunted away!"

Mailou hung back and sniffed the sir for any danger. She decided to let Dutch handle this one.

[Blackberry]

Dutch growled and took the squirrel from Rook. "Did you really steal this, Rook?" he asked coldly. Rook nodded, scared. He acted big and mighty around Breeze and Savanna, but he acted like a mouse around his father. "Rook, we have taught you better. You know that stealing is wrong. And you," he added, glaring at his other son and daughter. "Why did you leave the den? You know there are foxes and badgers that would love to get a bite out of cub."

[Stormsong]

Savanna shrunk away and hid behind Breeze.

[Blackberry]

Deciding they weren't going to answer, Dutch sighed. "Mailou," he called. "Your turn."

[Stormsong]

Mailou shook her head. "uh uh Pappa. It's your turn this time," she said with a sly grin.

"I'm sorry Daddy," Savanna squeaked.

[Blackberry]

Dutch grumbled, then glanced at Savanna. "It's okay, Savanna," Dutch purred, licking her ear. "Now, get back to the den!" He nipped at his kits' sides, and they scrambled away.

(Sorry, I think I power-played Savanna)

[Stormsong]

(No, you didn't. )

Mailou watched her kits scurry on by and walked over to Dutch and nuzzled him. "Great job," she purred.

[Blackberry]

Dutch nipped her nose. "You owe me," he purred into her ear.

[Stormsong]

Milou flicked her tail across his lips. "What are you going to do about the squrriel?"

[Blackberry]

Dutch glanced at the squirrel. "We might as well take it back to the den." He grabbed the squirrel.

[Stormsong]

Mailou smiled and gave him a lick before she padded back to the den.

Savanna sat shivering on the floor. She was expecting to get a punishment when her parents got back. When her mother walked in, she cringed and waited to be scolded.

[Blackberry]

Dutch followed Mailou back to the den and dropped the squirrel. "This is your dinner," he said firmly. "After you eat, I want you three to go straight to bed."

[Stormsong]

Savanna's eyes lit up and she pounced on the squrriel and ripped a huge chunk from it.

Mailou purred and rubbed against Dutch.

[Blackberry]

Breeze dug in as well, with Rook pushing to get his share.

Dutch glanced at Mailou, twining his tail with hers. "Now, we just need a meal of our own," he said with a purr.

[Stormsong]

"Whose turn is it to hunt today?" she purred.

Savanna pulled away when she had her fill and sat down on the floor to clean herself.

[Blackberry]

He smirked. "Last time I checked, it was you," he teased.

[Stormsong]

Mailou purred and flicked her tail over his shoulder and padded towards the entrance. "Do you think that you can handle babysitting?"

[Blackberry]

Dutch yawned. "They'll be asleep, anyway." He nudged the cubs inside of the den.

[Stormsong]

Mailou looked back at her cubs before giving Dutch one final lick and padded out of the den.

[Blackberry]

He watched her leave before laying down just outside of the den, one ear pricked to listen for danger and another to make sure his cubs were asleep.

"What do we do?" Breeze hissed to Rook. "I'm not sleepy!"

[Stormsong]

When Savanna had finished cleaning herself, she padded over to her father. She rubbed up against his side and purred. "Good night Daddy," she said before she curled up beside him and going to sleep.

Mailou crouched down in the bushes. A rabbit nibbled on some grass in the clearing.

[Blackberry]

Dutch purred. "Goodnight, Savanna," he mewed, watching her return to the den. He turned back to the clearing, ears pricked.

"I think there's a secret tunnel in the back of the den," Rook meowed to Breeze. Breeze glanced at Savanna, clearly excited. "Did you hear that?" he mewed, smiling.

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