Re: Snowstorm [M] (Stormsong)

[Blackberry]

Dutch blinked as she changed direction, but he shrugged and walked after her. "same den?" he repeated, his voice low. As she spoke, he lifted up his head and responded, "My name's Dutch."

[Stormsong]

"Yes I will give you the privlage of staying in the den with me so you don't freeze to death outside, but-" she spun around to face him with her ears pinned, "- if you try anything then I will chase out of my territory, Dutch." His name sounded strange when she said it out loud.

[Blackberry]

Dutch was slightly surprised as she spun around, and he jumped back a little. "Try anything?" he repeated, then showed his teeth and lowered his head, submitting to the female. "I wouldn't try anything." He flicked his tail. "You've already shown me what you'd do even if I was just walking by."

[Stormsong]

She snorted. "Good, then we have an agreement," she turned around and walked into her den. She was curled up in her favorite spot, she motioned Dutch to enter with her tail.

[Blackberry]

Dutch rolled his eyes and followed her. He lay in the farthest corner of the den and drooped a paw over his muzzle and curled his tail around him before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

(Timeskip?)

[Stormsong]

(Sure, I'll let you do it though.)

[Blackberry]

(okay)

Dutch was the first to wake up. He pricked his ears and glanced in the female's direction. She was still asleep. Great, Dutch muttered to himself. He rose to his paws and stalked out of the den, the tip of his tail rising in order to not make a noise. As he left the den, he sighed as the cold winds sliced through his fur. He sniffed the air and caught the faint scent of a lone fox. Ears pricked, the tiger began to stalk after the fox.

[Stormsong]

Mailou lifted her head and yawned. Her pelt prickled for a split second when she caught an unfamiliar scent but the memory of her inviting Dutch to stay with her until spring flooded her head and she relaxed. Famished, she stalked out of her den and spotted Dutch a few paces away, eyeing a fox. Mailou laid down at the entrance and watched him hunt.

[Blackberry]

The fox had caught what looking like a lemming, and was eating it ravenously. Dutch crouched down lower, his black-striped pelt blending in along with frosted ferns and shrubs. He could feel Mailou's gaze on him, and he smirked. He bared his teeth as he crawled forward, his muscles tensed as he prepared to pounce. The fox suddenly darted forward, and Dutch leaped through the air. His front paw landed on the fox's tail, and it squealed as Dutch slapped a clawed paw on its shoulder. The fox turned its head and sunk it's teeth into Dutch's paw. He yowled in pain and reared backwards. The fox tugged its tail free and raced away.

Growling, Dutch tore after it. The fox stayed a tail-length away, its black-tipped tail bobbing with every step it took. Dutch got closer, and he jumped again. This time, he grabbed the fox's scruff and yanked it backwards. He pressed all his weight on the fox's back, and he took the fox's neck in his jaws and bit down. The fox grew still, and Dutch moved backwards. He leaned down to eat the kill, but he suddenly remembered Mailou. He gripped the fox in his jaws and began to walk back to the den. When he reached it, he dropped it in front of her. Smirking, he mewed, "Enjoy the show?"

(sorry its long lol)

[Stormsong]

(It's fine.)

"Quite," Mailou replied and stretched her stiff muscles.

[Blackberry]

Dutch shrugged and sat down and began to devour the fox. He knew that after he finished eating, he would go and sleep. He'd probably sleep for eighteen or twenty hours everyday until spring. Then, he'd leave Mailou's territory, and probably never come back.

[Stormsong]

Mailou snorted and stood up to go on her own hunting trip. She returned an hour later with a scrawny rabbit dangling from her jaws. She entered her den with it and dropped it on the ground. Laying down beside it, she tore into it ravenously.

[Blackberry]

Dutch eyed her scrawny rabbit, but didn't say anything. He tore the fox apart, and chewed on the bones until they were clean, with only a few scraps left. He groomed his paws before going back to the corner of the den to resume his much needed slumber.

[Stormsong]

"Don't look at it like that!" she snapped. "This is the only piece of prey that I've had in days!"

[Blackberry]

Dutch shrugged. "You can have the leftovers of my fox," he offered. There was still a good meal left on the carcass.

[Stormsong]

Mailou snorted. "No thanks, I can hunt for myself."

[Blackberry]

Dutch shrugged. "Fine. Starve." He lay his head down and rubbed his paw on his muzzle.

[Stormsong]

Mailou hissed at him and finished off her rabbit. 'Stupid males,' she thought as she moved as far away from him as he could and laid down to sleep.

[Blackberry]

Dutch shrugged again, then curled his tail around him. He hoped he would doze off soon- he felt tired from eating the fox.

[Stormsong]

(Do you want to skip to when it's spring time or do you want to wait?)

[Blackberry]

(We could skip to spring. And sorry for being inactive and stuff- I'm going to school now. -w-)

[Stormsong]

(Oh that's alright, I'm going to school too. )

Mailou exited her den and inhaled the strong scent of spring. Dutch had stayed with her all winter and it flet good to be able to get away from the arrogent male. She walked leisurely up to a tree and climbed onto a low hanging branch. She sighed with contentment as she stretched herself out across it.

[Blackberry]

Dutch sighed, getting to his paws and stretching. Leaves tumbled off his pelt and littered the ground around his paws. He shook his fur, and a few strands of striped black fur tumbled away. He flicked his tail and exited the den, stretching. He showed off the muscles in his shoulders and hind legs, then yawned, revealing his long, sharp teeth. He lifted up a hind leg and scratched the back of his front leg. He looked at Mailou, and yawned again. "Hey," he mewed, "got anything to eat?" He stretched again and shook his pelt, shedding more white fur. Soon, after he ate, he would bid farewell to Mailou and leave her territory.

[Stormsong]

"No," Mailou replied and leapt down from her branch. "Do you want to go hunting?"

[Blackberry]

Dutch flexed his hind legs. "Sure." Without another word, he began to run off, his muscles extending as he struggled to run faster. Due to his mini hibernation, he had.. lost some of his moves.

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