[PRP]The Wolf and Bird (Niamh & Amit'zeru)

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Niahm was prowling amongst the tall tress in the forest near the small clearing she called home at the moment. She wondered frequently but stuck to the woods as much as possible when traveling both for cover when hunting but also the trees made it cooler in the hot sun. She was hunting for desert this time as she had just finished a rather plump rabbit and she was in a mood for her favorite treat a bird, preferably a blue jay or mocking jay as they are fun to taunt and they can be very annoying.

Niahm nimbly leaped from low branches to higher in hopes to get a better vantage point to spot her prey with her keen eyes. She leapt swiftly from one tree to another spying some robins and a few finches, but nothing struck her fancy. She sighed as she laid on a less leafy branch and surveyed her area hoping something would fly near by that would interest her.  

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Amit'zeru swept his large wings aloft as he banked low over the stretch of woodland that looked like a perfect place to rest. It seemed a relatively harmless place, but from his vantage, all things seemed small and harmless. His long feathered tail spread behind him like a brightly colored fan as he approached a particularly sturdy-looking tree with thick, low branches that looked like it might be able to hold his weight. Up and down his wings beat, trying to keep him aloft as he delicately placed one clawed front foot on the wide branch. And then the other. Then his back hooves followed. As he set the last hoof down, he slowly allowed his wings to stop their beating, and his body to rest. When he was finally still, he let out a loud sigh of relief, his body vibrating from the incessant movements.

Relief washed over him at getting a moment to rest. But it was short-lived. As his wings stopped their motion, an audible creak shattered the weary silence. Then another. Then a strange groaning. His ears flicked every direction, trying to pinpoint the noise. He felt the branch shift and then snap!

The branch split at it's base and sent the Hippogryph plummeting toward the ground. It was a good fifteen feet he would fall. He tried to close his wings quick enough, but was only half successful before he hit the ground with a whumph! that knocked the wind out of him. One wing pinned sharply under his body, while the other was stretching awkwardly out. He let out a groan and then a low oath, "Tree... I swear if I broke feathers... I'm going to tear you limb from limb...."

Amit'zeru slowly rolled till his body was able to sit up, then he winced again. The wing he had had under his side had cushioned the brunt of the fall - and though beautiful and glossy with well-groomed feathers normally - was now covered in dirt and grass and other bits of unwelcome nature. He clicked his beak repeatedly, letting out noises of annoyance.

He really hoped no one was around to see him in such a disheveled state, as he loathed not looking his best.

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Niahm was slowly leaping from limb to limb in the larger trees, ever alert to her intended prey. It had been a few weeks since she had a nice plumb robin to snack on and just thinkin of it made her stomach growl even though she had a pair of bunnies for lunch not long ago.

She started to get weary that she wouldnt find that ideal feathered delicacy. She decided to rest for a bit and moved to a lower area of the tree she was currently surveying from. She let out a sigh as she debated her next strategy when she she heard something, it sounded like large wings in the distance.

Her ears twitched, the sound was a bit a ways, it was definitely the beat of wings, but they must be very large for the sound to travel to her. She decided to investigate hoping to find a nice morsel waiting for her. As she got closer though she her the creaking and then snapping of a large limp. She was just close enough to see large wings and feathers falling.

She dashed down the tree and hid in the shadow of sister trees where the creature landed, it seemed like a bird, but what kind she didnt know. She didnt care she crouched and stalked forward and then lounged out from the shadows to only come to a sudden halt. She let a growl escape as she straightened her body. She saw claws and even what seemed like a beak like look to the creatures face, a tail of feathers in multiple colors and large wings. She cocked her eyebrow as she glanced over him before finally moving a little closer and speaking. "Well, you arent a bird that Ive ever seen......what a waste! What are you anyways to have such feathers like a bird?"