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"For the forest's sake, get off, him, mother!" shouted Stareye over the fray. "He didn't do anything!"

Stream looked at her daughter disbelievingly. "Are you sure?"

Stareye nodded. "I'm not small enough to be prey anymore."

Reluctantly Stream backed off, sitting with her tail curled around her feet, her ears still flicked in Zare's direction. "Just how did this happen in the first place?" she inquired of Stareye. "You know you aren't supposed to wander away like this."

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"W- well, I was bored-" began Stareye, but her mother cut her off. "I don't care if you were bored," she hissed, beginning to pace. Her tail lashed angrily. "You must never, ever wander away on any condition. Do you hear?" Stareye nodded glumly. "Yes, Mother," She sighed, following Stream back towards the den. She glanced over her shoulder at Zare as she went, mouthing, I'm sorry...


Alastor took advantage of the momentary distraction to attempt to disentangle himself. The wolf and lynx looked hungry; he was afraid that if they got the chance, they would eat him.

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Stareye stopped the little lynx with a paw, and swept her up gently with her tail. "Sorry," she said, "You' better go back to your guardian now. My mom just might skin you alive at this point," she added apologetically. Stream was out of earshot. She didn't hear the conversation at all, and that was probably a good thing.

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Later, after the two had eaten, and Stream had fallen asleep despite her worries, Stareye sat alone at the entrance to her den. She was feeling restless. It was as though the cool trees called to her, promising excitement and danger. Promising something more interesting than eat, groom, sleep, repeat. The wind shifted and she smelled it again- the strange black thing and his little prey-not-prey companion. She got up silently and began to follow the scent once more.

Zare was asleep nearby a deer's carcass. He and his lynx foundling had already eaten majority of it. Elsie, on the other paw, was wide awake. And though she knew she was still too small, she had run off from her guardian to explore. She followed a few interesting smells, caught a few grasshoppers, then attempted to sneak back to Zare. That was when she discovered her problem. She was lost.
She looked desperately for pawprints to lead her back, but couldn't find any. " B-brother?" she mewled quietly, fright seeping into her mind. " Zare?!" she meowed, much louder now. She ran through undergrowth, searching for her companion.

Alastor tried to keep from thrashing too much as he realized what was happening- there was a coyote and a rabbit passing his bush. He didn't fancy getting eaten at this point in his life, and he hoped they hadn't noticed him.

Elsie was now scared to death. She leaped as high as her paws would carry her when she heard, saw, and smelled the much-larger-cat. Then, she freaked out even more when a Coyote came from nowhere. She was between two creatures she really didn't want to be in between. Elsie ran into a bush nearby, and was greeted by a somewhat unfortunate falcon. She screeched in fright and exited the bush extremely quickly, running to a slightly smaller one. She cowered in the plant, wishing with all her might Zare would find her. " Z-zare..." the kit sniffled. Zare cracked an eye, finally stirring. He yawned, got up, and stretched. Walking to the deer left over, he ate a bit after chasing away some crows. As they cawed out dirty insults at the wolf, he turned around, trying to find the lynx cub. It took a while for Zare to realize Elsie was not where she was last time he saw her. " Oh no, you've got to be kidding me..."

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Elsie squealed with fright, not realizing this animal was not much larger than herself. The lynx tried to back further into the bush, but she was already using what little cover it provided. Zare was getting quite worried. He immediately started scenting for Elsie, and started following her trail. He was already considering the possibility that his little feline friend could have been eaten. He thought of hawks, and his pace quickened.