One with the Moon

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

  The next morning, Moonlight is gone. She must have went back to Moontribe. Sharptooth was sent to retrieve her, when he gets her they're going to hold her captive.

  “ Son, I am going to take you out today and train you.” My father tells me as I am eating breakfast with him and my sister.

  “What about me, Shadowheart?” Scarclaw asks anxiously.

  “You can go with Greyfoot today. I would like a little time with Lightheart” He says shifting a smile to me. I'm happy, but I'm worried for Moonlight. Where is she?

  “Thanks dad” I say” It would be great to have some bonding time with you.”

  “So, Lightheart, what do you know about hunting.” Shadowheart, my father, asks.

  “Well… Crouch” I say with a big smile.

  “ So you're starting fresh” My father says. Scarclaw is laughing really hard.

  “Crouch! Ha Ha ha “ Scarclaw says laughing.

  “Thats it ,okay” I tell my sister.

  “Sorry, Sorry” she says still laughing.

  “ Well, Lightheart, lets get going, as for you, Scarclaw, go tell Lonewolf that I would like to speak with her when I get back.”

  “Okay, Shadowheart” She answers then takes off towards Lonewolf. I follow my father through the woods. We come to a stop near the river.

   “ Sniff the air” He tells me.”What do you smell?”  I pause and give the air a good whiff.

  “ There is a rabbit in the hole over there and I smell the faint scent of… Squirrel?” I answer.

  “ Very good with the rabbit part, but the other smell is deer” My father was correcting me.

  “oh” I say.

  “ Well would you like to try to catch the rabbit, or just sit around here?” he asks teasingly.

  “ Sure” I get in a crouching position. I wait a few minutes then the rabbit comes out of his hole. The rabbit peers around till he spots some grass and starts nibbling on it.

  “ Put all your weight on your hind legs, then run and bite.” My father says coaching me. I feel love between us, like we were never separated, I have to make him proud. I stalk forward then run at full speed. The rabbit takes off, but I hold him between my teeth.

  “Hey dad look” I say with a mouth full of panicking rabbit.

  “You have to kill it son!” My father says. I take it by the neck and it snaps like a stick. It was a horrible, but a satisfying  sound.

My tail wags, showing my happiness.  My father grins at me. I return the grin.

  “ Well you got the genes.” My father says. I march happily over to him. “ Lets go and show the camp what you got,”

   We walk to the camp and by that time its sunhigh.

  “Hey,hey,hey look at Lightheart” One wolf said.

  “ great kill” said another.

   “ Lightheart” I hear a familiar voice” Lightheart” I turn and its Scarclaw.” Hey great catch, you gonna eat it?”

  “no I'm gonna let it go to waste.” I say jokingly. I turn to my other side and a boy wolf about my age bumped into me.

  “Watch it, mutt” He whispered to me. Mutt? I thought wolves liked me around here?

  “Ignore them” says my sister. I listen to her.” They're just jealous.” I look up at her. “They were mean to me, too” She says in a low voice.

  “What's wrong?” I ask. I make her stop and I look her in the eyes.

  “ Nothings wrong.” she says then runs up to Shadowheart. Did I make my sister mad at me to?