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Not Any Other Squirl: Animal, one-shot. Chapter 2

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Tennis Ball's Pov

It was a cooler day that before. I guess summer had peaked and it was all gonna get colder from here but that wasn't too upsetting. It never got too cold in the winter and the summers were uncomfortable sometimes.

 I had been on my own for like 12 seasons by now. maybe more I haven't kept track perfectly. I used to live in a pack of more than 20 other wolves like me but the day my parents died I couldn't stand that place. Every corner of it reminded me of them. It reminded me of their faces and I couldn't stand it. I chose to leave and return when I got over it but deep down I knew I was never going back.

Whatever, I was doing a good job sustaining for myself. I live life moving around through the thick forest but never go too far away from my river. Today I hadn't found any food yet but it wasn't noon yet so I felt like it was fine.

I walked between the trees and thought to myself while staying alert in case there was something I could try to catch. I didn't love killing things but I didn't have a huge choice as I was a wolf. 

Killing things just makes me feel like I'm ruining other's lives. Like I'm doing to the animals what nature did to my parents. I missed them. I wish I didn't. I wish I never even knew them, like they died before I could remember. It was torture being able to think about how they cared for me and loved me.

 I was so caught up in my thoughts I barely heard light foot prints. I looked forward and saw a little brown spot running the opposite direction of me.

This would be my chance at eating today. I ran after it and it seemed to hear me.

"Oh god what the hell are you doing!" she shouted

"What do you think? I'm a wolf." i said.

I felt bad but it was true, we were all just killers.

As we kept sprinting she was only 2 meters behind me or so and I was catching up quickly. As we ran past a tree she took the opportunity to climb up the side and try to confuse me. But I had planed for this. Immediately when I saw she started climbing I slowed down and lifted my paw. I had hit her off the tree and she was lying on the floor

She groaned in pain and seemed too stunned to start running right away but i pinned her tail down anyway.

"Stop you don't have to do this! Please! Please no!" She said, starting to cry

"I'm not ready to die I haven't lived long enough. I could help you! I could help you find other food!"

God I hated this part. This is where I lost about half my meals. It all came down to how much they panicked.

I groaned in annoyance and slowly lifted my paw setting them free.

"Oh my god thank you so much!" she said and fell to the floor in relief.

"This is the part where you run. You realize that right? Most squirrels would have run by now?" I told her.

She looked up at me slightly confused looking

"I'm not most squirrels. I'm actually smart enough to realize that if you let me go, your not going to kill me. So what's the point wasting energy and running away. Besides I promised you I would find you something else to eat right?" She said.

God this was a weird one.

"I mean you did say that but anyone would in that situation."

"yeah but not just anyone would mean it. If you mean it then you sound like you mean it and your more convincing instead of desperate."