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Chapter 13: Hunting

Dipper blinked awake to sunlight in his face. He sat how and looked around confused. Then he remembered that he was at the Fang camp. Dipper stretched and yawned. Oak came in with some wet moss. "Oh. You are awake" he said to dipper.

Oak unraveled the cobweb that was around the slash on dipper's chest and washed it out with the moss. He then covered it up again. Dipper's stomach grumbled. "Let's go outside and get you some food" oak said padding out of the stump. Dipper followed, struggling to keep up.

Oak looked behind him and saw that dipper was struggling so he slowed down. Oak trotted a little further then stopped and twitched his ears. "What?..." Dipper started to say but oak gestured for him to be quiet. Oak crouched and twitched his ears again. Dipper cocked his head. Suddenly oak pounced and killed a mouse.

Dipper stared at it. Oak tossed the dead mouse to dipper. "Eat it while it's fresh" oak said. Dipper pawed at it but tentatively took a bite out of it. He sighed and ate the rest. He licked his whiskers then started licking his paws. He quickly stopped and spat. Oak looked at dipper with a weirded out look on his face.

"Come on" oak said padding deeper into the forest. Dipper ran after. They went on for a little while when there was a snap of a twig behind them. Oak whirled around to see Thistle behind them. "Oh. It's just you Thistle. What are you doing out here" oak breathed in relief. Dipper on the other hand was not so relieved.

Thistle looked at dipper with a smirk then directed his gaze to Oak and said "I am on a patrol to see if any humans or other cats have come around". "Yes. Of course sir" oak said. "What have you found so far?". Thistle had a serious look on his face. "Badger tracks" he growled.

Oak gasped. "I have to get dipper away from here then!" He exclaimed. There was a snarl and a badger leaped from the bushes. Dipper screamed. The badger leaped at Oak. Oak screamed and tried to run away. Thistle stepped in-between oak and the badger and tore at the badger's face. He scratched every part of the badger until it fell to the ground and stayed still.

With his chest heaving and his claws bloodied thistle hissed at the dead badger. "We need to go back to the camp" he growled. Oak stood up and shook the dirt from his fur. "Thank you thistle" oak said. "I'm just protecting my followers" thistle growled before trotting off. Oak looked around for dipper.

"Dipper!" Oak called. Dipper jumped out of the tall grass. "Is it gone?" He squeaked, his voice quavering. "Yes" oak replied. "Let's go!" Dipper yelled. Oak smiled and trotted toward the camp. Dipper bounded after making sure to keep up. When they made it to the camp dipper started to feel strange. Energy started coursing through his body.

"Oh no." Dipper said to himself. oak turned to dipper. "What is it?" He asked. "Nothing. It's nothing" dipper said "Um. I'm gonna go into the forest for a long time okay". Dipper ran off into the forest before Oak could reply and he could feel the changes begin to happen.

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