The Outcasts | Book One: A New Pack

Chapter Five: Going Hunting

"So, Blaze, what should we do?"

"Find something to put the food in while I hunt, okay?"

"Okay."

While Blaze hunted, I looked for an old sack or something. Along a river, I found two old bags. I went to find Blaze.

I tried to sneak up on her but she saw me and laughed. "Nice try, but work on it. Anyways, do you have bags? I killed a lot." I rolled my eyes.

"I'll get you next time. Here are some bags. Oh, and I also found a river."

"Nice. We'll go there next time." I noticed it was starting to get dark.

"We should head back."

"Yeah, we gotta start a fire."

"Hey, welcome back! I started a fire, and we can use the fur of whatever you killed to put on the bed area," Luna said excitedly. I was happy for her.

All Al said was, "Wow, nice kill."

"Yeah," I replied.

"Alright. Al and Blaze, cook the food, and Luna and I will take the fur and make a tarp or something, okay?"

"Sounds good," everyone said.

"Alright. Give me all the fur."

"Here."

"Thanks. Luna, you start on that end and we'll just connect them at the end."

"Okay."

An hour later, Blaze called, "Food's ready!"
"So is the tarp," I told them. "It's on the rock already."

After dinner, the others went to bed. I stayed up and climbed to the top of the cave to watch the sunset. It's a nice view. I could see the sunset hit the mountains, and the breeze was just perfect. Afterward, I climbed back down for a moonhigh swim.

The lake was big, deep, and cold, just like the river back home. It was perfect. I floated there for a while, but after about 50 minutes, I went to sleep.

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In the morning, I was the second one up. Luna was already watching the sunrise from on top of the cave.

"Hey, you're up," Luna said, as I climbed to the top of the cave.

"Yeah, it's nice up here, isn't it?" I asked, half asleep.

"Yeah."

"I watched the sunset after you guys went to sleep."

"Nice. I woke up extra early, so I swam for 10 minutes."

"Well, let's eat, and then go exploring."

"Should we wake up the others?"

"I'll tell Blaze that we're going to the river I found yesterday and to stay with Al."

"Okay. What river, though? I thought there was only a lake here."

"It's on the other side of the mountain." I hopped down and went into the cave.

"Blaze?" I whispered.

"What?" she asked rudely. She hated being woken up.

"Luna and I are going to the river I found yesterday. Stay here and watch Al, okay?"

"Yeah, whatever. Don't get lost, okay?"

I rolled my eyes. "Okay, bye," I said, as I left the cave to get Luna.