Ravens Tale.#1

Ch.8 Regular Life

I wake up. Shadow is no longer beside me neither is Flower and Breeze I resume they have moved somewhere. I get up and wander over to the water, lapping it up I notice a tall figure trotting towards me its Nala she takes a lap of water then licks her lips
"Hi, are you Raven?" She asks
I nod
"I'll be coming with you on your hunt this afternoon!" She yips
"Ok, all you need to know me and Spot are in charge tell me if you scent anything" I kindly order
"Ok" she yips looking quite confident
I walk of to find Breeze or Spot, I scent Spot so I walk up to him.
"Met Nala yet?" I question
"Yea she seems quite keen to be hunting with us" he replies
"Not to me" I bark then lick him on the ear. "No fish in the lake" I say to get of the awkward topic
"I noticed"He replies
I walk of past Shine then I see Flick
"Where's Breeze" I question
"With Alpha and our pups" he answers as he gets up to follow me to Breeze
I trot east towards Alpha and Betas shelter tree
"There you are!" I yip
"Hey Flick! Hi Raven" she barks as Flick lays beside her
"Oh I'll.. Leave you too alone" I say
"No! Please stay" she pleaded
I nod and sit beside Flower who's still trying to figure out how to get places. I nudge her and she try's to crawl over to where I'm sitting.

I must have fallen asleep I wake up to a warm spotted Great Dane beside me the Suns nearly down. Then it hits me, Our hunt!
"Hunting time!, Every prey dog rise now please!" I bark
All the prey dogs apart from Breeze follow me into the forest. We all quietly trot thought the lush green forest.
"I smell rabbits, Bolt please go up wind to drive them down" I kindly order " Nala, Spot and Flick snap as many prey necks as you can" I add
We hear Buzzes bark in the distance, many rabbits hop unwarily towards us I leap over and pin one down. I put it out of its misery. So does everyone else Spots even chasing another plump rabbit. By the time we get back to the pack we have five fluffy bunnies and a plump squirrel.
"Nice catch, well lead Raven" he complements
Alpha had a rabbit, Beta and Stone shared a bunny Me and Breeze and Flick shared one and all the other prey dogs and boarder dogs shared the other two rabbits and the squirrel went to Stride. After the prey circle I raced Spot to the lake. We both leaped in at the same time. We splashed each other and swam around until the sun went down.
"That was wonderful" I bragged
"Yea.." He replied as we lapped up water

Small shimmering droplets fall onto me from the lime leaves, waking me up. The sun had just risen yet I was the only one up. I rolled around in the shallow water before I walked around the hole lake by the time I got back Breeze and a few others were awake
"How are your pups?" I questioned
"There fine" she answered as she pulled back wandering Flower and placed her by her paw " How are yours" she cheekily added
"How would I know" I bark back
She shrugged her shoulders then I walked of. As I walked past Alpha he requested a rabbit for him and Beta.  It didn't take long for me to scent out a tender plump rabbit, I stalked it for awhile just watching it in curiosity then I pounced, it nearly scrambled its way out of my jaws I put the creature out of its misery then walked back to camp.
"One plump rabbit for you Alpha!" I yipped as I proudly laid it at his feet
"One of the best rabbits I've ever seen!" He happily replied as him and Beta started nibbling big chunks of rabbit.
I laid by the water for a bit
"Hey Raven, feeling ok?" He asked
"I'm fine" I replied in a happy tone
"Good to hear" he barked
He laid beside me
"Can I lead the hunt?" He asked
"Sure" I yipped
"We will go for a early hunt so I have time to rest tomorrow." I mentioned.

At mid day me Spot Nala Flick and Bolt, sprinted of into the forest, Spot pointed out the scent of a white tail deer, a big one in fact. It was in the middle of the plain field that we had previously crossed to get to our new home. We stalked the deer getting as close as we could before it heard us. It head flung up and it spotted us. It bolted of i was helpless I couldn't run after it because of my unborn pups, Flick was in the lead closely followed my Nala and Spot, I trotted along. Flick springs at its neck bringing the big beast down but the deer didn't give up easy it got up to its feet and tried to walk away by now Spot and Nala were pinning it down. Nala clearly inexperienced, just excitedly walked around it barking and viciously nipping it. She caught on quick though and started to hold it down. A few minutes after Flick grabbed its neck it's dead. Participating as much as I can I helped Nala drag it back. As we arrived at camp many dogs licked their lips while we dropped it at the prey pile.
"Nice catch" Alpha exclaimed "Well lead Raven" He added
"Spot lead it today " I answered "Also I think he should lead it from now on until my pups are born, I can't run properly" I added
"If you and your knowledge think that, I agree" He barked
I nodded my head
"Raven I can we talk?" Asked Nala
"Sure" I answer
We walk into the forest,
"Am I good at hunting?" She nervously asks
"Yes but you must help us hold down the deer next time" I answer
I sniff a red flower
"Does the rose smell nice?"she questions
"Rose?" I barked
"the flower" She replies
"What's that?" She yips as she stares at a Thistle
"Sharp grass" I bark
She giggles, I tilt my head
"That's called a Thistle" she yips then she stared at a red four leafed flower "that ones called a poppy" she added
"Rose and Thistle are nice names" I whisper
We head back to camp, later that night I explain what I learnt to Spot before I had a large chunk of venison(deer) and fell asleep.