Artemis

Artemis pads into her hunting area. She silently passes a beaver along the way, but that would not help the alphas she was assiting. They needed something bigger. She leapt onto a log, suspended in air, by two other trees to wait for Sedge Fur and Shadow.

Shadow

Shadow follows close behind Artemis and sits below her fellow Alpha waiting for Sedge Fur. She too had seen a beaver, but agreed with Artemis in not stopping by it.

Sedge Fur

He followed behind both she-alphas, paying no more attention to the beaver than the others did. Sedge Fur lowered his head level with his shoulders, and kept his keen ears drawn up, ready to locate some prey. He was ready to follow the land's alpha.

Shadow

Shadow wagged her tail happily as he mate joined the two female alphas. She looked up at Artemis, "We'll probably want to look for something around the area of a small deer. Nothing too small, or the she-bear will probably resist chasing it."

Shadow&Artemis

The cold air, chilled both females. Artemis visibly shivered, and Shadow was trying her best not to. They sat there in silence. A minute later an old buck came stumbling through the under growth. His fur was matted in places, and his limbs were weak. Artemis jumped down from the log and crouched low to the ground. Shadow did so as well, and they both stared at the deer. The buck stopped and looked around, his eyes wide. Tho he was old, he wouldn't go down without a fight. At a signal from Artemis, both females leaped from their spot and rushed the frightened animal. And frightened it was. Because of the cold though, the buck was slow to turn around and flee. Artemis and Shadow soon caught up with it, each nipping at his ankles. Shadow began to grow tired and could tell artemis was too. So she gathered up some more speed and lunged head first at the bucks back leg. The two collided, and fell to the ground. There was a sickening crack, signifying that one of the bucks back legs had broken. Even so, the deer had fallen partly on Shadow, twisting her front paw. Artemis skidded to a stop and fell back to see if Shadow was alright. The deer frantically tried to stand, but it was having great dificulty. Part of the bone was sticking out, and only a few drops of blood were pouring down his leg. Shadow too stood with dificulty, with some assistance from Artemis. Her paw hurt, but the Alpha Female of the sedge creek pack began to pursue the deer again, slower, herding it towards the den site. Artemis on the other side, doing the same.

Sedge Fur

He caught up with them, snarling at the deer through the roar of the blizzard to help deter it from fight, and cause it to flee.

Sedge Fur haulted as well when his mate and the buck collided, and was distressed to see she was injured. He ran close beside her to help in case she needed it while herding the buck to the den site.