[Maplefur]

Originally Posted by Spirited Darkness

Apurva nodded. It was her second leaf-bare technically, but she'd been too young to go outside, and she'd been born after all the snow was almost gone,she she barely remembered it. She noticed that Maplefur was limping still, and she very subtly slowed her pace without it looking like she'd done a thing. Apurva knew that wounds took time to heal, and if Maplefur walked to quickly, it would only lengthen the amount of time before she was better.

“Okay. she meowed, a bit louder than usual in order to be heard above a sudden gust of wind that made snow fall off the branches of the trees that arched high above their heads. She stopped, her moth open to say something else when snow fell on to her back, and she jumped, for a moment thinking she'd been ambushed by something.

Then, as she realized it was snow, her shock turned into embarrassment, and the calico broke out into a bought of laughter, her eyes half closed but gleaming with amusement. “I knew it was snow the whole time.” Apurva joked once she'd stopped laughing and had shaken the snow off her back and shoulders where it'd landed. She made sure the teasingness was obvious in her voice though, and she had to hurry to catch up with Maplefur.

She looked around, her fear gone now. It wasn't so bad, in fact, she quite liked it if you ignored the cold. The young molly paused, looking up and letting a puff of breath escape her maw, and watched as a cloud of mist formed in front of her, then quickly disappeared. It must be really cold. She thought, shivering just at the very thought. She blinked, then matched her pace with the of Maplefur's, though her belly fur brushed against the snow, and made it get caked with ice.

"Okay? That's all you're gonna say? Aw come on! I want details!" Maplefur laughed. Hearing a commotion behind her, she turned around to see Apurva startled by some snow, and she let out a mrrow of amusement. "Sure you did," she teased back, waiting for the other molly to catch up before setting off again.

She caught Apurva goofing a bit besides her and smiled softly, letting her attention wander to the landscape around them. "Are you excited to see Blade?" Maplefur asked distractedly, staring down at some tracks in the snow. She froze, the care free attitude quickly vanishing as she paid more attention to the tracks.

No! You can't have an episode now! She mentally yelled at herself, but she couldn't move herself from her spot, eyes widening as they became fixated on the ground. All reasonable thoughts left her mind. Is it close? Is it tracking us? Could it be the same one? Her chest heaved as she became more panicked, and the only sensible thing she could do was scent the air. The scent of the creature was faint, but still there. "F-fox," she gasped out, unsure if Apurva had questioned her yet or not. In all honesty, her companion could have just spilled her life story and Maplefur wouldn't have heard a lick of it. "Fox," she spluttered again, repeating herself a couple more times as her fur puffed up.