Originally Posted by gs29513 (Post 793098)

Seeing Cheetahpoke had already caught a fish, Splashleap settled down to wait. His somewhat clumsy scoop had scared all the fish away, so she moved a bit farther down the bank. Gazing into the water, she finally spotted a fish swimming by, a nice fat trout. Swinging her paw ahead of it as Snowstripe had taught her, she flipped it onto the bank and then quickly planted a paw on it to prevent escape. Biting the back of it's neck, she gazed into the water once again.

Suddenly, she saw a flash of silver. It was the biggest fish she had ever seen! It was almost half as long as her! While she didn't know it, it was a catfish, swimming placidly along the bottom. She HAD to catch it! It was ginormous! But it didn't seem to be coming near the top, like the other fish. Why not? All the fish ate bugs on the water, right? Continuing to watch it, she saw it sucking up.....mud? in it's large mouth. So it ate dirt? That was WEIRD! But that meant it wouldn't come to the surface. She would have to go down and get it. Motioning with her tail, she called softly to Cheetahpoke Come on over here! There's a HUGE fish! Hopefully he wouldn't take to long, or fall in the water. THAT would certainly scare it away. @Neon Lights

Originally Posted by gs29513 (Post 793495)

I know, isn't it? she whispered excitedly. This was AWESOME! But the stupid fish wouldn't come up! So they would have to go down and get it! Right? But how are we going to get it? It's not coming up to eat things like the other fishes. It eats DIRT! she mewed softly. We're going to have to go in or something! While she liked swimming, she wasn't necessarily a fan of going down deep. Besides, she could only keep her eyes open underwater for a short amount of time, and even then everything was fuzzy. @Neon Lights

Originally Posted by gs29513 (Post 793867)

Yeah, but that might scare it! Splashleap mewed. We could try it though. We just have to make sure we know where it goes if it leaves. And if that doesn't work, we're probably going to have to swim after it. No need to admit she was a bit excited by the idea. The water would feel nice, and the fish would be even MORE delicious if they had to do something hard to get it, right? At least that was her rational. @Neon Lights

Originally Posted by gs29513 (Post 794209)

Ok, sounds good to me! Splashleap mewed, bounding towards the far end of the pond. She kept her eyes on the dirt-fish the whole time, until she reached her spot. Sitting down, she waited for Cheetahfang to start dropping dirt on the fish. If it ran towards her, she was diving in! And probably getting soaked with no fish. But she tried REALLY HARD not to think about that. @Neon Lights

Originally Posted by gs29513 (Post 794391)

The fish WAS coming toward her! Tensing her muscles, Splashleap dived into the pond. Claws extended, she clawed around for the fish. Feeling it's slippery skin, she dug in, and risked opening her eyes. The fish was even bigger up close! But now she was beginning to run out of air, so she kicked hard off the muddy bottom, and began trying to paddle to the surface. @Neon Lights