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Originally Posted by Spirit
Moondancer finally arrived at the lake. It was actually quite big, considering it filled out atleast one third of the territory. Putting one paw on the ice to test if it was still as frozen as yesterday. It seemed as if it was almost even more frozen..
Lowering her body and slowly creeping out on the ice, she could feel the cold under all four paws. But having lived through three winters, she had come familiar with that feeling. It didn't take her long to get out to where there were simply no more ice, and started to stare intensely down into the lake. She could see movement. Waiting for the right moment to strike, she finally found it. Sticking down her whole head and biting into the fish, she caught it in her mouth and threw it up on the ice. Watching it's helpless face gulp for water, she decided to leave it be for now.
The next two fish ended it's life in water by being swooped up by her claw and left to.. Well you couldn't say drown since it was a fish, but the opposite. Choke? She didn't know. Looking back at the three fish she'd caught by now, she could see how small they were. She could catch a bigger one for sure!
Fourth and last fish got the first catching method, but it was a big one. About one third the size of Moondancer herself! Due to this, it's weight fought against her, and after a long fight to get it up, she finally got it thrown onto the ice, but as she did so, the weight of the fish made her thrust the opposite way than it was thrown: Into the lake. The coldness hit her like a crashing wave. And somehow, it was. However, knowing how to swim, she quickly broke to the surface and made it to the ice. Being a lucky cat, the ice was thick enough for her to haul herself up on safe ground.
Deciding this was enough and she needed the comfort of the camp, shivering from being covered in cold water, she headed back towards Ocelotpath, all four fish in her mouth. It was hard to hold them all, especially the big one, but she made it to where he waited.
"Well, I dumped into the lake, but it seems I won.." She said, still having her happy attitude despite shivering of cold.
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Ocelotpath glanced over at Moondancer, an expression of surprise coming over his features followed by an expression of concern. "I'll say. You look like you're freezing!" He mewed, before glancing down at her catch. Fish. How did she know how to catch fish? Ocelotpath had never learned, so the fact that this she cat knew how made him the slightest bit suspicious, although he pushed his suspicions aside, realizing that there was no point in them. This was just a good natured competition, not a hunt to find out if Moondancer was secretly from another Clan! "Well, looks like all my moons of being a leaf catcher didn't pay off today. How'd you do that, anyways?" Ocelotpath asked, curiosity coming into his voice. He glanced down at the fish again. One of them was bigger then the rest, and Ocelotpath wondered how long she had struggled with that one. Not to mention that she looked as though she were freezing...he didn't like the idea of her getting pulled into the lake by some fish. The tip of his tail flicked as he glanced down at her catch again, and then down at the three scrawny creatures between his own paws. He could feel his pelt heating up in embarrassment that he hadn't done as well, and that he had thought about how great he had done. She's a great hunter, he thought with a slight purr of pleasure.
If they ever did this again, the fact that she had beaten him this time would drive him to work harder the next time. He grinned at her to show that he was glad she had won, not frustrated that he had lost, and picked up his own catch, not struggling as much as all three of the smaller creatures were quite light. "Need any help? I could always give you a paw if you needed it," He mewed, though his voice was muffled from the fur of the different creatures in his mouth. He wasn't quite sure how she had managed to carry all of those fish in her mouth at once, but he was planning on helping her if she needed it. I doubt she will. Anyone who can carry those fish this far doesn't need help from me, he thought with another twinge of admiration. He was still a little suspicious of her ability, but he guessed she would tell him if it wasn't something too personal...after all they were friends, right? Surely she wouldn't mind telling him whatever it was. I wouldn't judge her! I want her to trust me, not think I'm going to be rude, Ocelotpath thought defensively, the tip of his tail twitching back and forth in the slightest bit of worry as he glanced at his new friend. This had been fun. He made a mental note to challenge her again sometime soon- between the two of us, we could probably feed half the Clan if we tried, Ocelotpath thought with another purr of amusement.