Emeraldsong flicker her ear back as she listened to the young tom explain how he fell off the cliff. Listening to Russetfall explain how they were fighting off a bird. Shivering at the thought of a hawk grabbing onto her, and taking her away made the she-cat crouch down as if to make herself a smaller target for any birds nearby. Staying in the crouched position for a moment with her hazel eyes wider then snapping out of her fear induced daze she went into. Emeraldsong squinting her hazel eyes as she looked up at the dark grey clouds above them. “I don’t mind.....j-just not the thunder...I don’t like the thunder...” her voice lowering into a softness as she puffed up her multi-colored calico pelt in an attempt to distract herself. Still the thought of a bird taking her off as prey downright scared her luckily she had Russetfall with her and he could protect her if it came to anything.

Standing up from her sitting position to shake out her short fur once then scanning her hazel eyes around. Sniffing the air with her mouth opening as the various aromas filled her nose. First the pines, the dirt, then a moldy scent wafting through. Emeraldsong taking a moment longer to smell the scents when her eyes widened with a shimmer of happiness glowing into them. “Mouse.....an maybe it’s the same one that I missed.” A grin breaking out onto her features as she automatically went off at a walk in the direction the scent was coming from. “Let’s see if you can keep up with me Russetfall but, please don’t be diving over any cliffs. I can’t haul you back up by myself.” A teasing giggle escaping out as she picked up the pace into a trot with her smaller paws crunching softly on the ground beneath her.

All of her attention was being focused on the hunt and catching the mouse so she could prove to others she wasn’t a clutz. Emeraldsong going silent as the colder breeze was tugging on her short fur as she trotted to where the edge of the forest was. Taking a moment as she lifted one paw off the ground and raising her head up in the sky to catch the scent of the mouse again. At last the scent was wafting back stronger than ever, an spurring her into her walk, continuing to sniff along the way. Freezing still as the scent was now stronger than ever. “It’s here somewhere it’s here....” nodding her head to herself more than Russetfall as she murmured aloud. The she-cat’s hazel eyes scanning around herself for any hopes of spotting the mouse that was near them.

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Staying still the calico she-cat waited as she gave a small giggle out at Russetfall’s comment from earlier. Shaking her head with a happy expression causing her to fill with a warmth. Emeraldsong focusing back on the scent of the mouse as her hazel eyes scanned around the forest floor for it. Spotting the grey mouse chewing on a berry from a bush as she crouched down into the hunter’s crouch to stalk foreword. Every hair already rising on her multi-colored pelt as she stalked foreword with her head going down. ‘I need to catch this mouse I need to redeem myself from the pathetic hunt I did last night.’ The thought filling into her head as she kept going foreword with her ear flicking back along with a silent flick of her tail. She just had to catch this mouse that was too busy chewing on the berry to notice her.

Emeraldsong creeping foreword when the mouse dropped the berry to scurry away. Bunching her muscles as she sprang on her paws to capture the rodent from escaping. Sinking her teeth into it’s body to give the killing bite as she landed on the forest ground on her paws. Dropping the mouse with a shimmer of happiness glowing in her hazel eyes over capturing her prey this time. “Look Russetfall! No thorn bush this time. I did it I did it!” An excitement filling into her voice as she locked her hazel eyes with his yellow ones and then carrying the mouse closer to drop it on the ground. “I caught the mouse and I did good!” Emeraldsongms voice rising into a soft sing-song voice coming out. “I caught the mouse and there was no evil thorn bushes this time. Did you see me?” Tilting her head as she moved one paw to touch his shoulder with a toothy smile cracking out at the tom. “Thank you Russetfall for coming with me this morning and letting me redeem myself. It means a lot to me.....ya know maybe you should be my guard more often? Your fun and nice.....that’s-that’s of course only if you want to?” Asking them question softly as she felt the insides of her ears growing red from the slight embarrassment heating her entire pelt up. Hoping Russetfall would go out guarding for her now as she went on hunts. That was as long as he wasn’t on another hunter’s hunt guarding them.

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Emeraldsong listened to the red tom explain how he would try to make himself available for her future hunts. “Thank you again....” still an excitement was within her as she picked up the mouse to follow after Russetfall back to the tunnels that would take them to camp. Being zoned out in her own little world as she walked behind him. ‘I had no thorn bushes in my way this ti-‘ the thought not finishing as one small paw got snagged on a rock that was jutting out of the ground. Dropping the mouse to the ground as she fell foreword with a yelp escaping from her mouth. A slight panic overtaking her as she tumbled into the backside of the younger red tom. “Ahhh” another yelp escaping her as she fell down onto him.

Being on the mountainside and the slope of the hill even caused her to continue on rolling with him till she reached a log blocking the path and causing her to pin Russetfall between the log and her smaller body. Immediately her nose crinkled up at the closeness she was now sharing with the tom and inhaling the heavy scent of pine and earth that was wafting off his pelt heavily. Emeraldsong letting out a whine as she moved her head that was pushed into his thick red fur, until finally the world seemed to stop spinning around her. Lifting her head and shaking it when her nose touched his and causing herself to immediately retract herself away. Why did he smell so good? The thought entering into her brain as she crouched down with a frown forming onto her face. “I-I h-hurt you didn’t I?” A concern filling into her hazel eyes as she locked them once more with his yellow ones. All of a sudden a burning hot uncomfortableness had settled over her and burning into her skin. ‘Great I don’t land the thorn bush but I landed ontop of Russetfall.’ Slightly scolding herself as she tilted her head once more in a silent hopes he was okay.

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Emeraldsong was still panting hard from her trip into him and nose bump. ‘Now he probably thinks I’m some clutz.’ The thought filling into her head as she shook her head quickly for the stars that were lining her vision. Not good at all with how she tripped over the rock to tumble right into his side. “I-I’m fine.....but are you sure your okay?” Asking the question softly as she stood to her paws then moving to press her nose gently to his shoulder. “I’m sorry Russetfall....I didn’t mean to fall ontop of you....I-I’m sorry....I hurt you.” Emeraldsong flicking between ears back against her skull with a small frown forming.

A small glimmer of concern was flooding into her hazel eyes over the ordeal that still had her head spinning. “M-maybe being around m-me is a bad idea....I-I might cause you to take another tumble off the side of the cliff.” The she-cat felt her skin underneath her pelt s burning uncomfortable feeling due to the embarrassment now gnawing away in her stomach. Scanning her eyes up and down his larger red body before going silent with slight tears filling into her hazel eyes. “Jus-just when I thought I’d made a friend I go and ruin it now...” the guilt was making her couch down and move her long tail over her paws in a silent way. Avoiding eye contact as she shuffled her paws on the rocky ground underneath her hoping Russetfall would still be her new friend after practically running him over to the ground.

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