Hunger

The youth was unaware of the volcano that had erupted, causing mayhem across the region, but she could see that something had happened. The girl was curious what it was, but more than that, she was hungry and hunger overruled her curiosity. She was too young to really hunt anything, but she was small, she didn’t need that much. Thus, the youth could be found in a large valley, body crouched low as she slunk through the tall grass nose working overtime as she tried to find a ground bird hunkered down.

Atlas was both fortunate and unfortunate. It was the wrong time of day for birds to be nesting on the ground, they were out getting food, but it did leave their nests unguarded. The seal colored pup would eventually stumble on a nest, but it held no full grown bird. Only babies. She would sigh as she stared at the vulnerable creatures, her stomach growling and eventually urging her to kill the young things. “Beggars can’t be choosers….right?” She muttered, taking a step forward. “Sorry birds…” She’d murmer before biting into one baby bird, killing it quickly. Ever the opportunist, she didn’t just stop with one, she would kill all three and then stuff them in her jaws and take off running, getting as far from the nest as she could before the momma bird found her. In her haste, she had crossed the border into a pack, but that didn’t matter. Once under some shelter she would plop down and begin eating.