Its Hard to Say Goodbye

Doing these patrols with his dad had become a pretty usual staple of his day. Most of the time nothing really exciting happened, but just on the off chance that it did he wanted to be there! Plus it usually meant he got to go do something with his dad after as long as he didn't have something else going on. Today as they finished up their patrol his dad started leading him out toward the willow tree forest that stood just outside of the pack's borders and he looked up at his father with perked gray ears as he suggested he show off what he had learned about hunting. Arc grinned wide at that, giving an eager nod. There was really only one thing he liked doing more than fighting and that was hunting! "Okay!" he agreed, puffing out his fluffy chest with pride as he eagerly accepted the opportunity to show off to his father. Usually it was just him and his mom hunting together so he hadn't gotten the chance to show his dad all the stuff he had learned yet, but he was excited to!

With that in mind he turned his attention to the willow forest and started trying to pick up on any scents or sounds of any prey near by and a hint of a deer's scent caught his attention, making his sapphire eyes turn in the direction of it and his steps slow so he could scent the air more closely. He lowered his nose to the ground, smelling the trail until he finally caught the foot prints in the snow leading away from them. He cast a quick grin back at his dad before he started following the trail quietly, stepping carefully so he didn't make too much noise in the crunching snow. He did eventually find a lone doe hidden among a few of the willow trees. He stopped where they were still hidden behind some of the draping branches and glanced back at his dad. It wasn't entirely confident that he could get it himself, but with his dad helping he could!

"Arcturus Fatalis"