Tired Of These Damn Cats

Onyx looked more pretty than she was sick but not until recently did she think the crystals were really a problem. She could have almost boasted about them, well she did to Kuroki at least. And that landed her in a pit of writhing pain and regretting ever thinking the crystals were a blessing. They didn't ooze much actually except when she woke up each morning from the pressure on the floor and moving around. She had to admit they felt a little sore now too, but not enough to make her complain about it. These days she just tried to ignore them.

She was out and about in the pines because so help her if she stayed in then den for one more minute past breakfast. She was staying close to home now because of the crystals, but she did miss wandering out further and actually away from the northern lands. She was built for the winter tundra out here, so she wasn't really comfortable in the southern, warmer climates. But with the moon always stuck on the horizon, the snow from the previous winter still lingered around in lands away from the north. It was still a little chilly, just the way she liked it.

Normally she would have caught on to the scent, sound, or any sort of identifying factor that she was being stalked. But somehow she overlooked it as her eyes were down at her paws taking tiny steps forward in no planned direction. She was missing her... friends. Yeah, her friends. Though were they really friends? She had taken quite a liking to Cina but he had run off after Incendium was taken. She felt like she had made a fool of herself in front of Kuroki. Though really, all she needed was her little family here to be happy. Everyone else could fuck off if they had to.

Seemingly out of no where, or just from her own lost negligence, a white bobcat struck her right on her behind, slashing apart her hip and hind quarters with it's claws and teeth. She was completely unprepared for the attack and fell in her spinning from the pain that started to run down her whole leg. She even screamed to the surprise, but didn't waste any time now with the bobcat latched on top of her. Her own jaw came closed just between it's stomach and thigh, though the crystals she had missed from first glance poked her just above her eye socket, making her retract from the aimed bite. She was really getting beat up today.

Fighting Seasonal Prompt
Total Word Count: 432 words
Word Count Goal: 1500 words

"Onyx"