Have Fun, They Said. It's Easy, They Said.

Kalyke had been doing what he called training. Since he got a bit clumsy at points working on fast footwork had seemed a great idea. So he’d tried running full speed and weaving about a patch of brush. Well, eventually he tripped up, and slammed into a bush and some vines. The pup tried shoving his way through but there were spikey thorns so Kal decided backing up was smarter it was thicker and so it went. Kal twisted himself about until finally, he got out.

Vines had twisted and entangled about him, constricting and painful in some areas. Kal chewed off some vine wrapped about his mid-section and slid some off his tail but the vines around his neck were up too high to chew off. He could still breathe but it was a strain and kinda scary. He tried to run back to his family but he couldn’t get enough air to run more than two or three strides before straining for air.

He was heading back to the den when a roar was heard and he spotted an agitated male bear that didn’t seem to like a half-choked pup in his area. Kal let out a howl for help, it rang out loud for a second before being cut off by his limited air. Kal backed up, looking up at the bear, showing his teeth and hackles off.

Kal imagined weave training alone had been a bad idea, for him at least. Hopefully, someone came to help. No way he could take on a bear alone and strangled. He hadn’t even fought one before with help!

WC Total 643 / 3500

"Kalyke"