Over the River and Through the Woods

Duchess had really only joined the race for Ricin, and that was okay with her. She really cared for the boy immensely so having a little fun through her harsher emotions she could work through. She joined along side Ricin, giving him a tight hug in return before looking up thankfully into his eyes. She went to take her place at the starting line and listened to Avacyn for the easy explanation. Ricin lived here and Duchess had spent some time here herself so other than the obstacles that Avacyn had mentioned, she knew the layout of the land rather well. Duchess only smiled at Ricin and the other male here as they offered luck to every one of them.

Duchess took off at the count of three, but she would have to make up for speed compared to the other two's strides. Ricin had the largest obviously, but even Kione had a bit larger stride than herself. Duchess was good on her paws luckily, so once they came across the jumping pole she only took a few seconds to analyze still in step before approaching straight on and popping over the jump to the other side, still keeping her paws moving along the path.

"Duchess"