Into the woods we go

Kite realized the danger a moment before Vanta had the chance, clambering at speed up the tree and fucking doing some ninja move overtop Vanta's young body and damn near displacing her from the branch entirely. Lacking the claws for grip she was forced to throw herself to the bark, hugging it tight with her limbs until the feeling of teetering dangerously stopped. By then, the cat was near. It had leaped from it's tree to the girl's own, balancing expertly higher up on the branch and crouching it's way down toward them. Whelp, they were going to die.

Suddenly a flap of wings caught Vanta's attention, and the toucan who once belonged to their mother had joined the fight. Flapping it's wings hard before the cat's face, it gave the children a moment to find their way off the tree at the very least. "RUN"! Vanta shouted, turning and taking the opportunity to make it to flat ground. She was not fast upon the branch and she knew the toucan could not distract the cat forever, already she could hear the departing wingbeats that likely signalled Blue headed off to go get help.

To climb down from the branch would be too slow; once Vanta reached the lowest point, she jumped. A sharp pain reached her forepaws as they hit the earth first and hard, but there would be time to think on strains and sprains later, when they were both safe. Turning her head, she called out to her sister again, tearfully. "Please, Kite, don't fight it, just run!"

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