A Killer in the Midst
12-05-2013, 04:00 PM
Aphrodite made her way to Wolfpaw Lake, the closest body of water to where she and her twin sister, Persephone, were denning. A cold winter breeze had sprung up earlier that morning, chilling the ebony mistress to the bone. The girl fluffed up her fur to ward against the wind, making her look almost twice her size. Aphrodite raised her nose to the sky, silver and lilac irises scanning the empty sky for any signs of the coming storm. Far to the east, a thick bank of wolf-gray clouds were rolling across the sky. Aphrodite estimated that it would be another couple of hours before the snow hit. The girl trudged through the ankle deep snow, grateful that her overly-fluffy paws kept her from sinking through the hard-packed snow under the layer of fluff, which would be past her knees instead. Aphrodite padded down to the shore, where ice met earth. She searched for a break in the ice where she could get a drink, but the ebony femme was unsuccessful. Shrugging her shoulders, Aphrodite prepared to break a section of ice. She was thirsty, dammit! Rearing back on her haunches, Aphrodite brought her weight back, and then brought it speeding forward, crashing down on the ice with stiff legs, all of her body weight and momentum bringing her forward with much more force. The ice cracked, but didn't break. Not wanting to soak her paws in a frigid lake, Aphrodite picked up a stone in her mouth, a decent sized one, and dropped it where the cracks fanned out like a spider web. The stone went clean through the ice, creating an almost perfect circle for the black-pelted girl to drink from. Aphrodite bent her neck, salmon tongue finding the water and lapping up several freezing mouthfuls. Thirst quenched, the girl rested back on her haunches, not sure what to do next. Persephone was being a lazy bum, still sleeping in the den that Aphrodite had left her in. She could go back to Persephone and be bored out of her mind, or she could find something to do. The ebony fae shrugged and started walking in a random direction, determined to find adventure. |
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