And You're Gonna Hear Me Roar

The black and white woman had smelled him long before she saw him. The once tall green grasses were turning yellow and brown hiding the earth colored feline. From where she lay, he appeared to have no tail but he was taller than herself. His ears were larger but everything else about him was smaller. He was not as stalky or long in body as she was, he even looked as though he weighed less than her. The first word to reach her mind was interesting, the next was strange.

Kathleen had never seen a feline that looked as he did. She had seen only other snow leopards though if she were to see another leopard breed she would know what he or she was instantly. The spots gave them away, just as her spots gave her away. She would watch him for a few moments more knowing that if he was paying attention there was no way he could have missed her white pelt among all of the fall colors.

Once she got bored with watching him, just as she had gotten bored with her home in the snow covered mountains, she would stretch out and yawn. Claws would extend from her large paws and her tail would curve up to the sky and in the end of the stretch her claws would once again be sheathed and her tail would hover just above the ground. Icy blue eyes would lock onto the other cat and her usual mask would fall into place. She did not know this male there for she did not trust him. Her past did not allow her to feel comfortable with anything but children and even then she liked to make them tremble a bit. "Who is it, I ask, that has entered my space?"

Being another cat she would allow him to entertain her, for now, as she was tired of seeing nothing but dogs.