"Are we all ready? a masculine deep voice was heard, Cassius Boone the leader of the clan finally came out, alright we all know the rules, the hunters that placed the wins would be the ones to mark out and decide the winners, looking around, he bit his lips as he continued, the hunters in each families should do the warriors and rest of us the favour and be the last to seek,
The hunters were to be the last because in the werewolf clan to seek because, the hunters were very skilled in seeking and sniffing out, they were very good in providing strategic landmarks and route which could serve as a guide to their family
"Remember this exercise is for fun and training, no weapons, no cheating and the last but very important, no hunting of each other, let's move to our respective family and begin in five minute", Cassius moved over to his family,
"We won last year and the other in a row, we could do it again" Mortica was whispering to her step children
"You guys just need to cover me, I'll go far ahead, you all know am really good at hunting" Gabriella said
"Absolutely not" Mortica blurted out
"She's right mom, you know she's good at hunting" Cody queried as always defending his sister
Cassius joined them "This isn't all about winning, firstly it helps your training and is for fun, secondly Gabriella don't you dare wander far off or else I'll have the gladiators escort you back to the cave, he warned pointing a finger at her, and Mortica I overheard you, I beg you don't take this game as serious as you did last year else it shall result in a clan disagreement or fight,
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Five minutes elapsed, gradually the sun was coming up and it's silver lines began penetrating into the dark forest arousing the mucky smell of decomposed wet vegetation, with the loud horn blown the game began, wind rustled through the forest causing the leaves to dance from side to side as werewolves sped with unnatural speed, fangs out any onlooker wouldn't notice anything but would only see shadows speeding off, Slowly Cody dragged himself towards a very big tree, digging through a heap of long grasses, he found the heart,
"I've got one!" he exclaimed through the wind, dipping it into his hunting sac, he sped forward
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Speeding aimlessly through the forest, Mortica could see Victoria's son deep something into his sac, she became frustrated knowing her sac was still empty, she looked around and noticed that other werewolves had at least a part or two stuffed in their sac, it then dawned on her that she needed to do something dangerous but careful enough so as not to attract any attention to herself,
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Gabriella took the part and stuffed it in her sac, her sac was almost full, she had eleven part in already, exhausted from the numerous running and weight of the sac, she put her sac down and began to watch others hunting, her gaze fell on her father, Cassius instinctively dashed around a tree, brushing through the undergrowth,
"Bingo" he smiled as he got his part, he stuffed his sac and looked at the others, just how many more left he thought, he picked up his sac and continued to run, without so much speed as he took a backward glance every now and then watching out for the rest of his family, he strained his sight and used his werewolf scent, cause the parts were burnt and deeped in grease to reduce scent, so even the hunters were finding it a little difficult to sniff out the part, presently he had at least eight in his sac, it now depends on Cody, Mortica and Gabby,
He came to hault under a tree as he began to watch them again, he could clearly hear the beating of hearts, everyone seemed to have overworked themselves, he needed to find out if all the parts have been taken, cause he could not find any left, his sixth sense hit him as his ear stood up, he peered through the winds as he saw a female figure holding a sharpened stick charging forward
[Mortica, what are you doing?] He telepathed, she kept on charging at someone, so he flew to her, catching her in mid air and they both fell down on the ground rolling till the hit a tree and halted, standing up he helped her to her feet,
"Just what the hell did you think you were about to do?" He asked her visibly annoyed
"About to win the game of course, why the hell did you stop me?" She asked freeing her self from his grip
"You must be crazy, winning by starting a fight or by killing? his gaze fell on her empty sac, is this supposed to be empty or you gave away your wins? He asked visibly puzzled, whats wrong with you exactly"
"Everyone is cheating" she blurted out
"No one is, you just weren't trying enough, why are you acting like this is your first time on this hunt, and before the catch us both, drop this, he snatched the stick away from her and broke it, the sound from the loud horn was heard, time to head back"
He looked at Mortica, she had a dejected look on her face, so close to tears, it seemed she wasn't really prepared for today "don't worry dear, he rubbed her back, we could share mine" he volunteered then the both headed back to the cave
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After an exhausting hunt through the forest, the sun was fully out making them uncomfortable, finally the sound of the horn was heard, everyone began retrieving grudgingly one by one giving a last sniff everywhere, Gabriella hung her sac and was about to leave when she heard a little rumbled behind her, she saw a little ram run and hide under a bush, it's white colour failed to chameleon it properly, besiged by hunger, she carefully looked around and made sure no one was watching her, she paused and listened for heart beat but heard none, without thinking she blindly rushed towards it,
The ram leapt out and began running, she left her sac behind and began groping through the forest, in search of her late morning meal, she came to a hault, she had lost the white fluffy animal "dang it" she cursed as she did not injure it to trail it with the blood, she took some strides further till she heard a faint heartbeat, turning her neck sharply towards the direction, she saw the tame animal, it was stuck trying to enter a tiny cave, only it's back side was exposed,
"Aww, she smirked evily, don't know why my meal is running from me, you can't get away this time" her eyes glittered and she rubbed her palms against each other dramatically then rushed forward to grab her prey,
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"Any trail yet?" Cassius asked him wife
"I didn't pick anything on them" she said sagging her shoulders
"Where the hell could they have wandered off to" Cassius face wore a worried look, [could it be they might have been attacked as Mortica said some families were cheating?] No, no, he beat off the thought, that was just Mortica frustrated in her own failure
"Come on dear, its already been thirty minutes since the horn was blown, the clan must be waiting for us by now"
"Waiting for you not us, she disagreed, we haven't found our children yet, what If they are in danger?"
He sighed" am not sure they would be , but if they are, Cody is strong enough to protect his sister, come on" he dragged his wife
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As she rushed forward to grab her prey, someone rammed into her and the both tumbled and rolled till the came to a hault, she on top of the person
"Ow" she mumbled touching the back of her head
"Seriously! You can't see any living thing and let it lie?" He asked
"Cody! she exclaimed, what the hell that was my meat man" she sulked
"Just let it go, it's too little, he said pointing at the lamb, it would only make you more hungry"
"My brother, such a gracious soul, what the hell do you care anyway"
"Look, he said helping her to her feet, then he pointed at the lamb, it kept struggling to free itself from the hole it couldn't fit in, such a poor thing, is so little it wouldn't satisfy the both of us"
"Tsk tsk, both of us, keep dreaming, what are you doing here anyways?"
"Err, was heading back you weren't, just knew you weren't, so unlike you to"
She rolled her eyes" am hungry then" she fell back on the grass
Cody laid his sac under a tree" then, lets hunt a bigger animals, where's your sac?"
"Err, she said gazing around, somewhere around"
Cody slapped his face "Gabbie, so careless, shall we find the sac first then proceed to hunt?"