Leyanna Silver stood at the top of the hill surveying the forests by night. Her Strong lupine body bristled with power and her pelt ruffled gently in the cool breeze of the night. She scanned the surrounding woods. "The pickings will be slim tonight," She thought to herself. It was early September and winter would soon be approaching. Most of the prey animals where getting ready to go into hibernation. She had previously seen a few rabbits on her trek up to the top of the hill, but they were so slim and meek they were hardly the worthy prey that she seeked tonight. Yes tonight larger prey was required. Her summer hunting season was coming to a close, soon she would have to abandon the long summer nights spent running and howling beneath a warm summer moon. Soon she must return to school and away from her beloved wilderness. The thought of having to return seemed almost too much to bear at the current moment. She couldn't let the sweet adrenaline generated by the hunt fall into human despair. She continued to scan the forest. No tonight was not a night of meekness tonight she would close her season with a bang. A large prey would have to sate here beastly tastes tonight. Suddenly the brush to her right shifted, she immediately turned her head to the source of the sound. Her eyes peered hopelessly into the velvet darkness. Nothing had shown itself. She growled the beast in her wanted to give chase but her human side knew much better than that. There where bigger things in the forest than herself and not all of them walked on four legs. Another rustle from the same bush, deeper into the forest this time. She immediately began to walk towards in powerful muscles stretching beneath her camouflaged lupine exterior. She jumped into the bush and was now deep within the woods, whatever had caused the disturbance was now gone, she growled under her breath at the frustration of it. She pushed her muzzle to the ground to take in the scent of the earth. Dirt and moss was all the greeted her, then she smelled it something strong like vinegar, warm but not salty like blood. She followed the scent to a small covering of clovers. Urine something else had went here, it wasn't another wolf marking it's territory it was far to out of place, no, this was a prey animal and a large one at that. She looked into a small thicket of thorns and saw loose strands of hair caught amongst the briars and the bramble. She smiled a cold lupine grin to herself. Tonight she would eat well her hunting season would end well after all.
She took off into the direction of the briar bush. She knew where the animal would be heading it wasn't a matter of distance at this point but rather of time. If she didn't meet her prey soon enough it would meld back into the forest and she would not have the chance to intercept it again. She ran faster and faster powerful canine muscles straining to keep pace with a prey that she couldn't even see. The trees began to grow sparser and thinner as she made her way through the woods the forest was coming to an end. She had to move quickly. All of a sudden the tree line disappeared and gave way to a sprawling clearing that was a meadow. She crouched down to crawl on her belly through all the tall grass. She had to keep quiet whatever this prey was it was certainly going to be taller than her, certainly not stronger but with a height advantage it might see her coming through the grass and proceed to flee in terror. And she certainly didn't wish to give it any undue fear . . . at least not yet. Based on what she had seen from the briar bush the animal would have to be a decent size, deer most likely, If she was lucky it might be a stag or even an elk or. Her thought was cut short as she heard a small dropping of water from the stream ahead of her. She listened closer breathing, heaving powerful breathing. It was large certainly large. She lifted her head above the grass line to get a view, hoping not to frighten her quarry away with her inquisitiveness. Suddenly a form emerged from the water s edge and large and powerful animal loomed into view. Its coat was a reddish shade of brown and its hairs were fine except for the long tail that lay atop its hindquarters. She looked it up and down and let out a canid whine of exasperation. A horse, She had tracked a goddamn HORSE.
Suddenly it's pricked up at the sound of her dog like cry. It turned it's slender equine head and its' eyes locked directly into hers. She looked at it and let out a cackling snarl of fury and lunged at the beast. The horse's eyes widened in primal horror and immediately attempted to bolt. She landed and bit deep into the hindquarters of the animal, wrenching her fangs deep into its flesh. The horse let out a scream of pain and terror and immediately began to back kick widely into the air in an attempt to throw her off. She grabbed on with forepaws and continued to tear away at the animal's flacks with fury. The prey continued to kick and scream to no effect, Liyanna found this immensely entertaining if she could have let go to laugh she would have. Suddenly the horse leaped into the air with all four feet and rolled around it mid jump. Suddenly the hulk of the beast came back to earth with a terrible shock. With a loud thud Liyanna was suddenly was underneath the beast, it's massive hindquarters coming down on top of her head with a powerful force. For a moment she was dazed by the move, then she saw the horse roll over in the dirt and return to it's feet and begin a mad gallop for the safety of the treeline. Her head ached and her nose was bleeding furiously she got up and began to lope after the screaming animal. She had to move fast, if the horse got itself up to a full gallop she would have no hope in being able to catch it. Horses she knew may be clumsy and stupid but when they got up to full running speed it would be nigh impossible to catch them, especially if they were fleeing for their life. She began to close quickly on the wounded animal. The blood, the sweet, and the fear, she could smell it all. She wasn't going to end the hunt like this she wouldn't let it escape. With one finally surge of energy she leaped at the horses neck and clamped down with her fangs.
