Raven automatically stood in front of Moon in a protective stance. Moon shivered and shrank back, fear tingling along her spine.
The boar closest to them took a step forward and snorted, his nostrils flaring. The other boars held their hungry stare, not moving an inch.
Suddenly, the lead boar charged at Raven. Moon tensed and stood, feeling the adrenaline soaring into her muscles once more. Raven dodged the boar, followed by Moon. The boar skidded past them and gave Raven enough time to attack. He launched on top of the boar, and tore at it's face. It screamed and ran into the grasses.
Moon turned to the other boars and attacked the nearest one, sinking her claws into it's face. That was their best strategy, she knew. The boar was running in no time.
Raven had taken care of another boar and was struggling with one. He clung onto it's front horns for dear life. Moon launched forward and raked her claws into it's face, blinding it. It screamed and followed the other boars.
There were three boars remaining. Raven and Moon launched themselves at two boars, feeling over confident.
Moon felt herself beginning to fail, and began to scrambled to cling to the boar's face. It flung her into the air, caught her with it's tusks, and flung her onto the ground again a little farther away.
Moon lay on the ground, the wind knocked from her lungs. She struggled to stand, but she knew it was no use as the other boar charged her.
It took her by the tusks and flung her even higher than the other boar did. Moon was paralyzed with fear, but she saw Raven sending off the other boar. She prayed Raven could save her as she hit the ground. It was the last thing she thought about before everything went black.
Moon felt herself being doused with a tongue, soothing and soft. It stroked between her shoulder blades, and she found herself enjoying it.
Moon attempted to open her eyes, but the blackness pulled them together again. She slipped into the blank trance once more.
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Moon woke again. Sunlight glared in her vision. She only saw a bright, blurry white with faint shapes moving slowly around. She blinked, weariness fading to pain.
Her vision beginning to clear, she stretched her achy muscles, wincing as pain shot through her. She made a small, whimper-like sound, and felt the heat of a wolf hurrying over.
Moon could make out the scent of Raven, and basked in the warmth of his body as he curled around her. Violet padded over and fed Moon a herb, which she gladly ate. She felt the effects of the herbs taking its toll quickly, and all pain and conscious faded from her once more.
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Moon blinked open her eyes, feeling the warmth of Raven gone. The pain was faint yet noticeable, and the weariness had almost completely ridden itself from her.
Lifting her head, she opened her eyes once more. A painful glare hit her eyes, causing her to close them again.
She lifted her head and tried desperately to scent out Raven, letting out a whimper. Violet went over to her and soothed her with a lick. She talked, but Moon didn't hear any distinct words. She sighed with sadness and laid there, blinking open her eyes every now and again in hopes of sight.
When sunlight streamed into Moon's vision, she knew it was sun-high. Her vision was clearing, and she scented Raven. Letting out a whimper, Moon lifted herself from her nest and tried to look for him, failing miserably.
Hearing Moon, Raven dropped the prey he was carrying and came over to her. He rested his head on hers, and stood there for a few moments. Moon sighed with content, letting herself drift in his comfort.
Moon blinked open her eyes and could see a bit more clearly. She looked up at him and blinked away the last of the fuzziness from her vision. Raven had a scar above his eyes, but it was barely noticeable. She could see he was in much better condition than she was.
"What..." she murmured, struggling to find her voice. "What...why...how..." Moon struggled to find the right question. Raven sighed in understanding, and nosed her back into her nest. He laid down in front of her and told her the story as she rested.
"We were hunting in Tall Grasses. You were chasing after a rabbit and, when you killed it, there were a lot of boars in the clearing. We fought off the better half before two boars were throwing you up in the air and almost killed you. You were asleep for five sunrises." Moon began to tremble and looked at her swollen belly with worry.
Raven noticed her nervous glance and sighed good-naturedly. "They're fine; Violet said they were, amazingly, unharmed." Moon let out a relieved whimper. She would cherish these pups, since they were the only thing left of Turmoe that she had.
Raven murmured with sympathy and stretched. "You're healing. There was a gash between your shoulder blades and a deep cut in your shoulder, but you're fine otherwise." Moon nodded and felt tired. Raven got up and curled around her, resting his head on her sore shoulder.
Moon fell into a peacefully restful sleep.