Moonspear bear necessities

In her haste, Kala slammed into the edge of the cave's mouth, badly bruising her shoulder and causing her to bump her head on the low-hanging threshold as well. The grizzly paused, a little dizzy, then continued her scramble into the cavern. The shadows swallowed her and she quickly vanished from sight.

But she hadn't gone more than a hundred yards into the underground labyrinth before she skidded to a halt with a cry of surprise that echoed all around her. Kala blinked rapidly, then reached up a paw to rub at her eyes. When she put her foot back on the ground, she squinted for a second before her eyes flew wide. It was her cub!

Kala stumbled forward to embrace her baby when the cub grinned and dove at her. She went straight between her mother's legs, causing the grizzly to awkwardly pivot in the narrow passageway. "Wait!" she called, watching as the cub scrambled in the direction of the light at the end of the tunnel—right toward the waiting wolf pack.

"Baby, wait!" Kala screamed at the top of her lungs before plunging after the cub. A thunderous warning roar escaped her in the hopes of frightening away the wolves even as she exploded into the sunlight again. She tossed her great head side to side, searching for the cub, and saw her disappear into the trees off to her left.

Ignoring the wolves and whatever they were doing, Kala dashed toward the cub, who'd suddenly stopped. The mother bear stretched out a foreleg to scoop her offspring to her chest. Only the cub vanished into thin air and Kala tipped forward over a ledge hidden by foliage.

This must have been what Galaxy felt like when she'd tumbled down the mountainside. But there was no soft landing for Kala. She hit the bedrock about twenty feet below with a loud smash! Her vision dimmed but didn't go dark. But as she lay there, gasping for breath, twitching weakly and moaning at the pain wracking every inch of her body, Kala's cub reappeared and snuggled up beneath her (broken) jaw.

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