Redhawk Caldera ARMY BRATS

Wildfire had outpaced her siblings in their game of chase and hidden herself away in a log on the clearing's far side. She discovered a large beetle in there and clasped it between her paws. She studied it now, thrusting her nose right up against its carapace. It struggled to escape and she accidentally squashed it. Lymph dribbled on her paws and the bug tumbled to the wooden floor, twitching and jerking in its death throes.

That's when her mother's call rose into the air. The puppy made the hasty decision to eat the beetle, so she swiped it up with her tongue right before leaping out of the log to heed the call. She made it to Fox's side in a minute or two, considering her proximity. She was not alone. Wildfire found her father, Tiger and Pan in attendance. She smiled at the group, bits of beetle leg stuck in her teeth, then sat and looked expectantly at the Alpha female.