Redhawk Caldera prize of the century

Eljay's first catch! 8) hoping for a @Nightjar but any would be welcome!

Ever since he had become an adult, Eljay had felt kind of useless in the hunting department. He took and took, but he never gave anything back and though he practised loads, he never seemed to catch anything. Eljay wandered through Redhawk Caldera's territory that day as he thought of it, and just as he heaved a sigh, he noticed the form of a rabbit darting through the grasses. Except it wasn't really darting very fast, because there was a clear limp in its step. Eljay's instincts reacted right away and he turned his head and started to dash without thinking. He wasn't a very fast wolf, but considering the rabbit was limpy he stood a better than usual chance.

Eljay didn't know when it happened, but he suddenly found himself with the rabbit between his teeth. The rabbit struggled and though Eljay bit down on its neck, the only thing that seemed to be happening was more blood and more struggling. When the rabbit kicked Eljay's chest with one of its good legs Eljay yelped in surprise at the force and dropped the rabbit. Blood pooled around its neck and it tried to get away, crawling across the ground. It was gruesome to see, and Eljay wasn't sure what to do. Panicking, he bit it again and again until finally it went limp and stopped moving. "I'm sorry, Mr Rabbit," Eljay whispered, ears flattening as he felt guilty. He knew that rabbits were food and he'd intended to kill it, of course, but he had intended to kill it without so much pain and blood towards the end. He'd wanted to kill it swiftly, like he saw the other adults always do.

But soon his guilt flooded away and made place for a cheerful attitude — he'd caught something! Eljay grabbed the bloodied rabbit between his teeth and he started making his way towards where he'd last seen mommy and daddy, hoping they would still be around to show them his prize.