Sunbeam Lair Playing with Plants

@Asterr

  The little ember used her sharp vision to locate plants around, but not with much luck. She had found some death-caps, but those wouldn't be useful. She peed by them to warn others not to eat them. That would end badly. The girl had a mouthful of ferns that she was carrying, but no actual herbs. All that she had managed to find was a stock of sage. She buried it underneath the hollow tree stump she slept in. As she trotted back to the stump to lay down the fresh bedding, a songbird caught her ear. A bright colored bird nest was in the branch above her, maybe she could knock it down! If sorrel could catch these chicks, she could present it to her alpha as a thank you for accepting her into the pack.

   Sorrel dropped her ferns and crouched down low, curving around to the side of the branch. She launched herself up into the air, successfully whacking the nest down. 3 chicks laid squeaking in the grass and Sorrel felt...bad. She whined. Why hadn't she left them alone. She had just thought that maybe...well, to late now. Her emotions got to her, there was no way she was going to kill the baby birds. But she ate them, maybe it was okay.

  Picking a chick up in her mouth, she bit down, painlessly ending its life. She winced at the crunch of bones, but did the same with the next chick. She left behind the ferns and carried the two chicks back to her stump, hiding them in her herb storage area. She then laid down and sniffed at her rosemary, throwing out the herbs that had dried out and lost their healing qualities.