Emberwood No one's here? Good.

Fear gripped Grace's heart like long tendrils of ivy, wrapping her up and nearly freezing her to the spot. This was it, this was her chance to prove she was just as good as anyone else. She nodded to Liaka's whispered words, feeling her heart thump louder and heavier as she watched the does wander fatally from their children. For a moment, she hesitated. The way was clear, but was she to go first or did she wait for Liaka? The she-wolves excitement seemed to seep into Grace and infect her, and the russet yearling could barely contain herself. After a year of abuse and pain, it was even better to experience excitement and fun. However, once Grace started to question why she was even restraining herself, she felt the process begin as her muscles started to unfurl and she could focus on nothing but the fawn and herself. Too late to back away now, Grace barely felt her bad paw tapping against her side; what little brawn she had was set lose and she stretched her three good legs to their capacity. She took as long strides as she could, closing the gap between her and the fawn nearest to her in very small amount of time. Having whipped herself out from the trees too fast, she couldn't slow herself in time to lunge for the little deer and instead only had time to open her paws to tackle it to the ground, taking her own body in the momentum. Intent to keep it from getting away, she locked her front paws around its shoulders and bit down as hard as she could on its spine, not even paying attention to what way she was turned. Her tackle had carried them to Grace's back, and she'd pulled it right on top of her belly, though luckily it too was on its back. It struggled to break from the young wolf, calling in horror for its mother, but had no chance stuck on its back and wrapped up in Grace's legs, eventually going limp. Though the catch hadn't been very elegant, maybe even odd, she'd been quick in both mind and body; Grace hoped that counted for something as she rolled to the side and dropped her catch, panting fairly hard as she glanced around to see how the others fared.