Moonspear This Is Just a Dream

She had wanted water when her and Amekaze had parted, so water she had sought. She found one of Moonspear's streams, the cool mountain water had hit her gullet like ambrosia. She'd been drinking from puddles and ponds for too long, she realized she'd forgotten what decent water taste like. She had found streams on her travels of course, but lately she'd been hoping from ponds to puddles. Perhaps she'd just been unlucky in her travels. She moved into the stream a little, cooling her pads on the cool rocks. She sighed contentedly, considering simply laying in the stream itself. A bright flash caught her now half-lidded eye and she straightened herself. It hadn't been terribly long since she'd eaten last, but she wouldn't say no to a morsel. 

Fishing had kept her fed a few nights, though she was admittedly better at chasing a hair than a salmon. She kept her body still, staring pointedly into the water. There were two or three medium size fish swimming lazily to and fro. This area of the stream was slow enough to allow them to meander. She waited until they grew closer, completely focused on her task. At last, when they were close enough that she could have swatted them with a paw, she pounced. She snapped on empty water and came up sneezing, she shook her head and sent droplets flying. The fish had fled her now, the movement more than enough to make them seek safer swimming. She raised a foreleg to rub her nose, having bumped it on the rocky bottom of the streambed.

Rather than continue her failed fishing antics, she bent to get another drink and then removed herself from the cool water. She bound a place beneath a shrub nearby, the shade protecting her from the hot sun. She would rest here for a time, until the heat of midday had passed. She lay herself down but kept her head up. She didn't want to be caught unawares by packmates she hadn't met yet. She pant contentedly for a moment, her lids slowly lowering over hazel eyes. Her panting stopped after a moment and she rest, half-awake in the shade.