Shadewood The longest Yard

For @Effie, hopefully I got the right tag

Paws struck the ground in a frenzied chase, the foot work was sloppy, and cost the male precious speed but that scent was driving him up the wall. He wanted that hare more than anything and was determined to use every trick in the book to catch it. Rye was inching closer with every second, his jaw opened, ready to clamp down on his well earned kill but suddenly the hare jumped and Ryes' eyes were too affixed to see the fallen tree in this path. Like always, at the last second his periphreal vison saw the tree but his body didn't react fast enough and Rye was soon tumbling through the forest at what felt like mach 1 speed. Eventually, after a dozen rolls, Rye came to a stop under a tree and laid there, contemplating whether or not to get up and track it down, or lay there whollowing in his defeat. The latter was chosen, and with a deep sigh Rye laid there, clutching his pity like a starving wolf with its kill. 

The wind howled and whistled, laughing at his failure, the trees roared with cheer. Rye could swear he saw smirking from the leaves of the oaks above him. This wasn't his first fail of that week, but it was in fact the second. A tough week for food, but he couldn't stop trying, he still had to keep searching for her. For Effie. They were seperated a while after the land slide of the grove, some odd months after they left Teekon together. Rye had been looking for her ever since, howling and searching for her day and night. She was a pure delight to have around, and he missed her something fierce. 

Rye pushed himself up in an upright position, shaking off the dirt, twigs and whatever else clung to his fur. It was time to move on and find Towhee, maybe she could help locate Effie. Something in his heart belived Effie was alive, she was capable and hopefully she was doing better than him.