Rising Sun Valley Acorn

She leapt up from her playbow so quickly that her claws left rake-like marks in the supple earth. As Kristjan bolted for her, she uttered a chattering, gurgling growl- a mark of both surprise and amusement as she frisked sideways, tearing up green grass with her paws as she hopped sideways to avoid being tackled, only to realize that he had done the same. She scrambled to lunge toward him- but the young man was quicker on his feet, and began to bound off. 

She uttered a soft growl and scrambled into flight- pursuing him with a maddening happiness in her eyes, a macabre look on her face which was the closest thing she'd ever managed to a smile.