Neverwinter Forest The calm before the storm

@Cara

Mara had been trailing the plump turkeys for some time now, the low cloud cover getting increasingly darker and ominous looking. They were headed somewhere important, that was for sure. They waddled at a fair pace on their squat little legs, the male's tail feathers pushed back to allow better speed. Thunder rumbled above the thick, black cover of pine trees and the turkeys jumped before picking up the pace even more. They crowded into a thick patch of ferns and other undergrowth and seemed to disappear. Confused, Mara stopped short. She circled the area they had gone into at a distance. The patch of bushes they had disappeared into was definitely not large enough to accommodate the number of turkeys she had seen gone in there. How could you just loose ten or so turkeys? Mara decided to check it out, well aware of the risks of loosing the turkeys. Just then the clouds opened up and started dropping buckets of icy water on Mara's sunset fur. She scrambled under a large pine tree and sat, glaring at the ferns and hoping the storm would pass.