Leveret

//ditzy, scatterbrained, optimistic, energetic, naive, smart//

All she had ever known was lighthearted play- wrestling with the other pups, harassing mice and voles in their burrows-- but suddenly everything was serious. The open meadow was red in the light of the setting sun. Leveret stalked among the trees, following behind the more experienced wolves in the hunting party. Novo’s ginger tail signaled to her and a moment later she caught the scent herself-- a small herd of deer gathered just past the treeline where the wolves were hidden. The group tensed as a single unit, moving imperceptibly slowly into an advantageous position. Leveret caught Willow’s eyes, the older wolf did not need to speak to communicate to her- Don’t mess this up…

Leveret crouched low, her light eyes trained on the small doe they had collectively chosen to target via some unknown force that made their minds work in unison. She waited for that final signal; one step closer to the trees, one slight hesitation of a hoof on the grass, or a glance in the wrong direction. 

Now.

Leveret surged from the cover of the trees, heart pounding in her ears, Novo’s breath heavy on her flank. Willow was out of sight but Leveret felt her heart in her own chest. She was not a wolf, she had transformed into some new creature, some being that existed in three places at once. Their beating hearts honed in on their prey, synchronizing with the dull pounding of hooves on the soft earth. She ran with Novo like she had never run before, she couldn’t see or hear or smell, she did not exist, but she ran.

Now!

The three-headed beast they had become folded in on itself. Willow appeared suddenly from the nothingness, and then the air was full of blood. Leveret returned to herself, seeing Willow with her jaws clamped on the throat of the kneeling doe, and moved forward to join her cousin. The taste of blood was not new, but the feeling of it flowing burning hot and still alive transformed Leveret once more. 

Tearing the trembling flesh of the deer with her two cousins, she consummated her new role in the pack- a hunter, a heartbeat, a wolf.

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Fogstep’s daughter via an outside male. Named Leveret for her energetic nature, but often affectionately teased by her packmates with the nickname “Bunny” since she also tends to be scatterbrained at times.