Escape

The wind was rustling the trees, rain pattering down around the young Tom as he made his way through the low branches and bushes of the Forest, the small kit in his large jaws hanging down by his scruff as he was carried. The Tom moved hastily through the Forest glancing back every now and then through paranoia, he knew he had gotten far enough away for the pack of stray dogs to have given up but he couldn't help but be worried, he had to be, his brother was all he had left, the dogs had came into their home in the dead of night causing the place to look like a murder scene, his parents and other kin all over the place some in bits, he'd never ran so quick in his life, the only thought on his mind was getting his brother out and safe, he'd held back the tears for his sake, there was no time for crying only making sure his brother made it out alive.

After about 20 minutes of running the young Tom slowed down, his ears flickering slightly on alert listening to everything around him as he walked through the bushes and low branches the kit still hanging in his jaws.

"We should be safe around here" The young Tom muttered shakily as he placed the kit down gently onto the grass, the rain pattering down onto them both wetting their long fur, he'd hang his long bushy tail over the kits small body keeping the rain from him as they walked some more further into the forest just to be safe.

"Pale, wheres mama, papa and the others?" The kit asked stuttering slightly in confusion, Pale had kept him from seeing the blood bath that was their family so he was completely clueless.

"Don't worry Sol, we're just going on a little trip okay? The others are fine" His heart pained having to lie but he had no choice how could you tell a kit his family was brutally ripped to shreds by rabid stray dogs.

"But it's raining" The kit complained with a pout bouncing around trying to bite Pales tail above him.

"The rain will clear up soon Bean I swear" Pale glanced to him with a smile patting his tail on his head. They continued walking for a while before coming to a stop, the rain stopped batting down around them, the moon shining through the clouds above.

"Told ya" He'd laugh slightly watching the kit come out from under his tail bouncing around the grassy Forest land.

They'd sit down under a tree taking a break. Pale let out a long yawn shaking his head to wake himself up. The Toms ears pirked up tall as loud rustling sounded around them, his heard skipped a beat as he grew panicked, his mind flashing with images from the scene before, the bloody muzzles of the dozen large dogs back at home, hearing their barks and snarls as they chased them through the forest and moorland, Pales breathing grew shakey as he grabbed the kit in his paws backing up into the tree behind them, his ears flat on his head and his pupils slits as he watched the bushes like a hawk, the loud rustling growing closer before some figures finally emerged...

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