Velvet walked off with as much meat as she could carry. She left the rest to the birds and the scavengers. A whistle escaped her lips as she made her way through the woods, though no animal dared seemed to try and get closer. Well, all except one.
Brown eyes pierced through the shadowy chaos, each pupil contemptuously looking straight at her.
"Good afternoon, Velvet." The voice was deep,but distinctively feminine.
"Good afternoon to you Lady Maw." Velvet nodded. Out from the shadows came the largest mountain lion one could ever see. Its shoulder met the tip of Hood's head. She smiled with a mouthful of dagger teeth.
"I don't suppose you have any meals for a poor old lady looking out for her young ones?" Lady Maw spoke as she paced with Velvet. Known head-honcho of this part of the forest, Lady Maw was usually well avoided by anything less armored than a great bear or a pack of talking wolves. Velvet though had become well acquainted with the old lion. Maw pointed out where the wolves congregated and in turn Velvet kept Maw fed and away from the villages.
"They're behind me Maw, fresh about ten minutes ago." Velvet explained. Maw licked her lips in delight before she bounded off. The lioness turned around for a moment to speak her mind.
"Oh, rumor has it that a pack has been planning to attack you." Maw explained. "I just thought it would be a warning to you Hood."
Velvet smiled and waved off the lioness as she disappeared into the gloom. Velvet continued forth until finally she had arrived back to her usual headquarters. While she did mainly move from village to village, her heart always belonged to the place her grandmother lived.
"Look, Hood's back." A child yelled as he pointed at the incoming heroine. The crowd came upon her with delighted vigor. Velvet held a hand up to clam the crowd down, right before she showed them her stockpile of wolf meat. The crowd oo'ed in enthusiastic applause. Hands reached out to see and touch the wolf meat.
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