The Sharptooth attack

The day after Runningwind arrived the at Tribe, Glow and Violet had set out on a hunting trip, eager to catch prey in the new Newleaf. They chose Dirt and Rock, a soil covered slope with scattered boulders and hare dens, to stalk a hare. They caught the hare together with ease but as they started to search for more, Violet noticed fresh claw marks in the dirt. Glow questioned if it was an eagle but Violet looked unsure as she replied with 'maybe'. As Violet leaned forward to sniff the claw marks, a gigantic, ginger sharptooth exploded from a pile of boulders knocking straight into Violet. Violet wailed, clawing at the puma with strong blows. For a while, Glow stood paralysed to the ground, never having seen a puma before. Eventually she darted around the beast, aiming strikes at its flanks with Violet close next to her. Glow then directed Violet to distract the puma and leapt onto the puma's head, sinking her claws into its eyes and ears, blinding the creature.

The fight continued until Screech and Moon heared their cries and rushed in to help, eventually driving the puma away.

Violet laid unconcious on the ground, her eyes wide with shock as Screech and Glow carried her back to the cave. As Stoneteller treated their wounds, she found that Violet had a broken hind leg, Moon a long gash along her back, Screech missing clumps of fur, and Glow with a torn ear and three deep claw marks that ran along her muzzle to the base of her torn ear.