Chicago sniffed the air for any kind of food. Though her nose was sensitive, it could detect no signs of anything alive for miles, not even another wolf. She stopped at a small stream in her territory to think, and sip some water. The food was all gone; that much was certain. But what could she do? She knew only that she had to survive, which meant one thing: relocation.
Chicago decided that she would find some new land, somewhere where food was less scarce. She started walking north. It was as good a direction as any.
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Diana walked about. The sap clung to her fur. She sniffed the air. She smelt Freezestar. She ran towards the scent and growled at her. "Get out."
After three days of travel, Chicago found herself in the heart of Diana's land. This was farther into the other's territory than either friend had ever been. There was still no sign of food, but Chicago could hear yelling in the distance. She directed the clouds to form a portrait of her, so as not to startle Diana. It was a crude sculpture at best, but it would get the job done.
Diana growled again. Diana stuck her head in the sky and caught a glimpse of Chicago's clouds. She pushed Freezestar to the side and ran a bit towards them. Freeezestar looked around. She felt herself hit, but did not know where Diana had gone. She shot blindly and smelled the ground for blood. There was none. She sat down and mumbled to herself.
The yelling halted, and Chicago walked in the direction it had been coming from. She had found herself too hungry to run two days ago, part of the reason she had taken so long to get this far. She hoped with all her might that Diana might know what had happened to all the food in the area. Her nose told her there was still no food for miles, in any direction, though the occasional wolf or fox could now be scented.
Freezestar mumbled and stood up in search of food. She could tell she would have to walk. She sniffed the air. Nothing of food quality could be found. Her stomach growled a bit. She stepped onto the leaves and shuffled her feet looking for a rat or a mouse hiding under them. Diana looked around. She lept up trying to look to the sky.
Chicago heard faint rustling. She could now identify two wolf scents. One was Diana, the other, slightly more distant, was someone Chicago had never met. Delerious with hunger, Chicago paused and started gnawing on a tree root before she realized what she was doing and resumed her walk.
Diana lost her footing on the way down. She landed akwardly and continued to jump up. Freezestar padded to the next pile of leaves and began to shuffle through them aswell. She stopped something. She bent over and sniffed it. It didnt smell like food. She left it be.
Chicago looked through fading vision and saw Diana, jumping in the air like she was trying to catch something. A bird, perhaps? A stumble, then Diana was back up into the air, jumping at not a birt, but Chicago's cloud-art. Turning it to face herself, Chicago stumbled forward wearily.
Diana ceased her leaping. She glanced around before looking straight ahead. "Chicago? What are you doing here?" she asked.
Freezestar nosed through the leaves. She was about to turn to sap again. She shuddered at the thought of it.
Chicago collapsed onto the ground, lacking the energy to take another step, or even to continue standing. "All the herds in my lands have moved on... I was hoping you might have some food," she panted, "But it doesn't smell too promising."
Diana bit her lip. "I havent seen food in days..." she said. She took a deep breath, hoping to catch something.
Freezestar shuddered and clawed a tree. The sap leaked out slowly. She licked it and gagged. It was aweful. But it was a needed evil in order to keep moving.
Chicago pried herself off the ground and dragged herself forward. "I have been traveling for three days, and no food for a week before that. I'm glad I made Redhot take the pups to the farthest reaches last month... I wouldn't be able to feed them... Diana, go, while you still have the energy." She collapsed again at Diana's feet, twitching and breathing laborously.
Diana shook her head. "I'm fine," she sniffed the air again.
Freezestar flicked her tounge in and out. "Thats so sickning!" she grumbled as she tried to get the aftertaste out.
Suddenly, Chicago burst into a series of giggles and sat up. She was laughing so hard, she fell over again. After a moment, she sat up, trying to keep a straight face. "Okay, that was just for show. But seriously, I'm starving to death. Where is the nearest stream with anything in it?"
Diana shrugged. She pointed west towards the river. She wasnt sure if anything lived there, but it was worth a shot.
Freezestar walked to the river and drank hard. The sappy taste still clung to the back of her throught.
Chicago nodded and walked down to the river. She ignored the stranger for now and stared intently into to water. She saw a fish, but it was too small to worry about. A larger fish swam by, and Chicago pounced.
Diana growled at Freezestar. "I thought I told you to get your frosty butt off my land!" she spat at her. Freezestar leaned back and rocked on her haunches, not saying a word.
Hearing Diana, Chicago almost dropped her fish. "Please don't make me laugh while I have food!" She growled, trying to hold back a chuckle. She stalked onto land, placed the fish far from the banks, and only then erupted in wild, uncontrolable, insane laughter. "Frosty butt! That's a good one," she howled.
Diana continued to growl with her ears laid back. Freezestar shot a calm glance back. "You have a problem? Do tell!" she sneered. Diana lunged at Freezestar only to be frozen in mid-air. "Tsk Tsk you silly white wolf, what are we going to do with you?" Freezestar chuckled. Diana tensed her legs ready to explode out of the ice.
Chicago shot to her feet when Diana became encased in ice. Electricity crackled, and the few clouds in the sky instantly multiplied and covered the sun, giving the valley a dreary appearance.
Diana exploded and continued her lunge. Freezestar glided to the left and Diana skid on the ground. She flew out and took Freezestar to the ground. She snarled face to face with the dark blue wolf. Freezestar growled back.
Chicago waited until it looked like Diana had eveything under control, then returned to her fish. She sloppily tore into it, shredding it with her teeth and swallowing large clumps.
Freezestar snarled and poked Diana with her nose. Diana froze solid again and Freezestar was able to shrimp out. She left in peace. Diana burst out.
Chicago finished her meal and looked around. Aside from a freshly made-and-thawed Dianasicle, there was a sloppy mess of fish bones everywhere. She licked her lips. There wasn't any more, but her stomach demanded it. Diana was beginning to look a little like a wounded deer...
Diana spat in Freezestars direction. "Keep yourself off my land!" she growled. Freezestar flicked her tail and walked off in search of food again. Diana sat down and scratched herself
Chicago's hungry stare stayed on Diana. She licked her lips, and went into a crouch.
Diana got up and clawed a tree while standing on her heels she noticed Chicago down. "What do you see?" she asked.
Chicago looked up at Diana and licked her chops again. A low growl rose from her throat. The half-starved wolf could only see food wherever she looked. Her instincts told her to go for the nearest moving object, which was, unfortunately, Diana.
Diana stared at Chicago. "IF you try and eat me, ill eat you," she growled trying to snap her out of it.
Chicago crawled closer on her belly. She only half-heard Diana's voice. The rest of her heard the bellowing of a trapped moose, it's horns caught in a tree's branches. She pounced.
Diana jumped out of the way. "Chicago!" she yelled in a shocked voice. "Chicago im no food!"
Chicago hit the tree Diana had been leaning on full force and head-first. For a moment, she was stunned, then she was seeing birdies flying anound her head. Chicago snapped at them.
Diana didnt dare sit down. She geared up to lunge to the side again if Chicago tried that again.
Freezestar wondered again and picked up the scent of a moose. She had covered alot of distance in so little time. She shocked herself.
Chicago suddenly fixed her gaze back on Diana. Her pupils were diahlated, her nostrils flared. She was foaming ever so slightly at the mouth. She laughed, a mad, hysterical laugh.
Diana flicked her tail. "Chicago you need to come back to earth," she stammered. Freezestar kept her chest to the ground as she stalked the food.
Chicago chuckled crazily and spat blood; apparently her collusion with the tree had caused her to bleed in her mouth. "Chicago? No, I don't see any Chicagos here. Just a tasty-looking caribou. I," Chicago liked her lips as more foam sprayed to the ground,"will gladly eat her." She lunged again.
Diana shot out of the way. "Chicago dont make me fight!" Diana stood ready. "Cause i will!" She yelled.
Freezestar's stomach growled as she inched closer.
Chicago lunged, again and again, each time missing Diana, either because Diana dodged or because Chicago simply aimed wrong. With each passing moment, Chicago foamed more and more at the mouth, and every few lunges she would spit blood. Eventually, she hit a tree hard enough to knock her out cold.
Diana watched as Chicago went down. "Thats what you get for trying to EAT ME!" she yelled at her. She mumbled something and tried to decide on what to do.
Chicago sat up, looking a little confused. "What happened? Why does my head hurt? Ow..." She winced and spat out some blood. "What- why am I bleeding?!"
"You tried