[PRP] "Team Rocket" Goes Hunting [Viska x Denali]

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It's a dark and blustery night, and you've fallen asleep in a thicket in the forest. You dream you've joined the wild hunt. What's it like? How did it happen? You can tackle just one of these questions or explore your own.

 

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Denali had been running as fast as he could, his sides heaving with every breath he took, a smile spread far across his muzzle. He had never felt so alive than in this moment, wind rushing through his mane, however short it was, whipping along his sides as his hooves bore down into the earth. He had been hot on the trail oh his prey ever since the hunt had started, not stopping for a second. Several times he had his prey cornered, but he had let it flee. What was the fun of a hunt if it ended too quickly?

Slowing down again, Denali came to a gentle canter, turning his head to wait for his mate to catch up. Vika had been by his side almost the entire time, the pair breaking off occasionally to flank their prey from either side, corralling them, playing with them, taunting them. She had darted off to the other side to bring the prey back into a group, more racing hearts and the sound of terror merging into one location. It only caused him to grin more as he swiveled his ears, listening to all the sounds around them, as well as the adrenaline coursing through his veins, pounding into his own ears.

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One moment she had been asleep next to her partner, in crime and life, the next she was running, running so fast it seemed like the world she moved through was in slow motion, she was hunting.... something, but something always seemingly just out of reach. Her breath came in shorter and shorter gasps, this was exhilarating, tiring but exciting all the same.

It wasn't until she felt Denali, wait he was there? yes... he'd been there the whole time, by her side, of course, how could she have forgotten that? She'd been herding their prey, whatever it was, back into a group, how strange that she hadn't realised that til now. She slowed to match his pace, her sides heaving at the unaccustomed exercise. "Denali!" she called, her ears flicking back and forth, wondering if they should have been speaking? "How goes the hunt?" she asked him

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As Viska came closer, slowing near him, her powerful legs and steps causing the ground to almost tremble, the reverse zebra grinned. He mothed his muzzle in a way to signal softer speaking before he reached out to give her a playful and gentle n** to the cheek. "It fares well, you've rounded them up spectacularly. As I had no doubt you could." he chuckled a bit, his tail lashing like an excited dog.

His heart rate was beginning to slow down, his breath coming easier, but somehow that made him frown. Kicking at the dirt a bit, he let out a small laugh. "What's our next plan? Do you want to lead this time and I'll flank?" he asked, a spring back in his steps as he seemed to almost now dance around her in excitement, already rearing and ready to go.

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Viska nodded and lowered her tone at his urging, at his playful nipping, her ears went flat and she bared her teeth in warning, her blood was still hot for the hunt, she was in no mood for frivolities, she was learning to accept them in normal times though, she was still such a MARE but she was improving her temperament, a little anyway, she felt it was her fiery temper that had attracted Denali in the first place, that and their shared interest in screwing over others for their own benefit. "Well of course you would expect nothing else from me" she agreed with him, twitching her ears forward and hiding her blunt teeth.

"We find somewhere with a dead end, somewhere we can run them and see the panic in their eyes when they have nowhere left to run" she said, her muzzle bearing a twisted grin, she wasn't a killer, but she did enjoy that look on someone's face when they think they are going to die, or be robbed, it excited her. "You may lead again" she conceded, honestly she just liked watching him from behind.

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Always so serious. Denali shook off the warning, though gave Viska her space back. He dug his hooves into the ground instead, tearing at the grass and the dirt beneath, churning it into a dry muddy paste. He waited for her to finish speaking, his own muzzle twisting into a grin. Cutting them off and pinning them into a dead end was always a fun option. And if they waited any longer, then their precious prey and the hunt would be over. "To a dead end it is then." he agreed, turning his head off towards where the sounds of their prey were receding. "I know just the place." he motioned with a flick of his tail and took off yet again.

Not far off was a passage that from afar, looks as if it slopes into an open field with plenty of space to run, hide or confuse a predator, but Denali knew that the farther down the slope one led, the passage actually wound into a small ravine, walled on all sides by tall, jagged rock walls. They would be trapped, their feet soggy wet and muddy from the river that trickled down and emptied somewhere below the rocks. Their prey would have to either climb out, dive down and hope they can hold their breath that long...or surrender.

Denali took off, his hooves thundering the ground once again, a grin spread across his muzzle.

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"All in good time Denali, let us catch the rest of the hunt first, there are others running, we know they are here, they think they are safe" she said, her heart pounding again at the thought of the running with the Wild Hunt, it was a little overwhelming if she was honest but it was also a feeling she would never be able to put into words in her lifetime. She had to run after him when he took off, she wasn't sure he had even heard her to be honest.

She sighed and followed her mate, with an eyeroll or two. Despite her temper, she was often the one that liked to sit and plan, it was half the fun of doing the things. Setting the suckers up, the looks of shock and betrayal afterwards, it made her dark little soul soar. She also liked when they put up a fight too, she was definitely a scrapper, never one to JUST use words, when hooves and teeth also did the trick. This was why she nipped at his rump when she caught up "did you hear me?" she asked as she ran beside him, just the thrill of this chase, the running, was more than enough for her right now.

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Denali let out a horse version of a growl when she caught up and nipped at him. His speed slowed, but only just so. He turned to look at her, eyes narrowed. His heart was pounding so hard into his ears that it was hard to hear his own thoughts. Snorting, he shook his head. "Obviously not. What is it?" he said, not one for patience really. Not when he knew he had the prey cornered. He wanted to see their terrified faces and drink in their fear, lapping up their cries and tears. "We almost have them! Can't you just feel it?!' he asked her, laughing, his speed slowing now.

The ravine drew closer, he could see it up ahead. The false promise of safety just beyond it as sprawling meadows spanned the horizon. But he knew, oh he knew, the jagged rocks down below and the trickling waters that would soon be stained red. Oh he itched to get down there and sometimes he was fussed when she demanded they slow. She always liked to take their time. "A few more lengths... we can be there...upon them. Descending. Don't you want that?" he paused now, circling to face her, his tail lashing slightly behind him.

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Viska glared at him when he verbally snapped at her, she knew he was impatient but he usually had more self control than this, come to think of it, so did she, "I feel it Denali, but i think this is not all our own will working here" she said, becoming aware again that things around them weren't really ...well she couldn't put a hoof on it but things weren't quite.... right. She snorted too, slowing to match his pace, but instead of looking at where their prey was going to be, she was twitching her ears and glancing around, her heart still thudding hard in her chest, she thought she heard others around her "Denali.. we aren't alone" she whispered.

When she watched him get excited for the end of the hunt, she was worried, this wasn't like him, or was it? did he just hide a murderous nature? they got their kicks by tricking others, fooling them, even beating them up a little to get what they wanted but they weren't ... killers, were they? She lay her ears flat "No.. yes... I mean... i want to corner them yes, i want them to feel fear, but i don't want to KILL them Denali, that's not you... that's not .. us... is it?" she asked him, eyes widened as the thudding of hooves around them grew louder, almost so loud she couldn't stand it.

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The more she spoke the more irritated he got until he couldn't take it and he let out a loud cry, shaking himself furiously, until everything felt like it poured out of him at once.

And then calm.

He could.... he could hear. Sounds, things, Viska, hooves pounding around them, more than just the sound of his own heart thumping in his ears. His breath came hard and ragged and he looked around, blinking, eyes wide. "What.... wh-what was I saying?" he gulped, not able to remember the words he had just ushered. He looked around more, swiveling his entire body in a circle and pressing closer to Viska. "Something...isn't right here.... we were the ones hunting....doing the hunting.....not...not being hunted!!" he cried out, in panic now, his heart pounding for other reasons.

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[Revel1984]

Viska tensed when he got more and more frustrated, she wasn't afraid of him by any means, she wasn't that kind of mare but something was very wrong, The pounding of hooves around them, disembodied noises, got louder and louder, she almost couldn't stand it.

Then the calm... for a moment anyway

She felt Denali's panic, matching her own, her throat felt tight "I feel it too... it's getting closer ..." her heart speeding, so fast she felt like it was about to burst out of her chest. The thundering got louder and louder, she pressed close to Denali, his front to her rump, her front to his, protecting each other's backs.

The hoofbeats were so loud, it was all around them, the tension in the air ... "I'm sorry" she whispered to Denali, before breaking and just running.... her legs pumping until suddenly... darkness, a cold floor, coming into wakefulness slowly, her hooves lashing out, catching Denali's still sleeping, but twitching, for as she scrambled to her feet, ready for a fight, her breath coming in gasps, the only pounding was her own heart... "what the f....." a dream? ... it had all been a damn DREAM?!.... She was annoyed, even as much as she had been afraid (she'd never admit it to ANYONE) .. all that... a dream... one so real... she could swear she could still taste the grass on the air. "Denali..." she whispered, she was sure he was about to wake, like herself.

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Denali wasn't sure what to do when Viksa had broken away to run. He stared, for what felt like an eternity, at her fleeing form before the thundering descended upon him and he felt the wind from his sides leave him. Falling, he hit the ground hard....

... or had he?

Blinking his eyes open, he caught the tail end of Viska flailing herself awake, her hooves connecting with his side. He grunted in pain before he struggle-kicked himself away from her slightly, catching his own breath. "A.....dream..." he huffed a moment, wincing from the ache in his sides. He gritted his teeth. "That was a freaking dream?!" he spat before he flopped his head down, tail thumping hard behind him.

"Damn you kick hard." he said again as he took in a slow deep breath then let it out. "Lets not eat whatever that was again." he snorted, ears falling flat. A dream. What a terrible...real....exciting....frustrating and terrifying dream....

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