Ceal and Danny had gone off to play while the adults did... well, adult things, she really liked playing with her younger sister and felt the bond between them would last far longer than any other friendships she would make along this path called life. It was spring now and though she hurt still from the hunt she was excited to just be out running around and chasing things that where less likely to hurt her like that ram had. Her bum tingled still but over all she felt she could make it through the day without complaint. Right now she was stalking a tiny baby bunny that had wandered to far from it's den. Her pink eyes sparkled with the delight of the chase that was soon to follow. With Danny hidden a ways in front of her she figured she would start the chase by blocking off the route back to the little den and then burst forth like the speed of lightning and chase it towards Danny and then the two could play chase with it.

This was how Ceal had learned to hunt, from watching the adults as they did what they do at hunts, she had learned from Camelot that it was a good thing to keep one's options open when hunting. This bunny didn't have a chance in hell of getting away from the two girls who where just all sorts of energy when they where together. She figured she'd help Danny learn what she would need to lead the hunts when the time came for her to take over Spirane, she wasn't worried about not getting the throne, she had no real claim to it and it wasn't a job she'd really want in the end because she was far to tiny to take on opponents that would try to take the pack from them. She hoped that Danny would either be big enough when the time came or would have someone to take the task for her.

All this time she was crawling forward slowly, white tail low to the ground and when she felt she was in the right place at the right time she gave a little yip to Danny before bursting free of the spring time grass. Her tiny frame was built for the chase not the actual attack but this bunny wouldn't be a problem if she needed to deal the blow. The little critter heard the yip and poked it's head up just in time to see Ceal's white and light russet frame streak through the grass towards it and with a twitch of it's tail it took off, it took a moment for Ceal to force the bunny towards Danny, zig zagging across the landscape until moments later they where close enough for Danny to join in on a secondary surprise attack. But what Ceal didn't know was that there was another den that joined the other small one and this little critter was quick on it's feet despite it's age.

After a few mins of chase between the two girls the bunny ducked into the hole in the ground hidden by fresh grass, Ceal slid on her back end her front feet planted into the ground. It's at the end of her momentum that she hears a familiar howl spread across the landscape. She turned to Danny with a big grin on her face as recognization of Meryl's voice caught within her mind. "Oh Danny!" she exclaimed with excitement her tail wagging uncontrolably. She had told Danny once already about her secret meetings with another wolf of just shy her age, but she had never given a name, never given a place and had sworn Danny to secrecey about the whole ordeal because she didn't want their father to worry about her out in the big bad world without protection of some form from within the pack. She just always remembered that one day when they'd gone to Diveen and that big wolf had told her she was special because of her markings looking so very much like the one's the angels had.

"I know that voice! Oh Danny he's here! Come on!" she'd already turned around at her first exclaimation and was running towards the boarder where Meryl waited, like a good patient boy he was. She didn't know that Danny already knew Meryl or what had transpired between the two of them. "Come on slow poke! I'll race you there! Last one there has to get that bunny next go around!" she said with a peel of laughter as she streaked across the landscape. It didn't matter really who got there first, it was just more fun to make a game out of it all really. When the two girls get there though Meryl is not alone and a pup that Ceal hasn't met before is postering in front of him. Her tiny heart pounding in her chest as she comes to a stop next to the pup "Oh silly, this is Meryl, he's a friend!" she said before launching over the boarder and giving Meryl a big ol' Ceal certified HUG! "Danny, this is the friend I was talking about, you remember don't you?" she said turning back to her sister.

"Danny this is Meryl, Meryl Danny, and this little dude... I'm not sure I know who you are. But that's ok. My names Ceal!" she's just so excited to see Meryl again and to meet this new pup. He's got the same red markings as she does! Her eyes alight "Oh you have the same markings as me! well not the same, yours are on your chest, and mine is on my back" she said twisting her body into a pretzel so she could touch her nose to the back of her bum.

"Talks like this"

Lyrics from "Cath..." by Death Cab For Cutie.