Theá chuckled, stepping away so that his wing no longer covered her back. "Careful with that drool. Ponies might think you were a mindless beast rather than a god," she teased, casting a sidelong glance at him, a teasing smile on her lips. "As for being hungry..." Her form started to shift, becoming stockier and with longer fur, a dark grey rather than the azure green she usually carried. Her hooves morphed, changing into paws with long, sharp claws. Her mouth was partly open, showing the flat teeth of the equines sharpen and turn into a set of murderous fangs, sharper than those of even the most fearsome creature the Everfree had to offer. 

After several moments, Theá the Alicorn was gone, replaced by the form of a large dire wolf more than equipped for hunting. She turned to Crashing, her yellow, feral eyes locked on his. They were still at eye-level, something Theá had specifically intended. While she didn't mind being smaller than others, being larger when hunting, especially when competing with Crashing, was always an advantage. "You're always hungry," she said in a voice identical no different form when she was alicorn, finishing her sentence from earlier. 

She waited for a few moments, canine ears swivelling this way and that way, waiting for something to make a sound. 

[i]Crunch[/i]

Her head snapped to the side and, faster than most mortals could react, she was off, leaving behind a small hole from where her hind paws had dug up the earth. "Try to keep up, Crashing!" She yelled, fully expecting him to already be doing his best to catch up to her. She saw a deer sprint away, jumping and zigzagging, doing its best to throw her off. But she knew how prey acted, she knew how predators acted... and she knew how to catch her prey. 

She slowed down a bit, allowing herself to enjoy a hunt for once rather than just kill her prey instantly. 

She continued chasing it for a few more seconds, keeping right at its heels and forcing it to do everything in its power to get away. But it wasn't enough. With one last burst of speed, Theá rushed forward, biting down on its neck with her powerful jaws and twisted. A sickening crack echoed through the forest, and blood seeped from where her teeth had punctured its skin. 

[i]Better to end it quickly than to cause it unnecessary pain,[/i] Theá thought as she let go its neck and let the deer rest on the ground, empty eyes staring at nothing. She then lay down, waiting for Crashing to catch up to where she was. She wasn't really hungry herself, so she figured that he could have the deer for himself.