Clarity ducked and weaved between treetops, keeping her eyes open for a meal. Her stomach growled in protest once again, and Clarity decided she'd growl back. [i][b]I'm working on it![/b][/i] She mentally berated her stomach as she tilted her wings upward to dodge a tree top. She kept searching, growing ever more annoyed and desperate to find SOMETHING until she spotted a single bright red and delicious apple on a tree just outside of her vision range. That was her apple. She wanted that apple and it was hers. She grew a look of determination and she picked up speed, parting leaves in her way with the sheer force of the wind she was putting off. Caterpie, Pidgys and other tree dwellers protested as she disturbed their nests. [i][b]Mine mine mine mine mine...![/b][/i] ============================ A Raticate scuttles around the forests floor, his nose twitching as his powerful sense of smell leads him to food. He was storing up food for his family; he already had quite a lot, but you never know when one of his tykes was going to want to eat. Suddenly a bright red apple grabbed his attention. It was the largest, most plump apple he had ever seen! He scuttled up the tree using his sharp claws. It took him a while to ascend such a large tree, but he eventually reached the top and cut the apple off the stem with a single bit of his razor sharp fangs. He held the apple high in the air triumphantly... until his ears twitched from the sound of a the shaking of trees and the annoyed chirping of birds. He didn't have time to react before a black blur was upon him. ============================ "YOINK!" Clair called as she used her hind legs to pluck it out of the raticate's hands. She landed on the forest floor and bit the apple in half with a single bite, thankful for it's tastiness. To say the raticate was furious would be an understatement. Clarity paid his complaints no attention at all as she chewed on her meal. Suddenly the raticate did a loud shout, and Clairity's ears perked straight up as she heard the rustling of grass. Dozens of Ratata formed a circle around her as the Raticate leaped from the tree and landed in front of her, blocking the clearing out of the tree canopy. She gulped down the piece of apple in her mouth fearfully. Clair took off into the deeper thicket of the forest with half an apple sticking out of her mouth as a pack of ratata being lead by the raticate was right on her tail. Normally she'd be faster, but there were too many trees. One Ratata nipped her tail, but she quickly shook him it off. The forest was in a complete uproar; Bird pokemon flew from the trees in a panic. Well, so much for being undetected. She reckoned pokemon from miles around could sense the commotion.