[LeoEyes]

Darkness descended upon the forest and shadows lengthened from the trees, offering a refuge to hide in. As the night descended a calm quiet descended like a blanket thrown over the woods. It should have been comforting, to be in a forest again but I could still smell the oddness of it all though and the strange unfamiliar smells unnerved me. Scents of animals and creatures I did not know tickled my sensitive nose. My ears picked up the sounds of night animals awakening and beginning to move about. But still it was such a relief to be in the open air, away from the stink and darkness of the small cage I had lived in for a time. Away from the demands and 'training’ of the one who called himself master. But now I was here, in this strange forest. Out in the open air where the breeze could tickle my mane and ruffle my fur. Where I could feel the ground under my feet and see the sight of the open starry sky. I so wanted to run again, cry or roar my success to the wind.

Now though as I looked around in the dark, my own feline eyes shining with half caught light I realize I am alone in this strange world. And I have no idea where I am... only hungry, lost and alone...

What if those men came after me again? I won’t stand to be captured. That thought filled me again with determination over the fear. I would not allow myself to go easily. I am not something meant to be caught and caged.