Rhuby's First Hunt

Rhubarb had recently turned 13 years old, her aunt Bell Pepper had just started a relationship with Constance Quicktoes as well. She had been dubbed as Auntie Cocoa by Rhuby and was fitting in nicely in a family of farmers. Cocoa had been trained as a hunter and was putting her skills to use by helping protect the farm from predators. Rhuby was checking up on some of the livestock and had found the corpse of her favorite pet pig she had been caring for. She just stared at her pig for a few minutes, thinking and processing her favorite pig dying. This wasn't the first time she had encountered death, but it was the first time it was such a personal a loss for her.
 
She felt a rage building in her because this pig was her best friend ever since Corn had left to start his arcane studies. And now her best friend is gone. Rhuby had been connecting and bonding with Aunt Cocoa via hunting or being trained to track by Cocoa. Rhuby eventually felt something snap within her and she ran to get a wood chopping axe and her slingshot. She was able to find the trail of the predator that killed her pig and she was off, following the trail deep into the nearby woods.
 
She followed the trail, losing track of it a few times but eventually finding it again. She tracked it into the late evening, the forest was dark but lit by a full moon. Rhuby was tired and hungry but she was focused on Hunting the creature that took her friend from her. She finally happened upon the predator sleeping in the woods. Rhuby crept up as slow as she could on the sleeping predator, she was able to see that it was an old wolf, nearing the end of it's days. Rhuby was able to get