Snippet #2437996

Vyjallen:
After I run into the woods, I wait for Stripedneck to leave, my heart pounding. I decide that I would rather walk in the open plains than in the forest. I had just escaped the Pronghorns, but only Stripedneck knew that. Others may think that I was just a slave taking a message. The Forest was the territory of the Dynastinae. I figured that the Dynastinae, on the other hand, DID know me. They probably even knew about the whole T-15 thing too. No, I thought. "I'd rather run into a Pronghorn." As soon as I saw Stripedneck walk away, looking furious, I waited a few minutes in case he came back, and when he didn't, I headed out. As I was walking, I realized how stupid my plan was. How would I know which peacock I was looking for? How could I be sure that I could even get into the nation? They were the most heavily guarded of all, I knew, and there was little chance that an odd sight such as me, a beetle coming from the plains, would not be stopped. What was I going to say? Though many Peacocks believed that slaves should be treated nicely, they would not want to endanger their nation. The Pronghorns would quite possibly attack the Peacocks if they discovered that they were harboring runaway slaves. And that knowledge was sure to reach the Pronghorns quickly if one herring just happened to be-
I stopped myself. It was no use imagining the worse. Right then I just had to focus on seeming to be innocent, or avoiding Pronghorns all together.
That thought had barely crossed my mind when I heard pronghorn hooves thundering my way. A second later, I heard:
"There she is! T-15! Get her!" As they came into view I realized one of them was the leader's second-in-command. That frightened me. What would he want with one runaway slave? Runaway slaves were usually the owner's problem and no one else's.
I feel rough hands grab me. "So I see Stripedneck pulled a few strings, huh?" a voice hisses. I smell something strong and sweet before I fall to the floor.

((Get ready for more impossible stunts in the next post! :) oh the suspense...))