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The weather was hot and muggy; Just as she liked it, since it was perfect hunting weather. Storm clouds boiled in the sky, providing very little protection from the heat for her intended target.

She watched the large shaggy Mammoth cooling off in the water, waiting for it to roll over. Keuv looks around the waters of her home swamp, lifting her spine frill and flashing a pattern of lights. Soon, there were flashes of orange and green flickering for a few seconds before everything goes dark again. She creeps closer to the resting petpet, then with a flip of her orange tail, the entire pack bursts out of the water, rushing the prehistoric elephant.

The large animal swings its head up as it stands as quickly as possible, taking a trunk and swinging a small mangrove tree towards Keuv. The Kerrmakya leaps out of the way, jumping off the trunk of the falling tree and onto a larger dead wood. She skitters up the tree, pausing to count the members of her tribe and judge where to herd the now fleeing animal, "TO THE LEFT!

She leaps from the tree, her side frills flairing so she could glide from tree branch to tree branch, chasing after the ettaphant, which was slowed in the peat and sludge at the bottom of the swamp as they hearded it to deeper waters. With one final leap, she slammed into the side of the side of the petpet, causing it to fall onto one knee. After that, its time was short.

A few hours later, Lightning cracks over the feasting Marshhunters, the wind making the trees around them creak. Keuv, the pack Spotter, yawns, watching the lightshow above her, and lifts a piece of meat to her lips with one of the cuttlefish like arms on the sides of her head. As she chews the meat off the bone, a loud cry escapes one of her pack members as a Dragonian Spiney Dragon, over four times their size, charges to chase them from their prey. Keuv swallows, nearly choking on the bone as she leaps into the tree's. As they run, one of her packmates bumps into her side, "Nice going, Spotter.

Keuv snaps her teeth at the larger pack member, the pack's Tripper, "Watch it. In case you forgot, I ended up doing YOUR job when getting the Mammoth to begin with!" She shimmers up the tree and looks back at their attacker. The bipedal dragon had slowed down to a stop as to return to their meat, "Well shoot. At least we all got a full stomach, right?

She laughs nervously as the rest of the pack slows down to a stop. A large gust of wind suddenly hits them, Nearly shaking Keuv out of the tree. She clings to it, and squints her eyes to look into the storm. She gasps as she spots the ocean, "GUYS! We need to get out of here! This is no little Thunderstorm, its a Hurricane! RUN!

The Spotter turns, "Everyone, North north west, head for the mountains!" She leaps branch to branch, sometimes swinging back and forth or catching the wind to fly ahead.

Suddenly, a flurry of wings slams into her face as a paniced bird slams into her mouth, causing her to choke. She pauses, perched on a tree, and tried to spit the large ball of feathers out. Finally, after much sputtering and choking, the bird falls into the rising waters. Looking around, Keuv tries to spot her pack. She raises a paw to shield her eyes from the rising amounts of debree flying around, and looks around for lights. She pants, then gasps as she spots a tornado forming in the direction she had sent her pack in. She charges towards it, "GUYS! TORN-" She coughs, feathers still scratching her throat, her voice lost in the howling of the winds and the roar of the thunder, "TORNAD-AAAAH!

She clings to the top of her tree as the winds try to pull her towards it. She clings tight, wrapping her body around it the best she can as leaves and twigs slam into her body. She manages to sneek a peak, and spots the lights of her pack far from the tornado,and laughs in relief, just before the tree under her creeks, and ends up being pulled into the swirling chaos of the storm.

After what seemed like forever, Keuv finally was spat out by the tornado, and fell through gusty winds towards dark waters. She looks around quickly, panting and spots the river flood plains in the distance before splashing into the ocean waters and sinking a few yards down before swimming back up to break the surface, trying to keep her head above the wild waters and fight against the rip current. She didn't even have the time to notice that she had lost sight of land and was now actually swimming further out to sea, trapped in the maze of constantly crashing waves and ever increasing exaustion. She spots a shattered piece of wood and swims over to it, hauling the top of her body above it to keep her head out of the water, and collapses.

As shadows fill her vision and her limbs turn to lead, thus begins the Adventure of Keuv.

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XD Keuv is a character I've been developing for a while, and has recently gained a Neopian Avatar, a Draik by the same name. You can read the rest of her story here.

The title of this deviation is based on on species name, Kerrmakya, or "Marshhunter".

Description
The weather was hot and muggy; Just as she liked it, since it was perfect hunting weather. Storm clouds boiled in the sky, providing very little protection from the heat for her intended target.

She watched the large shaggy Mammoth cooling off in the water, waiting for it to roll over. Keuv looks around the waters of her home swamp, lifting her spine frill and flashing a pattern of lights. Soon, there were flashes of orange and green flickering for a few seconds before everything goes dark again. She creeps closer to the resting petpet, then with a flip of her orange tail, the entire pack bursts out of the water, rushing the prehistoric elephant.

The large animal swings its head up as it stands as quickly as possible, taking a trunk and swinging a small mangrove tree towards Keuv. The Kerrmakya leaps out of the way, jumping off the trunk of the falling tree and onto a larger dead wood. She skitters up the tree, pausing to count the members of her tribe and judge where to herd the now fleeing animal, "TO THE LEFT!

She leaps from the tree, her side frills flairing so she could glide from tree branch to tree branch, chasing after the ettaphant, which was slowed in the peat and sludge at the bottom of the swamp as they hearded it to deeper waters. With one final leap, she slammed into the side of the side of the petpet, causing it to fall onto one knee. After that, its time was short.

A few hours later, Lightning cracks over the feasting Marshhunters, the wind making the trees around them creak. Keuv, the pack Spotter, yawns, watching the lightshow above her, and lifts a piece of meat to her lips with one of the cuttlefish like arms on the sides of her head. As she chews the meat off the bone, a loud cry escapes one of her pack members as a Dragonian Spiney Dragon, over four times their size, charges to chase them from their prey. Keuv swallows, nearly choking on the bone as she leaps into the tree's. As they run, one of her packmates bumps into her side, "Nice going, Spotter.

Keuv snaps her teeth at the larger pack member, the pack's Tripper, "Watch it. In case you forgot, I ended up doing YOUR job when getting the Mammoth to begin with!" She shimmers up the tree and looks back at their attacker. The bipedal dragon had slowed down to a stop as to return to their meat, "Well shoot. At least we all got a full stomach, right?

She laughs nervously as the rest of the pack slows down to a stop. A large gust of wind suddenly hits them, Nearly shaking Keuv out of the tree. She clings to it, and squints her eyes to look into the storm. She gasps as she spots the ocean, "GUYS! We need to get out of here! This is no little Thunderstorm, its a Hurricane! RUN!

The Spotter turns, "Everyone, North north west, head for the mountains!" She leaps branch to branch, sometimes swinging back and forth or catching the wind to fly ahead.

Suddenly, a flurry of wings slams into her face as a paniced bird slams into her mouth, causing her to choke. She pauses, perched on a tree, and tried to spit the large ball of feathers out. Finally, after much sputtering and choking, the bird falls into the rising waters. Looking around, Keuv tries to spot her pack. She raises a paw to shield her eyes from the rising amounts of debree flying around, and looks around for lights. She pants, then gasps as she spots a tornado forming in the direction she had sent her pack in. She charges towards it, "GUYS! TORN-" She coughs, feathers still scratching her throat, her voice lost in the howling of the winds and the roar of the thunder, "TORNAD-AAAAH!

She clings to the top of her tree as the winds try to pull her towards it. She clings tight, wrapping her body around it the best she can as leaves and twigs slam into her body. She manages to sneek a peak, and spots the lights of her pack far from the tornado,and laughs in relief, just before the tree under her creeks, and ends up being pulled into the swirling chaos of the storm.

After what seemed like forever, Keuv finally was spat out by the tornado, and fell through gusty winds towards dark waters. She looks around quickly, panting and spots the river flood plains in the distance before splashing into the ocean waters and sinking a few yards down before swimming back up to break the surface, trying to keep her head above the wild waters and fight against the rip current. She didn't even have the time to notice that she had lost sight of land and was now actually swimming further out to sea, trapped in the maze of constantly crashing waves and ever increasing exaustion. She spots a shattered piece of wood and swims over to it, hauling the top of her body above it to keep her head out of the water, and collapses.

As shadows fill her vision and her limbs turn to lead, thus begins the Adventure of Keuv.

_________________________

XD Keuv is a character I've been developing for a while, and has recently gained a Neopian Avatar, a Draik by the same name. You can read the rest of her story here.

The title of this deviation is based on on species name, Kerrmakya, or "Marshhunter".