What once was lost

She felt his affection wiping away the tears, and she couldn't help but sniffle a little. There was something so reminiscent about the feeling, something so far away that she could never hope to touch. But something about it gave her a little bit of strength. Her legs wobbled as she rested against him, her breathing pitched and her eyes screwed shut. He encouraged her, told her she could do it, and that his friend would be perfectly capable of fixing her up. That alone gave her enough strength. She could do it. She could do it! Somehow. Someway. All she had to do was climb this mountain, and he'd take her somewhere where she could feel better. Somewhere that wasn't this endless place of cold and gritting sand. This place of her birth and her endless agony, this place where she had spent a thousand years in thrumbing pain. He would take her somewhere new, somewhere where she could feel whole, whatever that was.

Slowly she peeled herself, one bone, one inch, one little blue hair, at a time from his side. Her legs protested but she continued, her jaws clenching and her eyes shut tight. She huffed and panted, before she managed to, finally, raise her front paws to his side. She gripped, held on, gathering all her strength into his hind paws (no matter how little her strength really was) before she hopped It hurt, the pain ricocheting through her little body, but she managed it, managed to lift herself enough that she got her elbows over the point of his spine, and she could sprawl across his back. Perhaps it wasn't the most comfortable resting place, but at least this way she could see the light at the end of her endless darkness. "I did it.." She gasped, a small smile touching her maw. Her head lolled, and the blackness overwhelmed her. She was out, like a light, her body limp but her harsh breathing evening.

"Burn Baby Burn"