Our greatest fear realized

*Gale* · 01-04-2016, 12:25 AM

Walk | Talk | Think

Curled up tightly within the communal den, not alone as her siblings rested in their own chosen spots, Gale slept. It was a little chilly, partly because her personal body heater was still wrapped up around his new family, but after hearing about the news from her brother - complete with such a wide, goofy grin that she thought his face might crack - she could hardly hold it against him. Besides, she was a big girl - in a metaphorical sense. She was capable of handling a night on her own without someone to steal warmth from. She was tough enough for that.

Except maybe that was not true. She shivered, curled tighter, and felt the cold slowly and persistently try to creep in beneath her fur. Another strong shiver wracked her frame, and squeezing her grey-green eyes more tightly shut she tried to curl a little tighter, only to hear the urgent bark of her Seabird sister. Quickly and with a start, she uncurled, and felt her paws suddenly hit cold ocean water. Panic instantly seized through her as her eyes widened and stared, stricken with a moment of paralysis, at the water that pooled and lapped its way further and further into the den. The ocean! It's-- It was rising.

The moment of panic was snapped as Locha's demanding voice commanded that they retreat to higher, safer ground, and too frightened to think of anything better Gale scrambled to her lavender paws. She was by no means the strongest swimmer, and she had always had a healthy respect for the water, even more so of late. But this...this was something out of a nightmare. Dreading each step, tail tucked against her hind legs and ears pulled against her skull, the grey wolf crept quickly toward the den's exit, following Moonbeam as she seemed most purposeful in her retreat.

She said nothing as she was led away from the worst of the flood and over to the higher ground of the Prairie's edge, and only stopped once her sister had. Gale shivered again, partly out of fear but also due in part to her legs and tail becoming soaked during their escape. She stared down at her wet feet, shaking herself quickly and each leg with an almost frantic jump, as if unable to stand the feel of the water in her fur. When she thought it might have been done, or at least when she felt less waterlogged, she turned to look at her sister and then beyond at the other escaping forms of her family. "C'mon, guys," she whispered to herself, willing them all to find their way to safety.

Gale

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