Good Morning, World! [FLOOD]

Horror. She didn’t know what was going on. One second, she was ready for bed with Mama and her sisters, and the next Mama was screaming and the sky was screaming. Iskra’s heart pounded and fear was a foul ink in her veins. They were up, up, up and out. “What’s happening, Mama?!” she cried, her head swinging left and right as she frightfully took in all she could. Wouldn’t the den be safe? It always felt safe! But they were out, and now the sky hurled furious light at them. It, whatever it was, hit nearby. For all she knew, it might’ve hit her. She screamed. Mama yelled to run, and she ran. There were loud noises. Confusion was rampant in her brain and muddled her senses. “Leto! Arry!” she yelled, searching for her sisters with her voice in the way that an unsteady person sought a sturdy shoulder to hold to. Crash! Rain was pouring now, wind buffeting. She ran a few more yards, dumb with fear and confusion and not knowing where she was supposed to run to. She slipped in the mud and went down. “Oof!” In the moment that she was forcefully stopped, she was somewhat smacked out of her thoughtless terror.

Covered in mud and still horrified, she staggered up, panting, and turned to head back. “Mama!? Leto!? Arry!?” she called. There was a tree down. She saw her father, and started to run again. “Daddy! What’s going on?” She gasped when she saw her mother, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes to fall, indiscernible from the rain. She couldn’t tell whether or not she’d be alright. Daddy was trying to move the tree. The clamor of the storm no longer reached the child’s ears. She wanted to help but she knew she was too small. “I – I…” Claws tensed and gripped at the ground as her breathing grew unsteady. What was going on?! She shook her head. “I’m going to find Leto and Arry!” she said, raising her voice above the din. Now wasn’t the time for crying. A few scraped legs had taught her that it didn’t really help anything, save for getting Mama or Daddy’s attention. But that was busy right now. And Iskra was determined to be useful.

Unwilling to be stopped, she bounded around the tree to search around on the other side. No one had to worry; she wouldn’t go far, she told herself. Leto and Arry couldn’t have been far away either. Trying to keep her balance in the rain, she began to bound about behind the tree, calling loudly for her sisters.