we didn't start the [FIRE IN ABAVEN]

Ooc:: Discussed the completion of Tempest’s joining thread oocly with Kat due to the outdated thread and how busy those involved were. <3

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She had not been in Abaven that long -- in fact she was still trying to settle in and hadn’t yet really interacted with her sister or mother just yet. Tempest had always believed that, if nothing else, time was on her side.

That was until that day came.

Hearing the calls for alarm woke Tempest from a deep slumber stirring with nightmares. She awoke to find smoke thick in the air, a spluttering cough escaping her. “What the fuck?” She cursed as she emerged from the den and the current situation roared around her. Fire, not far from where the woman was, roared and crackled into the air.

Well no freaking wonder the smoke was so thick.

Tempest didn’t spare another thought to what was going on.

She ran.

Tempest didn’t know where she was going.

She wanted out…

The smoke hurt her eyes, her lungs…

But that was all going to be miniscule in the next moment.

Tempet tripped over something.

No, not something.

Someone.

Tempest looked back it felt like everything stopped.

Even with her eyes stinging, even with the smoke, she could make out her mother’s form.

“Mom!”

Storm was still… but Tempest refused to think of the possibility that she was gone. She scrambled to her paws and moved back to Storm’s body. She grabbed the other woman by the scruff and, with a bit of difficulty, managed to get her onto her back. Luckily her mother was smaller than her…

She had to find another healer… someone… get out of this area.. Maybe other areas of Abaven were safe?

Tempest took off again, slower now, determined to get them both out of the danger zone.