Guilt is a bitter brew

She felt guilty for a lot of things, and running from her father was just one more to add to the list. She bunkered down outside of the territory, and waited for her sister to arrive. She didn’t know how long it would take for Winter to bring the news, or Poem to make the journey - or - if Sirius would even let her come.

She had started to convince herself that the Warlord would not release her, when Poem was calling her name. “Po, Po!” the young girl cried, scrambling to her paw and running into her sisters arms. “I’m so sorry Poem, it’s all my fault. I broke everything, I ruined everything. I ran away, and I broke our family apart, and now Mum’s dead, and its all my fault.” he legs collapsed beneath her and she crashed to the ground before her sister, chest heaving in terrible sobs. “I ran away from Da, he called my name and I left him there because I couldn't face him. I’m a coward, through and through”