No fear allowed

Aslatiel · (This post was last modified: 03-04-2021, 06:08 AM by Aslatiel.)

"Path it is." He'd made the decision. It didn't matter if he'd tried to make her choose with his wording. Carefully, she picked her way across the icy river. It was easy to tell when they'd reached the other side. The bank was mushy and the snow was melting. The ice crumbled beneath her paws and the striped lady hopped onto the squishy bank. It was a little muddy and she wrinkled her nose. "Gross."

Asla led Naiche to the path that would wind back down the falls. It kind of seemed like a waste of time, this whole thing. She enjoyed the trek though. It was nice getting away from the familiar Armada lands for a bit. "Still wanting to patrol when we get back or have you had enough walking for today?"Asla shot her companion a grin. Of course he would want to patrol. Duty should have been the man's middle name. She'd done her good deed for the day and she had patrolled that morning so Asla would much rather just catch some lunch and curl up in a pile of furs.

The trek down the falls was fairly uneventful. It was slick in places, both with melting ice and running water. Going up had been much easier than going down. Gravity was working against them, but both wolves kept their footing. Two thirds of the way down, however, the melting ice took its toll on the partially frozen river. Great chunks of ice broke off of the waterfalls overhang. Down, down, down it went, crashing onto the various stone shelves as it went. Just Aslas luck, the shelf that she was on was struck. The ground beneath her crumbled and suddenly she was falling.

Time slowed as she fell. Or was she sliding? Here and there, her body touched stone, snow, ice. At least she didn't have too far to fall. They'd been so close to the bottom. Asla landed in a pile of snow, the blow cushioned by the wet powder. Then she was buried beneath snow, ice, rock. Panic struck and Aslas heart started hammering in her chest. She pressed her body against a large boulder to her right. There was enough space for her to breathe but her lower half was trapped.

Was Naiche okay? She hoped so. She would gladly take the injuries if he could escape unharmed. "Naiche?" She called out. She didn't feel any pain, but shutte could very well be in shock. There wasn't any blood. Not that she could see very well in the dark. Taking a deep breath, the young wolf tried to focus. She pushed against the stony debris with her front paws but it wouldn't budge. And then... she felt the water.

If Aslatiel had been upset before, now she was in a full panic. See... Asla didn't like water. She had almost drowned as a pup and since then, she wasn't a fan. Water from the break in the ice trickled down and was gradually filling the space where the girl was trapped. The ice cold liquid was already past her hips. It took her more than one try to speak, but when she was able to produce sound, she screamed at the top of her lungs. "Naiche!" He was her only hope.

"Speech"

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