Wake Me Up When September Ends
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Oracle dipped her head bending her shoulder and crawled through the low entrance, the area in side was larger and she could almost stand freely so she straightened slightly looking around the den are, ?where are the others,? she asked confusion in her voice but also fear had something happened where they the only two beings left alive in this cove? Where was everyone? She waited for Merci's reply before lowering her body once more her stomach pressed against the floor in one of the back corners of the den making her appear shorter then the dame as she looked up into the she-wolfs eyes, ?I don?t know where ma and pa are, they always come back but they've been gone for three days, there never gone this long and now, now Ode and Galah have vanished,? she sniffed and quickly looked away wiping away the tears that where forming in her eyes she was almost an adult and adults don?t cry, not ever. She knew galah and ode had to still be around they had been in the den last night but at this point the details didn't seem so important, she was alone and scarred and her family wasn't there.
?i just, do you know where they are? its getting cold and what if they fall asleep?? she had been taught early on the dangers of falling asleep in the cold, and though it was still relatively warm she knew that time would only make the chill worse, and what if they where lost or hurt or... she started to get twitchy again her ears pivoting to try and find some source of noise in the quiet den her muscles tensing and relaxing urging her to get up and start pacing again. She had been looking at the floor as she spoke but now she raised her head ?what if they don?t come home.? she whispered stretching out her neck, reaching across the distance between them seeking physical touch seeking reassurance that yes, everything would be fine, and no, of cause her parents would come home but, Ocena had taught her that night on the beach that death always came it was a matter of time, the circle of life could not be stopped. She had not fully grasped the message at the time but now sitting in this cave like the last two wolves left in the universe she realised that death could just as easily catch her parents as it had those unlucky turtle cubs on the beach at the full moon. |