Flash Flood!

The storm does not faze the young Zion as she lay curled against her mother, nose buried underneath her paw while she dreams of chasing rabbits across a warm, wide open plain. The fire flickers in its hearth, sending shadows to dance across the sleeping forms in the room. Suddenly, a blast of cold air causes the slumbering pup to whine softly as she instinctively curls further toward her pale mother, seeking solace in the warmth her larger body offered. However, this time, all she finds is empty air and the pup begins to struggle awake will softly crying out for Halo.

Her eyes open to find their father, panicked and talking rapidly about an emergency. All thoughts of sleep are pushed aside as she suddenly finds her paws, knowing what that word ‘emergency’ means and exactly what they are supposed to do when one happens. The words that continue to roll off her father’s tongue are laden with worry and she quickly grabs the medical kit that stands ready by the open door and carefully luges it back to Halo’s side.

Tightly gripping it in her maw, the girl lefts her head to stare upward at the pale woman and silently let her know that Zion is here to help her. Fear seems to fill the usually happy home and the pale and teal pup does everything she can to help ease that emotion by pressing her small form against her mother’s side while offering a gentle smile around the kit that is still in her mouth. They would get this, together, and the pup knows that everyone is going to be okay because, honestly, the pup does not know what the alternative could be.


"Zion Fatalis"