when the whole world trembles and shakes
03-30-2014, 04:40 PM
He had left her parents telling them that he was going to train with Alpine, though he had left out the part that Alpine had to talk to Erani then tell him if Alpine could even train him. In all honestly it had been a few days since he had met Alpine and since the pack meeting and the young boy was starting to get a bit restless. Was the white male going to train him or what? Erion wanted to know so he turned his attention to Whisperer's Gorge where he had first met Alpine and headed off that way. As always he set off with a smile and a spring in his step, massive paws slapping against the ground and gangly legs propelling him easily towards the strange place. The path slopped downwards and he reclined back onto his haunches to accommodate the slope, half walking and half sliding down the pathway into the old ravine. As he neared the end haunches unfurled and he launched himself towards the bottom of the ravine. It all happened so fast after that, paws smacking the earth seemingly so hard that it began to shake. At first it was just a shudder and a frown furrowed his brow. Had he imagined that? He took a few tentative steps forward, neck bending to press his nose to the ground as if his mighty touch might start off the ground again. So he walked slowly, each paw placed carefully as he moved further into the the ravine. Okay, obviously he had imagined it? The pup would lift his head again just as something shifted above him and sent a cloud of dust sprinkling down on his head. "Hello? Is someone up there?" He called, immediately thinking that someone was walking along the edge above him and had unknowingly kicked some dust down on him. But then rocks began to sprinkle down, the tremors still too small to be felt through his paws. But another minute would pass of Erion staring up in confusion before the whole world started to shift. Vibrations ran up his legs and immediately ears flattened to his skull. Rocks of varying sizes started clattering down around him and he shied away, looking this way and that to try and make sense of what was happening. A boulder struck the ground behind him and immediately it sent the pup skittering away. "HELP!!!" He needed someone, anyone. Tail tucked between his legs as he sprinted, swerving this way and that, teetering dangerously as stones clattered down all around him and vibrations shook his whole body. CRACK! The sound was almost deafening, Erion's head turning to look over his shoulder so fast it hurt. The earth was splitting. Eyes widened as he watched a gaping hole widen at the mouth of the ravine and chase him even as he tried to run faster. Was this a nightmare? When would he wake up? Tears were swimming in his eyes now as he tried to close them and run faster. He felt weightless suddenly, paws scrambling to keep him running but finding nothing but air to grasp onto. He hit the ground hind legs first and though one crumpled beneath him the other refused to ben properly and his body weight slammed down on it bending it at an unnatural angle. Snap! "AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!" He wailed as pain ripped up his whole body, his back hit the ground next and even as stones and rocks continued to clatter down around him he refused to move. Body trying to curl up into itself as tears streamed down the boy's face. "Mommy? Daddy? Help..." He whimpered into the darkness. He didn't know how long he was there but eventually the tremors would stop and the dust around him would begin to settle. But none of that mattered, all he knew was the pain. |