lost at sea
06-30-2013, 12:42 PM
The nightmares that clawed their way through her sleep had left the slender female exhausted as she wandered the lands, putting each paw mechanically in front of the other, moving slowly along with no particular destination in mind. What was she supposed to do without her brothers? When her dreams were filled with the terror of water closing over her head and her lungs seeking air desperately, only to be filled with water? And the blackness was the worst part. The dull emptiness that lasted for a few beats before the nightmare was over and Claire was thrashing on the solid ground, not in water. And then she would have to remind herself that it was just a dream, that her brothers would find her soon, that everything would be okay. They had been crossing a thundering river that pounded and surged beneath them, swollen with the first melting snows, and the bark had been slippery. Her brothers had made it across just fine, but Claire had slipped and been sucked beneath the water. By all rights, she should have been dead, but she'd woken up on the opposite shore of the river, shivering violently in a chilled breeze. And then she had gotten up and wandered off without a thought for her brothers until much later, when her thoughts had gathered themselves together. Claire was determined to find her father, even if she was going to be alone. They were closer now to the lands that he was rumored to live on than ever before. Or she was, at least. She had no clue where her darling brothers were. If nothing else, though, she supposed that this would show them that she could handle herself. Because she was still alive, still chugging away, still padding along, even if she was blind to her surroundings. As the lands opened up into a vast plain, Claire continued to pad along mechanically, paying little attention to her surroundings, to the bloodstained earth beneath her paws. In a more normal state, she would have never been found here, but right then, Claire wasn't entirely in her right mind. She was focused on putting as much space between herself and that river as possible. And then she would focus on finding her brothers. Her family. She needed them. Speech |