WHEN WILL I LEARN

*Integra* · 01-21-2015, 08:41 PM

Do you wrestle with dreams?
Do you contend with shadows?
Do you move in a kind of sleep?
Time has slipped away.
Your life is stolen.
You tarried with trifles.
Victim of your folly.

Bouncing around her mother's feet in excitement Integra skittered off a short ways before suddenly turning and racing back in a fitful burst of energy. She was awake! She was ready to go do something. Turning the girl looked at her brother, rolling her eyes as he started messing with her name. "No….Treides…. reides…. RABIES!" With a shrill giggle she bounded off to roll in a patch of grass, kicking mud and snow into the air as she did so. " I know you're just going to stick your tongue in my ear or something gross because boys are gross, right mama?"

Suddenly Bellona was there and with a cry of tag, Integra was on her feet. "I want to play, I want to play…. RABIES IS IT!" With a laugh she started to run but as she did she noticed that everything was suddenly quiet. What happened to the birds… she turned to look at her mother and froze as she saw what the older woman was staring at. Two massive animals with claws longer than her legs and teeth…. those teeth. Roman yelled at them to get back to the den but Integra could only stand there frozen in fear. Only when her mother spoke her name did she snap out of it. "COME ON GUYS, Let's go, you heard mama!" Integra dove for the den, slowing her pace only to make sure her siblings were following. Eyes widened as she saw her mother meet the beasts in combat. No…. no…. they had to help, they had to do something! Yet even as she thought it she knew she couldn't. The only thing the girl could do now was try to keep her siblings safe. "It's alright, mom will teach those bears a lesson!"

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Integra tried not to listen to the sounds of battle outside, all she could do was cry and pray. How could she be expected to stay strong? Suddenly she didn't want to be the oldest. She didn't want to be the one doing the comforting. Inty swallowed shakily then jumped up when she heard her father's howl. Peering out of the den she saw Drashiel and Baldur collide with the bears. "Yea! Get em!" She cried but then…. then her eyes fell on her mother…. she wasn't moving. Baldur took off with the bears behind him as her father moved to lie next to her mom. Ears flicked back before she raced out of the den. Promise be dammed!

"Mommy! Daddy! Are you ok?…. Mom….. She's just sleeping right? Like Sissy right…. she'll…. dad…. is she dying?"

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