07-16-2018, 05:02 PM
"Daddy?"
The word is spoken into the warm air, carried along the breeze and fading into the distance. There's no reply to the meek voice, and stones jab into small paws as she treks on. The sun is setting, delving down towards the horizon, and she's still horribly lost. Anxiety ties her stomach into knots. In her young mind, every shadow suddenly turns into something evil lurking after her, looming over like hungry beasts. She would have rather been back home, curled up at her father's side as they ate before settling in for the night. The thought she might be stuck out there when darkness fell only made her grow more frantic.
Her legs hurt, and she knew she had been walking for a while. "Daddy! Where are you?" she calls, then stops as the trees turn into plains, land stretching out just like it did at her home. Hope flickered in her chest, though it was quickly diminished as she caught the scent. It didn't smell like them. Not only that, it seemed like other animals were around, too. She could smell them, their scents heavy in the air.
Defeated and tired, the serval kit settled for taking shelter in a bush, her light fur barely hidden against the green underbrush. Tears stung at the corner of her eyes, lip quivering as she tried to accept the fact she may never get home. She wanted to see her dad, to see Mr. Shiro again. But ultimately she was stuck there, weeping softly.
"SPEECH"
The word is spoken into the warm air, carried along the breeze and fading into the distance. There's no reply to the meek voice, and stones jab into small paws as she treks on. The sun is setting, delving down towards the horizon, and she's still horribly lost. Anxiety ties her stomach into knots. In her young mind, every shadow suddenly turns into something evil lurking after her, looming over like hungry beasts. She would have rather been back home, curled up at her father's side as they ate before settling in for the night. The thought she might be stuck out there when darkness fell only made her grow more frantic.
Her legs hurt, and she knew she had been walking for a while. "Daddy! Where are you?" she calls, then stops as the trees turn into plains, land stretching out just like it did at her home. Hope flickered in her chest, though it was quickly diminished as she caught the scent. It didn't smell like them. Not only that, it seemed like other animals were around, too. She could smell them, their scents heavy in the air.
Defeated and tired, the serval kit settled for taking shelter in a bush, her light fur barely hidden against the green underbrush. Tears stung at the corner of her eyes, lip quivering as she tried to accept the fact she may never get home. She wanted to see her dad, to see Mr. Shiro again. But ultimately she was stuck there, weeping softly.
"SPEECH"