(J)Total Eclipse of the Heart

Ralla · 02-15-2011, 07:54 PM

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ISh alright ^-^ Sorry for the delay; I am never doing that kind of 3-day shift ever again -.-

She had not expected it, the howl.

After her the experience the day before, Ralla felt emotionally and spiritually exhausted. She had not seen or heard from Sugar, although she had been praying and keeping vigil next to the Great Fire the entire night, hoping for the safe return of all members of her tribe. Theodoric had not turned up amongst those counted, and her Chief was a little worse for wear, but...the horses. Liliana had been frantic, and yet... Sugar was still gone. What would she do without the brown quarter horse? The stocky equine had been her travel companion almost since the very beginning, and now he was missing out in the white wasteland that she had rememberd as an orange and green home in autumn. And then Kemo; where was he!? He couldn't have been trapped in his hollow, could he? Did he survive the storm? He's had to... The moon can't possibly be so cruel... Ralla couldn't imagine what she would do if... She shook the thought from her mind, only to have it replaced just as quickly. What about Noss and Strel and everyone she had met; where and how were they...?

When the howl came, as she sat in front of the fire with her eyes closed in prayer, Ralla's green orbs shot open as her body posture went stiff with surprise. Scrambling from her sitting position, stumbling a little from stiff and cold limbs, Ralla ran to where she had heard the call. The snow was still very deep, but she was so set on the howl that she kept on going; running, running, running. Reaching the edge of a hill overlooking a part of the reserve, now all white, she could only spot a small brown dot against the blank canvas. But near it moved another figure, so obscure that it blended into the snowdrift. Her spirits lifted tenfold.

On her way down, running, Ralla loosed her own howl in response, happiness and relief pouring from her voice. She didn't stop running until she was practically flying down the hill, having to slide part of the way or risk falling. She made it to the two, but she immediatly hugged Kemo, pure gratitude filling her heart for the moon in thanks for letting him keep his life. "Kemo!" She buried her head into his chest as she had the night of the red moon, not crying, but letting her shallow breaths calm so that she may at the very least let out a laugh to ease her nervous tension. "I was so worried about you! Were you alright? And Sugar!" She reached out an arm to pat Sugar's neck and cheek, not pulling away from the tall white wolf she had worried so much for. "Where've you been...? You naughty horse..." Perhaps Kemo couldn't tell because he couldn't see her face, but had Ralla been even slightly more upset, it would be a repeat of hysterics. But, for the moment, she was far too happy to let the waterworks hinder her.

Moon walks. "Moon talks." Moon thinks.

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