Rain spattered the ground before her like tiny bullets, leaving small, dark marks on the soil that she trod upon. Miwa had not been outside for very long and the fact that it had started to rain really put a dampener on her already sour mood. It had been a few days since she had left the pack lands and thought that she would go out to visit the border and surrounding territories for a change. The rain ruined that, though. She looked vengefully upward at the heavens, shaking a fist. As she did this, a streak of lightning flashed across the sky. Her amethyst eyes grew wide in fear, ears going back with a small yelp. She made for the tree line. She hated storms more than anything, especially lightning. Miwa closed her eyes as she ran, feeling the raindrop stop hitting her as she came beneath the protective branches of a tree.
She could hear the thunder rolling through the skies overhead and gave a small whimper, sitting with her back to the trunk of the tree and pulling her knees up to her chest. She wrapped her arms around them, letting her long hair fall in cascades around her to form a barrier between herself and the outside world. Thunder rolled once more and lightning flashed, illuminating the insides of her eyelids. She clenched her jaw, burying her face and trying to ignore the sounds and the flashes of lights as she began to cry softly.
Photo courtesy of Eric Kilby
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