It was daylight, bright and almost violent against her bright purple eyes. The sky held no clouds, nothing but pure and untainted blue. She looked to it, attempting to look at the bright orb, but was left with its reflection in her view for moments after. The heat touched her back and shoulders, as she moved away from the safety of her home and towards the lake. Four paws ran until they met the sandy shore. The placid lake called her name, and the girl looked at it with a pleading gaze. In a moment she was shifted, two legged and panting. A few steps into the water, and she descended into the cool relief. Never had she experienced such heat, and her large size did not manage it well. But the water surrounded her, a much needed to companion for the female.
She lay on her back, letting the water carry her. Wading in the arms of the cool water, thinking of the last moment she had experienced in the very spot. Eyes closed the young woman drifted until she could no longer stand it. Finding herself much closer to the center of the body of water Mati began to swim, a small feeling a panic in her chest. By the time she reached the shore Mati found that she exited on the opposite side. Sanding and facing the lake Mati found herself looking at the most direct route home. She could swim, but the fear of drowning was now very real. For a long moment the tall woman considered it, before realizing that the sun no longer hung above her. It was low, too low. Violet eyes caught the blended colors of the setting sun; they flowed across the clear sky and taunted her. Fear of darkness was a childish thing, but very real for the Crimson Dreams female. Suddenly cold from her wet fur, she placed an arm across her chest and felt the scars that ran across her arms. Reminders of the dangers of the darkness.
She walked, refusing to truly recognize the fear that slowly filled her. Her breath was growing ragged, and she focused on each inhale in hopes of calming it. She hadn’t been out of the Manor since the attack, but she refused to think of that as well. She looked to the ground, searching for the trail that would lead her home. Rabbit Lake slipped from view, the forest surrounding her entirely. Still she walked, finding the nearest trail, and sticking to it. Fear bubble through her blood stream, but her pace remained steady and seemingly calm. What she did not know what that she headed west, not north. The sun could not be seen, giving no indication of where she was headed. She was alone, in the darkness.
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