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Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. -Anne Frank On the trip here Rue had mostly slept and chattered on Kaj's back, except when he'd let her down to do lady things(Mamma said peeing wasn't nice, but she heard other kids say that so... she didn't quite understand). However Unca had been... angry most of the trip, so after about halfway she gave up on talking, instead watching their surroundings with a drowsy-sort of wonder in between naps. She didn't really recognize anything, but that was okay, Unca was with her so wherever they were going would be safe and Mamma would be there and Pappa and all would be well. Oh, she was wrong. Unca let her down, and Rue stood on shaky legs before she regained her balance, stretching after so long upon her godfather's back. Red caught her eye, and the girl looked up with an eager squeal as Valiance swooped overhead, the filly rearing up towards her mother's companion with excitement. Valiance meant Mamma was nearby, which meant food and family and warmth and safety an- Mamma appeared. Rue whinnied happily, stumbling towards her mother, only pausing when strange plants covered her, restoring energy she had lost stumbling in the dark, searching for them. However the plants didn't stop Rue long, and she took a step forward, eyes bright and face beaming with utter joy. That shattered when Resplendence's ears pinned back, her eyes narrowed and she took a step towards Rue that just bled anger. Rue's own ears pinned back, the flowers in her mane snapping shut into tight buds, rapidly shifting from their joyous gold to terrified yellow, confused navy blue, then to a dark, indeterminable color that seemed a mix of the last two shades. Her Mamma's words were quiet, but they were hissed out in a way that had Rue frozen in place, head lowering with each scolding word. Why was her dam so angry? Unca had already laid into her, already told her how bad she had been and Rue had swore again and again to never do it again(well at least next time not get lost). So to return to Res's anger just puzzled the filly to the point that her thoughts froze, gaze locked on Res's hooves. Slowly she looked back up when Mamma used her full name, ears pinning back so far she thought they'd vanish into her neck. "I'ust wanted to help..." She said quietly, finally. Her stomach hurt, her chest hurt, and all she wanted to do was press against Resplendence and suckle until she burst and sleep, but she didn't move, frozen in place, her little legs locked up. First Unca's anger, now Mamma's... to her brain it was all too confusing, too wrong. Never had Mamma gotten angry, never had she taken that tone with Rue. Unca was always telling Rue to behave in some way or another, so that hadn't been as much of a downright shock as Res's scolding had been. "I'm sorry." Rue said quietly, but still didn't move, but her gaze slowly lifted back up to Res's face, her flowers unfurling just the slightest bit, flecks of hopeful rose barely coloring the petals before they flared a bright cherry red. She didn't care about leaving the borders(this was a new place, which meant she'd be plenty occupied for some time), or about the fact that Mamma's stuff was here and not at home, or really that Res had been angry at her. No, all that began to vanish as the girl took a step towards Res, lips trembling. She missed her dam, missed her. That step broke whatever paralysis shock had placed upon Rue, and in a rush of white and cream she ran to her mother, pressing herself against her dam's legs, cheek rubbing up against Res's shoulder as the filly did her best to envelop herself around her mother, faint whimpers in her throat, a giveaway to the tears that threatened to spill over. "Not go again. Too dark, too scary and hungry and cold and and and-" Her voice stumbled, not knowing the words to describe the fear and desperation that had forced the child to keep moving, to keep wandering until she'd find her mother. "Rue speaks" |
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