At that point I didn't care about anything. Everybody and everything I ever cared about was torn away from me by, them. They took my life away. They took everyones life away, and my only sanctuary from, them lies past the Boundaries. I kept running, and Snowstreak ran beside me, her paws thundered against the frostbitten forest floor. She was the only thing they couldn't take. She was my closest ally, no, my closest friend. We ran through the thick snow forest, knowing that we would have to go back there. No matter how far, how fast, how hard we ran, we would have to go back to the very place that offers absolutely nothing for us anymore. A place filled with lies. ''We would have to go...home,'' I thought, "but the place I called "home" is anything but home. Home is a place where people love each other, not a place where people fear or despise you. The place called home didn't even exist for me anymore." These thoughts went racing through my head. I was alone with my closest friend, running next to me as we grew further and further away from the boundaries. I knew that if I ever wanted to call that place, that community, home again, I would have to change it, and myself. Forever. It would be difficult, and there would be dire consequences,but they need to see what I see. The truth. The citizens need the truth. I'd be the one to show it to them, and I wouldn't do it alone,but for now,all I could do was run.
My thoughts and emotions began to take hold of me, distracting me from reality. I felt my foot as it slid on an ice patch causing me to fall forward and bash my head onto the cold frozen ground. The last thought that swept through my mind was of his smile. I knew I would never see him again, and it was all my fault.