Haha! An update! When I said that there would be. Whoo! Anyway...this is another appearance by Will's daughter, Aurora. There's also a tidbit of embarrassing information (what she'd think was embarrassing, because it was undignified) information on Alyss. So, read on!
4. Dark
Aurora was stuck. Well, at least she thought she was. She kicked her legs, trying to get out. Yup, she was definitely stuck. She sighed, stirring the hair that had fallen into her face. Chasing the rabbit into this log was a really bad idea...especially since it was dark and kind of damp. The earthy smell wasn't too bad, but it did get overpowering after a bit. Aurora relaxed, and then tensed when she realized something. What if she never got out?
Desperately trying to hold in her panic, she frantically tried to pull herself free. Unfortunately, it seemed the more she tried to pull, the more she seemed to stay put. The dark seemed to be pressing in on her now. She could see what uncle Horace was talking about now, about his fears of being trapped in a cave, of any other small dark place. The darkness seemed to merge with the smell, which started to seep into Aurora's lungs and wrap around her throat, choking and suffocating her. Finally, she could take it no longer.
"Daddy!"
Within seconds, Aurora felt hands on her waist, and then suddenly, she was free. Gulping in air, she turned towards her father and clung to him desperately. Looking up, she saw that he was barely containing a grin. Aurora glared at Will, looking very much like her mother.
"What's so funny?"
"It's nothing," He chuckled. Then grinned. "Don't tell your mother, but when we were about six, the same thing happened to her."
Aurora thought about it; her mother, small, screaming, and stuck in a log, her legs thrashing as she tried to pull herself out. She grinned. She squirmed in her father's arms and he out her down. Then she realized something; her father had saved her awfully quickly...
"Daddy, where you watching me when I was stuck in the log?"
Will hid a smirk. "I could've been." He began to back up as Aurora began to advance.
"You knew I was there," she was using her mother's angry tone. "And you left me there, in the dark, where I could've died. What kind of daddy are you?"
Those were almost the exact words her mother had used. A chuckle escaped his lips, and that chuckle set Aurora off. She increased her speed to running and began chasing her father around the field.
Tug watched them run and snorted softly, as if he were laughing. It's funny what insulting a girl's fear of the dark will do.