You smile. You are sitting with your meowrail Equius having a picnic. It's also a feelings jam, but you two haven't gotten to that yet. Suddenly, you hear the sound of hoofbeats, and it gets louder as time draws on.

"Nepeta! Run!" Equius yells.

"I'm not leaving without you!" You yell back at him.

"Nepeta, please, just run! I'll be okay!" Equius yells. The hoofbeats get louder, and you see hoofbeasts coming toward the two of you. You start running, and so does Equius. He's not as fast as you, despite his immense strength, and is swept up by the giant hoofbeasts. You run as quickly as you can, but you are not fast enough and you tire quickly. To avoid being trampled, you jump and grab onto the neck of one of the hoofbeasts. As they run you see Equius's body, bloody and crumpled, covered in hoofbeast footprints. You cry out and let go of the hoofbeast's neck. You fall, seeing hooves over you...

Nepeta woke up with a start. She had forgotten to get into her recuperacoon the night before, feeling exhausted from her latest hunt. She shot up, the furs she was using as a blanket slipped off her body, revealing her naked form. Olive tears streamed down her face, and her loud sobs seemed to shake her cave. No, the cave wasn't shaking she was. She curled up, "Equius," she said, "Equius!" She yelled, her body racking with harsh sobs.

"Nepeta?" Equius's voice echoed across the walls.

"Equius!" Nepeta screamed.

Equius ran as quickly as he could to her curled up form, "Nepeta? What's wrong?" He asked, worriedly.

"I-I, y-you, w-we," Nepeta stuttered out, before sobbing again.

Equius pulled her close, hugging her small form, "Nepeta, you're fine, and so am I. We'll be ok, I'll protect you with my immense STRENGTH."

Nepeta calmed down, "I know Equius. I know we'll be okay, we've always pulled through in the past."

Equius opened his eyes, seeing Nepeta in front of him. Something was wrong, her eyes were white. That's when he realized they were dead. He pulled Nepeta close to her, "I'm sorry, Nepeta," he fell to his knees, "I couldn't protect you," blue tears fell from his eyes.

Nepeta looked at him solemnly, "I know, but we've always made it through befur, we'll make it through this too."

Q: admittedly, I almost cried while writing that last part. Does anyone else agree that meowrails is the ideal pale relationship? Also, sorry for not updating before. Hope you enjoy