A sound thundered through Shadow's ears, awaking her from her sleep. The
startled doe looked up to see a large buck, twice the size of her, only
feet away. Her heart raced, remembering the elil once again who had killed
her family.
The buck turned his narrow, brown thlayed head in Shadow's direction which startled the doe even more. "Are you sick," he called out to her. "Did your marli abandon you?"
The doe shook her head. "N..No sir," she whimpered. "I lost my family to elil." As she said this, her heart dropped even more. "They are de."
The buck frowned and hopped up to her. "Come with us. You may stay at our warren," he said after smelling her over from head to toe. "You need to be cleaned up first though. Come.." The buck hoped off, taking large leaps that were hard for the kit to follow. "
The warren was filled with rabbits. Most looked up from their eating or chatting to take a glance at the scarred up doe. A few frowned while others looked at her sympathetically. The kit wanted to hide as she suddenly felt everyone's eyes on her, tracing her every scar.
When they entered the warren she was taken to an old buck who seemed a little 'out of it'. He was sniffing at one of his paws and shaking it in the air, seeming to be baffled by it. The buck who had brought Shadow in cleared his throat. Shadow stared around the room and then bumped into the buck. "Sorry," she squeaked, embarrassed. The old rabbit turned around and blinked his eyes. "Captain Mushroom," he said in a cheerful way and then noticed Shadow next to him. A frown passed over his old, scruffy face. "Now who is this? She isn't sick, is she?" "Nah, ran into elil. She needs a place to stay," the Captain informed him. "Ah, alright. I see no reason why she can't stay," the rah said, backing up some. "Although, she should clean up. Don't want the little thing making us all sick now."
The captain nodded, and with a quick nudge, Shadow was forced out of the burrow before she could even think. "Go dig yourself a burrow," the buck told her.
Shadow hopped uneasily down the runs. They were long and many crowded. Everyone stopped to stare at her.
The buck turned his narrow, brown thlayed head in Shadow's direction which startled the doe even more. "Are you sick," he called out to her. "Did your marli abandon you?"
The doe shook her head. "N..No sir," she whimpered. "I lost my family to elil." As she said this, her heart dropped even more. "They are de."
The buck frowned and hopped up to her. "Come with us. You may stay at our warren," he said after smelling her over from head to toe. "You need to be cleaned up first though. Come.." The buck hoped off, taking large leaps that were hard for the kit to follow. "
The warren was filled with rabbits. Most looked up from their eating or chatting to take a glance at the scarred up doe. A few frowned while others looked at her sympathetically. The kit wanted to hide as she suddenly felt everyone's eyes on her, tracing her every scar.
When they entered the warren she was taken to an old buck who seemed a little 'out of it'. He was sniffing at one of his paws and shaking it in the air, seeming to be baffled by it. The buck who had brought Shadow in cleared his throat. Shadow stared around the room and then bumped into the buck. "Sorry," she squeaked, embarrassed. The old rabbit turned around and blinked his eyes. "Captain Mushroom," he said in a cheerful way and then noticed Shadow next to him. A frown passed over his old, scruffy face. "Now who is this? She isn't sick, is she?" "Nah, ran into elil. She needs a place to stay," the Captain informed him. "Ah, alright. I see no reason why she can't stay," the rah said, backing up some. "Although, she should clean up. Don't want the little thing making us all sick now."
The captain nodded, and with a quick nudge, Shadow was forced out of the burrow before she could even think. "Go dig yourself a burrow," the buck told her.
Shadow hopped uneasily down the runs. They were long and many crowded. Everyone stopped to stare at her.