ORIGIN - we dance with monsters

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Leon had gotten used to going off on his own. He'd come to accept that he would be alone a lot, no longer by Makyna side every hour of every day. It had been hard to make the transition when they first joined Maji Walezi; even after both of them had received different duties by Cancer (yes, Leon had taken notice to his new responsibilities lying outside of Pisces) they had often left the cave together. But the bear had begun to notice the way his best friend acted around the leopard. It filled him with conflict, it left a bad taste in his mouth. He was sinfully jealous. But he had hurt Makyna, did he deserve to be jealous? No, she deserved something better. He owed it to her to let her do what made her happy. So he let her be, and accepted his fate to wander the caves alone.

He'd become comfortable in his solitude. Leon was by nature a sociable creature. He would always love talking to others and being around others, especially Makyna. But he had accepted this - if it was what he had to do, then he would do it. It gave him lots of time to think, but even more importantly, it gave him time to hone his skills. He wanted to be better at magic. He'd shown a few times before his ability to wield it, but very rarely did he execute it without it backfiring. It was time for him to practice, to grow comfortable in it, enough so that it wouldn't burn his skin. It was time for him to truly master this art that frightened him so.

The bear made his way to Cetus. He couldn't recall ever being in this room before - there was a low humming somewhere off in the distance, but it was often drowned by the sound of bubbling or sloshing water. First entering the room, he found he wasn't nimble enough to walk along the roots. He ended up wading through the black waters, which would occasionally rise up to his chest, splashing even higher - but never too deep for the bear to traverse. Eventually, he did make it to the South end of the room. The terrain rose up higher than the water, which lapped hungrily at the rocks. They made weaving, jagged paths through tall crags; Leon could get lost if he wasn't careful. The black water had left a murky residue in his fur.

Once he found himself a quiet little nook, the bear shook out his fur and plopped down onto his rump. He began to hum a song to himself, something he had heard Makyna sing at some point or another. He didn't know all the words, though. Only the melody reverberated from his throat as he sat down and raised his paws. Brow furrowed, focusing; he put all his thought into his paws, summoning the heat in his body to his extremities.

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He felt it, coursing like magma through his veins. Leon closed his eyes and brought the heat to his toes, feeling it burn his skin - soon, it became too hot, and he cut off the flow of magic. He shook his paws out, dissipating the heat before it could harm him too much.

But that wasn't good enough. "Ugh! Come on!" Leon growled and shook his head, raising his paws to inspect them. It was always that spell - always that technique that came and bit him in the ass. Maybe he would just never have any luck with that. No... he couldn't think that way! He had to focus, he had to practice, he had to master it! The bear rubbed his paws together again, getting ready to practice more. It didn't matter how much his skin singed or seared. He would get this right.

The melody had faded in the wake of his failure, but soon came back as Leon closed his eyes and focused once more. Singing the song that had originated from Makyna made him feel better. It brought him comfort as if his friend was here, encouraging him to do better. "I can do this, I can do this." He mumbled to the tune of the song he hummed and narrowed his eyes. Leon extended his paws away from him again and closed his eyes for the third time. He placed all his attention on the sensation of his paws, the feel of blood flowing through his veins, his heart pounding in his chest. He could feel it all just by focusing. Once more, the heat began to well up.

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It accumulated first near his elbows. The heat would slide its way to his digits and the palm of his paws, radiating outward. But this time it was hotter, it was sudden. He couldn't control it. Leon waved his paws again, trying to dissipate the heat before it burned him; but he could feel it singing his skin. Frustration rose in his chest and he curled his lip, snarling. "NO! Why!" Leon scowled and slammed one of his forepaws against the wall beside him, angry. Why couldn't he do this? What was wrong with him?

What an eventful past few days. Meeting a wolf who she'd made feel awful then in turn she felt awful about it, only to turn around later and be fine after straightening the issue out. Life was hard sometimes, she was starting to realize that. What's more, life was starting to change again. The lion cub had always been rather small but she was starting to notice changes in herself. Her body was growing at a slow but steady pace. She wasn't large, not by a long shot, but she wasn't as small as she had been either. Her form was starting to look less like a chubby cub and more slender like a sleek hunter. Makyna noticed the changes in herself when she looked into the reflective surfaces at Pisces and what's more... she liked them. Not that she disliked her cub self but this new look brought with it new strength and speed. It was welcoming.

The lioness found herself trekking back to Cetus. It was a comforting place, quiet and nice, lonely where she could just be herself and sing songs all day. She found that singing brought her comfort and the songs in her heart often mirrored her mood and helped to relieve stress. The lioness could almost feel one bubbling up in her chest now but she held it back... Something was amiss. A fresh wave of something caused her to pause her walking. Why did she just feel as if something was wrong? That her emotions were off? She herself wasn't upset but she felt the feeling all the same.

The thought occurred to her then... perhaps it was Leon. They always had a sort of bond, ever since that day she popped out of her chrysalis and he'd been there for her. What was the matter with him? Why was he upset? A fresh waved of concern washed over her and she leaped upwards towards one of the roots of the trees and quickly leaped from root to root to get to her friend quicker. Obviously she didn't know exactly where he was but she trusted her gut feelings to lead her to him.

In a corner of Cetus sitting all alone was a brown bear. Her brown bear. She arrived just in time to see him hit the wall in frustration. A pang of sympathy washed over her as she knew he must be practicing his magick. What else could get him so frustrated? Unlike her own magick his could cause harm if not mastered properly. Perhaps he needed a helping paw to see to it that his practice went over well.

Wasting no time Makyna leaped from her tree root and trotted up to him, her quiet feline paws made hardly a sound on the ground as she went over to him and tucked herself into his side as she always used to do. "Leon? What's the matter?" She figured she already knew what the matter was but she wanted to hear him say it. Perhaps it would make him feel better to talk about it.

To help ease his frustration and anger the lioness tapped into her own magick, using it to send a wave of comfort and calm. It would be a foreign emotion but he could still benefit from it if he allowed himself to. Maybe calmness was what he needed to help out with his own magick.

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tagged: Leon
ooc: I dub this a Makeon thread!
muse: 8/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

haha oh woops this table just came out of nowhere
(wtf Leon WHY ARE YOUR ROLLS SO BAD???)

In the gentle humming of the room and the thick mist that hid most creatures from his sight, he hadn't known of his friend's approach until the last minute, when her scent suddenly hit him and the sound of her paws hitting the ground had grappled at his attention. His humming came to an abrupt halt and the fur along the back of his neck stood up. Orange eyes immediately flickered to his friend, but he had very little time to react to her presence before she sidled up to him and nestled against him. "M-Makyna!" He stammered. There was some kind of strange, chemical or hormonal reaction - something he couldn't stop before it started. Heat was rising in his cheeks, in his chest, in the pit of his stomach - in his paws. Before he knew it, the heat was biting at his toes and burning him. Leon bit his lip and leaned away from Makyna, knowing fully well that the heat would radiate from his body, an unbearable warmth she would surely notice.

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Sure, it burned his skin. It made his heart race even faster, nervous that she would detect the heat or worse, feel its sting. "I-I-" The bear stumbled over his words, trying to organize his thoughts while struggling to control the fire that raged inside of him. After a few quick breaths, he focused on his breathing. Leon willed the heat away, and after a moment, it faded. He blinked and looked away from her, ashamed at his sudden outburst. "I suck at this." He admitted, albeit somewhat pathetically. His shoulders slumped and his small, round ears tucked against his head. Makyna was so good at her magic - he could feel it, her comfort and reassurance bleeding from her mind to his. All he ever did was hurt himself or, God forbid, others. He felt absolutely useless.

Notes: Hurrhurrhurr X3

"Makyna Speech"
"Leon Speech"

She could feel his fur heat up right after his initial reaction of seeing her. Oops. She probably shouldn't have approached so quietly, it might have thrown him off focus. When the bear leaned away from her she felt no offense, for she knew why he' done it. His fur was hot enough to scorch and after their fight before she held a healthy respect for fire users. Not that she hadn't had respect before but with no real fire in the cave, besides the magically produced flames by the gembounds, she never truly learned what real fire was until being burned by her friend. Not that it was a good thing but she would be more careful nowadays.

The bear was even more frustrated now, upset at not being able to use his spells. Makyna felt for him a lot. It had to be terrible when your spells backfired so fiercely. She wished she could teach him some of her own so that it wouldn't hurt him if they failed. If wishes were fishes they'd never go hungry... For now all she could do was offer words of encouragement and maybe some advice to help him through. "Don't say that. You're magick just takes a little more to master. Doesn't mean you won't you just have to try a little harder." The lioness gave a bright grin and playfully nipped at his long shoulder fur. "Besides, if you let yourself get frustrated then you won't ever complete the spell because you'll just be worried about how much you 'suck' or can't do the spell. You just gotta calm down, clear your mind, and focus on your spell." That was how she did it when working on a particularly complicated bit of magicka. Sure, her element was almost the complete opposite of his but it was the same principle right?

"Come on, let's see you try again." The lioness scooted to the side a little to give him room to work his magic.

By now the bear was feeling way too down about himself. Not only was he unable to execute his spells successfully, but now Makyna was here to watch him fail. She likely wasn't here for the explicit purpose of seeing him fail, but he didn't want her to witness it - to know that he lacked the control over his magic that others had. Especially her. He wondered what happened when she couldn't pull off a spell right. Did it just fizzle away in the back of her mind, unnoticed, unfelt? Did it hurt her too? His thoughts prompted him to look back over at his friend, examining her quietly. He was thankful that she understood his plight - their magic was way different from each other. Fire was destructive. It was loud and chaotic and painful. What was hers? Subtle, only noticeable if done right. He was wistful for a skill like hers.

Alas, Leon was stuck with what he had. There was no chance he could trade out his abilities for something else. He'd been born with them for a reason, and she was right. All he could do was keep trying. He nodded, and his lips dared to reveal a small, hopeful smile as she nipped at him and tried to walk him through casting another spell. He just had to stop getting frustrated. He had to accept his failures and take them at face value - his failures meant that he was missing a critical part of coalescing his magic into something viable. He had to find out what it was.

The bear sucked in a slow breath. He was going to try something different. Maybe it would be more effective, or maybe it would turn out even worse. He'd never know until he tried. If he wanted to control his fire, he had to be able to feel it from everywhere inside of him. Not just his paws, but everywhere. So, closing his eyes, he tried to focus on it.

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He could feel the heat welling up within him. It coursed through his veins like lava, but it didn't burn. It was low and gentle at first. A simmering warmth from his core; he felt it radiate out from his chest to his limbs, up his neck to his face, down his spine, in his belly. He breathed, not allowing his mind to deviate. All he could feel was the warmth. Once he had gotten a good grasp on it, he opened his eyes again. There was a graceful glow emanating from his paws. From between fronds of thick brown hair. From all over the place. He was glowing, and the warmth remained in him as he realized what he'd done. Wide-eyed, Leon carefully looked over at Makyna, trying to sustain the spell for as long as he could before it began to bite at his skin. Once he felt the burn, Leon shifted his focus to the cool tunnel air, dissipating the heat from his body.

When it was all said and done, he realized his muscles had tensed. He relaxed his shoulders with a long sigh and blinked, taken aback. "I did it..." He mumbled, and examined his paws again. Sure, the glowing had hurt, but he controlled it. He didn't let it consume him. And when it became too much, he made it go away. All because he focused on it and didn't get upset, or excited, or angry. Was that really all it took?

"Makyna Speech"
"Leon Speech"

The lioness waited patiently for the bear to begin his next spell. He seemed to be heading her advice and calming down. His eyes closed and he began. The lioness dared not even make a breath as she didn't want to break his concentration. What happened next surprised the female, was this a new spell of his? To make his entire being glow? It was a lovely spell, it made the little bear look like he was cast in a halo of light. Not like the artificial glowing she'd some from some of the other light elementals, this was something entirely different. It was a soft light that cast him in beautiful glow like some sort of fire angel. His heat only amplified the effect, it was comforting, and nice. It caused a warm glow within her...

A glow that made her belly start to feel fluttery.

She blinked in surprise. Fluttery? Oh, this feeling was like the one she'd gotten with Cancer! That wasn't good at all! Oh no... she couldn't like him like that. They were only friends. He didn't like her like that and... and... she didn't like him like that! Nope! She wouldn't allow it. The lioness couldn't just start liking someone else. Sure, she absolutely loved the bear. Did she feel better whenever she was around him, of course! Was the whole world brighter at the mere thought of him, absolutely! But Cancer was a feline and he thought she was pretty! Leon didn't think she was pretty... or at least he'd never said it. He'd actually never said anything about the way he felt so Ky just assumed he saw her as nothing more than a friend. Which was fine because she had Cancer and she shouldn't see the bear as anything but a friend. It would only lead to heartbreak.

So, when the bear cut his spell off the lioness tried to shake all those thoughts from her mind. Focusing her attention solely on what he had just done. Makyna's two paws clapped together in applause as she gave him a happy smile. "Yay! I knew you could do it!" The lioness scooted back over to him and gave him a lion hug. "Just gotta believe in yourself." Because I believe in you. "Wanna try again?" She didn't realize that her gem started to faintly glow, neither did she know that her thoughts had been transmitted.

Leon was still a little surprised that he had managed to pull off that spell. If that was so easy to do, why couldn't he do the other one with just his paws? Maybe it required more focus on his limbs... but wasn't that what he was doing? No! It must have been that he needed to focus more on the heat everywhere else, too! Maybe the real problem was that focusing only on his paws, he summoned all the heat to his toes, instead of letting it spread out across the rest of his body. At this point, the bear was beginning to feel like he might finally understand his magic. It would still take some time and effort, after all, theory was one thing - practice was what really made it work. All this time, he'd been stuck staring at his paws, examining them, mentally rolling over what had just happened and what he needed to do to improve.

He'd only been torn from his thoughts when he felt a sudden, albeit latent sensation. Leon had been so wrapped up in concentrating on his spell that he hadn't noticed it before, but now that he could spend his attention on other things, this particular thing had made itself known. The feeling felt almost alien to him. A simmering nervousness in the pit of his stomach. He blinked a few times, but he couldn't interpret it. He had no reason to feel nervous, not after having finally successfully pulled off a spell. A brand new one, too! The bear glanced over at Makyna, instinctively assuming that she may hold the answer. Unbeknownst to him, she did, but Leon wouldn't be able to tell. Not after she clapped her paws together and praised his success.

Her kind words caused him to instantly forget the feeling. Black lips spread into a wide grin as she scooted closer for a hug - he hadn't even spent a second thought before wrapping one arm around her to hug her back. Their contact had culminated in a quiet, encouraging thought - he knew it came from her. Everything that entered his mind that was the work of Makyna, it always came with some warmth, some kind of tenderness he always attributed to her. It spawned a similar warmth in his chest, one that made him feel good, and made his smile grow even wider. He didn't know what he'd do without Makyna.

Yes. Leon was ready to try one more time. He couldn't allow himself to get distracted by these good feelings, though - he couldn't dwell on them and allow them to interfere with his concentration. So Leon closed his eyes again, and tried to shut everything out. He summoned that familiar heat, seeking its signature as it would race through his veins and towards his paws.

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Sure enough, fed by his confidence and delight, the heat coursed beneath his skin and gathered in his paws. He felt better about himself, better about this - and sure enough, the warmth that accumulated in his paws effervesced as a constant temperature. He looked down at them, he could feel the heat radiating off of them, but it didn't burn him. He was amazed - the bear didn't even know what to do for a moment, before deciding to test his sudden success. Leon pressed one paw against the ground in front of him, and there he felt the sizzling of dust beneath his grip; soon enough he was left with a small pile of ash where the dirt and debris once was. It didn't hurt.

"Makyna!" He laughed and raised his paws again, holding them towards her, spreading the warmth towards his friend. "Look!" He fumbled. His mind was burdened with excitement. He couldn't believe that he'd just done it, and it didn't hurt him! Everything she told him to do had worked! Before long, the heat from his paws had faded - by his own will, of course. Leon sat back against the wall and smiled at his friend. "I... Thank you..." The bear mustered as his mind stumbled over what to say. For a moment, his voice fell away, the nothingness caught in his throat as he found himself staring in utmost admiration at her. His heart fluttered. In that brief moment, his brain really did short-circuit, unable to produce sound nor action to follow up.

"Makyna Speech"
"Leon Speech"

A feeling of pure bliss radiated through her. One that wasn't even rivaled by what she felt with Cancer. Those feelings were trivial compared to what she had with Leon right now as she sat wrapped in his warm embrace. She really didn't want him to let her go, she just wanted to be in his arms forever to hold this moment in time forever. She felt a slight pull at her magick but significant happened. It just felt like she could do something about it but didn't know how to act on it, not yet. Instead she just rubbed her cheek against his side before the moment was over and she shuffled backwards to give the big bear some room to work his magic.

Makyna watched again as Leon concentrated on his magicka, putting all his focus into it. Strangely enough as she watched the bear concentrate she felt something strange. The lioness' gaze dropped to her forepaws as she felt heat collecting in them... A lot of heat. Like she was using fire magic or something. Strange. Perhaps she was just leaning on them too hard or focusing on Leon too much. She was having sympathy-heat of course! No biggie.

Her gaze lifted back up to see the bear touching his smoldering paws to the ground to test out the spell. Makyna gave a squeal of happiness at her friend's joy and when he lifted his paws up to hers she raised her own to put her paw pads against his, effectively holding paws. The lioness hadn't meant anything by it, it had only been done to feel the heat from his paws but now that she was touching his paws in such a way it rekindled that fluttering feeling. This time those butteflies caused a warmth in the pit of her belly that spread throughout her entire being. It made her feel happy... like to be here, holding this bear's paws was the best thing in the world.

This moment... She didn't want it to end. That feeling woke again, the tug on her magick as she felt a new spell being born.

She wanted this moment to last forever...

And it did, just for a few moments longer.

Time felt like it was briefly paused as she looked into Leon's eyes, treasuring ever feeling she got at this moment. Her heart felt like it was about to explode with happiness as she stared at him. For the few seconds that time seemed to freeze something tugged at her heart. A melody, a song, a rhythm... It spoke to her and she had to get it out. She had a feeling that this song was meant for Leon.

When time unfroze her mouth opened and she began to sing her song for him,

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"Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things
Define what's within
And I've been there before
But that life's a bore
So full of the superficial"
~

It was a song that came from the very depths of her heart and when she sang it made her feel like a new lion. Whatever it was, she loved it.

"Speech"

It hurt. Every slow, painstaking step she took it hurt. Even now it felt like it had just happened. Though she could still breathe considerably better than she had been able to the moment she was slammed hard into the throne back in Orion, even that still hurt to do if she took too big a breath. Her tail was in an unnatural state, dragging against the ground lifelessly as she urged herself on. She wasn't quite sure where she had got herself to. All she knew was that she could not face Cancer at this current moment. Pisces is where Cancer lived. Where she had chosen to live with her big bubbi Leon and her big sis Maky. Her head hung low as she continued on her way. Desperately trying to stay clear of what smelt like yucky water and mud.

Cancer had apologized. Over and over and over the fellow leopard had said sorry. Yet why had it even happened in the first place? She couldn't quite grasp that answer at the time being. Being so shaken with the pain in her ribs with every move, every in and out breath she made. It seemed to just kill off any thinking capabilities she had in her young mind. Deep down in the pits of her belly she knew Cancer didn't mean to cause her such agony. In fact it was probably she whom had been at fault. If only she had been paying attention instead of being so care free. If she had checked before she had made that jump none of this would have happened.

Pondering over that in itself only worked to depressed the little kitten worse. Her eyes began to glisten with unshed tears once again. She was scared. In more ways than one. Scared to be hurt again. Scared that she had upset Cancer more than should have been. Scared how her beloved Big Sissy would feel knowing she had upset Maky's friend. And even Big Bubbi Leon. How ashamed would he feel knowing she had caused something bad to happen to the leader in the group they all lived in with each other. She didn't really understand the entire group thing. Just that there were certain ranks. Jobs for others to see to. Cancer was the leader of all that and she had to go and screw up and make him upset. She was even scared that she would no longer be allowed to be Cancer's friend. She just wanted to be friends with everyone in Maji Walezi.

Her normal vibrant blue eyes seemed to be dull and exhausted. No light shined with joy. No glittering curiosity of a kitten who's only concern at her age was to play and explore. Nothing, but the shadow of remorse. Remorse that was only shadows by the pain that surely reflected in those once stunning blue depths. Maybe she deserved this. Maybe she just wasn't good enough to be part of her group. Never good enough to call Cancer friend. Never to see Leon as Big Bubbi. Nor to see Makyna as her beloved Big Sis. Of course she was probably just over reacting to her own thoughts, but she was definitely not aware of any of that.

She wasn't sure how long she continued to walk until her legs simply became to shakey. She had stopped in her walk. Plopped back onto her haunches, only to immediately regret that action. Eyes clenched shut as pain shot through her ribs, coursing through her chest and going right down to her tail tip. She gritted her jaw, desperate to keep the mewl of pain locked away in her throat. Her voice was sure to be raw. She had cried quite a bit when it had first initially happened. Cried because it had hurt so bad. And then the fear that had quickly set it's fangs deep in her heart when she first began to realize it had been Cancer that had sent her slamming into the throne against her side. He was a much bigger cat than she. A powerful cat. One who could definitely cause harm to her. Obviously.

A small whimper escaped Amaria as the pain finally ebbed away. At least a little bit of it. Enough so that she could continue once she rested her legs if only for a short while. It was in that moment that she heard it. The faint sound of a voice singing. She could just barely hear it, her small rounded ears pushing forward as if to listen to it. Someone was here? She gulped with hesitation, but she could not ignore the curiosity. Who would be out here, singing of all things? This place covered in thick fog that made it hard to see. She would go closer. If only just to take a peak. She rose to her paws, albeit slowly, and made her way towards the sound. Her heart seemed to thud lightly as she listened to the words that were just barely carrying themselves through the fog. She couldn't make out exactly what the words were, but maybe if she got closer. She had no idea which way it was coming from, or if she was even headed the right way. It was only a guess. And then something strange coursed through her, a strange sensation and she had to take pause just so she wouldn't jolt out of surprise as the sensation crept up from her tail and settled in her gut.

And then a sound rung in her ears. The fluttering of a heart. No. Not just one heart, but two. Two beating hearts lay ahead of her. Somewhere in the crags up ahead. It made her own heart flutter as this new sensation washed over her. It wasn't unpleasant, but intriguing. Feeling the heartbeats of those close by. Hearing them resonate in her ears with each bump. She followed without thought. Almost eager now to understand the sensation that had washed over her. There had been a change in the beating heart beats. First in one, and then soon the second mimicked the fluttering miss-beat. What did it mean?

She would have so loved to pick up her pace, but at the rate she was going now was already starting to make a dull pain spiral out from her ribs to reach in each direction. She ignored it. How could she not when something so intriguing had caught her attention. She came to a complete stop when the sensation slowly ebbed away and she was at a loss at that moment. She knew she was still facing the right direction. So maybe she had been where the heartbeats were? She looked around, desperate to see around the Fog. She couldn't smell anything in this place. The musty stench of the swamp overpowering anything that she may have attempted to sniff out. Not to mention her sense of smell only did so much. It was her eyes that she was proud of. Not in this moment though.

She began walking again, trying to figure out what was going on. And then slowly, but surely dark blotches in the fog began to appear. And the closer she got the more excited she was. Well, as excited as she could feel at the moment. Her tail seemed to still be dragging lifelessly behind her and her head still held low, but that was beside the point. When she was finally starting to just make out who these creatures were a sharp gasp chocked her breath and she stopped instantly. She sharp intake of air didn't help in keeping her ribs from not hurting. Once again making that area flame to life with gut wrenching pain and it was all she could do not to cry. She wouldn't. She would not alert the two she now saw.

They were not someone she expected to see out here. Leon and Makyna. 'No...' she practically cried in her thoughts. No she just couldn't have ran into them! What were they doing with their paws? Were they staring at each other? What? These were questions she could only think about for a split second before her encounter with Cancer quickly overwhelmed her. No! She wouldn't let them see her. She didn't want to surprise them in her appearance. What if... what if they reacted like Cancer had?! Would they react violently for being scared by her sudden appearance?! She didn't want to know. She had to get out of there.

She instantly turned paw, her back paws extending her claws as if to help her get away, but in a split second Amaria found herself unable to move. She had twisted in a way that seemed to do something to her ribs. Something that had instantly crippled her and with a pained and loud mewl Amaria hit the ground, curling up against herself as she clenched her eyes shut once again. This couldn't be happening. After getting out here so far away why now did she have to make the wrong move. Her ribs were on fire with pain. She struggled, desperate to push it all aside so she could get away, but what did that matter. She had made such a loud noise, surely they would know she was there now and then what? What would they do? They would be mad at her. That's what. She had upset Cancer. It was all her fault. Her fault...- Her thoughts slowly left her as the pain became a little too much and she had to start focusing on breathing a little lighter, hoping that in doing so she would regain herself just enough to get herself back to her paws.