Weeks. Weeks had gone by and still all he knew was darkness. Within that darkness sat a fear that continued to pull at every corner of his heart and kept him within that which he feared: the shadows. They had taken him from the moment he had burst into existence. Their hold was tight, the grip like nothing he had felt before. Even before the shadows had taken him where he had been before seemed better under comparison. Before he felt safe, he felt comfort, he felt warmth. But that warmth had suddenly become too hot, something went wrong. His mind, even weeks later, was still reeling from the sudden rupture of heat and sound. The latter he had no experience with; the thunderous roar that bounded against the walls of his safety had torn him from the only thing he knew: a gentle slumber.

It didn't last, and oh how he wished it had. The thunderous roar,one which he couldn't explain to anyone who ever asked, had shaken him from the very core. His sleep was no more, and the thunder continued. His walls of safety began to shake and rattle and it had only been at that moment that he had become aware of himself and his own being. And yet, the pain. The pain of being ripped from such peace instantly brought the first feeling of fear he would ever experience. It never went away, it gripped him from that moment and that was all he knew. The walls around him continued to shake, the beastly sound never stopped, and within moments he felt a pain that he wished he could erase from his mind.

He felt the impact before he heard the shatter. His crysalis, having been nestled neatly against a wall upon a small cliff within the caves of Orion, had been jostled loose by the great earthquake, of which he knew nothing of, and it crashed to the ground. The bits of shattered crystal surrounded his small body and all he wanted to do was move but that beast was still roaring, the walls were still shaking, and he had suddenly been thrust into a world he didn't understand.

That had been weeks ago, and even after that time he couldn't bring himself from the very shadows that he feared. Their grip was relentless, but it was the only thing he knew: fear and darkness. The small raccoon lay curled up in a corner of the caves of Orion, still shaking, even weeks after his abrupt birth.

(wow this is really bad. but I haven't written anything like this in quite a while. i promise my posts will get better. D:)

It was another day. No more exciting than the last, but neither any more boring. Cure was on an adventurous streak, sneaking away from the small home that was made up behind the Throne. She would normally be in trouble for doing such things, but her father seemed to be such a heavy sleeper and her mother wasn't even at their little den at that very moment. As to where that dragon leopard had run off to Cure was unsure, but maybe she would find her mother lurking about. Maybe she was hunting!? That though filled Cure with an excitement and her long tail began to swish back and forth as she hurried on her way through the winding structures. The only things she had ever known.

Her paws clumsily slid over rock and stone alike, not at all caring that she was making a lot of noise in her travel. The idea of stalking, of being silent as she went, was lost on this freshly awakened gembound. Round ears twitched and moved, searching for any sound that she may hear. Yet, her mother was a master at lurking and moving around with no sound wasn't she. After all she was much older than Cure was. A small giggle escaped the cub as she pounced at a stray locust that had caught her attention. Though, soon her thoughts ran to the idea of using magic her parents had only just recently began to teach her about. She had told them how she could feel her twin's heart beat even when she was in her chrysalis and they had told her it was something they could each do as well. To sense another creature's beating heart.

So just maybe...

Cure dipped her head down and squinted her eyes. Trying to focus all her thoughts on getting her magic to work. For a long moment nothing had happened, but soon a sudden flash of blue came from the small nubs of gems on her cheeks and before the cub could get excited about her magic actually working a sharp pain suddenly stabbed through her chest. A cry of alarm and pain quickly escaped Cure as she stumbled where she was standing. Gasping and wheezing for breath as the pain in her chest soon began to feel like it was trying to strangle her. Her heart beat became erratic, pounding against her chest and another piercing cry of pain tore through her.

She curled into herself, her front paws pressed into her chest as if in an attempt to keep her heart from bursting out of her chest. Unbeknownst to her at that moment, blood began to dribble from her nose as she lay there with her eyes clenched shut. Ears pinned back against her skull. It seemed like forever before the pain finally began to subside and she was left there trembling with fear. She had been told sometimes their magic may back fire, but she had never expected it to be like that. The agonizing pain that had ripped through her chest and brought tears to her eyes.

"Ow..." She finally whined out loud as her breathing began to steady itself. She didn't move just yet, completely unsure if her chest would start hurting again if she tried to get up. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to sneak away from the den this day. Had she cast that back there, she would at least have her father able to look at her and to make sure nothing had gone seriously wrong. Now, with how loud her cries of pain had been surely her parents had been alerted and there was no doubt in her mind that they would give her a nice berating for leaving the den once again without telling them.

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Cure was originally gonna find your character with her red sense...but as you can see that backfired :'D So I hope you don't mind that I left it open for him to find her from her loud noises(if they haven't terrified him anyways lol)

Their inky fingers were clawed into every inch of him. Frozen in an odd mix of fear and comfort. The shadows were all he had ever known and yet the were the single thing he feared. The drive for him to move away from the corner in which he had found himself in was confusing, for why would he move from the only thing he has known, why would he leave the safety of the claws that were near strangling his mind. Torn - from the inside out. He wanted to run, he wanted to be away from that place yet he couldn't move.

The weeks had passed slowly, even more so as another new feeling had begun to creep into him: hunger. It was familiar, slightly, as he had realized that he had felt it before, the only moments after his chrysalis had crashed to the ground during the great earthquake. But the adrenaline had masked it, and it had only been over the last week that he had truly felt the pain of an empty stomach. The young raccoon's body had already begun to wither from the lack of sustenance. He knew what he needed to do, he needed to move. He needed food, he needed strength. But still he was kept in his corner.

It was only the sudden noise of rocks shuffling against the ground of a tunnel, then the echoing whimpers and whines, that shook him from his concentration. Rowan's sangria eyes snapped open and he peered into the darkness. He saw a figure, cloaked in the same shadows that had kept him in the corner for so long and he cowered. His shoulders quaked and he began to chitter wildly, the noise a desperate whimper as the fur along his tail bristled and poofed. Whatever that creature was it came from the shadows and the young beast knew nothing of trust.

Soon enough the pain in her chest finally ebbed away and Cure was able to finally breathe easier. She shook her head and slowly rolled back up to her paws. She wasn't sure she ever wanted to feel that again. With a flick of her tail, the young leopard hybrid turned to begin her way in a new direction. It was in that moment that she suddenly caught sound of something whimpering. Rounded ears quickly pushed forward, listening to the sound closely as she tried to figure out which direction it was coming from. "Hello?" She called out, the sound only just barely over as whisper. As if her voice had suddenly left her while she lowered her head and looked around quickly now.

What was causing a creature to whimper like that? She had to know, but something in here gut warned her that it could be trouble. Perhaps an older gembound was hunting? Or maybe it was just here mother? Her paws began to move, carrying her towards the sound as her curiosity finally got the better of it. She followed the sound a good few paces, moving towards a darkened corner that looked like it had been left alone for a long while. Nostril's flared as she took in the smells from all around. It was still hard for her to discern which scent belonged to what yet, but she did find a scent that seemed out of place. The haunting sensation of the idea that something could be dangerous in the area left her gut twisted. She didn't turn to flee though. She would be no coward.

With a few more steps she came into the darkened corner, looking around. It was then that she spotted a darker shadow lurking towards a corner in the spot she now found herself in. Or was she just hallucinating? "Hello?" She called again, sniffing at the air and taking one more hesitant step into the dark corner. Her body froze instantly when her eyes finally began to adjust to the darkness and she could just make out the glimmering colors of another pair of eyes. It was a somebody! And it didn't seem to be much bigger than she was. "Are you okay? Were you the one crying?" She questioned as she dipped her head down as if it were going to make her appear a little less threatening. Not that such a cute little cub such as herself could even pass as threatening at the moment.
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