[taillow]

Laurelpaw
After sprinting from camp, Laurelpaw put a good distance in between herself and the clearing until she stop atop a rolling hill. Her sides heaved with each intake of breath and a shake passed through her. Now that she had a moment to focus, it was clear that the black dots that had started small were larger and covering more of her vision. She gave another violent shake of her head, backing up a little bit. Whimpers came from her but were quickly cut off with a defiant hiss.

"Stupid patrol, stupid Fallownose, stupid Twilightstar. Why won't anyone tell me where my mom is??" Desperation laced her cry as she sank to the ground. At some point the angry tears had spilled over, wetting her cheeks as they rolled down like rain fall. Her chest felt tight as she burrowed her face into her paws, tail coming up to wrap tightly around her. Where was Eldersky? Where was her mom? And why did no one seem to care about finding her?

Fernpaw was busy with training, and Hickorypaw seemed to have a rather cool mentor. What did Laurelpaw get? Kicked into a tree by a ShadowClanner, a deputy who wanted her dead, and a mentor who couldn't be bothered to train her at all. Maybe WindClan wasn't the place for her after all. They probably wouldn't even miss her if she just left - Laurelpaw was almost certain Fallownose might even throw a celebration because that meant he only had to get rid of one other cat - her brother.

Sniffling, Laurelpaw uncovered her face and lifted her head as a wave of exhaustion hit her. Everything was blurry as she rose to shaky paws. She didn't even know how to hunt - no one had bothered to teach her. Scuffing the ground with one paw she padded forward stiffly, eyes focused on nothing particularly but the ground. She gave a lash of her tail, but it fell off and dragged on the ground. Everything was going wrong, and nothing right anymore. "Where are you, mom?" A choking plea as the young she-cat turned her sunken face towards the sky. Her eyes were wide, begging, as another batch of tears rolled fresh down her face.

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