I did as told and started looking for Alsaela, I saw her tail and sighed. I went and sat next to where she was but at some distance, "Do you want to rant," I asked her "It might help, and since no one is around you can let your heart out," I said letting her know. I was going to be patient, she was clearly hurt and a lot of things were on her mind at such a young age.

She woke up from the sound of Nightmare's voice. She didn't leave the small hole she was in, but she was to emotionally distressed to keep it in anymore. "Why did they leave me!? I didn't ask to be their burden! Im sorry I made her snap! I didn't mean to throw everyone into panic! I thought I saw my dad last night so I followed a trail! I just..." She paused, her chest heaving from speaking more than she usually did. Normally she would say a sentence or two, but now she just couldn't hide it away anymore. "Stop yelling at me! Im sorry I want to go out and see everything! I just wanted to help..." Everything she said was a jumble and mix of everything that had happened. From her nightly adventures, to her hunt with Oculta, her father, constantly getting scolded, everything was pouring out. "Im scared! Stop roaring! Please..." Her tail whipped around, as she began to panic, her thoughts rushing once more. "There's monsters in the forest..."

"Take deep breaths Alsaela, I'm right here and I will protect you to the best of my abilities." I said trying to calm her "If you need I'm right outside the hole, I'm here if you need physical contact," I said in a calm voice. "Since I'm Currently the SIC I am going to yell at everyone for yelling at you if that makes you feel better. All of them were curious like you are, but they didn't have as many raptors breathing down their neck either. They need to realize hard on you it is," I said with a sad tone. "I'm sorry you have to go through all of this at your age, no one should ever have to go through all of it in general,"

She quieted up a lot, all you could really hear was her sobbing inside the hole. She stared at the rocks and dirt in front of her, tears pouring down her face. She remained like that for a few minutes, slowly crying herself to sleep. After a bit her sobbing slowed heavily and was replaced by a shaky light breathing as she slipped into sleep, her whipping tail slowing to a small twitch. Wheres Alley? Was her final though before she passed out.

Alley had went out to hunt after Alsaela had left her side. She had stole 2 eggs from a nest left unguarded. Alley had ate the one but took the other one back to camp. When she got back she was shocked at the blood that was everywhere. She quickly put down the egg and searched for Blu, her alpha. When she didnt find her she then looked for SIC. She found her in the den, very badly hurt. "What happened?!" Alley said rushing to India's side. "I was out for and hour (aka a day) to hunting and i come back to this!"

(And yes i know Nightmare is SIC now but Alley dosent know that)

She woke slowly, a bit confused on where she was. She carefully backed out of the hole. She rubbed her face, looking around. Still blood... Everywhere... She thought. She scampered to get some moss, and once collected, she began rubbing it over the blood, the moss cleaning it up a bit.

She kept cleaning up the blood with moss, which was a feat, because she was tiny, and the mess was huge. She saw Alley out of the corner of her eye, and wanted to run over to her, but she knew someone would slip just like she did if she didn't help clean up if anyone else was cleaning. Her tail twitched, and she didn't know where to put the blood soaked moss bundles, so she just made a pile and kept grabbing new ones. Once she ran out of moss, she sat for a bit, contemplating. When an idea struck ger, she rushed off, sneaking through her little hole through the rocks behind one of the dens. She went back and forth, taking water in her mouth, running back, and dropping it all on the floor. Then, she ran through the entrance and grabbed the biggest pieces of bark she could carry. Which weren't very big, but at least she was trying. She then threw pieces of bark and wood into the puddles of water and blood, and repeated this process till there was a lot of bark in almost every puddle. Even for her very young age, her night adventures did teach her a few things. Like how bark can soak up water. Just need to let it sit for a bit, then it should be clean. She thought.

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Oculta layed on a flat rock in the camp, watching as Nightmare healed India up. She held her leg awkwardly to try and keep it straight until it gets checked. Where is Alsaela..? Did she not return? Oh dear... She scanned the camp, and quickly spotted the red-striped micro, and was very relieved.

She felt eyes watching her, so she looked around. She spotted Oculta, but was to spooked to go up to her. She proceeded to look away, and scurried over to the prey pile, looking for another small thing to eat.

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Oculta watched little Alsaela and sighed, resting her head on the ground and staring out into the forest. She slightly reminds me of you, mom... She whimpered dramatically as pictures of her family burning in gigantic flames as she was carried away at a swift speed. It still haunts me... Pictures of her mother sheltering Oculta underneath during a snowstorm, protecting her from the snow and freezing to death afterwards. Maybe if I just... Didn't exist... They would all be alive...

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