09-02-2015, 03:07 PM
Annihilate
burn everything you love then burn the ashes
Okay. So maybe the Chamber was a little bit farther away than Anni was expecting. Maybe she should have picked a closer place to explore for the adventure just after her first one. Maaaaaaybe two days of not having food in her grumbly growly hungry belly was starting to wear on her temper and her energy levels. She wasn’t quite as bouncy as she had been when they set out, and she was kind of starting to see spots? But probably it was fine. Dizzy wasn’t a whole lot different from hurty, and hurty really wasn’t that bad, so dizzy was probably just as not bad. Good!
Besides, she was all kinds of stubborn, and the more she started to feel like she wanted to be home, curled up in a cuddle pile with Momma and Daddy and Mauly and a full belly, the more she was determined to keep going ‘til they made it to the goddamn Chamber, because she was GOING to hear the land’s heartbeat if it was the last thing she ever did. So she used all her bullheadedness to stay cheerful and excited and moving forward, because otherwise she would just lay down and stop moving ‘til Daddy caught up with them again and where was the fun in that?
Nope. They were gonna make it.
And besides, there were animals to see and pounce on and play with, and rivers to splash in, and hills to climb, and dirt to roll in, and puddles to jump in, and new plants and new places and a whole world to see! So that helped quiet the snarling in her belly. And it helped her stay in good spirits even as she got worn out and exhausted and sleeeeepy and—no, no, focus on the goods! Hoppy bugs and chirping things and chittery squirrels and oooh, a frog! Froggy froggy frog, with the ribbits and the long sticky tongue and the shlooooop, fly for dinner! Fun!
“I wonder if flies are tasty. I would eat a fly, if I could catch one. Just to see. Because maybe!” And the best way to find out would be to try, right? Right. And frankly, she’d eat another horse at this point if it would just fill up her hungry belly. Or maybe like, mud was almost milk texture, right? There was probably something edible in mud somewhere. Worms, were worms food? Was that why Momma and Daddy ate from the ground? Because worms lived in the ground and that was where food came from? Probably.
She was just about to try it, when they finally, finally, finally found the forest! Little legs gathering to pounce, to leap, to dash into the forest, when Mauly remembered they weren’t supposed to, not without permission. But! But she had basically an invitation, right? Gryffen had practically told her she could, and that was good enough, she was sure. Besides, she couldn’t hear the heartbeat yet! Oooh, but Maul did! Maul did!
Completely unable to restrain herself any longer, Anni dove across the edge of the kingdom into the edge of the forest. And the moment her tiny hooves landed, she could feel it! Thumping against the soles of her feet, making her melt into a little puddle of delight. Her eyes were closed when Mauly growled, but they didn’t stay closed for long.
KITTY! Kitty kitty kitty kitty big talking kitty yessssss, best adventure! “Ooooh, is your name Rumpelstiltskin? Chomper? Juliet? Mister Whiskerson? I bet it’s Mister Whiskerson!” Big, growly Mister Whiskerson, guardian kitty of the beating-heart Chamber. Big black kitty with big yellow eyes and big shiny teeth and claws! “Also it’s okay, we were invited! We have permission,” she said, with a happy little nod. After all, it was as good as true.
Gendry and Arrya's
boom baby
boom baby