Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-31148069-20180807174543/@comment-31148069-20180808205816

Darcious snapped, though she did not let it show. How could they show this much concern for someone who betrayed them and then conspired against them? And was evil in the first place? She growled and thought back to her past. The only past that she knew from the beginning of her powers and saw so very clearly. Darcious had betrayed someone. Then she saved them. And... they hurt her... when she was practically dying on her own. In the end... she had died in a fire. Or so she thought. A single furious tear slid down her muzzle and sizzled as her fur got hotter and it evaporated. Darcious turned away and walked off to calm herself.

Alexis watched Darcious carefully, even as she walked off. Not on my watch. Alexis thought to herself. She saw steam coming up from Darcious' snout and hesitated. SHe followed Darcious out near the edge of the cave. They were out of hearing from the rest of them.

"Hey," Alexis called out and Darcious jumped. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Going to find another entrance to the lava." Darcious' voice sounded odd. "I think it would be quite awkward if I just walked into the lava in the middle of all this... reunioning?"

Alexis laughed a little. "I'm not sure that's a word." SHe caught a glimpse of something before it sizzled off Darcious' snout. "Were you... crying?"

Darcious stopped dead in her tracks. "Yes." She replied staring at her paws.

Alexis looked surprised. Darcious didn't even hesitate. "Are you... okay?" Alexis asked, not sure if she should be asking this potential threat that question. Darcious sighed. "I don't know. But based on your past I'd think you might understand."

"How so?"

"You are like Ms. Shadowspirit. Troubled. But in a different way. HOnestly I would relate to Ms. SHadowspirit more. Not sure If she's want to though."

"Yeah, that one can hold a grudge." Alexis laughed and so did Darcious.

"My family... did not appreciate me, that is of course with the exception of my mothe and father. Specifically my uncle and aunt who lived with us. They despised me and my parents. But they just seemed to hate me the most. Maybe because I was a mix of the both of them. My fathers' eyes, my mothers' personality." Darcious smiled and stared at the ground as if reimagining each of their faces.

"Not to be rude, but I don't think I want to meet your mother." Alexis joked. Darcious smiled at her but the smile faded.

"You wouldn't be able to anyways... they're dead."

Alexis looked concerned.

"How did they-"

"My aunt and uncle. Decided they didn't want to live with them in their life anymore... at all. The death was ruled accidental. I don't think it was an accident... nothing they did was ever an accident."

"I'm... sorry."

"Don't be. You couldn't stop it."

"Well... how did you get like this."

"Same at you, born this way. That's what saved my life when the fire happened."

"What?"

"I had a friend. I..betrayed that friend... then I saved them." Darcious paused. "And they hurt me..."

"Wow." Alexis considered everything she had been told. By now she had sat down next to Darcious.

"You're.. the first one to listen." Darcious smiled.

"Maybe I won't be the last."