Jade Fern Grove run, and grow up fast

Allure couldn't get him to move but Bazi did. Their mother -- a heroine at best -- swept in and grabbed him, plowing in to her in the same moment and giving her all the encouragement she needed to run. She barreled after her mother, watching in terror from the corner of her eye as a bear swiped at Bazi, slicing her.

There was crimson, just as there had been the day she killed the rabbit. The scent of bitter and iron infiltrated her senses, and she barely even registered the shrill scream of her brother. Her paws ran, and yet despite her growth spurts, she could not keep to the same pace as her mother, and bit by bit, she fell behind.