Larksong Grotto lonely

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Laurel's moods came and went, and she often went from enjoying her time here the one day to missing everyone in Silver Creek the next. What was worse, they didn't even care for her, as they had just left her here. Yet other days she enjoyed her time here, and loved playing with Reek, who was almost as good at games as Shreya had been. Most of all, Laurel felt very detached from everyone except for Indra, the only consistent factor in her short life. Her sister was all that was keeping her here, but there were a lot of days she felt like just taking Indra and going off on their next adventure without Reek and the stupid stephmother that she didn't even want. Reek didn't even really love her; he wanted Jhala more, and he wasn't even willing to get rid of her for Laurel.

She sat staring at the lake, feeling unloved — her mother had ditched her, her father had ditched her, silver creek had ditched her and even though her father was back now, it just wasn't enough to make up for the abandonment of before. Laurel sniffled as she looked at the lake with a bitter frown, the autumn sun accompanying her and warming her fur. She wished she was like Indra, who at least had striking eyes and special and pretty fur. She stared at the water at her utter blobliness — she looked like nothing, like a big pile of grey, like a rock — and said, "I hate you," quietly to herself, only after checking that no one was looking, followed by a sniff of stifled tears.