Blacktail Deer Plateau stardust

It's cold. Raid shivers as the cool night breeze ruffles her fur and sends a chill running down the length of her spine. This is her second winter, but she remembers next to nothing about her first. She was a mere pup then, but Raid knows that her young age then is not to blame for her lack of memories, but rather her amnesia. There are still headaches, but they are less frequent now, as if her mind has decided to give up on her old life because she is beginning to find a new one. 

Raid tries her best to shake those thoughts away because the mind, unlike the body, is infinite and thoughts are infinite and once they get started, she's learnt that they rarely ever go away. She can't sleep; she doesn't want to be stuck with her inner demons all night. 

The chocolate girl nearly falls over, her left frontpaw catching on a stray root. She curses, profanities spilling gracelessly out of her mouth, effectively breaking the silence of the night. The moment her lips close, however, the silence is back and she suddenly feels incredibly lonely. Raid knows she shouldn't, but she does and it's like someone's shovelling something in her chest, shovelling something out of her body and replacing it with a hollow of nothingness. 

Raid swallows thickly and glances upwards at the star scattered sky. It's a distant memory, but she remembers she used to look at the moon and the stars when caught up in lonely thoughts and it would soothe her to know she is not alone. Now, it just serves to add to her lonliness and she plods on. Perhaps this midnight patrol would ease her thoughts, but Raid doubts that. In any case, she only hopes it tires her out enough to push her back into the arms of sleep. So, with a heavy sigh, the chocolate wraith begins her patrol, spraying the ground with her scent.