Swiftcurrent Creek but before you shoot please warn us

@Lainie
also tagging @Helios and @Zephyr in case they wanna read since it's about them<3

'just in case, just in case, just in case'

they were the only words to keep repeating in her head like a broken record as she ran haphazardly around the territory. the only words that mattered. because she had to check the den again, just in case. same went for each spot in the territory they liked to hang in, along the creek she sped. just in case. seeking faces she knew deep down she wouldn't find but just. in. case. 

because, well because it made no sense. why? it began to drown out the just in case's as the strength of her denial began to fade rapidy with yet another lap of the territory completed and coming up as empty pawed as every other damn time. as she falls back on her haunches, sides heaving with each painful exhale her mind begins its new defeated song. why? why? why? a noise of pure frustration slips from her jaws amid the rapid breathing from the relentless excerise. why would they leave? why didn't they tell their family, tell her? her front paws slip forward so that she now resides in a half-crouch, half-lie amongst the swaying grass. how did everything still look so peaceful? all she could hear was rustling of the branches overhead and the babble of the water not too far off. for some reason it made anger spark in the little dove, a rare reaction to anything especially something normally considered so nice. but it felt like it was making fun of the situation, how dare it act like nothing was wrong when two of her siblings were GONE.

she just didn't get it, that was the worst part, not knowing. surely they wouldn't just...leave...right? but that meant something bad had happened, what if they were hurt somewhere? her body buzzes with pent up energy despite the weary ache in her muscles- she tired extra easily. all of them did, so this running around like crazy wasn't exactly something her body agreed with. still, it was taking a lot of willpower that she didn't even know she had to stop herself from racing right off past the borders and looking for them herself. ever since she'd gone on that little trip with the family her paws had felt light and her body had buzzed weirdly whenever she thought of going back out there. but no, she couldn't leave everyone now- she wouldn't worry them like that!

as she lay there, body soon beginning to relax and in turn tremble lightly- the confusion and anger began to dull to a mere ache. they were gone, they didn't care. she didn't know how to deal with that it was too much, for now she simply buried her head in her paws, a soft, defeated whimper drifting into the air.