Duck Lake 不運 [P3]

@Marten
hope this location is ok!

Since leaving the familiarity of home, strange occurrences have happened. They were subtle at first, dismissable even undetectable at times. Hono would feel the earth vibrate beneath him, yet he still moved forward without a second thought. There was a job that needed to be fulfilled and god forbid a little tremble stops him.

The earth’s rage could not be ignored forever. As the days went by, those tremors grew more violent. He saw roots burst from the ground, he watched mountains fall, he saw valleys flood. He could do nothing but run.

Was this what the world was truly like? Was he to face this horror alone? Hono would often think of the wolves that the leaders of his clan had promised to bring him. He would think about his family, his mother his brother. If they were at his side, this journey wouldn't be so terrifying. You mustn't depend on their arrival, he'd remind himself. There is no guarantee they will come.

The afternoon sun leads him to a quiet sanctuary. It a land untouched by nature’s wrath. He was relieved to see it and wasted no time trotting towards the water’s edge.

All was not well. The water began to rise and with it followed more a gentle quake. Hono knee better than to trust that it would subside. He leaps from the edge and begins to make a break for it, but a more heavy shake knocks him off balance. He tripped over his own foot, bending it in an unnatural position, and fell into shallow water.