Wapun Meadow through it all

.. I-Indra? Her mouth felt dry and time seemed to stop as she put paw in front of paw, her heart thudding in her chest. It was as if everything went in slow motion, every move she made, and the world around her was completely still at the same time. There was a frown on her face, but she did not want to make the bad assumptions. She wanted to think that this wasn't Indra. Indra was just on her way home through another route. She was fine. This was someone else -- something else, perhaps, even -- and it wasn't... It couldn't be...

Alright, so it was Indra who was laying there, but she wasn't dead. She was just resting. She was taking a breather, a break from the chase, and now the two sisters could continue the search with the pair of them. They would hunt together, and Laurel would make up for all of Indra's flaws, just like she always did.

Indra? You've gotta wake up, Laurel said as she approached, ears folded back and her hackles pricked. She didn't want to admit that there might be another truth to it. She didn't want to. Couldn't. This couldn't be real. A whine escaped her throat and she leaned down to sniff Indra's body. She recoiled at the smell of death about it, ears folded back and tail puffing up, and then she just stood there next to her sister's body and stared at it, her legs shaking and teeth grinding while she fell apart slowly on the inside.