Emberwood please be quiet

Set 07 July, after this. All welcome. <3

Ico could scarcely believe what had happened. His limbs were buzzing with adrenaline, his heart thumping a wild cadence against his meager chest. He had run non-stop for the remainder of that stormy night — a night he'd never forget — and well into the morning. Now the sun was high and white, drying his sodden white fur into a crispen mess. When he finally slowed, albeit with great hesitance and many glances back over his shoulder, Ico realised he was aching to the bone.

And completely lost.

The young runaway blinked his brown eyes, and looked around. He'd found himself in a handsome aspen grove where the afternoon sun shone golden through the canopy. He picked a sunbeam, and sat himself in it. To his surprise, Ico was not trembling... he felt very, very still. But there was still something profoundly wrong; a great echoing in his skull. That bloodthirsty howl. It wouldn't cease.

Please stop... he muttered desperately. Please be quiet.