A Dark Light

Chapter 24 - Sunpearl

I sort of freaked out when Darkstar came out of the cave. I didn't want know what happened if he won, I knew he'd hurt me if he did simply because I talked to Hawkeye. Nobody noticed as I turned and bolted off into the fields by myself. They were all to focused on the fighting. I ran until I was completely out of breath. I had no idea where I was anymore, I'd zig zagged all over the place. Sometime as I was running it started to snow, covering my tracks behind me. I'm so stupid, I'm completely lost now I thought to myself walking aimlessly across the snowy landscape. If I hadn't been so stupidly scared, I wouldn't be in this mess now. Soon the open fields turned to woods and I was even more lost. I kept walking hoping to find somebody who could help me. The snow only got heavier until I could barely see where I was going. I managed to find a small cave, just barely big enough to hold two horses, and huddled in there to get out of the snow. I had no clue how the others would find me. I waited through the night unable to sleep before heading out again. The snow wasn't that deep luckily, it had fallen heavily but not for very long. I trudged through the snow looking for somebody, anybody, I knew. At one point I found what looked like a path made of dirt. I had never seen one before but it didn't look dangerous so I kept walking. I wandered around for hours. Late in the afternoon I was looking over a little ledge when I slipped in the snow and fell down it. Pain shot up my front left leg and I cried out. I tried to stand but it hurt to much. This is all my fault, I should've just stayed instead of running, why was I even afraid I thought angry with myself. I fell back into the snow helplessly and laid there hoping somebody would find me.