we're climbing until we transcend
higher, higher to where the skies end
higher, higher to where the skies end
When she hears the scream in the distance, her heart catches in her throat and she quickens her pace. Morrighan is already annoyed at the kids, but the last thing she wants is for them to hurt themselves or be in danger. It's unclear where or who the scream came from and she's not about to take any chances.
Her and Bram travel through the maze with the wolf focused on tracking them by scent. The mare doesn't know anything about navigating in here, so she just follows her companion and hopes he knows where to go.
"Any luck?" she asks him, her patience wearing thin.
"I have their trail, but we just need to keep going," the wolf replies, sounding just as annoyed as she is. He then stops short, sniffing more intently at one spot.
"What? What is it?" Morrighan asks with desperation in her voice.
"They were here, I think they made this mark in the ground, but then…" Bram then looks up, eyes scanning the corn stalks as if he's trying to see through them. His ears are perked forward like he's trying to listen for something. When he turns to look at Morrighan, there is amusement on his face. "They're running. I can hear them up ahead."
"Of course they are," she grumbles. There's a reason she doesn't want kids of her own.
The pair pick up their pace while still following the scent trail that Bram's detected. A few moments pass before they hear a thud followed by crying. Morrighan feels her emotions bubbling up again and she has half a mind to burn the entire maze down just to get to these shitheads.
Thankfully, when they round the corner, she can see the two foals and their companions. One of the kids is on the ground crying and it looks like she fell. Serves her right for running away in the first place.
"What do you kids think you're doing? Don't you know this place is dangerous?" the Warden scolds them while her hooves burn the ground beneath her. Her eyes almost look like the fire she can conjure with how furious she is. Bram stands nearby, but keeps his distance from the mare. He knows better by now.
"Aspara, what happened? Can you stand back up?" she asks the filly, her tone settling only slightly. It's hard for her to shake off the fury and just be concerned. At the same time, she feels Isra would kill her if she were to find them all like this right now.
In the distance, another scream can be heard. What the hell is this place?
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