D̶i̶a̶m̶o̶n̶d̶—Ruby @HuntedVoice

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ Standing in a field wasn’t Diamond’s favorite thing to do, yet here she was, doing… twishort.com/or9mc

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « head back against the brick, that was all that mattered...she was safe, and she was breathing. ...Kind of.

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « with that /thing/, and she had no idea what was going on, but for the moment, she was away from them, and with her »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « head, she couldn't hear it, either. It wasn't exactly comforting to know that she had left her new friend out there »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « from the light, tugging her knees to her chest. She couldn't see what was going on, and thanks to the ringing in her »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « it wasn't that far, but by the time she rounded the corner, she was collapsing, gasping for air as she crawled away »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « didn't stop, not even when she heard the whistle, until she was around the corner of a building two doors down. Sure, »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « knew she didn't have much of a choice. Turning around, she /ran/, trying her hardest to focus on breathing. She »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « to leave the girl behind, with the growing tightness in her chest, and how quickly her breath was picking up, she »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « of her to turn towards her with a low growl. Her attention was quickly pulled back to it, and while she didn't /want/ »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « life. Watching the girl get tossed aside, she gave a small scream again, unfortunately causing the /thing/ in front »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « what she could see of his dark eyes, and that was one of the most terrifying things she had ever seen in her entire »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « acting specifically on either training or instinct, but he wasn't thinking. There was almost no thought process in »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « while his appearance was human, his actions were far more animal than anything else, specifically of a bear. He was »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « that, she knew that it wasn't human anymore. She had been dealing with both humans and animals her entire life, and »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ Whoever that.../thing/ was, it wasn't human. It might have been once upon, but the second it swung at Laura like »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « ended with her almost choking...

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « the truck, /trying/ to speak. Unfortunately, what came out instead was nothing more than a small whimper, and it »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « wasn't going to leave Laura, either, though, and looking between the two, she began to back up as he climbed out of »

⊗ @SeasonedClaws ⊗ « planning on attacking them, and probably killing them, and that was the /last/ thing she was going to let happen. She »