StarshineAngel01
The sun hung at late morning in a clear blue sky. A bright yellow female woke slowly. With her eyes closed she could identify her surroundings by other means; hearing, smell, and touch. Canaria could feel herself laying on a bed of grass and smell the green scent as she moved. A breeze rippled over her body. Slowly she opened her eyes and took in the world around her. Some trees with wide branches hung over head. Though them she could see bits and pieces of blue.
Rising to her feet, the young female took a look at herself. Bright yellow all over with orange markings on all four feet. Odd appendages moved at her shoulders. Canaria craned her neck and watched them spread out. They baffled her. With concentration she folded them back up against her sides after she'd brushed the feathers across her face. Soft, but she couldn't see a use for them. There were a few birds calling in the trees above her. She followed the sweet sounds until she sudden found herself out in the open. Blue eyes opened wide at the sight of a huge blue endless expanse above her.
Her breathing started to come in gasps and her legs trembled. The Blue. She didn't know why and couldn't explain the sudden terror she felt at the sight of all that wide open space. It felt like it was trying to suck her paws off the ground. Utterly terrified the female raced back under the trees and ran through them trying to get as far away from it as she could. The trees and, unfortunately, the ground didn't extend far. Blinded by a few low branches she had her head down and eyes mostly closed.
Suddenly there wasn't anything under her. Canaria screamed as the ground dropping steeply down left her hanging for a second. She dropped and hit the side. Rolling she scrabbled frantically with her claws for purchase, anything to stop her plunge. A large slightly uneven lip rose toward her. Frantic now to stop she dug her claws in for any hold. Once, twice, her claws were pulled free. Her hind legs and rump started to go over and in a last ditch effort the female grabbed at a raised bump on the ledge. She stopped.
Canaria pulled herself back up and looked around for a way off. The chilling blue above her and what seemed an endless drop below. She scrabbled at the cliff trying to find a way to climb up. The female yelled and screamed and sobbed. In the end she had to give up trying to climb the cliff when her claws were nothing but raw, painful stubs. She curled around the lump that had stopped her in the hopes it would prevent her from falling into the blue sky now. Hours passed and still she called, hoping against hope that help might come. The sun had finally set as she cried, voice hoarse, alone on her ledge.
(Canaria WC:1,602
Andrei WC: 1,332)