Today, I run. I let my legs take me as far and as fast as they can go. They burn, my darling, brindled legs, delicate in nature and yet I conquer what dearest nature has given to me. I have strengthened them, tempered them in time. I am not one to settle for Fate so willingly. I fight it tooth and nail. I fight for whatever I believe in, and today I fight my own lungs and the snow on the ground.

I breath, the air feeling like raking nails within me, but I dominate my pain. I am still an angry, seething creature as I break past the grass land and onto the sandy coast. I had hunted for the killer of my mother, and yet she is no where to be found. Hell, I had help this time in the form of Jericho, and we could not find him. It only drove each paw to dig into the sand a little further, to drive myself a little harder. He was...like me, like me and wanted to help, unlike my worthless brother. Just the thought of him brought my lips to curl.

I hear the crashing of waves to the right of me. I see the touch of water to wind. It is a dreary day. There are no beams of sunlight. It is grim. It is clouded with grey and a cold mist. The sky held the blue of my mother's eyes, and it does not watch upon me this day. I feel the ache of my paws and soul, my body starting to refuse what my mind stubbornly wants to ignore- exhaustion. I keep pushing though, feeling the air in my fur, feeling free and yet still frustrated all the same.

I see a large rock by the grand ocean, and I know my destination. I come to it, and without hesitation I jump upon it, making a few confident leaps before I high upon it. I breath, in and out and in and out. Over and over. I feel the huffing of my lungs as they crave more air. I feel my legs want to shake and my body want to give way. But I refuse as I hold my head high, my fur flowing as I gaze into the depths of the clouded ocean ahead, how the water is choppy and almost downright violent, turbulent like my very soul. A wave crashes into the rock I stand upon, but I am untouched. I simply stand against all odds- as I always do.