- Lavenderleaf exited her den with a contagious smile and a lift to her steps. She had always enjoyed her check-ups on the mollies in the nursery and looked forward to her every visit. Not that she was limited to only seeing them during her routine calls - no, no, no! Lavenderleaf thought herself to be a friend of Otterwhisker and Windsong and visited them frequently to catch up and chat.
She was halfway between the elders den and the nursery when a wail disturbed the otherwise peaceful atmosphere of the morning.
"Well that didn't sound too pleasant!" She thought aloud. Naive as always no semblance of worry or concern flooded through her. In her little world of peace, happiness, and bliss nothing was ever as bad as it sounded. There was a bright side of things! Lavenderleaf made a slight alteration in her path as she turned towards the Elder's den - smile still on her face, albeit a little less brighter than before.
"Hey guys! What's going on over here, are we all okay?" She called out to the small crowd gathering behind the den.
"O-OH!" Lavenderleaf reared back at the sight before her, nearly bumping into the equally shocked Dewpaw. "Uhmm... Uuh," Her brain was on lockdown mode, her little mind unable to process and register what had happened. In all her training she had never experience death first hand, and had no bearing on how to deal with it.
