Euna slipped out of the mouth of the den quietly, hoping not to attract the attention of her siblings. She was looking for something new and didn't want to share it! What that would look like though, she didn't know, yet. It would be all hers when she found it. The pup boldly trotted off following her nose. Searching with an intentful demeanor and disregarding the concepts of rules. She didn't care how far away she went, as long as she wasn't caught. She needed to go away from the den to find something her siblings hadn't already discovered, after all.

The little Valle went until she came across an unusual bird and froze midstep looking at it. Her paw half raised, head tilted to the side and watching it. It hadn't spotted her yet, and unluckily for it, Euna desired one of its brightly colored feathers. She stalked closer in an unsteady puppy sort of way, then sprung forward all too soon. The child landed flat on her belly with no such prize. She huffed out her frustration, then whimpering, began wailing. She hadn't gotten what her greedy little heart wanted and this was reason enough for the flow of sobs that left her ungracefully. Plus the body slam hadn't felt the greatest. "No fair!" She hollered, now wanting to be found. Wanting someone bigger to come and make the bird pay for its transgressions against the princess.

Dead Empress Backwater

— through trials to triumph.

Euna had wanted someone sympathetic to her cries, someone who'd see her and swoop in to save the day effortlessly. Instead, she got Tori. The moment the pup's soft underside collided with the harsh dirt an added weight toppled onto her. Further squishing her into the ground. A huff of air escaped her, the wind knocked out momentarily from the child. An unavoidable yelp parted her jaws when sharp puppy teeth met tender skin. She flickered her ear, attempting to tug it away from her paler sister.

Euna paused to think before reacting to her sister's taunts, her annoyance evident by the grimace on her face. This hurt and made everything all the less fair and favorable. So she set her mind to her new desire, getting free, the obstacle being Tori. The pup looked up at her sister, studying her face, the enjoyment she clearly felt for picking on someone else. That had to be her desire.

The gears in Euna's mind continued to churn as she calculated a response, mauling over how she could possibly push the other's buttons. Instead of continuing to wail, despite the tears brimming along her eyelids, she responded cooly "Feel better about you?" The sentence was choppy and lacked grammatical correctness, but the girl's meaning was clear.

Dead Empress Backwater

— through trials to triumph.

Euna's attempt at stabbing her sister metaphorically failed, and the child was left to face continued pummeling. Mockery was thrown into her face. The pup winced as paws came crashing down on her, crying out from the harsh blow. "Strong dumb dumb." She managed after a breathless moment.

Blue eyes fell upon Tori's pale paws as they rested upon her. Seizing the opportunity, Euna wiggled the best she could beneath her sister and aimed to place a bite firmly on her white toes. Regardless of success or not she clamped down with as much force as her puppy jaws would allow.

Dead Empress Backwater

— through trials to triumph.

There was a moment of relief as Tori's paws came off of her, her teeth clenched together tightly. Euna's failed counter-attack didn't bother her. She could breathe! The pup growled back fiercely, her tiny teethers bared. Her ears snuggly tucked against her head and hackles bristled. "Leave!" She demanded, wanting no part in her sister's cruelty. All she had wanted today was a colorful trinket and instead, she'd gotten pummeled. Before the whelp could stand up to face her sister properly she was pinned down once more. She just couldn't get a break from the ground. She wasn't lowly! At first, she wiggled and snarled, protesting the confinement brought by her sister's jaws.

As her body was forced further down with a tightening grip, Euna betrayed herself with a whine. This hurt and all she wanted was for it to be over. Begrudgingly she fell into the dirt with a defeated whimper. Her tail was tucked against her belly. This was humilating, her ego dropping lower than it had when @Viorel had so coldly rejected her. Any sense of self-confidence seemed to flee from her tiny body as she went limp in the grasp of her tormenter. She couldn't get Tori to do what she wanted with words, even when she thought them out. Emotionally Euna crumbled into pieces as real tears, not her usual crocodile give me what I want fussing, streamed down her cheeks.

Dead Empress Backwater

— through trials to triumph.

With ears tucked Euna lay there in silent defeat. She watched her sister boast in her triumph while her own heart sunk. She didn't enjoy the feelings that sprouted up within her. She'd lost. This...this was more unfair than the prior events that had taken place that day. Instead of wanting to cry out for an adult, she wanted to hide her shame from everyone. Especially their siblings.

She flenched at the warning, slowly shuffling onto her paws. Her head hung low with her shoulder slumped as she made her exit. With no feather in her grasp and a thorough beating of her pride and body from her sister. Euna whimpered, her tail and ears tucked as she made her way back to the den. She wouldn't go in once there, but find a bush to curl up under in shame.

Dead Empress Backwater

— through trials to triumph.