Board Thread:RolePlay/@comment-2601:647:4000:5CE0:6888:6CC8:AEB3:8417-20191208233553/@comment-44390494-20191211031625

Ezra dismounted of Everest, her face filled with an enthusiastic smile. They'd gotten to jump a few logs that day, which had felt like soaring over the clouds, in her opinion.

She saw her mom aproach the small wooden stable she stood at, but her face was filled with concern, and. . . were her eyes a puffy red, or was it just her?

Ezra's grin faded.

"Mom, was is it?" Ezra asked when the teal eyed elf reached her location.

"Ezra, I . . ." She trailed off, a contained sobb escaping from her mouth.

"Mom, you're scaring me, did something bad happen?" she questioned, preoccupied.

Her parent looked up, her usually bright expression gone, replaced by pure grief and regret.

"Just say it! I won't get mad, I promisse!" Ezra begged, the suspense seeming to kill her from the inside. She had a theory of what her mother was about to say, but all color still drained from her face with her next unexpected words.

"You're banished." And with that, tears began to trail down the elf's pale face. She pulled her daughter into a hug, but Ezra was frozen in time, not moving a muscle.

Banished.

She was banished.

And it was all her fault.

Her own, miserable fault for not being responsible enough to watch over the unicorn's pasture and allow the Black-Hoods to take them away.

She had had one job, and she failed at it.

Now she was banished.

Banished.

Her eyes glazed over, a silent tear sliding down. "Mom," she Ezra sniffled, "it's going to be okay. I'm going to be okay."

"But, but ---"

"No." She interrupted, wipping her eyes. "Don't blame yourself, mom. This is not your fault." Ezra brushed a tear off her mother's face. "It's not."

Her mom nodded, drawing back from the bear embrace. "I will miss you," she whispered.

"I will miss you, too." Ezra smiled sadly. "Now I will go pack, wait for me by the house's entrance. I shall say my final goodbye."