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// Separation 
// Story: Ponies of the Beyond 
// by DADERPSTER 
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   "That way! The elk is that way! Not left, for the love of Ursa!" Raven was calling down. Silverwolf looked up at the dark shape of Raven, hardly visible through the blowing snow. "In case you haven't noticed, it's rather hard to see!" Silver retorted, nearly tripping over Faolan. Silver squinted to protect her eyes from the rubble of snow that was blowing into their faces. The wolves who had been howling a while ago had kept to their promise and left after a moon. It was nearing the end of winter, but it still blew snow and sleet.

Raven looked down. She had been gaining speed without noticing, and now was shocked to see neither sibling behind her. "Silver? Faolan?" she called, but nothing was heard but the bellows of the wind around her. Which way is the den? Raven began to worry. Had she lost everyone? She banked a turn and began to fly backwards, hoping to see her siblings.

Faolan had been the only successful hunter, and held a rabbit in his jaws. He tried to see Silver in front of him in the snow, but it got thicker and soon they seemed to be separated by a wall of white. He put down his rabbit and began to bark and growl into the whiteness. "Silver! Silver, come back! I can't see you!" nothing answered him but the snow, which was beginning to cover his pelt. 

Thunderheart woke to a foggy mind. She could tell that spring wasn't here, but something was missing. She looked around the cave, panicking when she saw it empty of her children. She had forgotten that they had her permission to go out. She stumbled to the entrance, looking slightly drunken, and looked at the blizzard outside. It would be cold, but the only thing that mattered to her was finding her cubs. Thunderheart growled and left the den.

All three of Thunderheart's offspring were scared now, each trying to find their way back to the den, when a rumbling sound was heard. All three held still, although each in different locations, they all knew, deep down, that something terrible had happened to their dear Thunderheart,