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// Kara 
// Story: Whispering Zero, City of the Dead 
// by Aetaes Wolf 
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Whisper walks through the empty city, having left early to avoid any confrontation from her sister. Thoughts swirled around inside her head. What was with the memory? Who's Silver? Were they a friend of mine? She lightly touches the cross with her hoof. Why does Spell hate this choker?

The sound of hunters catches her attention, as she quickly ducks behind one of the buildings. She glances to the hunters, they all seem to be wrestling with something, though Whisper quickly figures out that they were fighting. But whatever they're fighting wasn't fighting back.

Taking a closer look, Whisper notices that what they were fighting was another pony, a hunter, slightly smaller then them. The hunter had a dark greyish coat, its head covered by its red hoodie, though Whisper could see tuffs of longish brown hair. Whisper narrows her eyes. "Why the fuck are they attacking him?! He's just like them!"

Whisper dashes out from her hiding place, skidding to a halt just in front of them. "HEY!" The hunters look up to her. Whisper spreads out her wings, taking a defensive stance. "GET AWAY FROM HIM BEFORE I FUCKING MAKE YOU!"

The hunters snarl, each either jumping and climbing up the nearest wall or running off. Whisper blinks, her stance relaxing. "That worked?" She blinks, though soon shakes her head. "Whatever." She walks over to the smaller hunter. The hunter snaps his head up to her, backing away. Whisper gives a reassuring smile. "Hey, it's alright. I'm not going to hurt you."

The hunter stares at her for a few moments before cautiously walking towards her. Whisper smiles, slowly taking out a first aid kit as the hunter watches her warily. "Good, now sit down, okay? I'm gonna fix up your wounds!"

The hunter slowly sits down, watching as Whisper starts to wrap up his wounds. "My name is Whisper, by the way." Whisper states. The hunter tilts his slightly. Whisper smiles. "I'm gonna call you Kara!" She moves to lower his hood, though he slashes at her with his claws, snarling as he backs away.

Whisper blinks, blood dripping down her foreleg. "Alright... don't touch the hood." She carefully wraps up her wound before looking back to Kara. "Sorry, didn't know that was... uhhh... "no touch zone" I guess." She starts to walk away, though pauses, looking back to Kara. "So... You coming, or are you just gonna stay there until the others come back?"

Kara blinks under his hood, soon scrambling to catch up with Whisper as she starts to walk again, falling in step with her. Whisper smiles as she leads the way through the city. When she had attempted to lower Kara's hood, she had notices his long brown main, as well as his eyes. His eyes were just like Zero's, but were coloured blood red instead of yellow.

Whisper flicks her tail, noting the snow falling from the clouds above. "Alright Kara, we're looking for supplies. Anything that I can safely eat or drink, or some first aid in case I get injured."

Kara just blinks, not responding. Whisper sighs. "I'm guessing that you can't talk..."

Whisper blinks, looking up as she notices a flicker of movement. A hunter jumps down in front of them from atop one of the buildings, Kara immediately hiding behind Whisper. Whisper stares blankly at the hunter for a few moments, then gives a small smile. "Hey Zero!"

Zero smiles. "Whisper." He blinks, looking to Kara, who takes a few steps back.

Whisper chuckles. "Zero, this is Kara. Kara, this Zero. Don't worry, he won't hurt you."

Zero walks up to Kara, his eyes watching him curiously. Kara takes a step back, his ears flat as he watches Zero warily. Zero blinks, slowly lift his hoof and resting it on Kara's head, Kara watching in confusion. Whisper watches the interaction, both curious and confused. Zero takes his hoof away. "K-Ka... ra... Kara."

Whisper nods. "Yes, his name is Kara."

Zero gently nudges Kara with his head, turning and walking back to Whisper. Kara blinks underneath his hood, soon following Zero. Whisper grins. "Come on, let's go."

The three begin to walk through the city, Kara staying close to Zero and Whisper. Whisper smiles. I made a new friend! Awesome! She thinks for a moment, confusion taking hold. ...But why the hell did those other hunters run when I told them to? I thought they would have attacked me...