After what seemed like a hour of walking and running toward home, she was close to home now. She sat down on a fallen tree, it was late, cold and the moon was full. She could hear howling in the distance. She drew the blankets around the baby tighter and held her close to her to keep the cold wind from her. She now felt like she should have never left the forest. No wonder Remus had so many problems, his world was crazy...insane to her and way more dangerous than living in the woods with a pack of werewolfs. The baby whimpered and tried to stretch, but was to tightly bundled. She knew Ash was feeling the affects of the full moon too. She felt so alone and scared for the first time in her life. She had never held, nor had anything as dear to her as Ash was.
After 10 or 15 minutes she stood back up, tired and feeling weak. She hadn't even had time to recover from child birth yet and she was running through the woods...fleeing for their lives back home. From a world she did not like. The full moon gave enough light for her to make her way through the forest easily enough. Her worst fear though was running into another werewolf..she would have to lay the baby down to fight for them. That was something she did not want to do. The thought of being seperated from Ash made her feel ill.
The howls seemed to have gotten closer as she made her way home. Finally the shadow of the house could be seen in the distance. She started running, wanting to get inside as she heard a howl very close by. Finally she made it, ran up the stairs and through the door. She slammed the door behind her and leaned up against it breathing hard. But Ash started crying, she walked to the sofa sat down and layed the bundle beside her and slowly unwrapped her. She picked the baby up, hugging and rocking her greatful that they made it back alive. She sat there rocking while tears filled her eyes. She thought of how close and how many times the childs life had been put into danger already. She decided they would never leave again. Exhausted now she fed Ash and walked her to the bed lying her down and laying beside her. She was hurting...she knew she had over done it by coming to far on foot and so quickly without resting enough. She layed there thinking about Remus and hoping he was alright, she wanted him here with her now more than anything. She was ill and all alone with a new born baby, she feared she couldn't take care of Ash if she got worse. Finally while cuddled up with the baby she feel alseep.