A SHORT TIME BEFORE…
Xiao Xiao didn't remember her family much. After the nIgHt iT alL WeNt WrOng she could only really remember grandpa and grandma, taking her through the forrest crying. Stumbling. She did feel warmth when she tried though, so she always tried every night, despite the pain in her chest.
But this tree, it feels familier. LiKe MoThER. She doesn't know why though. She keeps coming here lately. She might be looking for chewleaves or pulpies. Maybe even fluffy tails or biters. But then she always finds herself here, infront of this strange red tree. Always twisting, making creaky crunchie noises. She's starting to stare at it again… It's making her shakey, but something feels like… ma.
Something feels like its pulling her toward it, like when she didn't pulp the pulpies like grandpa told her, except it only makes her fall to one way…
Making a decision, Xiao Xiao moves forward. She's come here so many times already… And she.. really.. feeeelllss…. m a m a
not falling… Not.. Moving.. the tree. I.s…eat..
"Hehehehe… Little bun, GIVE ME YOUR SOUL~"
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'run… little bun… use your heart.. hide.'
A memory.
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[Grandpa. Blood. Grandpa, said to run. The tReES WeRe ChaSiNg, SiNGING. "You're special little bun! Ignore what Grandpa and Pa said before, use that tingle in your soul, your heart feeling from that night! Just keep Runn-ARGHHH"
Grandpa.. is. GONE… Run run little bun. Heart heart… Soul.]
"graNDPA!!!" Xiao Xiao Screams. Her SOUL heart tingles… She is surrounded by red! Bloo- No.. Just bark.. It's JUST A STUPID TREEEEE
The vines and Branches snap with extreme force, going pale blond in a circle around her. As twigs and sap-… blood. BLOOD…
pools around her, she hears a very familiar scream. "Mama!"
She looks around frantically, starting to claw her way to where-
Mama. Mother. Her… Face.. IS IN THE TREE…
She's TRAPPPEDD
Xiao Xiao tears and rips her way through to her 'mothers' neck, pulling her 'free', as the head crunches out from the wood, still screaming, for a moment. Run… Run… Little… Bun… XIAO XIAO
Xiao Xiao screams louder than any time in the rest of her life, louder than that night, louder than the mistake at home… Her very Soul resonates with her scream.
NOT FRIEND
The Crimson Bloodsoul Tree feels pain unlike anything else in it's long terrible life… Unimaginable.
The wood parts before Xiao Xiao, as she runs harder than ever in her life, clutching onto her mother.
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Xiao Xiao is near her hut now. Mama… Is fading… Her skin flaking like grandma's sick tree in the winter… Her head is.. Draining. As the screams begin to stop, Xiao Xiao hears something. A faint whisper.
"I l o v e yo u l it tle b un"
Nothing is left. Just bark. The forrest floor. Flakes of blood. Xiao Xiao is Alone. Her tears keep coming. She feels a weird tug. It feels a little like grandpa.
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