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Starving. Freezing. Lonely. These were the only thoughts that circled Twilight's head. Round and round they went, like the endless cycle of the moon. Yet under all her suffering, one thing was embedded deep into her heart: perseverance. She didn't have a single clue where to go to get out of this deserted village,but she wasn't going to let that stop her from finding sanctuary. Twilight couldn't remember the last time she had been full-fed. No, she told herself, that's a lie; you just don't want to think about it. But the scene kept replaying in her mind: waking to the thundering of giant paws, her mother valiantly facing tow snarling, flame-coloured beasts, and then... Twilight sighed; a sigh so grief-stricken that it could have reduced all the rivers in the world to dry banks, all the water streaming out like tears. The image of her mother's bloodstained figure, hanging limp from the jaws of one of those strange, savage creatures. A sight so sickening, that everything else seemed