{$title} Tw: anxiety, flashbacks, mentions of rains death.
Lilacbird was a warrior, yet the thought of stepping into water terrified her. Imagine living in riverclan- yet being unable to swim! Being scared of what our clan is named after! Lilacbird gave a small gulp, flinching as the edges of the water trudged over small paws. Still so small, still so scared- as if her body never let her grow past the same little girl moons ago. Her toes flexed against the wet rocks, and she took a step back, another- so that the water couldn't reach her cream coloured paws anymore.
A hard gulp as it washed over where she stood, as if she was never standing there. The paw prints disappeared, and her gaze of the waters themselves turned to her mother, fearful- as if reliving the past. She remembered the inability to breathe, choking her, and it still came to haunt her every single day. Even in normal activities, the natural stutter showing off the fear. "Mama," she said softly, head dropping. "I-I c-cant," she said, her lips tugging back in a frown of defeat.
She was supposed to help Lilacbird be able to overcome it, and it had to have been weeks of coming to the same spot, only to be defeated again and again. It must be annoying, she heard the rumors and held her head down in shame each time, blue eyes losing the ability to be able to even look up at cats. Because it wasn't just swimming, it was rebuilding and reinforcing dens- it was hunting, clumsily missing prey. Usually by now, someone found something they were good at- but so far, nothing could stay in the small torties paws long enough to actually know what she was doing.
"Mama- I-I want t-to, t-to ma-make y-you p-p-puh proud, b-but I j-just, i-it was my fault. B-because I c-couldnt save myself, a-and wh-what if," she cut herself off with a whimper, lowering her small head down with flattened ears.
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