Natural Flavour
Ah yes, pain
Ember snuck past the kitchen door, and ran outside. Phew! Mrs. Dempsey didn't see me. She had been afraid of the old lady ever since the accident that killed Alvin at the farm. She had constant nightmares that Mrs. Dempsey would hurt her. Scarlet too. But she had to prove to Scarlet that she was brave. Someday, somehow.
Outside in the sun, Ember twirled. In the distance she saw Inari and Jay, and part of her longed to run to them. But for some reason, she stayed, just watching them. She wished she had a cat to pet right now, but it was too close to suppertime to go to the Cafe. Cats were easier to open up around than humans for some reason.
It was hard for Ember to just be a kid anymore. Knowing that Inari and Jay were out here, she couldn't twirl around anymore. Only by herself could she ever be Princess Philomena. She sighed and sat in the dirt, watching hopelessly.