Half Empty Girl || Barbie Intro!

Every step made her fur bristle with discomfort. The sensation of grass and loose soil and leaf litter and just- all of the foreign feelings on her paws that came with the outdoors filled Barbie with dread. It was overwhelming. Confusing. She couldn't make heads or tails of the location, a new place entirely foreign to her and forced to navigate it on her own... How could it get worse?

Well. Maybe saying this was the worst it could get was over exaggerating. After all, the day of traveling on her own hadn't been entirely miserable. Everything being new was overwhelming and somewhat frightening, yes, but when little birds were nearby or when the breeze made the leaves dance around her, she found herself temporarily lost in the joy of scoping out something new. Something to chase, to burn her energy on, to learn about - up until she lost sight of whatever her latest game was and was reminded of the harsh reality that she was starving and entirely on her own.

With some luck, she'd caught herself a mouse to snack on. Not long after she'd begun the surprisingly difficult task of figuring out how to eat it, she got the sense that she wasn't alone - it also dawned on her that, perhaps, that in itself could be a new danger.

“Hello?”