Ren was curled up on her bed, sniffling quietly. She was going to dream about Warrick again, but this time, she was going to force herself to tell him that he wasn't real. He was a figment of her imagination, and she was spending too much time there. That's what her doctor had said. But Warrick was her best friend. The wolf understood her like no one else did, was gentle like no one else was, and it was going to break her heart to speak the truth. She wanted to sever her ties with him and the magical forest he lived in altogether, but she wasn't sure she could do it. Maybe if she told him so, he'd leave of his own accord.
She closed her eyes and slipped into her dream. She was in her white nightgown and bare feet as always, lightly treading the forest floor. The frail girl spotted her friend but didn't hail him right away, instead content to watch the graceful animal (he was so much more than an animal though), perhaps for the last time. Finally she forced herself to jog over to him.
"Warrick!" she called out, her voice cracking and betraying her emotions (not that she could hide anything from the wolf- he could sense her emotions better than she even knew them herself). Her face was puffy and tear-stained, her eyes were red, and her hair was a mess. It didn't take a dire wolf to be able to understand she was distressed. "Warrick, I- I need to talk to you!"