a red nightmare

It's dark, it's cold. Tears burn my eyes. But I have to keep going. I have to find her. I'm panting, running as fast as my tiny paws will carry me. 

No...

In the distance I see her, a white speck. But as I near, there's more than white. There's red. Too much red. She's just motionless, collapsed on the floor, facing away from me. 

I run to her; I'm almost there- and I'm jerked back with a yelp. Shackles hold my ankles- they keep me from her. I struggle against them, calling for her, when suddenly I hear her crying; though she doesn't move. 

"Where were you?" 

I was here, I've been looking for you- 

"Why didn't you stop him, Scarlet? Why didn't you protect me?" 

I couldn't- 

"Don't you care about me?" 

I do- 

"Don't you love me?" 

I do! 

"Then why didn't you stop him!?" 

Two voices, both soft and feminine, had spoken in time, beginning to shift more as she continued. The girl facing me now, she wasn't the little white fox, but her hair was silver. Her deep blue eyes poured, threatening to drown me in her hateful gaze. I couldn't muster a reply; any words that I could have had, they caught in my throat.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm so so sorry..
I'm sorry... I'm sorry...

I wake up in a warm bed; the stone floors are gone.
The tears are still there.