blackrock, hell is empy, and the devils are here

It had all been a blur.

The screams, the biting, the kicking the hard galloping. It was confusing, too. The boy relied on the only thing he knew: Stay close to mother. When the dust settled, the family he once knew was nowhere to be found. It was only Blackrock, his blue mother, and the red stallion. In an instant, his life and path had so very suddenly changed. It never registered with him that it would be the last time he’d ever lay eyes upon his father, whom he admired and aspired to be like. All that mattered now was his survival.

But that was not the last lash that fate would deliver onto his heart. A handful of days later, his mother had ventured off to bare his newest sibling.

...And she never returned.

For all of the red stallion’s efforts, his ‘prize’ had slipped away without a trace, and he was stuck with a young colt; a mere boy, even. That had been a couple months ago, now -- or perhaps a year? He couldn’t tell -- he wasn’t keeping track. He missed his mother, his father, and the other younglings that he’d played with before that fateful day.

He wasn’t as sad these days, though. For at least he had the red stallion, who, despite his clear disappointment with how things played out, had become something of a pseudo-father to him. Blackrock had chosen to give the stallion his distance this morning, and instead stood within the confines of the Lagoon, standing in the sun. His dark coat gave him more warmth which he appreciated; winter was in full swing, and the air here was humid, making it that much more cool. He had a foot cocked back, balancing his weight upon three mud-caked hooves.

His head hung at a heavy slope, ears crooked back as his eyes rest half-lidded, napping in the morning light. Unlike others, Blackrock felt no need to forage and graze; if anything, the boy had been starting to lose his appetite and it was starting to show.. Now that winter was full-rage, Blackrock felt lethargic and tired all the time, unlike the fiery spirit he’d been during summer and autumn.