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Posted on July 7, 2023 at 02:56:22 AM by Bunny
let the rain wash away,
all the pain of yesterday;
The setting is peaceful, even though my heart is not. This land is full of what-ifs, and I never know what journey will come next. It is a far cry from the sheltered way I grew up, but it is not so bad as I had once feared. From what I had seen of this world, my fears had been grossly exaggerated. Knowing this did not always stop them, but it at least helped me find a way back to myself during the worst of the fear attacks.
Only a short while passed before I heard another creature approaching and I oriented to the sound with wide, curious eyes. It was a stallion, that much was obvious, his lean body rippling with muscle as he strode closer to me and I took an apprehensive step back automatically. He dwarfed me by at least three hands, though he seemed much more than that as he bore down upon me. At first he seemed kind, his lips curved into a smile, and so I hesitated, wanting very much to be brave.
To be normal.
I could not, however, stop the squeal of shock or the way my hooves skittered across the group as his teeth pinched my skin. I had to tamp down the urge to clack my teeth at him as a foal would, despite my advanced age, afraid of looking even more weak before him.
Come home with me, he whispers, the words terrifyingly clear in my mind. I'd gotten better at understanding other horses during my time with Naydra in the Thicket, but in times of stress they often still got mixed up. The rest of his statement was no exception, the words twisting and twining through each other until I was not sure what he meant. Bafore'eh creaytures ofthe morning come to drag you away.
A shiver raced down my spine and I stood frozen, weighing my options. I could try to run of course, but this was no Thicket. Here, my smaller stature would hinder rather than help. And I could, perhaps, try to call out for help but who was to say that the next one wouldn't be worse? In the end, he doesn't really give me an option. The moment he presses back into my space my tail clamps and I edge away from him, allowing myself to be escorted to wherever it is he wanted me to go, all the while wishing I had never left Heartbreak's side.
Only a short while passed before I heard another creature approaching and I oriented to the sound with wide, curious eyes. It was a stallion, that much was obvious, his lean body rippling with muscle as he strode closer to me and I took an apprehensive step back automatically. He dwarfed me by at least three hands, though he seemed much more than that as he bore down upon me. At first he seemed kind, his lips curved into a smile, and so I hesitated, wanting very much to be brave.
To be normal.
I could not, however, stop the squeal of shock or the way my hooves skittered across the group as his teeth pinched my skin. I had to tamp down the urge to clack my teeth at him as a foal would, despite my advanced age, afraid of looking even more weak before him.
Come home with me, he whispers, the words terrifyingly clear in my mind. I'd gotten better at understanding other horses during my time with Naydra in the Thicket, but in times of stress they often still got mixed up. The rest of his statement was no exception, the words twisting and twining through each other until I was not sure what he meant. Bafore'eh creaytures ofthe morning come to drag you away.
A shiver raced down my spine and I stood frozen, weighing my options. I could try to run of course, but this was no Thicket. Here, my smaller stature would hinder rather than help. And I could, perhaps, try to call out for help but who was to say that the next one wouldn't be worse? In the end, he doesn't really give me an option. The moment he presses back into my space my tail clamps and I edge away from him, allowing myself to be escorted to wherever it is he wanted me to go, all the while wishing I had never left Heartbreak's side.
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