By ‘bettering’ the Lagoon, they were crafting its demise.

Neither of the two younger horses could understand the sudden change in events (first the mare was trying to herd Dreadscale, and now she was content with stopping--why?) Of all the things they had heard of the Lagoon (being island natives, after all) all men were welcome, no matter the circumstance. Why the Boss had chosen now to stop the mare and attempt to refuse them, they did not know…

But the pair found it shameful. This was not the band of stallions that were notorious for their wicked, wicked ways.

Maleficent jerked her head back as Kasabian lunged forward, doing a sort of march with his legs. She snapped her teeth at him, ears pinned, and the point he was trying to make was lost. The Hell kind of respect could the white mare give to such a creature?

And so, she laughed. Straight into his face, her hot breath blasting from her mouth like a dragon.

Dreadscale took the moment to shove himself between the them, Maleficent taking a few steps back but her eyes never left the buckskin stallion, not once.

“Last I knew, this was the Lagoon,’ the younger male finally said, his tone almost musing despite the fury that stirred in his belly, ‘do you deny the rights to a newcomer that have been laid down and practiced by your predecessors for eons?”

It didn't matter if Kasabian had said he could stay--he was only looking out for others that might be subjected to the same scrutiny. Kasabian's next response would have to be tactful (though the buckskin had shown anything but, thus far) if wanted the Lagoon to flourish.

He snorted, keeping his head high. Moments ago, before the bite and before Reginleif, Dreadscale had been something less than what he was now. No more. Perhaps he had finally found his balls.

“And,’ Maleficent chimed in, a quaint grin on her face.

“The mare is his.”

Maleficent snorted as Reginleif spoke again, but she had no reply other than to tense her neck and say-without-saying: I dare you to try.
Maleficent & Dreadscale
(we got) friends on the other side.