To be more than a conqueror Posted on July 10, 2025 at 06:37:51 PM by Nicodemus
He was thankful of the extra help from Ashitaka especially since Nox was quiet. He hadn't expected anything from Nox so the stallion usually kept to himself. It hadn't been an issue until Raini was taken. Nico was on high alert since especially with his new foal on the way. Even through his own tasks he still checked on Mizuki at the beach. He never got close enough to make himself known (she may have seen him a time of two watching), but each time he went back the way he came.
The image of their arrival had stuck in his head. She had looked so afraid and her brother had explained they came from far away. Mizuki never talked and he never tried to get her too. It has now been a month, maybe a little longer, since their arrival. Little Stormy had been born a few days earlier so Nico has spent a lot of time with him lately. Now that he knew Stormy was safe he had a thought to run back by the spot the greying mare lay.
She had been pregnant so he assumes the foal would be born soon if not already. He woke early and travels back to that spot on the pebbled beach. He was surprised to find her gone. He steps further to that spot on the beach, but he doesn't find her down the beach or anywhere close by. It was as he was walking back inland that he hears her cry. It was ear peircing. He could feel the sorry squeeze in his chest before he even arrived. His legs take him swiftly to the spot she hid, but he slides to a stop the moment he sees.
"Mizuki," He whispers. He tried not to get too close, but he might be already. He didn't know what to say. She wasn't going to understand him anyway. He couldn't help but glance at the stillborn, but he didn't see her child. He saw his own. Replies: