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 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:22 pm
Tilly stood 7 hands. She was a pure bred miniature horse who had pulled a cert all her life. Precious to her owner, she was given a voodoo doll to protect her from the bad spirits and red sashes as reward for her grace.
And now...she was standing in the middle of an open field faced by a large amount of open space. She had no clue... at all where she was... she had been talking to a mare... then she left and had run... and run... and run.... and now she was here.
Her eyes darted to the left and then to the right... It was all so confusing. She stomped her foot. Snorted. And then reared to slam her hooves down in frustration.
"Alright Tilly... "she sighed. "Calm down... and... and think..."She let out a huff... She had to calm down and get used to this.... this was her home now... now that her owner was gone...
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:34 pm
 Failure. It was not a word that he liked and yet at this very moment he was a failure. He had not yet managed to kill his father and take over the herd. And that down right pissed him off. But there was a slight plus side to it. Each day he delayed in killing his father he grew stronger. With Love still training him Carnivore was expanding his skills, thinking faster, moving better and showing more and more potential. Soon he would even outwit and out power his master. What he would do that day, let Love live or kill him, was still not decided upon, but for now the stallion had his purposes in Carnivores life.
Breaking through the trees Carnivore trotted into a large open field. It was places like this that scared Nameless just as much as the dark shady areas within the forest did, yet Carnivore was able to keep control over the body more and more lately. Nameless was but dream most days. His eyes landed upon a horse in the distance. But only as he got closer did he realize that she wasn't as far away as he had first thought. Slowly down he tilted his head to the side looking over the tiny mare. She looked small, very small. But she didn't look to be a foal. He remembered what it was like to be a foal and while she was small like one she just didn't look like one. How strange.
Bringing his hooves to a stop a few feet from her Carnivore let out a low rumble, not quite a growl but far from a neigh. "Carnivores land." He proclaimed with a bob of his head. And he did not take too kindly to strangers on his land.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:50 pm
Tilly had started forward motion toward the trees. Her tiny hooves thudded. she stopped to nibbled a piece of grass here or there. She was caught in one of those moments.
A stallion was coming toward her... as he got closer she noticed something a bit off. A flash of white... a tooth. She furrowed her brow however stood her ground and waited until he came to a stop.
Brute... a**... immature...
Words danced across her mind. Carnivores land...huh... Tilly tipped her head and pondered the thought. "And what do you think you are?...Telling a poor innocent mare to bugger off. " Flicking her tail and tossing her head she stood her ground... all 28 inches of her....
"So carnivore... how far do i have to walk these achy bones before i reach the edge of your territory..." Her snort of disdain punctuated her statement.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:14 pm
Carnivores brow arched slightly. This little mare didn't back down from a challenge. He could squash her like a bug if he really wanted to and here she was standing up to him as if they were the same size. This intrigued him even more...but he was also confused. "What you mean...innocent?" It was a term he hadn't encountered yet, or if he did he had never bothered to ask the meaning of until now.
Her question made him pause in thought. He swung his head to one side and then the other gauging just where in his territory they stood and how far the borders were from here. Well, they were pretty close to the middle of it so...it was far. How far exactly he wasn't sure. Carnivore never bothered to count there number of steps it took and even if he had this little mare would take so many more steps to reach the edge compared to him.
"Far..." He began to explain as his gaze turned back to the mare. "Tiny mare not make it in a day." Plus, he hadn't decided on whether she would be allowed to leave or not.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:29 pm
Tilly waited as he sorted out life in his head. "innocent... means being correct... being..." she frowned. "not guilty of any wrong doing... " She twitched her tail. She looked around. Surely he jested with her.
"Tiny mare... TINY... mare... Do you have no manners at all in that bulking stallion body of yours?" She snorted and collected her feet under herself to puff up slightly... "How would you like me to call you a half brain nitwit... hmmmm." She flicked hertail and glared daggers.
She waited her face set in a frown. "So it that far?" She blinked and tossed her head. "Then... i suggest we get to walking... because obviously i can't go alone... i won't know when i have left your territory... " She flicked her tail.
Sighing she turned herself around. "Lets go this way..." Her eyes flicked around and then came to a halt. "Alright... if im stuck with you for more then a day...we need to start over...Half brain nitwit.... Im Tilly... And i expect to be called by that name and that name alone..."
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:02 pm
For probably the first time in his life Carnivore was greatly amused by the horse in front of him. She was so small and yet held a spunk and inner fire than matched his own quite well. Of course her insult was somewhat lost on him, but he could tell that she was trying to make his mad or perhaps feel lesser about himself. "Carnivore not know what nitwit mean." He glanced off in the distance for a moment and then turned back to the mare. "Father have half brain, Carnivore have full brain - no holes in head." He lowered his head and turned it from side to side to prove to her that unlike his father his head and brain for that matter were completely there. Never mind the fact he talked oddly.
Wait. Did she just...demand that he walk with her to the border of his land? Letting out a huff Carnivore shook his head. He was not some escort that she could call upon whenever she needed him. Besides, these were his lands, and therefore she had to do as he said not the other way around. "No." He said firmly with a stomp of his hoof. "Carnivore not walk you to edge of territory."
As she turned to face another way he snarled at her. Any other horse and he likely would have gone on the attack right then, but there was something about this mare that made Carnivore withhold his hooves and teeth. And then an odd idea hit him. Quickly stepped forward he placed himself in front of her once more, lips curling back to show his sharpened canine teeth. "Carnivore not walk you...you stay here....Tilly be Carnivores." Carnivores what he wasn't sure, but he was now determined to make this mare stay here on his lands under his rule.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:21 pm
Tilly stared at the stallion's head... Deciding it was better to keep her mouth shut... she raised an eyebrow and shook her head... "I don't know about your father... but if you are sure he has less brain then you... then the poor horse must stand there and bash his head continuously against a tree..." no holes in head. She blinked. Obviously not... horses usually died when the two leggers put holes in them...
Why...yes she did just demand that he walk with her to the border of his land. It didn't make sense for her to go alone... knowing her sense of direction she would head deeper into the territo- "NO!?"
Tilly's eyes blazed fire. "Im not staying in this god forsaken land with you... however... i will stay if you would like to evacuate..." She gave him an innocent look. "Im no run of the mill mare... I know what you stallions think about... "
She had flicked her ears at his snarl. She wasn't stupid enough to deny there was something terrifying about this stallion. "Carnivore,Dear...you will make a choice... Either i leave these lands or you do...."Tilly be Carnivores. She gave him a look... a look that spoke volumes. "Boy... I am not going to be your anything... not unless you grow some manners in the next few moments... And im not something to be had... I lived that life... and now im free... and i shall re-"
An idea hit her. She wasn't sure if those two leggers were still following her, "You know what... I think i will stay here... however... that means that you need to find me a safe and dry place to sleep... and protect me... because of course im... " She forced herself to spit the words "small and frail... and i do need to be protected..."
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:38 am
She...talked a lot. Carnivore wasn't much for talking or listening to others talk...unless that individual had a plan or was explaining the next part of a training exercise. He kind of stopped paying attention to her for a moment. Mares...always rambling on about something, which made him question of why he had the brilliant idea of keeping her here. Carnivore stared somewhat blankly as Tilly continued to speak most of her words were lost to him, but he knew she was still talking because her mouth was still moving.
A couple of the words she spoke made his ears flick slightly but otherwise there was no reaction from the stallion...until she changed her mind about staying. Ha he had won - or so he thought until he heard her conditions. She wanted him to protect her. Like hell he would. There were far more important things for him to do than watch some silly little mare. Why the mere thought of him playing babysitter to her made him snort. Though just as he went to open his mouth and say no his mind once again told him he wanted this mare to stay around - for some reason.
A small growl escaped him as he thought about this situation. He couldn't abandon his lands, especially not to some little mare, but he also wouldn't let her go either. "Carnivore not think Tilly need protection." If she was willing to stand up to him, the mighty Carnivore, then she would probably stand up to just about anyone. He...hated himself for what he was about to say next. "Tilly stay with Carnivore, Carnivore protect Tilly." Hopefully Love wouldn't have anything to say about this, or think to take Tilly as his own pet thus stealing her from him.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:15 am
As she talked she wasn't surprised to see his brain shut down. She tried to hide her snort of amusement. She rolled her eyes and then flicked her tail.
Tilly could see the male pride rush through him. One thing he would have to learn, he never won... unless she felt like losing or something. She watched as doubt flickered across his face... he was gonna say no... good. There were far more things for her to do than amuse an incompetent stallion.. he had snorted at her... That set her teeth on edge... it was his idea.
A small smile grew on her lips. "Well then Carnivore would happen to be wrong..." She talked big... but really there wasn't much she could do...He smile grew. "Good..so where shall we be going for tonight... I would like to take a nap... "
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:22 pm
Carnivore wasn't sure what she meant when she said he was wrong. Wrong about her staying, about him protecting her? What? He would have asked, to find out, but then she would just ramble on about who knows what yet again. Best to just pretend like he knew what she was talking about and move on. He glanced around him looking for a spot for her to rest. "This way." He finally said after a few moments of thought. Carnivore began to lead her to the edge of the meadow where the trees grew thick and just beyond that was the clearing that he and Love called home for the time being.
They had nearly reached the trees when Carnivore changed his mind. No he couldn't chance taking his prize to where Love was, he would try to take her away. So he veered to the left and set off towards a different clearing. Here he would be able to keep an eye on Tilly without the intrusive eye of Love getting in the way.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:22 pm
Tilly sighed and followed after the big stallion. And then... he changed direction. She eyed the stallion and then the trees ahead of her. "I don't know where you think your going... But these trees look safe... "
Her little hooves continued toward the tree line. What would it accomplish to walk another mile to the other tree lines? He tail flicked and she was determined to make the coming tree line. "Carni- i am going to these trees... "
Putting a little extra go juice in her step Tilly trotted happily toward the trees. Her ears flicked. She liked to listen to storms but she was afraid to be in them... and thus why... the closer trees looked more comforting. She felt it in her bones... there was a storm coming.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:56 pm
 Love snorted and pawed the ground. He couldn't believe Carnivore wasn't back yet... That horse could run the length of the territory and back in half the time it was taking him. Pacing he turned and kicked a tree nearby.
With a toss of his head he left the clearing. He would make that horse do tree pulls for a week... Love Stories body was bulking out more and his body bore more scars then before. While Carnivore was getting stronger he was too... and at this moment... when carnivore was beginning to act out... He had to n** it in the butt.
So Love was trotting out across the open when he spotted The horse he was looking for. He bellowed and launched into a full run. His bark of battle carried across... he wasn't low enough to do a surprise attack.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:05 pm
Carnivore could feel his muscles twitch in annoyance as Tilly decided to not follow him but continue on the original path. How annoying was that, one moment he wanted to keep her all to himself and the next he just wanted to stomp her into the ground. "No!" He said firmly spinning around to face the small mare as she continued on towards the trees. Stupid mare with her stupid stubbornness. It took every ounce of his strength not to boil over in complete anger at her.
Then he heard something and his temper snapped.
Love was coming, and challenging him at that. Letting out a battle cry of his own Carnivore raced towards Tilly, he wanted to get between the mare and Love before the stallion had arrived. "Love no take!" He announced as he neared his mentor. "Tilly Carnivore's!" He slid to a stop in from of the small mare, it was possible that in Love's rush to get to him he wouldn't see her and run her over unknowingly. Carnivore sent a kick towards Love, he didn't want to fight the stallion but would if needed. For now he was merely stating what was his and showing he would do what he must to keep it that way.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:41 pm
"Yes!"
Tilly would do as she pleased whether it pleased carnivore or not. "Carni... you really shouldn't snap like that it takes that charming smile of yours and turns it a little intimidating..." She smiled over her shoulder and then glanced back to where she saw another stallion charging across the land.
A small shiver ran through her and she almost debated running but instead she jutted out her chin and waited. Only to have a large black wall of horse flesh placed in front of her.
Tilly snorted. How dare he... "I said...Im not anyone's.." The little mare collected herself and glanced at the new stallion. "Excuse me... Im Tilly... and Carni here has told me i may stay...."
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:42 pm
Love pulled up to bat his front hooves at the black stallion before dropping back to the ground. "Tilly? Whats a..." The stallion's eyes moved from the stallion to the small horse that stood all puffed up behind him. He sniffed slightly and let out a snort. She may have been the size of a foal... but she was a full grown mare...
Love glanced back to Carnivore. "Carni... and she still is walking around?" Love laughed... and laughed... and laughed... Turning his head toward Tilly he plastered a smile on his face. "Hello... Im Love Stories..." Love glanced to Carnivore... "Carnivore... i never thought a mare would take your mind off training..."
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