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 Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:18 pm
"The world often makes rash judgments before ever really knowing who they are judging. The world often called me a black sheep. Cause I always seemed to be against everyone else when I was your age." Nightling admitted as she looked over towards Rishy as she had picked her bed and seemed to look a little better. Out of the heat of the straight sunlight, even Nightling's coat was feeling cooler then it had a short time ago. Picking up one of the herbs she had been nosing around, she stepped back over to Rishy. Setting it down beside Rishy's chosen bed.
"A fine choice in a bed." Nightling smiled nuzzling her gently. "Think you can eat this without your stomach rejecting it?" She slid the brown root towards Rishy, it didn't look much like anything, but something someone could just dig up from the ground. It might not have even been the best tasting either, Nightling had found that out herself when tasting different herbs and roots. She also found that the more bitter tasting ones had ways of helping different ailments. "If you can keep this down, I have a small morsel drying outside you can eat."
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:08 am
Rishy sniffed the root. it did not look very pleasant, but if it made her feel better she figured that she had better eat it. she held the root down with her paw as she bit off one end. it was extremely bitter and made Rishy's face twist in disgust. it took two more bites to finish the root. Rishy almost felt like licking the ground to get the taste out of her mouth. "gross. ill take that morsel now."
Rishy did not want to eat. she was afriad that it would make her got evil again. she figured that if it wasent her doing the hunting then maybe she would be ok. after all, nothing happened when she ate the dead squirrel, so nothing should happen now. fantasies of what Nightling had caught for her danced around her head. maybe a rabbit, or a deer! the thought was very far fetched seeing as Rishy could not even bring down a deer, but that did not stop her from hoping.
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:11 pm
Nightling couldn't hide the smile as she watched Rishy's face twist with the taste of the root. It certainly wasn't one of the best tasting ones. She could still taste it even in the back of her mouth, even though ti was a while ago. "Icky tasting, huh?" She giggled a little before shaking her head. "I will go and see if its dry enough to eat. Its not much, but will have to do until I can get something more proper from the forest below."
Walking away from where Rishy was laying, and bowing her head under the door edge, Nightling reentered the sunlight. Blinking a couple of times, she walked over to the stone she had placed the frog upon. The exposed side seemed dry enough, grasping its small legs, she flipped it over onto its belly and looked at its back. Seemed dry, "Hopefully this will help" She muttered to herself as she picked the frog up again and walked back into the cave.
Heading over to Rishy she placed the frog down on the ground. Stepping back away from Rishy, Nightling lifted her head back upwards. "Its all that I can come up with for being up here." Nightling apologized, even though she didn't really think she had to. She could go 'hunting' later and get something more filling. She just didn't want to want to over do it and Rishy become even sicker then she already was. "I will go hunting for something better when the sun sets and most critters are in their dens."
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:58 am
Rishy looked down at the frog. it was small and meager compared to Rishy's normal diet, but right now she would eat just about anything. she held the frog down with her paw as she ate. it only took a few bites to finish it off, but it was just enough to satisfy her hunger. she smiled up at Nightling gratefully.
"wow, after starving for weeks that was really good. i did not know that unicorns could hunt." Rishy giggled at the thought of Nightling chasing around animals trying to stab them with her horn. "im not hungary so you dont have to hunt." Rishy yawned and stretched. "can i sleep now, im tired."
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:45 pm
Nightling watched Rishy eat the frog, she knew it wasn't much, but it was better then nothing at all. Smiling a little she giggled as Rishy mentioned about not knowing that unicorns could hunt. It was true that they didn't, most were too kind hearted to chase down helpless creatures for anything. But she had learned that sometimes, a little meat now and again didn't hurt anyone, but her meat came from small things. Very small, she didn't much care for hunting things larger then frogs mostly. "Most don't hunt for the fact that Unicorns are supposed to be pure of heart. Even though there are the ones that do hunt for more then just food. I have found that eating a little meat now and again doesn't hurt." She explained her point of view as she walked over towards the back of the cave where a larger bed was located, one of pine branches and jasmine blossoms. Course they were long dead, but held still some fragrance.
"You can sleep now, I'm going to rest for a little myself. But I'm sure I will be back up as the sun sets to head to the forest below." She nodded laying down on the bed, closing her eyes, letting her ears do her 'watching' as they twitched a little, listening.
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:25 pm
Rishy yawned and curled up. the sleep came quick and thick, almost as if a log had been dropped on her head. it had been some time since she had gotten a respectable amount of sleep, but now with food in her stomach and the peace of mind that nightling was watching her Rishy felt like she could sleep forever...if only it werent for the dream.
they were more like nightmares actually. it was the same one every night. it started out with Rishy sitting on an island surrounded by lava. it was hot and her skin itched. i monstrous cat swam towards her through the lava. she could smell the sulfur on his breath and the fur burning from the lava. he swam up to her and licked her head, it was then that she realized that her pelt was missing. Rishy panicked and looked around to see if it had fallen off. the large cat chuckled and licked her again. it whispered in her ear with a raspy smoke filled voice, "do not worry Rishy, you dont have it because it is on me." Rishy would look at him and realize that this large cat in the lava was her pelt she would scream in horror as the cat jumped out of the fire and took her in his mouth.
she awoke with a start, screaming for all her lungs worth. the night was cool, but she could still feel the heat of her dream. she screamed as she jumped to her feet and ran out of the cave mouth trying to get away from the dream cat that was not there.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:02 pm
Dusk had come and gone, Nightling had awaken just as the last rays of the sun had vanished. Having checked on Rishy, she had been still asleep when she left to the forst below. Having caught something for the young skinwalker to eat that was sure to be more filling then the frog from earlier that day. Upon her return, the screams of her charge. Almost losing the meal, she picked up her pace to get to the top. Not thinking that anyone else could have found the valley she appeared from the tunnel to see Richy charge from the cave. Tossing the meal to the ground where it landed in a crumled heap as Nightling rushed over.
"Rishy! What's the matter sweetheart?" She asked as she reached the clearly panicked filly. Blue eyes looked around the valley as her horn began to give off a blue glow to light up the area around them. "Something happen?" She knew nothing of Rishy's nightmare, but the dark colored mare was on alert, worried.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:52 pm
Rishy was panicked and not quite sure what was going on. she looked around wildly and then at Nightling. she had not even notice the mare come up. "the cat its coming, it wants to eat me!" she fell to the floor shaking and covering her ears with her paws. the cats laughter seemed to bounce around her skull. she rolled over and began to bite at the pelt on her back trying to tear it off, but of course it wold not budge.
when Rishy calmed down just a bit she looked up into Nightlings worried eyes. "it was just a dream...just a nightmare...i remember now...i think i get it every night when i sleep." she stood back up and and hung her head in shame. "im sorry if i scared you."
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:42 am
Nightling looked around, everything looked still in place, this cat that was supposed to be coming out after Rishy didn't seem to be anywhere. Ears twitching a little, trying to make heads or tails of what wa going on. What had happened while she was away? Honestly was she gone that long? Nudging Rishy again, she headed towards the cave that was home and soon taking a walk around the permimitar of the valley. Soon coming back to where she had once been standing, Nightling looked back to the foal.
"Well there seems to be nothing now." she said before Rishy said it stated that it was a nightmare? hmm, well that certainly made things a little more clearer. "A nightmare huh?" She mused stepping over to get what she had brought back from the forest below. "Why don't you tell me about it?"
Picking up the small rabbit, Nightling headed to her den. Lowering her head at the entrance entering it. Stopping just past the threshold, she looked back to see if Rishy was following her. Though she didn't have any doubt about that, she had food, more then the meager frog from earlier.
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:00 am
Rishy followed Nightling to the den. it felt as if the cat from her dreams would jump out and grab her, but the smell of food was too good to resist. she walked into the den and took the rabbit from nightling without even asking, and sat down. she began to eat it as she told nightling about her dream.
"im in a lake of lava...on an island...and this big cat comes at me...he says something about my pelt, and then he eats me." she stops and takes a few bites of the rabbit. "this is good meat..." she takes a few more bites. "i do not like cats...they want to eat me." Rishy takes a break from the half eaten rabbit and licks her paws. it had been a while since she had so much food and the whole rabbit was just a bot too much for her to handle.
Rishy looks up at nightling with her ears back in curiosity. "do you think my dream has a meaning? why does the cat eat me in the end? and why am i not wearing my pelt in the dream, i never take it off, im not even sure i know what i look like without it, so how can it be off in my dream?
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:22 am
Nightling listened closely as Rishy spoke of her dream. There was a cat and a river of lava and something about her being eaten. ears flicking a little, she retreived what was left of the rabbit and puts it aside for later. Muling over what was being said, she almost missed the questions that came her way. "I'm not sure of the reasons why you are having these dreams, they could just be that, dreams. But there could be a meaning to them." Nightling was puzzled over the thought of a meaning to the dreams, piecing together the facts she was given, Night came up with a possible meaning.
"Maybe the meaning of your dreams is a lesson. Perhaps somewhere in some time, someone is trying to teach you a life lesson. I'm not too sure about all the reasons they could be. But this larger cat seems to be perhaps an older form of yourself." Pausing for a moment, she looked out towards the pool in her home.
She didn't know for sure what the dreams meant, but the best possible answer was that they were a lifes lesson. Glancing back to Rishy, she was different then Nightling was, she was to be a killer by nature. Where Night was kind hearted by nature. She had a feeling that these dreams were to tell Rishy that she wasn't being a killer and didn't deserve her pelt, or even her life. this Night kept to herself for the moment.
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:59 pm
Rishy stared at Nightling with wonder. "do you really think dreams mean something? i just thought that they were...well i dont know, but if it means something then i dont think its anything good." Rishy suddenly snarled in frustration. these dreams had been haunting her ever since she could remember, why had she never thought to see a meaning behind them. she got up and began to passe the cave.
"i feel so helpless and used...like i was brought to this world for a reason and it dosent matter if i like that reason or not." she stopped and looked at nightling accusingly. "dont i have any say in what i am to become, or is my life to be determined by some greater force that i cannot controle?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:16 pm
Raising her head up a little as Rishy began to pace the cave and started speaking frustratedly. She didn't know what to say as she watched, lion tail flicking from side to side she sighted, letting the tension ease from her shoulders. This was going to be a difficult one, she could already feel it down in her bones. "Some dreams have meanings or lessons within them. Others are just escapes from the world in which we live in. The one thing I do know, is that dreams can not harm you. If you find yourself up against that cat again. Make yourself bigger then it is. Lowering her head she nuzzled Rishy as if she were one of her own children. "You are the master of your dreams, nothing can harm you if you don't let it."
Backing away a moment she thought of what else the foal had asked. Well everyone was in their own right to do as they pleased with their own lives. She chose the path of a healer and helper to those that needed an extra hoof with something. Then there were those that chose other ways of life. "You are the only one who can chose what you will be. Greater powers will try to pull you to their side. If I had been the sort, I would try and conform you to be like me, but I don't believe in changing someone to something they don't want to be." She paused a moment looking towards what bit of sky that could be seen. It was still dark out, but she had a feeling that the sun would be up soon. What is it that you do want to become when you are older, stronger?" This question she left in the air, for Rishy to figure out.
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:28 pm
Rishy looked at the ground with her ears flat against her head. Nightling gave her good advice and she silently took it into consideration. changing her dream would be hard, especially if what Night had said about it being a lesson, but she knew she could do it if she really tried. the real question was did she want to change the dream if she had not yet learned the lesson it held? she pushed the thought aside to deal with later.
still looking at the floor she mumbled a response. "i dont know." she snapped her head up and began to shout. "I dont know what i want to be! everything is to confusing! to kill, not to kill. to fight or to run. whats so bad about being bad? and whats so great about being good!" she snorted and stomped to the cave entrance. she looked out at the forest, her sensitive ears picking up the sounds of waking prey...no wait...waking animals. "the good people always talk about that warm happy feeling they get when they do a good thing...but i get that same warm happy feeling when i do supposedly bad things...so what does it matter, if they both feel the same, whats the difference between good and bad?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:17 pm
"I see no difference between good and bad. I lay on neither side as it is." She looked to the half eaten rabbit that laid off to one side. "I can kill just as well as someone born to. And I can heal like those on the 'good' side. You can say I', boarder lined on both accounts. I do what I have to, to survive." She didn't take much of a cross tone to Rishy, even if she had been yelling in Night's direction. "If you see a difference, then perhaps there is. I see no difference, Good, bad, we all have it inside our selves. Its what we do with them that matter."
Stepping around Rishy, Nightling exited the cave and wandered over towards the pool. Standing at its edge a little she looked down towards her reflection. It was one of a good natured soul, one who didn't have an evil bone in her body. But that wasn't true, she did have some evilness within her, though none of her other family did not. Shaking her head she looked to the skies over head, watching the stars wink before going out. Dawn was near and soon everything would be full of life once again.
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