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[ Part 2 ]
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Leah felt halway surprised when she found herself being walked next to by the tall green stallion. She couldn't look at him for what she was about to ask.. but she had no choice. "Where did you come from?" she asked him in an almost monotone voice. Leah wouldn't really be this interested normally... but she remembered her parents had wings like his, and couldn't help but wonder. It could give her a clue as to where she, herself, came from.

Hisui stopped and stood in front of her, "You wish to know where I came from? As a demon?" he smirked... but his smile soon faded... "I wish I knew exactly. I have never seen my parents... all I knew, was this place," he looked around the forest. "They dumped me off here when I couldn't even fend for myself... I couldn't even see. While growing up I tried my best to ignore the fact that I was different... but even you know, it's hard to ignore. I was never able to make friends based on who... better yet.. what I am." He hung his head for a minute before continuing, "I'm sorry that I couldn't give you more information than that... it's all I know. I've been here pretty much my whole life, I used to go out occasionally to mess around with Metsuki and Rakun a little bit.. but not anymore. Not since... 'SeaBiscuit.' May I ask if there's a reason you ask me that and why you can't look me in the eyes while asking it?" He sighed.

Leah looked at him with tears in her eyes but she blinked them away... she was not used to showing her emotions. "My parents were both winged, the same as you. Yet I came without them. That's why I can't look at you and ask... it's too difficult. My parents weren't good in any way... and they treated me as a monster." she said with her unwavering voice. She felt like he was staring into her soul and she looked away again. Leah wouldn't let him see her emotions; she had been hurt far too many times for that.

Hisui didn't know why, but he found himself trying to comfort her, "Hey... don't cry," Hisui was trying to be nice to her... he felt for her, he really did. "At least you got to know them at all..." Don't be stupid Hisui, she doesn't want to hear that. "Umm.. I mean... being winged isn't all great... I'd rather be normal... it's hard living in the shadows all the time," What am I doing? Why am I telling her all of this? "Believe it or not, I would like to know what it feels like to go for a run and not have every stallion or every mare looking at you like your are some kind of disease. I hate it. And believe me, I kind of understand.. my parents apparently thought I was a monster, otherwise they would have kept me. But they didn't did they?" He paused for a good minute or so... "Come to think of it, I have a lot of dreams where my parents are normal, kind of opposite of yours." He sighed, Why am I doing this...?

"Normal? To me, you're more normal than I am." she said looking back up. She had never been around other horses like herself, which is why she shut herself away in the forest. She came down to the river sometimes, just to get the sun on her back, but the other horses made her always come running back to the dense forest. "Besides. Being abandoned when you were would have been a lot better than what I had to go through, and then finially taking it upon myself to run away to here." she said calmly. He didn't understand... and somehow she thought it odd that he, a demon like her parents, was showing more emotion than she herself was, a normal horse who was "meant" for that sort of thing, as her parents told her.

Hisui looked at her, "I am NOT normal," he looked back at his wings and then hung his head. "I never wanted to be this way... I wanted to be normal, but since I am this way I might as well act like I'm supposed to." He meant that he should just act mean and secluded from everyone. He sighed heavily, "I just hate what I am, I hate who I am." Hisui got upset, and he shrugged. I don't like showing how I feel but around her I can't help but be honest.


Leah took a step back from him as he yelled at her. Somehow, she didn't care how much people beat on her, but yelling always caused her to feel pain because it were the horses emotions, not just rage. She looked at the ground, eyes searching for something to say but she couldn't; Instead, she did what she had become used to over the years: she ran.

Hisui ran after her, "No wait! I wasn't yelling at you... I'm... I'm sorry..." Great, way to go you dork! Now she hates you, you finally almost made a friend and you go and do that. Yea, now EVERYONE will want to be your friend... NOT! "God I'm so stupid.." he said to himself.

Leah had to slow down as she got deeper into the forest. She noticed how much thicker the trees were, and she could fall trying to dart through them at the rate she was going. Unable to hear Hisui's voice, she stopped to rest in a small clearing with a beautiful spring in the center of it. She smiled as she walked forward to take a drink and wondered how a bright place like this came to be in such a dark forest.

Hisui thought that he was getting closer to where she was. Since he didn't see her, he decided to tap into his demonic senses and try to locate her. He picked up her scent and followed it, "Leah! Hey Leah! Where are you?! I'm sorry!" He hung his head and lay down thinking that he should just give up. God this is all my fault... I never should have raised my voice. Way to go... way... to go...

Leah heard him in the distance and she shot her head up, waiting for him to yell again so she could hear where he was coming from. Then she turned her head in that direction and called to him, wondering if she would regret it later. "I'm in here!" she said and she put her two front feet in the spring to cool them as she bent her head for another drink.

Hisui got up and walked over to the direction of the sound and walked into this awesome clearing. "Wow... this is... beautiful," he said, but stopped, "I mean uhh.. yea.. this is cool." Hisui smiled innocently as if he was trying to sound cool. This place really is beautiful. I love it here!

Leah smiled at him before getting the rest of the way into the spring, and walked underneathe the small waterfall it had in one of it's sides. She popped her head out from the stream of water so it was now landing mainly on her back, and she looked around at the rest of the clearing at all it had to offer. It was gorgeous, and looked like she could even live there if she wanted.

Hisui lay down and took a drink from the little spring, "This place really is something isn't it?" I wouldn't mind living here he thought to himself, he blinked his eyes not knowing that he zoned out while staring at Leah. He blushed and put his head down. Heh... why did I just do that?

Leah walked to him when she was done with her 'shower' and smiled as she went. She got oh so close to him before turning so her side was to him, and she shook all the water off of her and onto him. Then she laid in the spring and laughed as the water streamed down his body.

Hisui laughed as the water trickled down his sides and then he looked at Leah, "You know... the way you are sitting right now... you just look amazingly gorgeous." He blushed and then turned away embarrassed, "Sorry, that kind of just slipped out..."

Leah looked at him almost surprised but it melted quickly and she nuzzled him softly. She blushed knowing no one had ever thought of her as anything more than a punching bag, and it felt good to have a friend that liked her at the very least.

Hisui didn't know whether to melt where he was standing or to just shake it off and act like it never happened. That little demon inside of him yelled at him to walk away before he got any closer to her. He completely ignored that voice and stepped a little closer to her nuzzling her gently, "I'm sorry I haven't been the best of horses around here... but I'm glad have someone like you who'll listen to me when I need you there... Thanks for everything," he said blushing.

Leah looked at him in his gorgeous blue eyes and felt her heart race as fast as she did. "You are to me." she said softly and somehow felt it weird that she actually meant it completely. She had never met anyone who wasn't trying to use her for one reason or another, and Hisui liked her for the horse she was.

Hisui blushed such a red that he could have lit up the entire forest. "You are too kind Miss Leah," he said with a bow. He stared at her after coming up from his extended bow and looked her straight in the eyes, "My gosh, you are beautiful." He blinked and a brightened smile appeared. "I'm sorry if I'm being too forward, I just have a tendency to say things as they enter my mind."

"Miss Leah?" she asked wonderingly. Hisui had never called her that before, and she wasn't exactly sure why he was starting now. Nevertheless, she ignored it and stood up to shake her head. "It's okay.. I like when horses say what is on their minds."

Hisui looked away, "I call the ones I like Miss... force of habit I guess. If you don't like it I'll stop... not many did anyway.. hence the reason I have no one... I guess there's just something wrong with me." He hung his head.

Leah smiled softly and nudge her muzzle under his so he would look at her. "It's okay... I kind of like it." she said looked at him though her aqua eyes. She nuzzled him closely hoping Hisui wouldn't slip away from her as everyone else in her life had.

Hisui looked at her as his eyes got bright, "I'm not going anywhere." She seemed to have looked a little confused, "You seem to have a look in your eyes that you don't want me to leave and I'm telling yout hat I'm not going anywhere."

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Triveni's tail swished angrily as she left Leah and the green demon. Why must she be so stubborn? She knows what demons are like. she thought to herself. Finially she stopped and sighed, looking around realising she didn't have a clue where she was. She had never been so deep into the forest before, and all the light had gone hours ago so she couldn't see the plains. "I bet if that blue demon went to see her, she wouldn't be so protective of her boyfriend." she muttered angrily.

*lengthy, whip like tail slashed at the underbrushj as his stepped between the trees. The darkness didn't bother this demon, while others slept he roamed looking for something to eat. Very rare amongst horses was the need to eat meat. But one demonic Stallion found pleasure within the killing and devowering of smaller animals. Raising his dark blue head up from his grounded gaze, Hunter's Moon looked around the trees, the looming abyss of shadows. Nostrils flarring he caught the scent of something... Averting his part thward the scent he soon came upon the muttering mare.* "Well, well, what do we have here? A young filly lost her way?" he mused as a snister grin crossed his face, blue and silver peppered wings remained folded over his back as he paced near quietly around the mare. "Or just someone foolish enough to wander too deep into the den of demons?"

Triveni's ears pricked up at the sound of another horses voice, but quickly returned, flattening against her head as she glared at him. "I'm not foolish and I am not afraid of you. So why should I care if demons live here?" she asked snorting at him. Amazingly, she was able to keep her heart going steady instead of hopping around like a rabbit as in their last encounter. It was true, she was not afraid, but she certainly didn't want to die, and knew he could probably kill her if he had wanted.

*A cruel chuckle tore free of Hunter's throat as he listened to the mare. His ears remained perked up, his tail whipping about in a playful manner. His lighter blue eyes giving off a slight glow to hem as he paced, cirlcled and drew himself closer to the mare like a wolf would to his prey.* "Oh I think you should be afraid, there's more then just me and that love struck back there. Some more dangrous that I could ever imagine." Voice calm and cool, at times blood chilling, silver flames licked the air about his ankles giving off a small shine in the darkness, the ever deepening abyss it seemed.* "Go any further and you might never come back, then again, why would I care? You're nothing, but a mortal, prey to those of both your kind and those that are not." *Hunter had brought himself almost face to face with the mare, his lighter blue eyes staring, hauntingly into her own. Deep within, silver flames danced wildly as if alive.* "Still wish to proceed any further then where you stand?"

Triveni listened to this calmly, but didn't believe a word he said, much less want to hear him say that she was some kind of prey. "Actually, I do. And here's the only thing I have to say to you." she said sidestepping him and then looking back. "If you're going to hurt me, do it, don't stand there talking about it." she said and with a flick of her black tail she walked further into the forest. He's not right. He's the only danger to me out here. Him and the green demon, who wouldn't hurt me since I am Leah's sister. she thought as she walked. Triveni could no longer hear him, so she assumed he remained where he was, but she couldn't help thinking about the fire she saw in his eyes.

*Hunter watched her sidestep away from him, a grin crossed his face as his tail had whipped out behind him to possibly pat her flank.* "I wouldn't go too far." He warned not moving, "A dmoness lives in there and don't take too kindly to strangers. It's said she even chases off her own sister." *Musing over everything, Hunter pulled his head close to his own chest and chuckled, nose raising in the air he let out a bone chilling laugh that spooked whatever was over head. Wings opening to their full span, the stallion took to the air and into the night, it seemed that he wasn't interested in the mare... Or perhaps he was, swnging from side to side, Hunter kept back just at teh edge of the mare's scent.* "What are you think?" he mused peeking down at teh trees that blocked the ground. "Not everything is to one's likings."

Triveni stopped, suddenly feeling it getting cold and as she breathed, she could see her own breath. She backed up slowly, confused at what had caused the change. She turned and ran as quickly as her legs could carry her, not wanting to find out what exactly it was. She saw a flash overhead, and glared believing it was Hunter, and he was the one trying to freeze her out of the forest. She finially stopped, halfway to the plains, unable to see her breath anymore and hoping the cold was not still following her. Triveni looked upward, glaring. "Nice trick!" she yelled.

*Sitting strangely upon a branch over head, Hunter canted his head to oneside as he watched the mare below. Ears perked up a bit as one twitched in light annoyance.* "It's what you get for passing into her domain. " He said with a false frown. "Than again, You deserve teh cold, it woudl suit your... How to say it, your personality." *Grinning he leaned forward slightly upon the branch. With a small cracking sound, the branch in teh demon soon fell to the ground in a small heap.* "Owf." Was all that was heard before Hunter just lay there, eyes half lidded, as if he were glaring up at whomever had shoved him...*

Triveni walked to the fallen demon and stood over him. "You are cold-hearted. I'm not. It goes well with you, not me." she said before snorting angrily. As she looked up for a moment, she couldn't help but laugh seeing a small squirrel looking down on them from where the demon was sitting. She wasn't sure if the squirrel could actually push him hard enough for that, but it appeared as if it was him, and she couldnt help but fell over backwards laughing.

*From a frowl to grin, Hunter's tail whipped around hoping to snag a hold of one of the mare's legs and pull her closer. His head rising off the ground to look at her, one wing set out an odd angle.* "What teh hell are you laughing at?" he growled before pulling himself back to his hooves and shook the dirt from his coat. The flames about his ankles semed to grow and lick at teh air and everything around them beggig for more to burn. Small flames jutted out from Humter's nostrils as his ears laid back, kicking the tree he knocked whatever ti was out of the tree in determination on killing it before devowering it insight of teh mare, to show her that he'd mean business if she were ever to hurt him.*

Triveni looked sad as the demon ate the little squirrel. "Aww, it was just playing!" she said before she started laughing again. "And I was laughing at you." she said as she brought herself to her feet and tried to keep herself from laughing again. "I don't think I asked. What's your name anyways?" she asked him curiously. She still wasn't sure about him, but she didn't want to be rude at the very least.

*Blood still dripping from his chin as she snorted and turned away.* "Why would you care?" he snapped as she stepped further away, letting the shadows consume him. "You'd just laugh yout spots off." *His voice sounded a lot different then it had a few moments ago. It had changed to a playful and ammused sound to a depressed and 'I'll kill you if you come near me' sound. *His tail whipping the air making harsh snaps upon the air as he walked on.* "Pesky stupid females. Why did they have to be created." He muttered as the ground where his feet touched seemed scorched, burning leaves, moss and fur of small animals that didn't get away in time soon filled the thick air within the trees.*

"Are you even looking at me? I have no spots." she said as she turned in circles as if she was looking for spots on her body somewhere even though she knew they were nonexsistant. She finially fell to the ground dizzily and shook her head to regain her composure. "Besides, names aren't really that funny if you ask me. Horses being pushed out of trees by squirrels, hilarious! Names, not so much." she said stepping around to his front side. "I'm Triveni." she said.

*Hunter raised his head high over the mare and snorted as she had stepped in front of him.* "I wasn't push, the branch I was on snapped out from under me. Or were you blind to seeing that?" *Snappy he was, he didn't even hear her announce her own name.* "But if you are so inclined to know, I was scrootenizingly named Hunter's Moon. There you satisfied now." He asid as he snapped mere inches away from her's. "Or is there something else you wish to twist out of me like water from a human cloth?" *Eyes narrowed, Hunter pawed at the ground as his wings opened slightly, his left wing remaining at an odd angle.*

Triveni looked at him slightly wide eyed. "Okay I don't have a clue what you just said, except your name. Which kinda fits. I like it." she said nodding approvingly. "At any rate, I still like to think the squirrel pushed you. It makes me giggle." she said laughing slightly. She looked up seeing another squirrel show up to chatter at her and she smiled at it before looking back towards Hunter. "Don't eat this one." she said shortly.

*Hunter's eyes had already landed upon the squirrel that had appeared, but soon glared at teh mare again.* "Why not? YOu going to fight for it's meaningless life?" He mused lowering his head. "Plus if you must know everyone calls me Hunter for short, because it's what I do. I hunt, I can't stomach grass like the rest of you day walkers." *Shorting he folded back his wings, wincing as the nearly broken wing folded under his right wing. *What was he thinking going all..... Nice? No he couldn't be going soft, not within his own domain, a small section away from 'hers'.* "If I may ask, what are you doing out here anyways? I didn't think many day walkers roamed the night."

"Your life and mine are just as meaningless as that squirrel's if you ask me. And I like the night. I blend in easier. I was out in the forest, however, to see my sister. She's dating the twit of a demon, Hisui." she said shaking her head and pawing the ground. Triveni looked back up seeing him wince in pain over his left wing, which she noticed it was awkward earlier when he opened it, but she made no mention of it until now. "Is there something wrong with that wing?" she asked cautiously trying not to sound rude. She noticed he was easily offended by her.

Waking up the young red panda looking teen looked around. She heard yelling and snapping going on near her. Great another night in this place. Aren't I just the lucky one. She thought shaking her head aggrivativly and then stood up. Her ears flickered around for a moment then she headed off towards all the noise to see what was going on. One day she would make it back to the Riverbend herd, but not on this night to much was going on already.

"Most demons become twits when they get themselves bound to something they want to care for. I prefer to remain alone so I don't become like that green p***k." He shorted shaking a little dirt from his coat. "As for my wing, I've broken it when I was as you say, 'pushed' off that branch." He huffed stepping to go past her. "Not that you should care, You weren't the one that got hurt."

Triveni cautiously stepped towards him. "I can fix it, but it'll hurt. You hurt me in retaliation and I swear I will break the right one as well." she said. She nudged him away from a tree so she could get some room and unfolded the wing. She gently pushed the bones in all the right places to re-align them but each made a loud snap as she did. "It wasn't broken, it was dislocated." she said knowingly. "Give it a few days, and they will fuse back together if you don't take a fall like that again."

Yoko came up to the area where the voices could be heard. She looked around a tree to see a demon horse getting his wing fixed. "Psh. He is tough." She muttered to herself in sarcasm before walking on along the tree line. This was a mild night. "Wonder where January is lost at." She thought outloud keeping an ear trained towards the two older horses.

*Dislikeing the idea from the start, he was not so easily pushed around. Hissing as his wing was opened he soon snapped it back after the bones were put back into their places. His tail whipped around snapping at teh air near her before settling back behind him.* "Thank you." He muttered gruffly looking around, feeling that there was another there...

Triveni nodded and smiled knowing that was the best she would get from him. She heard leaves rustle of another horse who had been eavesdropping on their conversation, and she rushed towards it. "Can I help you with something?" she said looking down on the teen.

Yoko looked towards the mare. She snorted in her distaste at having a plan she was thinking up interupted. "No you can't help me. I'm just walking through. Unless this forest belongs to you, leave me alone." Her destination to where she was headed was left unnamed, Yoko didn't think it was the mare's business anyways or the demon horse's either.

*Ears twitching at the sounds around them, his tail looped up over his back a little before rolling off and snapping at teh bushes as if thinking someone were sneaking up behind him. Wings still folded upon his back, Hunter took this moment to turn and start walking away. He was done there, there was no need for him to remain.* "You two have fun now." He mused stepping into a shadow where only his silver marking revealed his location. "I'd hate to miss a good 'cat' fight."

Triveni glared at the teen. "I don't appriciate being spoken to like that. Quit eavesdropping filly." she said flicking her tail as she walked away to the tree where she had left Hunter only to find that he himself had dissapeared. "Hunter?" she called to him. Hearing no reply she sighed and lay on the ground and dozed slightly.

Yoko rolled her eyes towards the mare. "I don't care really." She nieghed. "Suit yourself, the conversation was boring anyways." The teen turned and walked away from the mare who said the stallion's name. She walked away and found the edge of the forest.

*Hunter hadn't gone too far, he had come around to where he would have been behind the filly, before shaking his head he stepped back into sight, well halfway...* "Why did you call my name?" he asked lowering his head down to her level. "It's not like we're friends or anything, or is it that you want to become pair bonds?" he asked quarking a brow at Triveni. *He appeared curious as to why she remained there besides the fact that the sun had started to rise outside the forest and it was just about time that he headed back to his thicket to sleep the day away...*

"Pair bonds?" she asked raising her head and cocking it to the side. "And if you would like the truth, yes you're my friend. Because I said so." she said obviously not taking no for an answer. "However, if you don't mind, I'm going to sleep. I'm so tired." she said resting her head back onto the soft soil and drifting to sleep.

*Hunter shrugged as he stepped past her.* "If you say so, but I wouldn't sleep there, too many daywalkers roam this part." *Shaking his head he wandered back toward his thicket, slipping past teh brambles that scratched at his sides, he lay down in the middle of them. Wings opening for a moment, he curled up into a sort of ball, soon his wings folded again, creating almost a dome like struckter over him to block out the sunlight from the day coming.*

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