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*The man slumped against a tree, watching his children crowd around the golden mare who was regaining counciousness. He sighed heavily and wiped his forehead, pushing ashy hair out of the way. He sighed again, quieter, and looked up towards the western sky. The sun was lower in the sky, and he assumed it was around five in the evening. Clouds were swelling, but he coulden't tell if they would bring rain or not. Back on earth he had been a meterologist, but he knew very little about the weather. He flew planes in his spare time, and in his earlier years. He was a good fifty years old and slowly running ragged, feeling that death was right behind him with every step he took, just waiting and watching. Counting every cigarette he smoked, every burger and milkshake he ate, every year that went by, death was counting.*

*He looked at his children once again, feeling awful to be leaving them behind before long. His family hadn't a history of old age caused deaths, his father had died at fifty. His gread grandfather had died at sixty-one. His mother had died at the tender age of thirty-three, and his older brother at Fourty-nine. Yes, he knew his life was reaching it's end, but all his two children had in this world was their pony and their mother. As the sun began to spread it's rays unto the land, they gently hit him and caused him to feel very sleepy, and he did. He fell asleep against a smooth maple tree, his hands folded neatly in his lap and his hat slumped forward.*

*Kaio stepped back, not sure of what to think of the flames. He called for his dam once again, almost scared of this creature beside him, not fully aware of who he even was. Dreamcloud slowly stood, children at her sides. She walked slowly towards her foal and he called more impatiently for her. Turning, he ran into Evander, falling to a heap on the ground, sneezing, and calling again before standing up. As she finally made it there, she nuzzled Evander and let Kaio nurse to his heart's content.*

*As the herd recoiled from the invasion, settling back into their serene days, the weather was brewing and churning in the sky. The clouds slowly began to spiral and buldge like that of a deformed creature's muscles and joints. Rain was kept at bay, but a monsterous storm looked to be forming. After several hours, the clouds subsided and the sky was a dank blue, like that of the appetite of an old, ill mare. Sepsis watched the sky with question. She had not done that, and no other creature could control the weather like that but Mystekai, who was never comming back.*

*and as with the two new creatures, came the same with the man and the children. As the mist slowly subsided, it revealed the dew-covered land and man had left the island without a trace. No shawl nor lace, not even a footprint, not even a hair. The mist carried them away and all their proof, the plane crash, the crate, the wildflower ring round Dreamcloud's neck. It was as if they had never been.*

((next post is#1000 biggrin ))

*Spellbound galloped across the damp plains, his dam just behind. The crisp air flowing through her thin hair, elegant and whimsical she constantly was. Her strange colt sniffed the air anxiously, knowing there had to be some sort of life here on this island. The two cared not where they had come from, it was a lonely place with pitiful foilage and little life. Mist seemed to drip from the zorse's skin and muzzle, as if he himself was made of it. He seemed a shooting star, a comet way up in the infinate night sky, searching the clearing island for others.*

*As he came upon them, Ashwood stopping soon behind him, he merely smelled the air, raising his head and closing his eyes. He watched them silently for as long as he liked. Ashwood grazing lightly beside him.*

*Spellbound trotted slowly inland. Somewhat unaware of the herd he neighed oddly into the still misty island. Stopping as he did, and waiting for several minutes before trudging on through the damn sod. Ashwood walked quickly behind him, her champagne coat blending naturally with the wheat and grass fields they resided in.*

((Sorry I've been taking so long lately guys, I was couting on my dad's laptop to be hooked up over break, aaaand it wasn't. Oh, congrats on the 1000th post, Angel!))

Before Ghost came to the ground out of his corkscrew he caught new scents on the wind. He snapped his wings open and soared back into the air, keeping just below the clouds. He kept in a wide circle over the herd, but his eyes were scanning the rest of what land he could see from his altitude.

Evander awoke suddenly, his eyes flashing open and glowing. He silently got to his feet and trotted away from the herd a ways, his head high and nostrils flared. Catching the new scents as well, he snorted and snapped his fangs closed with an audible snap. He caught sight of Ghost high above out of the corner of his eye and looked up. He sent a plume of flame into the air.