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 Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:01 am
Bad day
Anna had to leave me today because some Bae were hanging around. I was a bit scared of them, even though I don’t think they could read my thoughts like a lot of people can, but they were the same age as me and Anna so I decide to try to be friends.
When I told them about her though they laughed at me and said that Nequus couldn’t just vanish, they said that Anna didn’t really exist and I just made her up because I didn’t have any friends. Somehow I knew that Anna wanted me to let them believe that so I did and I offered to show them my flowers instead. They stared at me like I was crazy when I cut myself and rolled about in the grass but I didn’t mind because they’d seem my pretty flowers soon and like me.
When I got up though they said they couldn’t see my flowers even though they were right there. I pointed at them with my hoof, I even touched them with my nose and they still didn’t see them! Then they called me crazy again and started laughing and jeering at me.
I got upset with them then and decided to pretend they weren’t there like they were doing to my flowers. When I looked down for my flowers though they’d gone and there was just some blood on the grass.
Their laughter killed my flowers, it must have done because they’d been there a minute ago. Something in my head told me that they hated me because of my flowers, they were jealous of me for what I could do and they’d killed them on purpose.
Then it told me they were going to kill me next and so I ran away.
Annabelle didn’t come back until the next morning and I was very lonely.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:02 am
Midnight meetings and snacksToday was one of the days when I was up at night. Annabelle wasn’t around, but I knew she wasn’t too far off so it was okay. I went for a run and found a nice Bae mare called Elsie. She gave me an apple and we talked about… lots of things I think. Fruit mostly.
Then she told me a story, she told me about the Sand Nequus who is all breeds and makes you go to sleep. He’s very small apparently. I shall have to look out for him next time I’m tired and I shall have to be careful not to step on him. I’ll tell Annabelle about him, too, so that she can help me look. I’m sure we should be friends with him if we ever did find him.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:28 am
The Sand Nequus
Heee! I knew it, today Annabelle and I saw the sand Nequus. It was only for a moment, and we didn’t get to talk to him; he vanished almost as soon as we saw him, but we did see him! I wonder if anyone else has ever seen him, or if we two are the first. Annabelle thinks we’re the first, she says we’re special and that the magic I have in my blood made me able to see him.
I guess she must have some sort of magic too then, that or mine lets her see special things like the Sand Nequus along with me. I think it might be the first though, that or she knows a lot about magic, because she knew I was magic when we met. I am very grateful to Annabelle, without her I wouldn’t know about my magic and I wouldn’t have any friends. I shall always be very nice to her. I hope we get to actually talk to the sand Nequus some day.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:30 am
The day I started seeing the truth
I’m a bit older now, and my magic is getting better. Today, for the first time, I learned to see what people are under their Nequus skin. Some people are nice and pretty looking which must mean that they’re very nice Nequus, but some people, some people are horrible underneath and not really Nequus at all I think. It first happened when I was talking to an Ichsa this morning, he was nice at first but then he changed. His face melted away to bones first and his wings grew thorns and twisted all up like grasping vines. He didn’t seem to know that I’d seen past his disguise, he acted all innocent and confused when I tried to scare him away. Since trying to scare him didn’t work, I ran away.
Later on though, I saw an Aeri mare with three foals. I didn’t go over and talk to them in case they were like the Ichsa and evil underneath but I watched them. After a little while it was like the mare... She glowed, it was like there was a big glow all around her that covered over her foals and kept them safe. I think she must be a very good person under her skin, but I didn’t go to talk to her all the same because I didn’t want to distract her from her foals.
Annabelle and I talked about it all later on; she was very smug. ‘I told you,’ she said, ‘I told you you’d get more power as you got bigger. Who knows what you’ll do next.’ Who knows. Hee! I’m exited to find out, I must say. I don’t think my magic sight works all the time though, because those were the only two I saw change, the Aeri and the Ichsa.
Maybe I’ll get better at really seeing as I get older. I hope I do. It was scary with the stallion but it was useful; if I hadn’t seen him for what he was I might’ve made friends with him, he seemed so nice when he was talking. Annabelle said he was just pretending so that he could get close to me and eat my soul. I shall have to be very careful to avoid other people who are only pretending to be Nequus, the bad sort anyway.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:45 am
The day Anna learned to talk to my head
It's amazing! I can hear her even when she's not around now. I was scared when I first heard her voice inside my head, but I soon worked out it was her and calmed down. This has to be the best thing that's ever happened to me! Now, even when I'm around people, Anna can give me advice and keep me safe. If feel closer to her than ever. It's like she a part of me or something.
Anyway, she thinks it's because we're both nearly grown mares now. Obviously you get better at things as you age, I've got better at flying and that along with finding my magic so it makes sense that the older we get the more we can do.
I think I'll be less nervous now I've got her with me, she can spot trouble a mile off can Anna, sees the badness in Nequus before my real sight can get to work most of the time. So, now with luck I'll be safe from Them because when I talk to people she can spot if they're acting suspicious and warn me to get away.
I am so glad I have my Anna, I'm sure I don't know where I'd be without her. Very lost for starters though, I guess.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:03 am
Three BaeToday I met three Bae called Xenosomething, Xenosomethingelse and Xenosomethingelseagain. They were triplets, I guess, but all very different. One of them left right away, I think he didn't like the fact that I was a crossbreed, that or he could smell my magic or something. I talked to the other two for a while though and they were nice, one of them in particular. He gave me a pretty flower, and for a while I wore it but then it wilted and I ate it. it was rather tasty, I'll have to keep my eyes open for little purple flowers with shifting tones in furutre.
Anyway... well I can't really remember what we said to one another but they were quite nice as I say. After a while, though, it occurred to me that their brother might have gone off to tell Them about me, or at least that he might let them find out by mistake.
Then, to make it worse, the grass went blue and tried to absorb me. Obviously I had to get away as fast as possible and Anna suggested I should tell them I had to go and meet her. It worked, luckily, and I was off the ground soon.
I met Anna on some blessedly normal rock a ways off and we chatted about this and that. I've decided to travel a bit for a time now, there are lots of people here in D'ob, people who might give us away so Anna and I will go south. We've both heard people talk about something down there called Qurine and by all accounts it's very pretty so off we go!
First though we're getting some rest.
I wonder if I shall see the Sand Nequus again, I miss that little guy.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:39 am
More magic!
Today, a very evil Nequus appeared in front of me. He just flashed up out of nowhere, all bones and blood and teeth and spines. I was too terrified to run away from him and so I just stood there as he walked towards me (his steps were jerky and strange.) I thought I was going to die, and all I could do was wish and will him to vanish, to go away. He was almost on top of me when it happened. I just... I couldn’t take it anymore and I pushed. It was just like I’d been doing the whole time, just willing him to be gone but... but this time, it worked. He vanished. Came apart like bits of dust in the wind and blew away.
At first, I didn’t know what to think but then Anna arrived to talk to me. She told me that it was my magic, my magic getting better and stronger than ever! I can’t say how exited I was, how exited I am come to that. Power. Power for me, to be used for the good of all good Nequus. All good Nequus. All mixed bloods like me and like Anna. All good purebloods who accept us, who create us. We, we crosses and our supporters, we are the chosen ones. We are the chosen. All those who call us evil and scorn us; they know that we are chosen and they hate it.
I have nothing against them in general I suppose, but any who try to harm a chosen; they shall face my magic and I shall show no mercy. We are the chosen, and I have been chosen to fight for us.
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:19 pm
Spyke the Moon-boy Today I met a colt from one of the moons! Well, last night actually, but still, wow! He looked just like any other Ichsa (if a bit small) but I just knew he was from up there and he told me I was right. He had to go before very long, sadly, to avoid getting stuck here but he did tell me some very interesting things before he left.
Some Nequus of Urin, but not all, can fly up to the moons and when we do you can get foals with more colours than they usually have. Apparently, from what I gathered, moon Nequus are usually white or silver. I guess he must have either a parent or a grandparent from down here, the amount of brown and blue he had on him.
I hope I’m one of those who can fly up and see the moons, they look wonderful from down here already; I can’t imagine how beautiful they must look up close! Anna was very exited to hear about the little moon colt from me and a bit jealous (good-naturedly) that she hadn't seen him too. Still, what with her not being able to be around people and everything it wouldn’t really have been possible... If that’s the same with moon people, I must ask her because she can be around me just fine so maybe it varies from one Nequus to the next who she can and can’t be around.
Hum, still, Spyke gave me things to do and think about, namely these wings of mine. I’ll have to get them good and strong if I want to be able to make it to the moons one day and I might as well start some proper training right away! While I’m at it, I’ll do some exploring I think and it would be nice to go back and see my tree again, too. Right, so to Shrilal first, and then maybe on to Yisi or something? Yes, that sounds good to me. Shrilal then Yisi.
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:30 pm
Helping some ChosenI was in Shrilal today, off to visit my tree and see how it’s doing but I didn’t get there in the end. Out from nowhere came this little green foal, part Ichsa part Jala, a Chosen just like me. He must have known somehow that I have been picked out as a warrior, a defender and helper for our kind because he asked for my help. He told me that there was a pair of saplings sprouting on the edges of Shrilal, and that it belonged to an Ichsa mare and a Reya stallion. The stallion couldn’t go in search of food himself, and so the little foal, Naveen, had left to find food for both of them, and to find help, too.
I went back with him happily, and the trees were just lovely, as were the parents. They were both very kind to me, and very grateful that I was going to help. We’d managed to bring a bit of food back with us, but not very much as we were in a hurry to let them know that there would be help coming regularly.
The stallion is called Morthan, and the mare Eira. Both so lovely to me. We all went to sleep for a while then, and when we woke Naveen and I went off in search of more food for Morthan and Eira. I am very glad I met Naveen; it’s so exiting to be involved in something like this! I can’t wait to see what their fruits look like, and how many of them, there are!
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:40 pm
Growing bigger and talking trees
There are four fruits on their tree, Morthan and Eira’s that is, and they’re quite big now! They’re lovely to look at; all have white on them and then two have black and two have brown. All but one have spikes on them as well, it’s all very exiting. Naveen and I are managing to keep the parents pretty healthy as well; both have lost a bit of weight (Eira more so) but they’re still doing well and I’m sure they’ll be fine, I don’t think it’ll be long before the fruits hatch now.
Naveen and I are currently going back to Shrilal after having been on the border of Yisi collecting fruits and good roots and other nice things to eat. I feel so useful right now that I’d almost forgotten what I’d planned to do after I saw the moon boy. I was going to explore Yisi properly, and I still intend to once the foals hatch. Annabelle has been pretty quiet of late, but I’ve heard the voices of the trees in Yisi on and off so I’ve not been lonely.
Some of the trees said pretty nasty things to me though and scared me a bit. I think I managed to hide it from Naveen; I don’t want to worry him with the ramblings of a silly plant. Worst it can do is drop a branch on us, and for one I’m sure we’d be able to dodge and for another I don’t think any tree I’ve seen would have the guts (metaphorically) to try anything with me.
They can feel my power, the trees, can and some of the respect me for it. Some of them fear me of course, and some hate me, those that are against the Chosen I guess. Not too many trees seem to be fussy about breed though; I suppose they don’t much care about tiny differences in our blood. To us, all sap is the same, so they must feel like that about blood.
In any case, Yisi is behind now and we’re just drawing up to Shrilal. I do hope I’m about when the foals hatch out of their fruits; that would be so wonderful!
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:50 pm
Hatching!
They hatched! Three fillies and a colt, and all so lovely! Two of them have Ichsa wings, which apparently is odd, Morthan told me how he’d heard when Ichsa mix with other breeds the foals get the other breeds’ kind of wings. He thinks that maybe he has some Ichsa back in his blood somewhere and that’s how the Ichsa wings were able to get strong enough to get into the foals’ blood.
I stayed with them a couple of days more, just to make sure they really would be fine, and then I went on my way. Yisi, I was going to see Yisi. Well, I got a bit sidetracked but I’ll go there now. The time I spent with Morthan, Eira and Naveen has made me feel a bit better about the world in general I must say. There are other Chosen out there than just me and Anna, they’re out there waiting for me to find them and offer them my help!
It’s hard work being picked out like this, but it’s good too, I feel useful and accomplished and special. I’m sure I shall find my next task soon; Anna is back with me properly again now I’m traveling and not around other people very much. She thinks the foals were lovely too, and advises me to be careful of the trees that talk badly to me. I shall certainly do that; there are a lot of trees in Yisi but luckily not all talk, and most of those are either nice or just a bit gruff and disinterested in Nequus.
I’m glad Anna is back, glad she’s back and glad I’m on the move again. I don’t know what’s in store for me next, but I shall face it whatever it is and do my duty to my people. I will not let the Chosen down.
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:59 pm
Land of the ChosenToday I found a wonderful place, a place where only the Chosen live. All Chosen, everywhere, crossbreeds such as myself and purebreeds who see the truth. There was even a stallion walking around with his real self showing; all brown scales and bronze spines. He was magnificent. So was the stallion who brought me in; his name is a secret but he’s very important and I’m proud to count him as a friend. He seemed to think I could make it in the army, which is wonderful. I just hope they’ll teach me to fight physically, as sometimes my powers refuse to work which is not a good thing at all.
Anna agrees that all of this is wonderful, and we both wish she could join me here properly but as it is she’ll just have to look out of my eyes at all the wonder around me! I’ve made some friend already, real friends in real life. One of them is a lovely palomino girl named Iphie, she has been very kind to me and she introduced me to other nice people too. It almost seems too good to be true, but here it all is all the same. I still taste things, smell things, I still see my roses when I choose to make them. Oh! Yes, another thing; everyone loves my horn and tails! I’m told that I could make Omega for sure, and I plan to. Now that I’ve found this place, these people, I will do anything I can to protect them from the bad things in the world. If They come sniffing around here, They had better be ready for a fight!
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:41 am
Update!
So much has happened! I’m in the omega force now, the most elite force there is! We’re called the death force, and we go in when the only option is to kill. I don’t really like the idea of killing, but if it’s needed to protect the herd then I don’t dislike it either. I have a few friends other than Anna now too, one of the being Ignatius. He looks like a demon on the outside, and indeed his mother was one he confided in me privately, but on the inside he’s as much Nequus as anyone else. He’s a bit gruff, fierce and all that but he’s clever and brave and strong and he’s kind to me so I like him. Anna approves of him too, which is always good.
All in all, I love it here; the people are brave and strong, and don’t dislike me for being what I am! It’s wonderful here, I wish all corssbreeds could be as lucky as I am!
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Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:44 am
Chasing Demons
So today I chased a demon, who turned out to be only mostly demon and actually on our side; he’s a double agent, and his name is Diego. I thought he was a demon though, so I chased him and when I caught him up, he was with Spyke, the little moon boy I remember. They pretended to know each other at first, Spyke thought Diego was normal and was trying to protect him, but they messed that up soon and I tried to explain to Spyke what I thought Diego was. Anna wanted me to just kill both of them in case Spyke was really a demon too, but I couldn’t just kill him for no reason so I didn’t listen to her. It’s the first time she’s ever asked me to do something I didn’t want to do, and it worried me a bit.
Anyway, I attacked Diego, and Spyke intervened so I had to fight him too. I cut him badly with my tail-blades, and I cut out his right eye. I didn’t want to, but he attacked me, so I had to fight back. Ignatius arrived then, and he told me the truth. I feel bad about what happened to Spyke because of a misunderstanding, but I can’t change the past. I went back to the herdlands quickly, and told the doctors the story Ignatius told me to tell them; that I’d seen Spyke on the border and thought he was a threat. He’s staying in the herdlands until he heals, but I won’t go to see him, I don’t think he’d want me to. It’s a shame, really, I liked him, and had a lot to ask. Has he got himself stuck down here now? What’s it like up on the moons? Did he come down and settle for a girl? He and Diego were talking about someone called Sekhmet when they messed up the ‘we know each other’ thing. It’s possible.
I should like to have a mate someday; somebody I know I can trust, somebody who knows about my powers, and about Them... Ignatius knows all of those things, but I don’t know if he’s interested in me or not. I’ll ask him, I think, worst he can do is reject me after all, and Anna thinks he might well feel flattered that I’d ask him. He might be physically powerful, but he doesn’t have special powers like I do... Yes, I shall ask him sometime. Not sure when, but I’ll get around to it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:54 am
Just a little bit different How many good people in the world can look like monsters? Quite a lot, it seems. First there was Ignatius, then I met Diego who sometimes looks like a demon, and now there's Sanue who's like Ignatius. He had clawed front feet instead of hooves and feathers all over his front half and a beak instead of lips. He seemed nice though, and apparently he's friends with Ignatius. Anna didn't want to risk that he might be bad, she wanted me to kill him but I ignored her and went to talk to Ignatius.
It's a good thing I did, it seems they've been friends for a while now, that Ignatius encouraged Sanue to join up. I look a bit different too, maybe a lot of the time the best people and the worst people look different. That sort of makes sense, maybe all of us were touched by evil powers but our hearts were too strong to be taken over, so we became fighters for the Chosen. I wonder if Ignatius and Sanue have special powers, I saw Diego's, his ability to hide how he really is, but they might have powers too. Maybe they're like me and have to keep them secret so They don't find out. That makes sense.
It took Anna quite a while to calm down. She said all sorts of bad things, and told me to do bad things as well. Horrible things. Is she changing? Is she going mad? I fear she might be. I love Anna, but these things she asks of me recently... I just don't know what to do.
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