|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:28 am
[img in a sec]
Martin sniffed curiously at a flower then jumped back with a howl as a bee came out of it and stung him on the nose. He wimpered, then pulled it out, letting out another howl. Sniffling, he walked over to the stream and stuck his nose in it. The water felt good against the sting. He sighed with relief, then pulled his nose out and looked around.
It was a beautiful day, but he was lonely. His father, Qin, had let him go off on his own since he was getting more responsible, but there was no one to play with. Martin frowned a little, then walked over to the meadow that was just past the stream. He sighed happily, maybe he would find a butterfly or two to chase.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:06 am
 Alyna wandered around the meadow with her ever proetective wolf guardian watching her from nearby. Alyna had managed to convince Lyka, and her mother, that it would be okay for her to go exploring if Lyka came along. Lyka had figured that this was better than Alyna wandering off by herself, and so had agreed to it almost immediately. Perhaps Alyna was becoming more responsible as she grew older.
Suddenly, Alyna heard someone yelling. "It sounds like they got hurt!" she said, galloping off towards the sound.
A very purple foal was sticking his nose in the stream. Alyna, confused, wondered what happened to him to make him do that. She walked up slowly, not wanting to scare him, and said, "Hi there. Um..why are you sticking your nose in the stream?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:22 am
Martin jumped at the voice, and turned around, his ears perked curiously. He saw another foal standing behind him. He cocked his head, this foal had spots all over her. He sniffed curiously, then said, "I stuck my nose in a flower and a bee stung me." His eyes watered a little, his nose still hurt.
He eyed the stranger and sniffed again. She smelled like a wolf, this puzzled him. He looked around, and saw a wolf famaliar nearby. That explained it, sort of. He swished his tail, then said, "Who are you?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:49 am
Alyna felt bad for him. Bees weren't any fun. "Oh...I bet that hurt!" she said, wishing she could think of something comforting to say.
"I'm Alyna!" she said, smiling. "I'm out exploring with my guardian, Lyka. She's over there, making sure I don't do anything foolish." Alyna pointed towards Lyka with her nose and grinned. "I've been out on my own loads of times, though, so I don't see why she's so worried. Oh, I'm being rude, I never got your name." She wondered what sort of name this purple foal could have. Maybe something majestic and strong!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:18 pm
Martin cocked his head, Alyna, it was a nice name. He swished his tail and said, "I'm Martin." It was such a plain name he had always thought, his sisters name was very proper, very chinese, like his parents names. But he had been Martin. He grinned a little, he loved the name though, a little usdia named Scarlet had given it to him, after his father, Qin, had 'lost' him.
He looked curiously at the wolf famaliar, she had on a rainbow necklace, it was quite pretty, for a necklace. Martin had never really liked necklaces, not after he had gotten all tangled up in one and fallen into a river.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:47 am
Alyna grinned at him. "It's good to meet you, Martin." She thought that he had a lovely name.
Lyka walked up to the colt, sniffing to make sure he was a good sort of foal. After all, she couldn't be too careful. Alyna had made friends with a half-Kalona the other day, and Lyka didn't want any more "riffraff" around her young charge.
Alyna, dismayed, thought that Lyka was being too protective, as usual. Lyka had fussed at her for what seemed like hours after she had come home talking about her friend Haya, a very nice half-Kalona who had been nothing but gentle. All Lyka saw was the Kalona in him, which saddened Alyna.
After a fashion, Lyka smiled and said, "You seem like a good enough foal." Lyka scratched behind her ear, then continued speaking. "Martin, right? Play nice with this girlie and I won't have to bite you." she said, her voice playful. She wouldn't actually bite a foal. She loved the little ones too much to actually hurt them. A weakness, it seemed, in her dealings with Alyna.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:08 pm
Martin's eyes grew wide as the wolf grinned. He didn't want to be bitten! He scrambled away from the wolf a few steps, watching her wairily. He whispered to Alyna, "Will she really bite me?" He flattened his ears, and pretending bravery, growled at the wolf. Though it more came out as a high pitched whinny.
Martin sat back, a little perturbed, then decided to just ignore the wolf and concentrate on playing with his new friend. He asked, "Why were you out here? I was out here cause I wanted to play, but my daddy said no. I begged a lot, and he finally said yes. Though he tried to send his fox famaliar to track me and make sure I didn't get into trouble, but I saw her, and I went back and gave my daddy a good talking to." He grinned.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:47 pm
Alyna laughed softly. She whispered back to him, "She won't really bite you. She just likes to act all tough to get me to listen to her." Alyna smiled. She knew that Lyka didn't have it in her to hurt a foal, and she exploited that fact to the best of her ability, using it to escape trouble time and time again.
Alyna grinned. "I wanted to go out exploring. I just have to get away sometimes, and go look at things I haven't seen before. I convinced Mama that, if I let Lyka come, I could go out and explore anytime I wanted." Alyna shook her mane to get it out of her eyes. "I wish I could talk Mama into letting me go off by myself."
Lyka growled a bit. "Foalie, you're too little to be runnin' off by yourself. You'd git yourself hurt, you would." Turning to Martin, her eyes softened, betraying her love of foals. "Furball," she said, her voice, though still harsh, as tender as it ever could be, "I wouldn't hurt you. Your Papa would prob'ly give me a good kick to the rear if I did. And it wouldn't give me any pleasure to harm you. Lucky you're so cute, 's all I've got to say."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:09 pm
Martin nodded warily as he was assured that Lyka would not bite, but it was still a little unerving to be around a wolf. He jumped a little as Lyka spoke to him, and figured that she was alright. For a wolf that is...
He puffed up with pleasure as Lyka said he was cute, Martin wasn't a very egotistic type of foal, but he wasn't above gloating over praise now and then. He turned to Alyna and said, "Yeah, I had to beg my daddy to let me come out on my own."
He swished his tail a little, and said, "So you were comming out to have an adventure? What kind?" Martin perked his ears. It had been a pretty slow day for him so far, excluding the bee and meeting Lyka and Alyna. Speaking of the bee, Martin's nose was starting to puff up a little.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:08 pm
Alyna frowned. "You're lucky, then, that your dad lets you out alone..." Smiling at him, she said, "Yep! I was coming to have an adventure! I don't know what kind yet...I figured that it would just happen, and I could decide what kind it was later." Alyna grinned, then suddenly stopped. "Martin! Your nose is swelling..." Concerned, she stepped closer to look at it.
Lyka frowned. "Looks like you'd better go stick yer nose back in the stream, bucko. You wouldn't want that swelling to get worse. It'd hurt more."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:36 am
Martin sniffled, then yelped. Sniffling hurt. He whined, "But the stream is so c-cold! I don't wanna stick my nose back in there!" He sniffled and yelped again, and decided that a cold stream was better than a swollen nose. He walked over to the banks of the river, shivered, then stuck his nose back into the water.
"Aahhh..." He sighed, the water was cold, very very cold, but it felt good against the sting. He rolled his eyes over to look at Alyna and Lyka, and mumbled though the water, "An adventure to look for something? That would be fun!" In his excitement he accidently jammed his nose down into the rocks at the bottom of the stream. He whimpered again.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:07 am
Alyna's concerned look deepened a little. "Martin, you ok?" She felt so bad for the poor colt. She wished she could fix his poor hurt nose. "Would you like to go exploring later, when your nose feels better? We could have an adventure!" She said, smiling a bit.
Lyka watched all of this, trying to think of a remedy for Martin's nose. "Foalie, what exactly did'ja do to your nose?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:39 am
Martin blushed a little, and said, "I, I um, I stuck it in a flower. And a bee stung me" He was quite embarrassed by the whole thing, as one lesson his father and Scarlet had always told him, 'don't stick your nose into flowers, a bee might come out and sting you. Or holes, the inhabitant might bite you too.'
Martin's ears flicked at the sound of an adventure, and he pawed at the ground. "Dat soubds fun!" He squealed, his voice thick from his nose swelling. It didn't hurt much anymore, only if he banged it against something. Or sniffed, sniffing was bad.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:19 am
Lyka smiled, chuckling a bit. "So that's what happened. I can't fix that, bucko. You're doing the best thing for it, by keeping it cold." Lyka wished she could fix it for him, just like she wished she could help Alyna somehow when she ran into poison ivy. The poor dear itched for weeks.
Alyna grinned at Martin. "Well then, an adventure it will be!" She laughed softly, glad to have met a new friend, but unhappy that he was hurt at the same time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:15 am
Martin nodded dejectedly, but perked up again when Alyna said they were going to have an adventure. "Really? We're going to have one?" Martin's eyes glazed over, and he started thinking of how he and Alyna were going to find a lost treasure, or a new species of soquili. He snapped out of it, and said, "Well, an adventure is exciting, fun, and full of danger!"
He tilted his head, and asked, "But where are we going to find something like that around here?" All around them was just a meadow, a small forest, and the river. Nothing exciting or dangerous at all in Martin's opinion.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
