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On wings that looked like they had no more substance than the thinnest of clouds a small dainty kalona mare flew low to the ground. Her bi-colored eyes were scanning the ground with the sharpness of an eagles. She snorted in an annoyed manner and tossed her head back. The lands seemed void of of life on this day and that annoyed the hunting mare.

With a snap of her whip lie tail she banked sharply towards the earth tucking her wings in close she dove down like a missile. She seemed nearly about to hit the ground when the semitransparent wings snapped open. She hit the earth with a thud before loping off folding her wings down tight again.

The mare let out a rumbling growl and slowed to a leisurely walk "there has to be something of interest out today."

She fixed her mane as she walked along with a wing making it lay perfectly again the soft crimps rustling likes waves.

Shade halted as she heard the noises behind her and slowly turned her head aorund eyes narrowing to slits. Something rather stupid, or something wanting to be found was following her and for it's sake it had better have been kalona. With a decisive flick of her tail sounding more like the crack of a bull whip she turned slowly to face the oncoming intruder to her privacy.

When the kalona filly emerged Shade relaxed visibly as a smirk pulled at her lips. She was a different, and more rare it seemed, kind of kalona with the cat of nine tails style of tail and the almost unicorn styled horn, butt hen Shade had two extra horns so that wasn't too much of a big deal for her anyway.

She eyed the filly up and down, she seemed to be there, yet made of shifting shadows which was interesting indeed.

"Aye, you are a brave one so far from your mother young one. Yet my daughter was the same way so it must run in the blood of fine kalona mares."

Her tail twitched again and the dark roses growing on her forelegs quivered as if they were alive.

Shade moved a foreleg pawing the earth slightly with a bright blue cloven hoof, and in reaction the roses quivered again. The vines truly had learned to grow up around her legs their crimson vines wrapped tightly against her skin.

This one was a brave filly, or stupid depending on how you saw it, and shade admired it well enough.

"Well, I would quiet say that, some kalona are more hostile even to their own brethren than others." She frowned, visibly perturbed by that and flicked her ears back for a split second then she laughed "but such are the fools whom would burn bridges eh?"

"I'm NightShade, and what's your name young one?" Her tail twitched behind her whisking across the grass as if trying to sheer it off.

Shade smirked again at the filly, she defiantly had the right attitude. She herself was far more laid back around lessers than most other kalona were but she didn't care what others thought about her.

"Well, your mother sounds like a fine kalona mare then and you are being taught well." Her tail flicked with a whip lick crack, and her wings stretched upwards.

"I'm only traveling, looking possible for some lesser toys to play with, but I don't like to hunt in the territory of another kalona if I can avoid it. I feel it to be disrespectful to my dark brethren," she smirked. Not everybody saw it that way, but maybe she was far to chivalrous to others.

"Are you out hunting then or prowling your future territory?"

"As one can see, your already showing the tale-tell signs of future greatness." She had never wanted to be one of greatness, preferring to stay in the shadows around even her own kind whom could just as quickly turn on each other as a lesser.

"I just know that I don't want another kalona hunting on my territory and takeing my prey so I try and show brethren the same respects." She smirked dryly, it rarely mattered as most kalona didn't drift into her territory.

"Sometimes it is rather unlucky to find another kalona, Ive personally found that our brethren can be fickle and turn on each other for being half-lings or in my case, different looking enough or not acting as a true kalona in their eyes." She only chuckled her tail flicking back and forth behind her as she stood there.

"Not a lot at the moment, only two, a daughter and a son."

"Ah! Now those creatures it is fine to torment. They are nothing but stains on the kalona blood anyway and should be eradicated." She wrinkled her muzzle in disgust. True she had mated with a half-ling but he was one she saw as being of strong blood and in the end both of her children had taken more of her traits than his anyway.

She chuckled lightly "I have no doubt you could easily defend yourself young one. It should take only one time for a creature to learn that eve the so called 'tainted bloods' can be just as strong if not stronger than us pure-bloods."

The next question from the filly's mouth made Shade pause and consider it for a moment. Did she enjoy motherhood? "Interesting question, I've never considered it much. I viewed motherhood as a duty to further the breed," she flicked her tail once again considering it "but I guess watching creatures you had a hand in creating grow up to be proud and strong beings has many rewards, so yes maybe I do enjoy being a mother... to an extent."