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Devil had convinced his father to allow him to be off and on his own for the day. He told his father that he was strong enough to do whatever he wanted, and that he could handle wandering away from their territory for a few hours. By nature he was very dominating and demanding in his speech, so when his father agreed he rushed away from his siblings and took the opportunity to enjoy himself. He wanted to go beyond where they lived and see what else existed in the land.

When he made it out of the huge forest that surrounded his home, and arrived at an open field. He grunted lightly when he noticed the abundance of snow, and he also was mad to see that nothing was in the landscape. Rather then giving up, Devil trotted forward to examine the area itself. The landscape was huge, and to the right in the distance he could see the mountains his father spoke about. He would go explore those mountains when he grew older. The mountains were much too dangerous in the wintertime, but come spring he would make his way there. It was a challenge he could use to prove himself to his father, so with time he would make himself stronger and climb up the mountains.

He then looked to the left and saw even more land flowing into the distance. Apparently he had a lot to investigate in the new plain he was in, so without further ado he trotted forward and tried to keep himself focused on his task. He wanted to find something new and exciting. But with how the snow was looking, he wondered if such a thing was possible.

Many minutes went by of dull wandering, and Devil snorted at how boring the open field was. Every now and then something random would catch his attention, like a flock of birds flying overhead or the sound of snow crunching. Wait, crunching? The foal then took a double take and realized he wasn't the only one making a crunching noise in the snow. With swift movement, he turned himself in a circle and tried to examine what exactly was around him. Or rather, make sure he wasn't going crazy from the familiar walking-noise.

His empty eyes widened when he finally saw his culprit, and the image of the other foal was enough to complete his personal task for the day. The foal was MUCH different then he'd ever seen in his siblings. Devil had only heard about all of the creatures in the land, and now he was finally seeing one he'd never imagined before. With the multiple wings Devil could guess that it was probably an angeni, but one could never be too sure. Plus, his knowledge on all breeds were still lacking, but he did know that those with many wings were known to be angelic creatures. Well, considering that his father's knowledge was correct of course.

So without further ado, he made his way forward and called out to the other foal. He wasted no time getting the other's attention. "Hey! Are you following me or something?" When he was close enough to the other creature he halted himself so that he could leave enough gap-room between them. His father had always taught him to be careful when approaching strangers, even if one thought they weren't threatening or violent. His eyes continued to survey the other colt with actual curiosity, and it was an emotion he hadn't used in many days. Finally, he could find something new and brag about it to his siblings later on!

The situation became even more amusing for Devil, and he cackled to himself while watching the doubt that shined on the other colt's face. Why was he so nervous? If he was a guy then why wasn't he sticking up for himself? Apparently they both had conflicting personalities, and that was another thing Devil wasn't used to with his own family members. Ha, so this really was going to be a new adventure! He supposed he should enjoy it while it lasted. Or rather, enjoy the toughness he felt around this other new guy!

"Apology accepted." He finally said, while swaying his tail back and forth. If the colt in front of him was this afraid, well, then Devil would have to tone down for the moment at least. If he scared him away then he wouldn't be able to learn what the other guy was! "Explain to me what you are, and what those wings of yours do." Devil eyed them cautiously and was hoping they wouldn't beam forward and attack him. "And you aren't the only one who's curious." he finally added with a smile.

Devil then made a circle around the mysterious colt and stopped when he was back and in front of him. "So you wanted to say hello? Why? If you were curious you could have just said 'WHAT ARE YOU' or something. Like I'm doing." he puffed his chest up then and knew that his way was obviously the better of the two. But that was only because he had been taught those ideas by his parents. And, whatever his parents taught him was clearly the knowledge of the world.

An angeni? Oh, so this was one of those? Devil quirked his lip a bit as he thought about the name, and realized the other colt did look sort of angelic. His wings were at least impressive and neat. It was sort of humorous because in terms of opposites Devil and this colt had entirely different looks and breeds. That at least made this situation interesting. "Flying sounds like it'd be sweet." he then said, while glancing upward and wondering what it was like. "And two leggers? Ha! I like to chase them for fun!" But eventually they'd chase him and his siblings back, so that situation never worked out well.

"As for me, I'm a unicorn. Son of Antichrist and Anarchy, brother of many." He closed his eyes lightly and envisioned his wonderful family. "The name's Devil. How about for you?" He and his siblings all carried appropriate names that were chosen by their parents the second they exited their baskets. Devil loved his name, and wouldn't change it for the world. "And I like bothering others. Its my right to do what I want, and I mean, you also have that right. You just have to know how to use it." Devil figured that everyone could use the rules they wanted, as long as they backed them up somehow. That was how his older brothers functioned, and he rather liked a life of self-created rules!

"So what family do you come from?" From his knowledge, everyone came from big families. So he was curious to hear about the other foals situation.

Flying in storms? Oh my, that sounded wonderfully dangerous and extreme! "Man, there is a lot of dangerous stuff you could do with wings. Like, diving off of ledges and not knowing how far you'll go. Or, trying to scare people from above and taunting others..." he chuckled then and figured the other colt would probably dislike such ideas. Devil was extreme in most of the things that he did, and he would be the first to admit that.

When he noticed Astrophel's reaction to him being a unicorn, he puffed his shoulders out even more than usual. "Well, its good ta meet you, Astrophel. You should consider yourself lucky that I decided to be nice today. I mean, we are both colts, so I don't see why I shouldn't be civil. I was curious as to what you are, and you the same." he bobbed his head then and gazed his eyes out and on the landscape. "What does someone like you usually do for fun?" In truth, he was clueless about what others did every day. So all of this knowledge and learning was awesome for him!

When he heard the colt respond towards his family comment, he widened his eyes and frowned lightly. Astrophel didn't have a family?! Or wait... it seemed like he lived by others. "Yeah, I don't see why they wouldn't be your family. If they've raised you, that makes them similar to what my own parents did." He blinked then and still found it shocking. "So, you don't have siblings then?" Astrophel at least had others to keep him busy and social though, so that was a relief to hear. But, what did family mean exactly? Devil thought that it meant blood ties, but maybe there was more to it?

"Of course playing is fun!" he was excited at the thought, since afterall, he was still just a colt! But hm, why was Astrophel asking him something so simple? Maybe his life was much different than Devil had suspected? "If you enjoy playing with the foal you speak of, and if you have a good time, then it is indeed something entertaining to do." Devil's situation wasn't much different, he had his siblings to keep him busy. And, hopefully he would meet some other random encounters like the one he met today.

"If you want a family badly then you'll be able to have it soon." he then exclaimed, while being quite confident with such a statement as well. "It's simple, really. As my father has taught me, there are many in this land who don't try hard enough to get what they want. But, for us lucky few who desire our dreams and hopes, achieving is very easy." In a sense he was passing his knowledge off on the other colt. A part of him was showing off since he had gained such valuable information. But, another part of him was glad to help. It felt nice to share things that really mattered.

"Heh, my family is crazy." he then added, while swishing his mane back in delight. "But crazy makes me and them happy." He was feeling comfortable and relaxed, and before when he went in to meeting the colt he felt a usual stiffness and eagerness to stand the other colt up. But, now that they were chatting naturally, he found the entire process to be easier than he expected! "My family is probably kind of intimidating, too. But we aren't mean without reason." He then winked at Astrophel and laughed lightly. They were harsh to those who deserved it!

"I don't live far from here." he then admitted, while looking backwards and grinning. By personal preference, he never strayed too far away from home. His father would get too angry if he wandered off and got lost. Devil found it better to avoid trouble that was easy to solve, so he never went to far from their overall home-front. "What about you, where do you live?" Maybe Astrophel was allowed to venture around more than he was? If so, Devil would probably be a bit jealous. He wanted that kind of freedom for sure!

"And yeah, my family is pretty big. There's eight of us total, and I have a lot of brothers." It seemed like boys were the dominant gene in their family. He didn't mind being yet another boy amongst the rank of them. "It's easy to get big families. I think you'll find that too as you get older." If Astrophel wanted that sort of thing, of course. But, it also made sense to Devil to have people who were unrelated to be considered family. Which then meant that families could be even bigger! "Anybody important can be considered family, so that's kinda nice."

At the foals request of finding some apples, Devil could only grin and roll his shoulders. "Yeah, I'm ok with doing something like that. As long as we don't wander too far away. I think there are some apples to the north of this area, so if we just follow these trees next to us, we should get lucky." He started walking then and encouraged the other foal to follow him. "I didn't realize you were hungry, buddy!" Or bored maybe. Devil really had no idea! But an apple didn't sound so bad now that he thought about it. And luckily, he knew of the perfect place.

He also liked being in the position of 'leader', so he was happy to be in charge of where they could go! He wasn't sure if Astrophel knew of any good areas. "If you know of anything else cool around here just speak up, I'm happy to adjust our trail." He then added, to be fair of course!

Devil was quiet for just a moment as he tried to focus on where they should go. When his nose picked up the light scent of apples, he nodded his head and led Astrophel forward. They would be there in just a few minutes! But, for now, he decided to answer his pal's other words. He was interested to learn of some of what Astrophel meant.

"The heavens?" Devil had never heard of such of a word. He turned his head so that he could look at Astrophel and shrugged lightly. "Hopefully that isn't too far away?" He had no idea that the other colt meant the skyline, since his parents never taught him to believe in such a thing. But hey, life had those kind of differences, and Devil was getting used to learning as best as he could.

"Once you are able to fly I bet you won't have a hard time finding whatever you want." That was one of the good things of being able to navigate through the skies. "And if you do get lost, you can just land and ask other soquili. Sounds like a pretty good idea to me." He'd be able to meet who he wanted too, and that would be entertaining.