(Self-rp for Cloud Runner)
Finally!! He was free of the restrictions that had plagued him for so long! Pausing the young stallion glanced back over his shoulder at the high mountain range that reared up behind him. The chill of those high plateaus still rode his body, his coat standing on end in a doomed effort to keep the cold of the high winds out of his bones. Yet still, elation fired his blood, warmed his heart and filled his chest with the indescribable sense of excitement. This was how it was ment to be! This was his destiny!
Turning back to face south he gazed out over the most magnificent sight. The land dropped away below him, the sharp flanks of the mountains upon whose base he stood, mellowed into the rolling hills and valleys of the lowlands. Entire forests stretched out across the horizon, a river sparkled in the far distance. And beyond it all, was his destiny!
Suddenly the sleek sapphire blue youth reared up on his hind legs, front hooves pawing at the skies as he screamed a challenge to the future, to the very land that was soon to bare the print of his hoof for the first time, to all those strangers who he would soon meet. With a second trumpeting call, full of youth and confidence, the newly matured stallion leapt from the rocks upon which he stood and galloped madly down the last of the craggy, uneven mountain skirt.
His hooves suddenly hit the softer texture of the first lowland grass and with a shrill whiney of delight the youth tore down the rolling hillside. Galloping as fast as his legs could carry him, his short bob-tail whipping behind him, punk-like mane rippling along his crest from the rhythmic, ferocious pounding of his hooves. Pure joy and unbridled excitement filled him to over flowing, pressed him harder, faster, till he was a blue stream racing down into the valley.
This was freedom, this was life! Running with out care, running into adventure, free from the restrictions and responsibilities of home!
