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Christabel yawns in boredom as she wanders toward a hidden river that leads to the most beautiful waterfall. A lazy smile appears on her face as she could remember everything that went on in her life. Last night was the most magical night because she got to meet her sisters that recently emerged from the baskets. But a twinge of jealousy blossomed in her chest as she realizes that she is not blood related to her father and those girls are so thus they will be recognized as Zahariah and Obsydian's children and she will be realized as a mare that follows Zahariah around.

Finding herself in a lush foliage that surrounds the deep pond that was formed by the waterfall, she closes her eyes letting the mist wraps around her body like second skin. Christabel flares her wings out and let herself get lost in the sensations of pleasure and peace.

The white stallion had found he waterfall by accident. He had found it a few nights before and had come here ever since to get away from his mother and sister, not that he didn't like them but his sister had these wings that he was sure must have came from his father. He had never met his father, didn't know what he was but just knew that he had inherited some things from him, one obviously being his good looks.

Maybe it was just fate that had led him to the beautiful alicorn that seemed to be near by, maybe she was the one to show him how good he really was.

He brushed the thoughts aside as he slowly looked at the female, she seemed so out of his league, she had wings like his sister but a beautiful horn as well. Much prettier then his sister, that was for sure.

Not aware of the white stallion approaching the spot she recently discovered, she retracts her wings to her side as she moves closer to the pond with her head lowered. Her muzzle skims across the cool surface of the pond. A pleased sound escapes her throat as she feels the cold water cascading down her throat and her eyelids flutters lightly. A familiar prickle zooms up her back indicating that someone is there

Christabel glances over her shoulder and sees a very handsome male standing there and she grins widely after she approaches him with her hips swinging lightly. "Why hello there, big boy..." She murmurs in seductive manner.

Ronen watched a little before she turned and looked at him, he however just watched.

Her tone of voice struck his ears and he suddenly felt very different. Maybe she wasn't out of his league at all.

"Hello." He tried to speak in a strong way to show him to be a sturdy stallion who was strong and clever, one that would be a good protector though Ronen didn't have much self belief so that wouldn't have been a true view of him in the slightest.

"What is a beautiful creature like you called?"

Christabel's golden eyes gleams with teasing glint as she flutters her wings against her body. She slants her eyes toward him. "Tell me yours first...." She smiles coyly as she leans in more closer. Her muzzle stretches out in a lazy smile as she could sense that he is trying to sound and look big and sturdy. "You know.... I have feelings we will have so much fun together." She purrs huskily.

This mare will never pass up an opporunity to flirt or seduce a male whenever the opporunity present itsself in front of her. Christabel slowly moves her gaze all over the stallion's body appericatively as she smiles once again.

"My name is Ronen, now may I be blessed with your name?" He was trying to charm her though this was the first time he had ever met a female that wasn't related to him and it all seemed so odd and strange.

Christabel watches Ronen with a light smile on her face. "Christabel is my name...." She moves closer as she uses tips of her wing to glide it across his neck as her voice drops to seductive tone. "Seduction is my game..... Say, you look like someone who can indulge in the pleasures of the life and appericate it to its fullest extent.." She murmurs.

Ronen found that a shiver flew through him as her sings touched his neck, she knew how to be suductive that was for certain and he was far too ready to give her what ever she wanted. He seemed to be an easy one to take control of, if that was what she was trying to do


"I know how to indulge in all sorts of pleasures my dear. Maybe I should show you?" He let out a small chuckle, not a harsh one, just a normal one but one that attempted to show some suductiveness in it.

Not far from the two lingered a black shape, his eyes on the golden mare and the way that she was acting around the other stallion. It seemed all too familiar to him. She had laid her wings on him once, keeping him close to her and he had believed she loved him but yet here she was with another male doing exactly the same thing.

Bes was confused.

Christabel's mouth forms into a small 'o' of surprise as the stallion flirted back. She chuckles huskily as she moves closer with her eyes lowered half way, murmuring in pleasure. But for some reason, she felt like someone she geniunely cares about is watching them at the moment and she tries to banish that thought out of her head and focus more on Ronen. "Tell me... what do you know?" She murmurs huskily near his muzzle.

Ronen looked at her with a cheeky smile on his face. Damn these girls they were just so inviting!

"I know the most pleasurable things in life for two gorgeous creatures to do." He didn't. He knew nothing aboug girls but as she was getting so close to him, he played himself up a little. After all this was an invitation he wasn't going to turn down and to prove it he nipped at her neck affectionatly.

Bes watched them, he could only hear little bits of what the two were saying but the movement of the other male towards Christabel hit him hard. No one could do that to her, she loved him and he loved her! Though of course he didn't know that she loved him, he just hoped.

He moved a little closer, slowly as a shadow stalking towards those its attached to.

Christabel laughs softly as she blushes at Ronen's comment, she knows that most of the stallions are sucker for mares that blushes. She murmurs something that shouldn't be heard in the public while she shies away from his nipping, giggling playfully. The movement of the shadows caught her eyes as she swiftly looks over Ronen's shoulder, seeing something that looks oddly familiar to her. "Someone decided to pay us a visit.." She smiles coyly at Ronen as she nuzzles his cheek gently.

Ronen was becomming incredibly happy and snorted at the mention of some else being about, however her nuzzle reassured him that she wasn't going anywhere so he was still going to get her later. They just needed to get rid of this pest first.

"He won't disturb us my dear, we have things we should be getting on with." He winked at her and then turned back to the dark shape, waiting to run him out.

Bes walked towards them, his head hung low in its submissive posture. He wasn't happy, that was obvious to see.

The snort of the other stallion nearly sent him running but he wanted to know, did Christabel love this stallion instead?

As he got closer he looked at them both and then rested his gaze on Christabel. She looked even more beautiful in this setting and it made him sad to think that there was a possibility she loved this pink thing here.

"Christabel...."

Christabel looks like she have seen the ghost when she realized that the 'shadow' was a stallion she have a major crush on, an embarassed blush appears on her golden cheeks. She wasn't sure what to say or do as she places her wing on Ronen's chest to prevent him from running her good friend out. "Ronen.. this is my very good friend." She murmurs to Ronen as she avoids Bes' eyes. "Bes.. meet Ronen.. I just met him.." She doesn't want to meet her friend's possible hurt eyes because it will cut through her heart like a red hot knife.

Ronen felt her wing stop him from moving and snorted again because as she spoke he knew in an instant any chance of him having a good time with this mare had suddenly vanished.

He snorted again and turned his back on them. "I shall catch you some other time, cutie, I see someone else wants your attention now. Good thing I can share." His words were chosen on purpose to hurt the stallion if possible. He was about to have such a good time as well.

He walked off, making sure that he looked perfectly fine and not upset at all, he would seek out the golden girl another time.

Bes listened to what she said and then what he said and kept his head low, he heard the stallion wander off which left him alone with Christabel.

"You found a mate then." He tried to push a smile onto his face and sound happy for her though he felt hurt and upset.

"No... no mates.. I was just having some fun." Christabel's voice became uncertain as she finally looks up at Bes, she could sense the sadness radiating from his body and it is hurting her to see him like that. "I-I am sorry if I hurt you." She stammers as she walks toward Bes but keeping her distance just in case Bes doesn't want to be near her ever again.

"I don't understand....." He looked up at her, his eyes meeting hers and he felt so happy for an instance till he remembered what he had just seen, then the happiness slipped away and he was left feeling sad and alone once more.

"Why?"

Christabel bites down on her lower lip as she tries her best not to let his emotions affects hers. She was already feeling like crap and she felt stupid for being so careless about herself and other soquili's emotions. She looks in Bes' eyes with geniune sadness as she looks up at top of the waterfall.

"I... don't know why I like doing this... flirting, teasing the stallions." She stammers as she frowns at her friend. "But... I am willing to try to stop if you want me to." She keeps her wings firmly against her body as she looks at him once again.

Bes looked up at her again, a little shocked by the last thing that she said. "You would stop.... for me?" Maybe she did love him after all?

He would hope. There could be so many reasons, maybe she flirted because she wanted to get his attention, now she had it she would stop? Yes that is what it had to be. Christabel did love him, she did, she did, she did!

Christabel smiles lightly as she looks at Bes with honest expression on her face. "Aye.. I will stop for you, Bes." She cocks her head to side and smiles at him. When Bes' face looks like it lit up, she took it as a chance to move closer to him. "Forgive me?" She sticks her lower lip out in a little cute pout.

Bes smiled as she came closer and nodded, "I will always forgive you Christabel!" He wanted to go closer to her, n** her affectionatly like the other stallion did but he stayed where he was. He didn't want to do something that might actually be a silly or stupid thing to do.

Christasbel smiles as she leans over, nuzzling Bes when she is right in front of him. "That is wonderful to hear, Bes! How did you find me?" She murmurs as she moves closer to him, nipping at his shoulder lightly.

"I..I just did, I don't know how." He stuttered on some of the words as she wasgetting closer to him. The n** on his shoulder was all that was needed and he turned and nipped her affectionatly on her neck. He then rubbed his head against her neck. He couldn't resist it.

Christabel grins at Bes. "Perhaps we are destined to be together." She teases him lightly as she murmurs in pleasure when she felt the n** and his head rubbing against her neck. She scoots up more closer, rubbing her head against his neck while using her wings to caress his chest or side lightly.

All he could do was hope what she said was true and to just enjoy the moment. Her wings tickled a little but being so close to her felt so good, his heart was beating so fast and he just wanted to be as close as he could to her body and that would be where he would stay, blissfully happy.

Christabel giggles as she guides him toward the small cavern behind the waterfall. "I just found this place and why don't we explore it together? Perhaps we will find alot of awesome things in here." She exclaims, showing her foal-like side and her passion for exploring things even if its just caverns.

Christabel walks through the forest along the river and she could hear and sense her father and sister is near. "Come on! They are just right around that bend of the river" She excitedly says as she flutters her wings and trots ahead of her 'mate' quickly.

"Zaicate!! What did I tell you about killing the mouses?" The male voice boomed in the air
"... don't do it again?" A young female voice says, a scowl could be heard in the voice.

Bes was a little worried, he didn't know what to expect with Christabel's family but he knew he had to meet them, she had met his mother and it was only fair that he did the same.

"Near then?" He gulped a little and just tried to smile. He wasn't planning on seeming nervous or anything, after all he was suppose to be a good mate for her, not a wimpish little boy.

Christabel turns her head toward Bes and giggles. "Yeah! Don't worry. They don't bite that hard, sweetie!" She laughs as she broke out in a full ground-slapping gallop "Race you!!" She calls over her shoulder with a laugh. She was very excited to see her father, and her family again.

Zahariah was about to scold his daughter when a flash of Christabel's golden coat starled them both which sent the filly running under her father's body. He automatically stood in defensive stance and his body relaxed slightly when he sees that its just his daughter. It looks like she is running from something...

Bes ran after her, "Hey slow down! Christabel!!! Slow down!" He laughed as he ran after her. He slowed down as the view of two others appeared. "erm.. hi" He stuttered a little as he looked at the defensive father. Eek!

"Papa!" Christabel laughs as she trots over to Zahariah and Zaicate and nuzzles them both. "Zaicate! How are you guys doing?" She says as her front hooves dances excitedly. She hears Bes' voice as she giggles. "Papa.. Zaicate.. meet my boyfriend Besyrwan. Bes.. This is my papa and my little sister Zaicate." She introduces them as she moves to the middle with a hopeful smile on her face.

Zaicate was the first one to show some curiousity about Bes. A little black filly slowly inches forward with her nose outstretched, and they all could hear her sniffing loudly. "Bes.. a boyfriend?" She says as she crinkles her nose up. She is in one of her typical phases where all of the boys are yicky and disgusting. "Ew.... boys are yicky!" She sticks her tongue out to emphasize her words.

Zahariah eyed Bes warily as he moves up behind Zaicate and Christabel, trying to look like he is big and strong stallion. He instictively puffs his chest out to make himself look even more bigger as he snorts. "Bes... I am Zahariah. What is your intentions with my daughter?" He bluntly says.

"Da!!!" Christabel says with her eyes widening.

Bes looked at them in turn and then looked at the little one, she was so cute! He laughed as she mentioned how she disgusted boys, it was rather amusing. However Christabel's father scared him. What were his intentions?

"Er.... Intentions?" He paused trying to think of something cheeky to say or maybe a little funny, after all he didn't want to look boring! He saw Zaicate in the corner of his eye and smiled.

"My intentions are pure and simple, to love Christabel with all I am and make as many babies as possible." His voice was a little sarcastic by the end but was true and meaningful when he said how he loved Christabel.

Zahariah closes one of his eyes (almost like >_O expression) and stares at Bes. He could detect the sarcasm in the last part of the sentence and he nickered slightly. He paws the ground in almost anxious manner. "How did you meet Christabel?" He says as he unwittingly moves in front of Christabel, almost like he want to shield her from any guys that wanted to call on her and try to win her heart. He could see that this guy is special because Christabel would never bring any stallions home to him unless she is serious about him. "She is my baby....." He thinks to himself and a frown appears on his face. He knows that he will have to go through the same song and dance with his daughters when they grows up.

Christabel snaps her wings against her body in almost irratiable manner. "Da..." She whispers in annoyed tone as she moves around then she moves toward Bes. "Don't worry, hon. He is like that all of the time" She says in reassuring manner as she nuzzles Bes.

Zaicate watches her father speak but she only caught some of the words and she headbutts her father in the leg. "Da! You need to speak more louder! I am deaf remember!" She says high-pitchedly as she toddles over to Bes. She did something that nobody would expect her to do. She headbutted the stallion in the chest and growled at him. "Boys are yicky!! You are not going to touch my sister!" She exclaims loudly.

Bes looked at her father curiously. "I met Christabel when I was a foal, she terrified me with that horn of hers and those wings. I thought she would stab me or something. I believe she laughed at me." He chuckled at the memory, it was such a long time ago.

He looked at Christabel and jus smiled. It was ok he was doing well possibly. However the little one hit him off guard and he stepped back a couple of steps and then looked at the little one confused.

Christabel used her wing to nudge Zaicate away from Bes. "She is in her boy-hating phase right now.. you know.. the one where little fillies or colts will go 'eeew.. cooties!'... Zaicate, apologize to Bes please. He did nothing wrong to you." Christabel looks at her youngest sister with a warning stare.

Zaicate was very pleased that she got a stallion to step backward and she wanted to do it again so she moved toward Bes but got intercepted by her older sister. A loud complaint escaped the filly's mouth as she pouts loudly at her sister. "But... he is a boy!! I don't wanna!!"

Zahariah tried to hide the fact that he was very amused with his youngest daughter but he failed at that because there were a huge grin on his face. "Zaicate..." He tries to sound serious and stern as he looks at his daughter but laughter danced in his molten gold eyes. "Please apologize to Bes. Bes, I am sorry for my daughter.." He grins widely.

Bes watched the family and sighed. He felt like such an outsider and maybe he wasn't good enough for Christabel.

"Its fine it doesn't matter..." He mumbled and looked up at Christabel with a smile on his face. The smile was forced though. He did love her, loads but he did suddenly feel that he wasn't good enough for such a beautiful mare.

Zahariah stares at Bes and he could see that the stallion is uneasy. He casually moves toward them and looks directly in Bes' eyes. "Are you sincere about loving my daughter? if you are just saying that to get laid, I will suggest you turn around and leave right now." He says in almost dangerous voice.

Zaicate could feel the uneasy oozing off Bes' body like something that smelled stinky. She crinkles her nose up impulsively as she stares at him. "Being afraid around my da is not good idea!" She exclaims as she moves her head in headbutt position

Christabel looks like she wanted to stab her father and sister at the moment because they are doing all of this on the purpose. "Da.... Zaicate.. I brought him here because I wanted him to meet you guys. Now.. BE nice to him." She whispers to them as she frowns slightly. "I love him and I want to become serious with him." She mutters to Zahariah

Bes looked at Christabels family and then at her. He raised his head and stood tall next to her.

"I don't think anyone would let anyone get away with headbutting them if there wasn't a good reason for it. If I didn't love Christabel there is no way in the world I would be here right now." He snorted. He was getting annoyed, he was mostly submissive but there were some things that he wouldn't allow to slide past.

"Whether you like it or approve or not I love your daughter and she loves me and I doubt that headbutting me or anything else will change that." He snorted again, he was getting angry and he was getting serious. He loved Christabel but he wasn't going to let her family intimidate him. He loved her and thats all that mattered.

Zaicate watches Bes as she listened to her sister's whispered comments. She sniffs loudly as she stared at Bes with open hositlity. "I don't like you." She proclaimed as she moves toward her father's legs and wedged herself between his front legs. She glares up at Bes but she couldn't help but to stare at the kalona markings on his legs. Then she did something that Christabel did when she was a kid. "Does those hurt?" She gestures to the markings on Bes' legs

Bes looked at his legs and shook his head. "They are just markings like yours on your back. My father has them and my sister." He wasn't about to mention he was par Kalona though maybe that would have scared them a little.

Zaicate stares at Bes curiously as she raises her face to Bes. "But... those doesn't look like they are part of your body, Bes." She says with a disgust evident in her voice.

"Zaicate!" Christabel and Zahariah says at the same time. "I am sorry.. Zaicate here apparently think she can get away with saying things like that" Zahariah says as he frowns slightly at her daughter.

Bes snorted. "Well they are as much part of my body as those legs of yours." He just nodded at Zahariah and looked back at the foal. "You need to watch your tongue, there are some soquili out there that would bite it right off if you were rude to them." He knew that to be true, his brother would most definatly do such a thing.

Zaicate snorts as she moves away from the small group. "Only soquilis I fear are kalonas and the soquilis that wear skins of dogs." She smugly says as she turns around. But she have so much to learn and she is just a filly who thinks she is at the top of the world.

Christabel smiles wryly as she lips Bes' mane in affectionate manner before she whispers. "Trust me, my other sister is not like that. She is more sweeter." She leans against Bes and looks at Zahariah with a questioning look on her face.

Zahariah grunts as he stomps the ground and he follows his daughter Zaicate with his eyes. "Bes is right, Zaicate. So I will suggest you behave yourself right now and apologize to Bes." He sighs. "She will get a lecture soon." He says to both Christabel and Bes before he smiles slightly at Bes. "You look like you could hold your ground against anything."

He nuzzled Christabel and then looked at her father ignoring the stroppy youngster.

"You would too if you had my family." He shook his head and then nuzzled Christabel a little more. He couldn't hold his ground against anything. He was terrified of nearly everything and he was only being like this because of Christabel. If his brother turned up he would be gone in a flick of a tail.

Zahariah raises his (if he had one) eyebrow at Bes. "If I had your family.. what do you mean by that?" He blinks as he cocks his head to side slightly and watches Bes but he will occassionally turn his head away to n** at Zaicate's rump in a silent warning to behave himself.

Christabel smiles faintly as she looks like she knows something that her father doesnt. She glances at Bes for a permission to explain things.

Bes nodded at her. He wasn't going to say anything, after all his father was the sweetest guy in the world and Bes was proud to call Thestral father. His brother however had got a temper of a true Kalona and so left the family once he met their father. His sister, well she left long ago but Bes never liked them and feared them both.

Christabel takes in a deep breath. "Da, Bes here is part of kalona. His father and his siblings are full fledged kalonas while him and his ma is just like us.. a regular soquili." She looks at Zahariah then at Bes and she clears her throat and hastily continues before her father could do something stupid. "But Bes only have some of the kalona markings but his personality is ..." She looks at Bes and paused. "Skittery but he is very sweet guy. I hope you will take some of the time to get to know him."

Zahariah listened to his daughter's explaination but when he hears that his daughter's boyfriend is half kalona, his eyes nearly bugged out of his sockets. "Kalona? that mean.. does he eat meat?" His eyes darts from Bes to Christabel in alarm.

Bes looked disgusted at the suggestion. "I am no different from you." He didn't have much else to say. He was proud of his blood line but his siblings and father eating meat did disgust him somewhat.

Zahariah looks very relieved as he takes in deep breath. "Thats good.. but no offense to you though. Kalonas have a very bad reputation and yeah.." He smiles slightly at Bes then he reaches over wit his muzzle to nuzzle his daughter. "She is my first daughter and I love her very much as you can see.." He speaks to Bes as he rubs his cheek against Christabel's cheek which elicted a happy murmuring sound from her. "If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have this kind of family.."

Bes nodded.

"She has a way of making things so much better then they were." He smiled at her and nipped at her neck affectionatly.

"I will look after her. I love her."

Christabel blushes as she smiles shyly at Bes then she looks at her father. "So... you approve of him, da?" She says with a hopeful look on her face.

Zaicate makes face at the mention of love and she sticks her tongue out at them. "Eew... .love.. yick yick!"

Zahariah watches Bes and Christabel quietly with a smile on his face. He could see that the stallion geniunely cares about his daughter and is willing to do anything for her. "Well...." His ear flickers slightly as he tries to look serious. "He is part of kalona...." He paces in front of the couple. "But....." He took his sweet time in answering Christabel's question, he knows that it will make Christabel become more nervous and twitchy. When he hears a small pleading "Daaaaa...." from Christabel, he laughed and grinned at them widely. "But of course I approve! If I didn't, Bes won't be here right now"

Bes listened and waited. He hated waiting. Though as he waited he smiled and nodded at Christabels father.

"Thank You." What else could he say? He had the approval he had been certain he wouldn't get. Now though he wanted to get away, he wanted to ask Christabel something, away from the family.

Zaicate nips at Zahariah's tail and moves around to front of her father. "Daddy.. I am tired and I want my momy.. can we go now?" She says in pouty voice. She was getting hungry and tired and she definitely wanted to snuggle with Obsydian and Jaziel. She turns around and toddles over to Christabel. "Come over more, Chrissy! I miss you..." She smiles slightly at the alicorn before she regards Bes warily. "Are you going to be my brother in law?" She bluntly says

Bes laughed at her bluntness. "I think its your sister you should be asking. Its her choice after all." He smiled at Christabel, glad that her family was leaving. Just one small thing he wanted to say, one small but important thing.

Zahariah shakes his head at Zaicate's bluntness before he chuckles with Christabel. "Well, we don't want your mama to worry about you so yes, lets go." He gently pulls on Zaicate's tail. "I am sure Christabel is sick of us already.. same with Bes." He winks at them playfully as he turns around. "Its nice meeting you but... if you hurt Christabel... you better be prepared to die." He glares at Bes warningly

Christabel was speechless by Zaicate's blunt question as her eyes went wide. "Zaicate!" She says in a laughing voice as she nuzzles Zaicate and Zahariah. "Da... I can handle myself.. I am an adult!"

"Adult.. filly.. it doesn't matter to him, Chrissy.. you know that" Zaicate says with a wry smile as she is being led away by her father.

Bes smiled and nodded. He wouldn't hurt Christabel so he didn't pay too much attention to the warning.

Once they were along he turned to Christabel and laughed. "You have a rough sister there..." He chuckled and looked up before looking back at her. "Christabel... now both our families approve will you take me as your mate? To live together side by side for the rest of our lives? On the condition you don't cheat in races by flying.." He smiled widely a she finished but he was honest. He loved her and they hadn't ever officially become mates.

Christabel watches her sister and father disappear into the forest with a smile on her face as she turns toward Bes. She laughs as she shakes her head. "Yeah, I think she got that from her mother." She says before her eyes went wide as he askes her to be his lifemate. She pretended to pout at the condition of not cheating by flying. "But.. what the use of my wings if I don't cheat sometimes?" She teases Bes with a laugh as she nuzzles him lovingly. "Oh my Besyrwan.. of course I will be your mate for the life.. I will remain loyal to you and stay by your side no matter what happens." She says as she beams at him happily.

He laughed. "Your wings are there to make you look stunningly beautiful.. I mean you would be so ugly without them!" He was teasing of course.

"I am glad you will be my mate. I love you Christabel." He nuzzled her lovingly and smiled. He was the happiest stallion in the world.

Christabel makes face at Bes as she giggles. She nuzzles Bes happily as she murmurs gently. "I love you too, Besyrwan. Now and Forever and ever." She snaps her wings against her body as she snuggles up against him.