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 Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:44 pm
Yamika beat her wings once or twice more, directing herself in the air towards the grassy area by the river and then glided earthwards, landing with a soft thump on the ground. She looked around again, the smokey, barely tangible parts of her body gently settling in place after her flight and moved towards the water, hooves sinking into the damp mud on the rivers bank.
Wings now folded away, and with a glance around again she bent her neck, one foreleg bent as she took a long drink. There was still warmth in the sun and in the air, although the season was turning toward the end of the summer, it wasn't quite there yet. She straightened with a faint sigh, relief...and some inner turmoil.
It really felt strange being out on her own, knowing that her bridges were burnt for the foreseeable future, and though one day they might be built again, she couldn't rejoin her family herd, and neither would she even consider joining her Grandfather's, even if she were to be welcome.
She wondered what had happened, how the power struggle had ended, if her siblings and her parents were okay..they were all strong so they had to be. She became lost in her thoughts, staring at her rippling reflection in the moving water.
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 6:55 pm
Amid the green and brown of the foliage along the edge of the clearing, something white shimmered dully in the shadows. The large bulk of the stallion lay against the base of a sturdy tree. Ebony-green tipped wings furled against his sides, the drape of dusty purple and gold cloth almost obscuring the body of the stallion underneath. Shaggy mane and tail dragged over the ground, tangled with twigs and leaves. The figure didn't move as the mare landed, nor as she approached close to where he lay asleep to drink.
Yet when she finally lifted her head, one dark eye had opened, watching her through the overgrown length of dark hair, having lifted his head from where it had been resting against his chest. The stallion didn't move, didn't even speak, but simply watched, silent and immobile almost as if he was some kind of possessed statue, only his single visible eye following her.
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:27 am
Yamika shook her head, realising that it wasn't a good thing to be so lost in her inner thoughts, she was on her own and in a strange place. There was no family members to watch her back, to pay attention at the moments when she couldn't.
At these thoughts she felt a chill along her spine, the hairs gently lifting along her neck. She really did feel as if someone was watching her right now, someone close. She stepped back slowly from the river, muscles tensed and wings shivering slightly, preparing to take flight if need be.
She inched along, hooves lifting and lowering slowly as she moved, peering into the shadows under the trees nearby as she did so. Her breath caught as she caught sight of something..either her eyes were playing tricks on her and it was a strangely shaped bush, or there was another standing under the trees.
'I see you..' she said quietly, looking at the shape.
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