[PRP] Dream land never lies (Mahdi & Yukiko)

[LunaRei_SilverBlood]

The cold air of the mountain... Yukiko wanted to think she had gone numb to it, but it wasn't the truth. She sought refuge in cave, one that she had called home now. The air was still cold, but the wind couldn't touch the small horse. The sun had set and the moon was probably high in the sky, and it didn't take long for the usdia to rest against the bedding she made and start to drift into her sleep.

Her dreams told a story of happier days, and she sought solace in them.  

[one over three]

Mahdi danced through the sky, listening to the song of the wind in her hair. As sun bowed gracefully to it's rest the moon rose turning gracefully so it forever faced it's own dancing partner. The spirited angeni would have kept her dance up all night, if she could, but yet the weight of the world pulled her down and she glided eastward, looking for someplace to call her own for the evening.

So heavy was her head by the time she landed that she barely knew she was laying down before she was stepping out of her body and into the sleeping realm.

Despite the sensation of leaving her own body behind she didn't glance back. Once upon a time she'd fancied looking upon her own sleeping form but it was not to be. This was not the realm she'd left behind. She knew that turning around would show her a dream scape little different from that which sprawled before her.

 

[LunaRei_SilverBlood]

Yukiko fell asleep, and her world of darkness was brightened but the happiness that was coming. The stallion that had stolen her heart, he always came back in her dreams. anyone watching would see that she was happy and cheerful... Not her now usual cold and frigid self. She and the stallion shared an apple...

It was all just memories coming back to life, to keep the mare company. She had no idea that the Angeni she met not so long ago would be seeing her dreams that night.  

[one over three]

She paused first on what appeared to be a cricket dreaming it was a giant, and then upon a vast field of daises with a solitary figure at it's centre staring up at the sky. There was no colour. She moved on and came to a dream with a young and beautiful filly. Her coat was shining bright as the sun and more then simply content she was beaming. Even if she was told so how could she believe this was the sour, ice-coated falling star she'd encountered in the waking world?

A handsome young stallion was bringing her a red flower which was dripping with dew. The sun mare bit into it and Mahdi hesitated. Not a flower... an apple? She wasn't sure.

She crossed her arms across her breast, a gentle smile on her lips. The whole dream scape was quite romantic. Perhaps if she could remain unnoticed she could watch a while longer.  

[LunaRei_SilverBlood]

Yukiko spent the time watching the stallion would carefully doted on her, and made sure she was always happy. It was as if nothing could interrupt the scene. And the dream played for Mahdi more like a movie would in a montage then what a dream normally would. It was every night that Yukiko prayed for this dream.

After sharing the apple, the two would frolic in the field, like two lovers that had no cares in the world.

Yukiko in the awake world would look as if she was at peace sleeping. Because of this dream. She stood in her cave against the bedding to keep her warm.  

[one over three]

Mahdi followed them at a distance watching as the scenes shifted and changed. To her, who did not know what the memories should look like, the dream was much like any other. Objects where not always as they seemed to be and some details stood out as being other worldly.

She leaned out form behind a thick but greying tree. Which, she wondered, of the two lovers were dreaming? Was it the young mare dreaming of being courted or the young stallion dreaming of that mare he desired so sorely to pursue? Judging from the unearthly glow of the mare and her incredible beauty she guessed it to be the dream of the stallion. It seemed like the vision of one so in love.  

[LunaRei_SilverBlood]

As all good things come to end, Yukiko's dream started to fall apart. Everything went from bright and happy to something more cold. Snow started to fall as the season changed, and from where Madhi stood, she could see tears starting to fall from her small mares eyes as the stallion walked away. With no words, or showing of a goodbye, he was just gone.

The earth froze, much like the usdia's heart did. This was why she became who she was now, her heart was broken.  

[one over three]

Mahdi was too distracted by the changing weather to notice the tragic story unfolding between the two lovers. It was sudden, and beautiful. When she turned back to the pair she was surprised to see that the stallion was gone. She frowned. Had he died?

She looked over to the mare, who's glow had now faded. It wasn't gone entirely, but it was barely there.

Slowly she walked over to the place the mare was standing.

 

[LunaRei_SilverBlood]

Yukiko had sensed something like someone was watching her. Even though it was a dream the dream went from it's usual pattern to something new. She looked in the direction that Mahdi was standing but nothing was there. Was someone in the awake world watching her...?

That was scary, but she never knew how to wake herself up! Though when she looked down in the snow, she saw hoof prints there, that walked up to her.  

[one over three]

Mahdi was smiling as she walked over to the other horse, her bare, human feet pressing down into the cold snow with each step. When she reached the other she knelt down and stretched out her arm so she could gently brush her shoulder.

"It's your dream, isn't it."

The mare didn't answer, but then, Mahdi never expected her too. Gently she reached forward and brushed her fingers through the other's mane. It was soft, silky, and offered no resistance.

After a few long moments of brushing the other's hair she paused and took a star pin from her own hair. This she slid into the smaller mare's hair, taking that spot, and braiding downwards.

"You have a warm heart. Don't forget it~"

(( maybe just the braid is left? That could fall out before Mahdi ever sees her again. ))  

[LunaRei_SilverBlood]

The hoof prints turned into human feet right before the mares eyes. She could sense someone talking to her, and feel them there... It wasn't a ghost. But maybe she wasn't open... Her heart it wasn't open to see Mahdi there.

She felt her mane being braided, and it sent a chill down her spine. She glanced around... Even though she wasn't hearing a voice, she knew the words.

"It's your dream, isn't it."

"You have a warm heart. Don't forget it~"

And it was just as that finished... She woke up.