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 Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:34 pm
His mother had told him not to wander too far off but he didn't think going past the tree line and away from the river was too far. It wasn't like he was as stupid as his brother and would get himself into trouble. Shaking his little head he trotted away from the trees and across the dirt to a patch of grass.
His mother was protective but she was smart. She knew that if she kept him and his siblings too close they'd never learn anything. Wylie might never learn anyway though. He was too excitable to have anything bother him at all or sink into his head.
He was smarter than that. His mother said so and his father seemed proud of him too. They'd called him something the other day but he couldn't remember what it was. Something about being smart but there was more too it and they'd laughed about it too.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:48 pm
 One thing was certain; Antony was NOT going back home. Not right now, anyway; after his run in with that stupid, UGLY brown filly he had no desire whatsoever to deal with his sister. Neve was always being stupid, after all, pickin' fights and then crying to Mama whenever she got one of her brothers to react and they tried to defend themselves...
Nope, girls were just dumb. It didn't matter what Papa thought, they were mean and stupid and...and...well, DUMB. They ALWAYS had to complain about something, or pick on something...
Stalking along in his own little blue funk, the colt looked back over his shoulder to give his wings a frown. The brown filly had been mean 'cause of his wings, called him and his Mama and whole family names, and for what?
"I am SO normal!" And he was!
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:57 pm
He jumped slightly when he heard another voice and turned around. He hadn't heard someone else coming and knew that his parents would be disappointed in him if they found that out.
His eyes widened as he saw another foal but this one had something strange. His parents didn't have those and his siblings didn't and none of the others that came around did either. He knew that birds had wings but not ones like that.
"Hey! ...." he startled himself by calling out to the other. He hadn't meant to do that but now that he'd said something he couldn't take it back.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:03 pm
The sudden greeting was enough to cause Antony to jump in turn; he hadn't realized he'd been speaking aloud, nor that there had been anyone else about to hear him. However, after his last meeting, he was more than a little wary...
Although at least ONE thing was good about this meeting; the foal who had gotten his attention was a colt, not a filly...so, no dumb girlness!
Realizing just how fortunate he was to have NOT met another girl, Antony grinned and called out a greeting of his own...then paused. "Hey!" Wait a moment, this colt didn't have any wings EITHER? Did ANYONE else out here have wings?
"You don't have wings." More a surprised comment than anything else, but a comment all the same. "Why not?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:11 pm
"Cause i wasn't born with'em? Why do you have'em?" Were they suppose to have wings? No that couldn't be it. If they were then his parents would have them too.
He flicked his ears slightly and peered at the other foal. It didn't look like there was anything bad about him so hopefully he wouldn't get in trouble for talking to someone else. His parents hadn't told him he couldn't really. Just to stay away from trouble.
"Never seen wings like that before."
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:20 pm
Well, that made sense, he supposed. "I guess so...and I have 'em cause my Mama has them. Papa's got wings too, but his have feathers on 'em. I guess maybe not everyone has wings, though, cause you're the second Soquili I've seen without 'em. Do your Papa or Mama have wings?"
Moving closer, Antony peered at the other foal curiously; unlike the muddy brown filly, this colt was kinda neat looking, with lots of colors even if he was missing wings. But after staring for a little bit, he stepped back and gave the other colt a smile. "I'm Tony, by the way; who're you?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:36 pm
"No ...." He shook his head. "Mama and Dah don't have wings. The others don't either." There were two more mares that lived near Mama but she didn't like them much. She'd told all three of them to stay away from the mares in case they got hurt or something.
"Dodger, Guess that means only some of ya have wings like yours then?" If the other foals Dah had feathered wings then his Mama had to have the funny ones.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:52 pm
Huh. That was kinda weird, if there were even more others out there that were wingless. Maybe Mama and Papa had just picked a wingless area to have kids? It was lucky that he and his siblings hadn't wound up without wings, too...
At the other foal...no, DODGER'S comment, he nodded his head, fluttering his wings a bit at the same time. "Yep. My Mama has wings like mine, and my brother and sister have feathered wings like Papa. Only Nicky-that's my brother? He has Mama's tail and horns like her. Does your Mama or Papa have horns or something?"
Maybe that's what they had instead.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:56 pm
"No ... Mama and Dah don't have anything like that. Look like me." Well not exactally, they were different colors, but none of them had any extra stuff.
"Well my sister's got weird eyes!" They were just solid red and glowed like their Dah's so maybe that was something? "They're just red, no white or black or nothin."
If there were more out there with wings maybe he'd run into more? His parents didn't talk about anyone having wings so maybe he'd be the first to make friends like that? Wouldn't that be something to come home and share.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:01 pm
"Hrm...weird eyes sound kinda neat. Everyone in my family just have normal eyes, even if we're different."
And different was certainly the case, it sounded like. His papa had told him and his siblings that they were special foals, that there were probably no other foals like them out there. After meeting Zillah, he's been rather stunned to learn that it was special in ways that were thought to be BAD.
But that made him wonder... "You aren't afraid of me or nothing, are you Dodger?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:04 pm
"They scare the creepy mares that live near Mama." He nodded. It was a good thing that the mares didn't like his sister since it meant that they'd stay away from her at least.
"... should i be?" There wasn't anything bad about him was there? He though he looked okay from far away and he hadn't tried to hurt him or anything. "Mama and Dah didn't tell me to be careful of other foals ..... just wolves or things with sharp teeth that could hurt me."
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:16 pm
"Creepy mares?" What, he wondered, was creepy about them? Maybe they just lurked around a lot, that might be creepy.
However, the reassurance was a positive thing, especially after what he'd just come from. However, the comment about teeth made him laugh. "Sharp teeth? I'VE got sharp teeth, see?" Grinning, he showed off his kalona fangs, only to quickly step back in reassurance. "I don't bite with them, though, so that shouldn't be a problem. And I dunno..."
Shrugging his shoulders, he gave the other foal a 'whatever' look. "Apparently a lot of Soquili are afraid of my Mama, cause she's a Kalona, and they might be afraid of me and my brother too, cause we look kinda like her."
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:22 pm
"Kalona? What's that?" He'd never heard of one of those. Should his parents have told him to watch out for them?
He shook his head and flicked his ears slightly. "Oh well ... you're not scary and if you try to hurt me i'll just have'ta fight back so no problem." He grinned and puffed out his chest slightly.
He peered at the other's teeth and though about that. He wondered how much damage those things could do and guessed it was a lot. He'd just have to make sure to be careful around anyone who had them even if he wasn't going to hold it against them.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:33 pm
"A Kalona?" Well, that was definitely not something he'd ever been asked before! Apparently not everyone knew what that was. "Well, a Kalona is..." He wasn't exactly sure, to be honest! Not what they were specifically, at least, but he COULD tell her about his Mama!
"Well, they've got wings like mine; they have three horns on their head, one big one and two little ones, and then instead of having a hairy tail they have a long tail kinda like another leg, or maybe a tongue? Anyway, it has spikes on it, and long tendrilly things, like rat tails, that you can grab with. Plus they have sharp teeth, and they can be pretty grouchy. My Mama get mad at my Papa ALL the time, but apparently some Kalonas are even meaner than that."
It was really complicated, actually; Mama wasn't very communicative about such things...or many things, for that matter.
"But don't worry, I don't bite. You don't bite people for no reason, after all!" Even if you could.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:45 pm
He tilted his head and though about that for a bit. They didn't sound all that nice but they couldn't all be bad right? Tony's mama couldn't be bad or she wouldn't have had him right?
"I'll just have to be careful so i don't get on the bad side of any of'em then." He nodded after a minuet. That'd be the safest thing to do. He could just stay away from them, unless he ran into one, and then he wouldn't get hurt.
"If you bit people for no reason i bet they'd bite back." You'd probably stop pretty fast if you got bit back every time you did it.
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