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 Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:18 pm
Tahmores pawed at the red dirt, his muzzle close to the ground. Despite the last encounter with the Princess that ended on a bad note, he still roamed around the herd territory, though near the edge rather than towards the center where he was a few days ago. His coat was still covered with the red dust, but it wasn't as bad as it was a few days ago. Despite this, he looked rather thin and malnourished.
Shaking his head slightly, he lifted a hindleg and scratched at an itch behind his ear. He didn't expect to bump into the Princess anytime soon. He didn't know if she was looking for him or wondering about him at all. He would have thought that she would have forgotten about him since he was a lowly, herdless Jala who had nothing better to do than to roam around the herd territory.
Sighing, he closed his eyes and let his legs fold underneath his body. For once, he felt at peace with himself and he let his muzzle rest lightly against the ground, his ears slightly turned outward.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:29 pm
Yi wandered. She had not been, in fact, looking for the stallion she had encontered, however she had been thinking about him, his words. And it saddened her. Outwardly she was the same mare, however she was getting more easilly annoyed and snapped mroe readily. When questioned she sighed and said she was having a rough day. She was having alot of rough days. She glanced up at the sky. "Jala, what the hell did i do to deserve such a delema?" she asked. But she knew it could be worse...
However she wasn't happy. SHe had never been so miserable before and it was strange. Sh wanted to see Tahmores again. And this day shewas. So what if somone started to talk. She was the heiress, anyone she wan'ted to talk to, she'd talk to. She sorted a bit and trotted along, no feeling like flying today.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:47 pm
Tahmores snapped his head up and gazed around. he had thought he heard hoofbeats coming towards him, but it was only his imagination. Or so he thought. Shaking his head slightly, he slowly stood up and began to wander. He didn't want to be spotted by a herd Jala. He wondered if the Jala that might spot him would go to the Princess and tell her of his location.
he shook that thought from his mind. he didn't want to think about Yi at the moment. Her words cracked his already cracked heart and it would take some time to mend it properly. Sighing, he picked up his pace slightly, not caring where his hooves took him.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:53 pm
Yi moved along until she spotted a jala walking away...a stallion she had haunting her dreams for nights on end. "Tahmores!" without thinking she called to him. "Tahmores stop, please!" it wasn't a command or demand, it was request.
Then she had half a mind to turn and run...but she couldn't. She needed to know, to see, to talk to him. How much did he care, if he still did? Did he realize what he had said that day? If she had said she returned those feelings what might happen? Did he understand and didnt' want to belive it? or did he not understand at all....?
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:00 pm
Tahmores glanced back as he heard a familiar voice tell him to stop. He saw Yi walking towards him. He thought about giving her the cold shoulder, but that wasn't like Tahmores at all. But neither was flying away in the middle of what Yi had to say during their last encounter.
Shaking his head, he reluctantly stopped and waited for Yi to catch up to him. whatever she wanted to tell to him had to be important. Stomping a hoof, he turned his gaze away from her, clearly getting slightly impatient.
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:19 pm
There was no usual air about her as she stopped beside him. Not the normal aggorgent, or selfish thoughts. She seemed, weighted. Sighing softly she looked at him. "Took long enough to find you." she tried to keep her old tone but it fell flat.
"Look, Tahmores, I...what were you thinking? Do you know what you were sayign to me that day? I havn't stopped and now everything is messed up. Somone will think, somone will say somthing..." she looked away. "My entire life has revolved around becoming queen, about getting people to agree with me, to be ok with it, to want me. Yet that could all go away." Her voice had started to rise but it died again. "What do you want from me Tahmores? do you want to ruin my life? or do oyu honestly care about me more then anyone has ever cared before?" it held no sarcasim, just a question.
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 4:38 pm
Tahmores slowly turned around to face the femme as she started talking to him. He lowered his head slightly and stared at her with a blank expression on his face. He didn't want her to see what he was feeling at all.
Stomping a hoof, he turned his gaze down at the ground. "Still think I am pullin your leg, eh?" he asked her in a soft, flat voice. "What I said was true. I do care for you deeply, but..." he paused slightly to gaze up at her. "But what do I know. I am nothing but a weak, herdless Jala." That sentence held a hint of bitterness in it.
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 5:15 pm
She flinched a bit as her words were thrown back at her. "Tahmores...You are herdless. At the moment if you wanna talk to my mom you might have a better chaqnce of getting in, seeing as she is in charge as of now. And no...i don't...Not anymore."
She was silent for a moment. "When i said you were weak...I was angry..and because all i have seen from you was a stallion who looked ready to get their rear handed to them on a platter. I was worried about you, that you'd get hurt, there are alot of tough stallions around. I'm related to one who beats the day lights out of other stallions for stress relief! Your a nice guy, Tahmores, i didn't want to see you hurt, and yet when i showed concered you got mad! You know how ticked off that made me?"
Snorting a bit she looked away. "I was also upset from what you said...What would somone say if they heard about your little confession? a rumor could be devisating. And i don't care if its selfish, its what my life is centered about, always has, and will be until i am queen..." This was so frusterating! and confuseing! she didn't know what to think..."Tahmores i'm so confused."
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 7:23 pm
Tahmores held back a wince as Yi repeated that he ws herdless. he didn't want to get reminding by both himself and others that he wasn't in the herd yet. Hearing that her mother might consider letting him join, he ruffled his wings slightly, unsure of what her mother might think of him.
He frowned slightly at her next words. It confused him slightly. shaking his head, he stomped his hoof again. "I cannot change who I am. It is my nature to be shy of others. I never really had any loving family to take care of me, nor did I have any loving parents." He turned his body slightly, his gaze turning away from the femme.
hearing that she was upset about his confession about caring for her, he pinned his ears against his skull. "Is that really all that matters for you?" he asked to her. "is being Queen really all that you care about?"
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 7:35 pm
"I never said it was somthing you had to change over night, I said you needed to be carful and that i am worried for your safty. And you say that like i have the most wonderful family on the planet. My brother wants me dead!" she nearly shouted the last part.
She sighed and looked away. "Its all i have to live for, its my only reason for being, i have never had any other reason. And if i didn't care so much, put so much thought and devotion into it, i'd be dead. Besides the fact that no mater what anyone else says, my caring about this herd is NOT an act. I care about these jala, as a whole. The herd is m family, not my mother, who is rather annoying, not my brother, who hates that i was born, not my father who i barly know. The jala who live here are my family...its the only family i got, and i'll be in charge one day...alone." A few tears welled up and fell. "And its not easy! I am being tested all the time. it takes everything i am to keep track of this herd! And i can't deal with the herd and worring about somthing else! I just..." she took a shaky breath. " I hate the thought of ruling alone, I hate the thought of finding a stallion who will take my role from me...all i can think about is the herd, my family, and how the hell i will take care of it all...you could never understand, Tahmores...you've never held this big of a responsability on your shoulders..."
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:18 pm
"You have no idea what it's like having someone who wants to kill you," he muttered softly under his breath, the old memory of him bumping into the blind Aeri flashing before his eyes. he never wanted to see that Nequus ever again. His words still rang in his ears still.
"You're right. I will never understand your burden. I was never born into a herd, nor did I have any powerful parents, but don't let that burden wear you down. Just understand that you do have Jala here that can help you...that is if you just reach out to them every so often." He turned around and took a few steps away from her, wondering if she would follow him.
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:07 pm
She snorted a bit. "I do, have you not heard the talk? My brother hates my guts. I took the throne from him the day i was born. I know what its like."
She sighed and picked up her feet, snorting a bit. "Don't you walk away from me." she followed him. "Who? Who do i have that will understand me and not explote me? If any of these herd members were told what i have told you they would walk over me, i don't care how loyal they say they are, how shy. They would tear me apart."
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:21 pm
Tahmores was a little happy when he heard Yi following him. So, he was right in assuming that she would follow him. He stopped in his tracks, yet refused to look back at her. Listening to what she said, he remained silent for a few tense minutes before slowly turning around to face her.
"You have me," he said to her in a calm voice. "You are the first one to ever pay attention to me. Everyone else, other than one other Nequus, turned the other cheek whenever they came in contact with me. I have one last quesion for you-why did you pay attention to me that day we met? You could have been like that other femme and not payed attention to me, yet you didn't. You were persistent and you still are." He canted his head to one side and gazed at her, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:31 pm
Yi watched him for a moment. SHe blinked. Why had she? " I don't know" She said. " I really don't. You were interesting. At first it was just to make myself look better....but then i felt bad for you...and then...i don't know." She shrugged.
"I hav you for what?" it was more then just a surfice question.
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:48 pm
Yi's reply to his second question bothered him slightly. He didn't know what to say to her. He wanted a reasonable explanation for why she had taken such an interest in him. Stomping his hoof lightly, he gazed down at the ground until she heard her question.
"I am someone who can understand you, despite us not knowing much about each other. I may have done some wrong decisions since I have gotten here, but who hasn't? Life is full of bumps in the road and I want to help you smooth them out." He hoped he said the right thing to her.
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