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This Was Over Before It Began - Morrigan - 06-17-2015 Morrigan A shiver ran down my spine, every hair on my body standing on end in an attempt to block out the chill of the winter air. Many new just how hot the desert could be, but unless you lived in the Dragon's Throat, one could hardly grasp just how could it could be. I was thankful for the massive amount of hair that draped over my back like a coat, but I did feel sorry for my young companion. Scarlet eyes glanced down towards the bongo, the rust colored antelope keeping as close to my body as he possibly could. We had been on our own for quite a while now, wandering deep into the desert to allow my mind the time it needed to relax. Rarely would we see another, minding our own business and steering clear of the herd for what was probably months by this point. I'm not even sure why I felt that I so desperately needed the distance, but I felt better now. With Pongo at my side, the nightmares I used to have were slowly diminishing. They never completely faded away, always lingering in the back of my conciense like a wolf in the shadows. But my little companion could put them to rest, cuddled up in a little ball next to me while I slept. The time away not only helped to clear my head of certain...issues that I had been trying to forget about, but also to strengthen my bond with Pongo. After all, it was Pongo's idea to return to the herd. To be honest, I think he was beginning to miss watching some of the others. As did I. No matter how much we both enjoyed our time alone, we still enjoyed to pass time by watching others. Plus, what if I was needed? The thought that a member of the herd being in need while I was gone sent a pang of guilt through my chest, my auds flicking back as I realized that even though I was always around, I had essentially abandoned them for my own selfish needs. A little bump on my leg shook me from my thoughts, Pongo had headbutted me to get my attention away from the guilt. Soon, the scents of others bold old and new filled my nose. I was close. I was home. OOC: Rusty writing...Table by the amazing Wanda! RE: This Was Over Before It Began - Sikeax - 06-17-2015
RE: This Was Over Before It Began - Morrigan - 06-17-2015 Morrigan The peaceful silence that I had grown accustomed to was instantly shattered by a familiar voice calling out my name. Auds flicked towards the younger mare while my ruby gaze settled on Sikeax. Her reaction was most unexpected, so much so that it brought me to tilt my crown in confusion. 'Is that you?' Of course it was me, unless she knew of some other web coated mare with copious amounts of hair trailing behind her. The sheer way that she questioned me put me in unease, and I dropped my eyes to the ground in shame to avoid looking her in the eye. "Yes, it's me." Maybe my fears had been justified, maybe they truly needed my care while I was gone. How could I have expected to be welcomed though? When I was barely a recognizable face to the majority of the herd, a passing shadow that every may have seen at some point but never really knew. My name alone would only be recognized by a select few, Sikeax being one of them. When I found the courage to meet her stare, I realized just how slowly she was approaching me before asking where I had been. What had happened while I was gone? "I never left Dragon's Throat...I've been..." My voice drifted off softly as I glanced over my shoulder to the stretch of land that I had traveled from, my footsteps beginning to be erased from the sands by the harsh winter winds. What the hell was I going to tell her? I let my emotional baggage get the better of me and ran away? I let a filly-like crush break my heart and couldn't stand to be around him for much longer? I got over attached and had to do something to desperately try and break that attachment? "I don't really have an excuse, and for that I am sorry that I vanished." Now I met my fellow healer with an apologetic gaze, crown lowered slightly as I spoke. "I just...I don't know, I needed a break from things that wouldn't leave me alone. I needed to get away, clear my head." I could feel my emotions twisting into that of curiosity, and when I glanced down at my hooves I noticed that Pongo was hiding behind my legs while staring intently at the companion that I had never met on Sikeax's back. It was fascinating, the way our bond could bend and pull at our emotions, encouraging one over the other. It was only a few seconds later when the curiosity changed to concern, and I narrowed my eyes back up at Sikeax. "Are...Are you okay? Did something...happen, while I was gone?" I wasn't quite sure what kind of answer I was hoping for, but there were far too many disastrous possibilities that lurked behind such a loaded question. But I couldn't just let the question go unasked, Sikeax seemed so shaken up about something. I highly doubted that whatever was bothering her had much to do with my disappearance. |