one more day, one more time [abba]

[PRIVATE] one more day, one more time [abba]

Alleo Posts: 115

Hidden Account atk: 5.5 | def: 8.5 | dam: 4.5

Stallion :: Equine :: 17.3 :: 12 HP: 60 | Buff: NOVICE

ali

12-31-2013, 09:41 PM

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Below my soul
I feel an engine
Collapsing as it sees the pain
If I could only shut it out...</style>

Some days before Alleo had been in a forest, though it was nothing like the one he was standing in now. The Threshold was sparse in places and could be considered sunny compared to this and Alleo found that he much preferred this forest. It was quieter, more peaceful, and he felt as though he could wander without feeling obligated to find some lost soul and offer them sanctuary only to have his head bitten off by the ungrateful wretch that he found. The stallion looked up toward the canopy and watched the birds as the darted from tree to tree, chirping and singing to one another. Squirrels scampered through the fallen leaves and pine needles as they gathered food for the coming Frostfall and Alleo knew that it was only a matter of time before the snow would be pelting them and food would become scarce. He watched a pair of squirrels race across a tree branch then down the trunk and play tag around the base of a tree before running back up again.

The corners of Alleo's mouth curled upward as he watched them, marveling at how carefree they were in the face of the coming Frostfall. He envied them and wished that there had been a time in his life when he'd had even an ounce of their apparent happiness. His snowy tail flicked and he began to walk once more. There were several clearings in the forest that he came upon and each was beautiful in its own way. Some were filled with wildflowers, butterflies and bees floating from one to the other. Soon they would be buried under feet of snow. Another had a small creek cutting through it and several deer and stopped to drink. Alleo, himself, took a moment to drink from the stream before his journey continued.

For hours the stallion walked in complete silence, observing the wildlife that he glimpsed on his travel. Eventually he came to the center of the forest, though he had no way of knowing it was, and stopped short. Before him stood a giant tree, bigger than any of the others that he remembered seeing and at the base of the tree was a pool of water. Alleo stepped closer and peered down at the pool of water and his reflection and was shocked when his reflection was tainted red. The first thought that came to mind was that it was a pool of blood that he was staring in to, but there was no scent of death. His head lowered and he sniffed at the water and noted that it did not have the irony scent of blood. Then he tasted it and found that it tasted nothing like blood. Alleo lifted his head again and looked at the tree and wondered why it stood where it did, larger than life and so very imposing, and what the pool at its base was supposed to signify.

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