I WAS MADE TO KEEP YOUR BODY WARM
BUT I'M COLD AS THE WIND BLOWS SO HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS
Eliana had left him.
Abandoned him for reasons even he could get behind. Perhaps it is foolish to try to eradicate the disease on his own, foolish to try and help everyone he can find in all of Helovia. The problem is, he knows he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if he let anyone suffer when he knew the cure - or at least, a cure. His magic had worked on the illness, lifting the affliction from an individual with only marginal effort. Miykael suffers for his magic, taking on some of their pain each time he heals. In the thistle meadow he'd healed several in a rather rapid succession. Turns out, that isn't the smartest thing he's ever done. It almost sent him spiraling into darkness, lost to the very world he was trying to fix - no matter how temporary it would have been.
From there he found another one along the shore of the endless blue. Thankfully, just one; though he would have helped more if they'd been there. Miykael took the opportunity to socialize and, perhaps more importantly, rest. Dancing across the sandy shore, delighting in the feel of the waves washing over his hooves and retreating in an endless cycle. It had helped to rejuvenate him, though not enough to erase his afflictions entirely. The searing, pulsing, throbbing pain in his head is once again subsiding - dulling to a much more tolerable level. Yet the irritation in his throat remains; persistent but also increasing. It was steadily growing worse.
In the back of his mind it dawns on him that he's caught the illness, too and soon he, too, would have black tar marring his handsome golden face. For Miykael, it is all worth it. Him getting sick or hurt has no level of importance in his mind. His life - despite his companion or his children - is irrelevant to him. So with a few hard thrusts of his wings, he rises into the air and soars back towards home.
His blue eyes watch the ground as he passes by, always on the lookout for individuals on the off chance that they, too, had the disease. But things were relatively quiet. The world passing by beneath him is nearly empty. He passes over the Edge, his thoughts drifting to Alysanne and their daughter, Naerys. He hoped they'd escaped this awful disease but knew that, in his current state, dropping in on his old herd wasn't likely to be welcome. Instead, he continues on by, heading back to the Falls.
As the Falls become visible, however, his heart pulls him onward - towards the golden fields just above. The golden fields remind him of his birth home, of his youth with his parents (until he died at the hooves of the greedy bachelor herd). Perhaps the illness had a struck a chord in his heart, stirring a longing in him for a place and time long gone. He could ignore it and go home to the Falls but it wouldn't cause any harm to take the detour. So the pegasus soars and glides in for a gentle landing, the golden grasses sweeping against his dark legs. The sensation brings a gentle, warm smile to his face and for a moment his eyelids slide closed over his sky blue eyes.
That's when he hears her; a shuffling amongst the grasses while he stood still. Tucking his large white wings against his sides, his eyes snapping open to scan his surroundings. The tickle in his throat was growing worse; or, rather, changing. His throat now feels lumpy and his lungs wet and heavy, causing his breathing to come more ragged. The black ooze hadn't started yet but he knew it was coming. His blue gaze lands on her, the pale mare with the horn, and her illness is clear - stark against the brightness of her coat. He moves towards her then, easing forward carefully to avoid spooking her. "Hello." he begins, his voice deep and warm - roughened slightly from the illness. "This may sound strange... but... I can help you."
MY HEART'S AGAINST YOUR CHEST, YOUR LIPS PRESSED TO MY NECK
I'M FALLING FOR YOUR EYES, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW ME YET
AND WITH THIS FEELING I'LL FORGET, I'M IN LOVE NOW |
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