What was this strange place? How did I get here? Where was mama? There was so many questions yet nobody around to answer them as the sun rose higher into the sky. Standing upon shaky legs she let her eyes wander around looking for any sight of her mama only to find more trees and more scariness. Why would mama leave her like this, surely she was looking for her. Having found a trail that smelled like her mother she had followed it until the scent had disappeared before bravely continuing forward with mild hesitance. Mama had always told her never to be out past dark and based on the fading light it was getting close but where had mama gone? Stopping the filly turned herself in a circle starting to feel a little nervous being out here all alone, sure she had been alone before but never for this amount of time. Had something happened to mama? What if she was hurt? Stumbling backwards as a bright flash of lightning lit up the sky the filly found herself falling backwards as her feet seemed to catch in the thick undergrowth.

Picking herself up just as the water droplets started to pour from the heavens she tucks her leoline tail tightly around herself as her eyes fall to the metal charm that her mother had given her. The bracelet type thingamabob would loosely around her tail in a gold spiral while four sharp stars dangled from it in various places. Mama had shown her how she could use it to protect herself if she ever needed it by just whipping her tail out towards the danger. The stars were sharp enough to cut into flesh but not do any great damage like some of the other things that mama had had. She had never expected to actually use them she liked them more for the beauty and to hear them click together as her tail swayed side to side as she moved. It reminded her of home when the many neat grown up items would be used to practice using them for a reason completely unknown to her. Mother had always kept her well away from the practice sessions saying that she was too young to worry about something like that. At just over a month old she believed herself to be old enough so she had snuck out once to observe from the shadows to see what it was all about. The blood and screams had shaken her so badly it didn't take her long to return to where mother had left her only to curl up in a ball and cry. It was horrible and she didn't understand why everyone was trying to hurt one another leaving them with bad lacerations and bruises. 

Shaking her head to clear the water from her face she picked up the pace needing to find mama cause she was getting scared. Another loud clap of thunder rumbled overhead before a lightning bolt struck down into a tree a few feet to her left setting fire to the now broken tree. Screaming out of fright she raced away barely managing to keep on her feet with all the vines and stuff grabbing at her hooves with wide eyes and tears streaming down her face. Soon enough her luck ran out as a branch or something collided with her legs sweeping them from underneath her, tumbling to the ground with another screech she lay there trying to catch her breath. Shivering as the icy rain pouring down upon her the filly pulled herself back up painfully hobbling forward to cling to the trunk of one of the largest trees. Where was mama? Why was she not here? "Mama! Mama where are you?" She screamed out her voice quivering with fear. Letting her legs give way the young girl tucked herself into a small nook created by the roots hoping to hide from the storm.


Hera Speaks

“Every loss, every mistake, was seared into her soul, creating a different kind of tattoo, one made from rage and abandonment, heartbreak and tears”