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Mare :: Pegasus :: 15.1 hh :: 6 (Orangemoon)
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11-20-2015, 04:41 PM

NASREEN


Silently, the maiden waded in the shallows off of the Dragon’s Throat, letting the cool water swirl around her fetlocks. Even as evening fell, it provided little relief from the scorching summer sun, but without trees there was not much to be done apart from flying to the mainland for some shade. How she missed the damp embrace of the dark wood in the Edge! Even at Tallsun’s worst, the Edge had never been as unbearably uncomfortable as this godsforsaken desert. Moodily, she shook a sweaty strand of hair from her neck.

But who was she to pout? Nasreen asked herself as she plodded through the waves, following the shoreline. They had offered her a home here, after all, and without them she’d surely be lost. She should be more grateful, she scolded herself. Still…in her time here, the girl had made few friends, and her only contribution to the herd was common footsoldiering for seasonal patrols. Her new home had held the promise of so much more, yet here she was, feeling as empty and alone as an outcast. Confused, the mare kicked a hoof across her reflection in the sea, sending droplets flying like shattered crystal.
 
Nasreen didn’t know what caused her to look up; perhaps it was the far-off cry of a hawk, or perhaps it was Fate itself that drew her eyes to the sky. Either way, she couldn’t believe what she saw. She had stopped watching the horizon long ago, but now that the silhouette that she had so eagerly awaited had actually appeared…her thoughts trailed off as she watched the stallion swoop into one of his trademark dives and her stomach did likewise. Bucephalus was back.
 
She did not understand what spurred her into a full gallop as his hooves touched the sand, shooting to meet him like an arrow fired from the east. But she was running, her own hooves barely skimming the ground as she rushed up to meet him, breathless and a bit dazed. When she halted before him and the hawk that perched so gracefully upon his shoulders, she found that she didn’t know what to say—what could she say, after all, when she couldn’t make sense of all the feelings that were suddenly vying for attention in her brain? And so she settled with next-to-nothing, doing her best to keep her grey gaze distant as she commented, “You’re back?” Though she hadn’t intended it to, it came out as a question rather than a greeting. And now something behind the clear silver eyes flickered, and they sought the stallion’s gold stare for the first time in seasons, wondering if this time, he would stay.

 
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Gold [Joining] - by Bucephalus - 11-20-2015, 02:34 PM
RE: Gold [Joining] - by Nasreen - 11-20-2015, 04:41 PM

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