.svg/2000px-Google_Chrome_icon_(2011).svg.png){kind=icon}
The first thing she noticed was the heat; it hit her like a wrecking ball as she stepped across the borders and into Helovia. Her black pelt seemed to attract it, and a thin sheen of sweat broke out across her flanks as she slowed her brisk pace to a more comfortable meandering walk. Curiosity burned in her frozen gaze as she examined her surroundings, drinking in every contour of these strange new lands. Her mother had never warned her of the smothering heat - it was near unbearable, and the young mare found herself seeking solace beneath the cool fronds of the trees.
Flies pestered her, buzzing around her head and ears. My mother spoke of beauty and sanctuary, not of incessant heat and irritating flies. But then again, this was not the world her mother had known - it might as well have been a different planet. She slapped her sides with her tail in an attempt to rid herself of the flies, half-tempted to turn and head back home to the cool embrace of her birth-herd and her family. But she knew, in a stark moment of realisation, that she had outgrown her old life - she couldn't go back. Lowering her head, she sniffed disdainfully at the grass. "alien," she muttered to herself. Everything was alien - perhaps this had been a mistake. Again her resolve shook and her heart tried to haul her back to where she'd come, but she hardened herself and took another step forwards. And then another. She remained in the shade of the trees, eventually halting in the coolest spot she could find. Mercy released a low sigh and glanced around, wondering if any would approach her - if not, it would at least give her a good excuse to turn tail and head back to familiarity. |
the Rift
|
the time of angels
|
|||
07-28-2012, 11:56 AM
| |||
|
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
|
| Messages In This Thread |
|
the time of angels - by Mercy - 07-28-2012, 11:56 AM
RE: the time of angels - by Mauja - 08-03-2012, 03:40 AM
RE: the time of angels - by Mercy - 08-16-2012, 06:28 AM
RE: the time of angels - by Mauja - 08-16-2012, 09:58 AM
|
