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Deceased
Mare :: Pegasus :: 15.3 :: 6 Buff: NOVICE
Stella :: Secretary Bird :: None Aud
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01-12-2014, 04:28 PM

And please remember me as in the dream
We had as rug burned babies
Among the fallen trees and fast asleep
Beside the lions and the ladies.



Our minds can be so fickle, so hard to control. As Lakota's presence registered in the mind of the golden-girl, every fiber of her being suddenly fixated on a way to deny what was plainly obvious. Lakota had misinterpreted her - hadn't she? Of course she had. Phaedra wasn't speaking about herself! No, no! She was...repeating something that someone else said. Er.. Something she would tell someone else...A story she had heard long ago? The dark mare already thought her weak and ill-suited for leadership, but it was the disdain and disapproval that had been so evident only a few days prior, in meeting with Locket, that rallied Phaedra's mind to create a defense.

The two had been close at one time hadn't they? And for that, Phaedra couldn't let herself fall even lower in Lakota's eyes.

...little sister...

And everything had changed. The weight - of leadership, of loneliness, of pretense and the expectations placed upon her - suddenly felt lifted. Tolio was gone, Sohalia was...pregnant again, who knows. Shacked up with her caveman boyfriend somewhere, and her girls had abandoned her. She had no one, save for Stella. Alone in this herd that she ruled, but if Lakota...if Lakota would take her back, as a friend, as a sister, things could be okay again, couldn't they? They could be....like they were before.

As the darker mare spoke of those she had loved, Phaedra's tear-stained eyes glistened with confusion. Not only was the idea of Lakota being in love, something that might have made her chuckle under different circumstances, but the golden-girl couldn't even begin to think of whom she might mean. Tolio was the only one she had ever had persistent feelings for - and she doubted that her cinnamon stallion's antics would be any more well received than her own, in the eyes of the healer. Apollo? It had been a fling...when they were younger (much younger, it felt like), and now...there were only fleeting glances between them. Leadership had pulled them so far a part, that a personal word was never spoken between the pair. Who could she mean? Quilyan? Levi? It just...didn't make sense.

Phaedra might have found the words to reply - might have asked the pertinent questions, like who she was speaking of, the dynamics of the herd...but she found her voice caught up within the confines of her throat, as new tears rushed into her gaze. Starlight feel from her lithe body, as she moved forward, choking back a sob.

Forgive me little sister. I have wronged you.

Phaedra lowered her hornless crown, wanting it to rest against Lakota's shoulder. Her pink lips trembled as she tried to fight to bring the words out, but continued to fail. Shimmering waves of gold fell before her eyes, as she cried into the warmth and strength of Lakota's shoulder.

"You do it." Phaedra finally whispered, unable to say anything more.


That called you what you like and even might
Give a gift for your behavior
A fleeting chance to see a trapeze
Swinger high as any savior.



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Gleam and Resonate - by Phaedra - 01-07-2014, 02:21 PM
RE: Gleam and Resonate - by Lakota - 01-08-2014, 01:41 AM
RE: Gleam and Resonate - by Phaedra - 01-12-2014, 04:28 PM
RE: Gleam and Resonate - by Lakota - 01-13-2014, 03:00 AM

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