Things turned from bad to worse in the blink of an eye as chaos erupted all around their group. The harshness of Aurelia's tone hit him like a slap in the face waking him from whatever planet he had been on, what had he just done? This was not who he was, yet here he stood as guilty as any of them for saying things he did not mean. Yes she had trespassed without permission, why did he come so close to snapping over something so stupid. As the mare reared up the fire lit up her wings barreling them all with an inferno that superheated the air around them. Everyone was yelling, too much was going on, things just needed to calm the hell down!

The grey's mind was not even remotely functioning to pull himself from the path of danger, what did it matter if he got fried it wasn't as if he had much left here. Dipping his head against the scalding heat he could feel parts of his flesh erupt into pain as the outer layers burned from his hide, his eyes meanwhile streamed from the intensity of the heat. While the others likely drew back from the heat there was movement that caught his eye as Abishia barreled into view heading straight into the flaming path. His reaction came without much thought as he turned himself into her path hopefully preventing the mare from colliding with her target, what had they become? "ENOUGH Everyone..!" Were the only words that he could manage to choke out amidst the chaos before a choking cough cut his sentence short, this had to stop they were not barbarians. His ears were pinned flat against his skull with complete outrage what the hell was wrong with everyone?

The burning pain scorched every exposed inch of his flesh as his mind scrambled to make sense of what was going on, what had become of them? This was not the herd he had sworn to protect, those who cared little for the lives of another being regardless of their crime. Abishia, the kind mare he had brought here what had turned her so dark.. why..? Parelia had left with Ilios yet he had stayed but why... to serve his duties? They had feared for their own safety but he had been so blind to the impending danger burning so close to home. His heart was torn in two over the entire situation but now this.. Aurelia was not like this when he had run into her the last time...Everything he seemed to do always blew up in his face but he was not going to stand here and let the bullying continue, as long as he was still standing he needed to make this right.

A lightning strike hit nearby only adding to the confused mess as a torrential downpour hit like a typhoon drowning out the heat but not the burn that he felt upon his flesh. Kiara's pained cry cut through his pain like a knife, what had he done to his bonded she had been by his side through this entire ordeal. A frantic state chilled his blood as his head whipped around to find only the red welts and open flesh upon his back and side nearest Aurelia, Kiara was backing away from the flames shaking her head with eyes squeezed shut in an attempt to rid herself of the burning patches upon her striped coat.



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