KAHLUA

Kahlua did not want or mean to hurt the golden child. She could only take solace in the fact that her actions were made in self-defense instead of malice, that it had been the gods that had inflicted pain on the golden child instead of herself. When she had sparred with Ricochet she had been cornered by a raging stranger, given no choice but to fight for her very life. Later, with Farenjar, she had foolishly tried to avoid becoming a part of a non-existent warrior's tournament. Still... neither of those fights had hurt the mare's soul the way this one did. To have to fight her family was something she had yet to come to terms with.

A scream- no, a murderous bellow- and furiously flapping wings drew Kahlua's attention away from Aurelia's cantering. She turned her blue eyes to the sky, searching for the owner of the sound. It was none other than Kaj. Aurelia was wrong. She was not alone. Kahlua's heart soared, joyous and relieved. Kaj was here to help her, to be the voice of reason in this chaotic moment that the queen did not know how to handle on her own. Then others joined him and Kahlua's brow furrowed as she realized that it was Alysanne trying to stop Kaj rather than aid him. Her heart skipped a beat as she struggled to figure out why one of her best friends- her trusted councilwoman- would try to stop the king from helping her. Was Alysanne working with... No! The queen refused to believe such a thing. She would not even entertain the idea.

However, she could not consider the chaotic scene in the air any longer. Aurelia was speaking and Kahlua's now equally pained and puzzled gaze shifted downwards again. She never considered that Aurelia's biting words were simply a distraction. As the Seer's voice ripped Kahlua's heart and soul to shreds, Shilva's teeth did the same to Kahlua's flesh. The childish queen had wanted to pout, to stomp her hoof at Aurelia and give some retort to her accusations. All she could do now was scream.

A pained whinny filled the air as Shilva's teeth dug deep into their intended target- Kahlua's left gaskin. Instinctively, reflexively, the queen picked up her left hind and kicked out even as blood began to trickle down and her limb began to swell. If nothing else, snake venom was effective. “Oh Gods, I'm sorry!” she cried through clenched teeth, a single tear finally falling from her eye as she realized that she had tried to kick a companion. Had she hit the poor thing? She hoped not and looked back to try and find the snake in the grass. Even if it had bitten her, Kahlua was sure it was only through commands from Aurelia. No companion was truly evil... right?

But more distraction left the queen sorely unaware of her surroundings. She turned back to Aurelia but the mare was already in flight, headed straight towards her. Putting her left limb on the ground, the queen was assaulted by a new wave of pain. She hesitated to move, to put her full weight on the limb, and that moment of hesitation cost her. She might have been able to fully evade the flailing pegasus but she moved too slow. Kahlua's body shifted to the left (hind limb still pulsing and swelling with effects of the snake venom) as Aurelia's front hooves battered her rump.

Kahlua flailed, throwing her head into the air and tossing it to the right in reaction to the pain. Still, perhaps the chaotic movement would serve her well. Would she hit Aurelia's side or hind limbs with her head or neck? Would she throw the girl off balance and send her flying to the earth? It was a distinct possibility but the queen did not notice. She was so focused on her tightening rump muscles that she did not pay attention to what her head was or was not touching.

As the pain from her now multiple injuries continued to pulse insistently, to assault Kahlua's senses until she could think of nothing else, the normally peaceful queen began to grow angry. “THEN STOP THIS NONSENSE!” she cried out loudly, not caring that the Seer had apologized or was treating her delicately. Her tone was accusative as she placed all the blame of this situation onto Aurelia; however, even the daft queen did not expect her shouting to work- it just made her feel better. Shifting to relieve her left hind of some weight, the queen let her ears fall back upon her head. The next time Aurelia attacked, she would be ready... she hoped. Still, she couldn't help but feeling rather hurt that her friends were not helping her in this.


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WC| 799
OOC| Information on Kaj and Alysanne's presence near-by found in this viewing thread. Essentially, they are in the air. Kaj is flying towards the battle and Alysanne intercepts him to stop him.

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