KAHLUA

As her shoulder rammed into Aurelia's flank, Kahlua cringed and again felt compelled to say she was sorry; however, the contact had caused a recurrence of the dramatic ringing in her head and Kahlua could do little but bite her teeth together. She was a delicate flower, not used to so much pain, and she did not know how to stop it from happening. But, she reminded herself, she wasn't supposed to stop the pulsations. This was her penance, her wooden cross to carry and she would have to endure the torture as long as it took. Perhaps forever.

In all the drama of killing Aurelia's companion, Kahlua had nearly forgotten she was upset about Kaj's absence from the battlefield. As she remembered now that he and her other friends were missing, Kahlua was surprisingly glad. She did not want them here because they would want to take her pains for her, save her from the punishment for what she had done. They didn't deserve that. They didn't deserve her. How could she face them now after failing them twice? First she had become a wraith, now she had slain Shilva. Was she even worthy of her title as queen of the peaceful Qian? Perhaps it was all the pain going to her head but Kahlua was beginning to believe that she wasn't.

With Aurelia once again running off, Kahlua decided it was in her best interest to turn and face the golden girl. At least this way she would know which direction Aurelia was coming from. Still, after the sting of her last hit on the golden mare, her heart was not in this fight. It was only for her herd that she continued to push on. Only for the smiling faces of her friends that she kept going. Except it hurt her to her very soul to think of them because she was certain they would think of her as a monster once they found out what she had done. She could see Resplendence's shining face warping into one of disgust as Res quickly hid her dragon away in her abundant locks. And what of Aly and her adorable Owlet, Eva and her dragon, Note and his lynx, Ktulu and her bear, Archibald and his malamute? The list went on and Kahlua could only shudder. They would all hate her and all she had ever tried to do was be good.

Her mind was drawn back to reality by the sound of Aurelia's hooves once again thundering towards her. Kahlua tried to stand her ground and hold her head high so that she might let the pegasus ram into her again. She tried to let herself be bruised and battered by the rages of a distraught mare; however, as she had shown time and time again, Kahlua was a coward. With the pain of her head injury still causing massive pulsations, Kahlua's instinct to run and jump out of the way took over. Even if Kahlua's brain thought that she deserved all of this suffering, her body was entirely against it.

Pushing off with from her rear, Kahlua jumped to the left and felt her swollen hind limb protest the bending that was required of it. With Kahlua presumably slowed from the snake bite, Aurelia's chest still hit the queen solidly in her thigh. As the attack pushed Kahlua further to the left, she was assaulted by pain from both left and right limbs. A squeal was let loose from her mouth, declaring her agony to the world as she reacted the only way she could when running on instinct alone. Lifting her hind end from the ground, Kahlua kicked out with her right hind and aimed for any part of the Seer that was within range.

Still, the sudden lowering of her head left Kahlua dizzy and struggling for balance so her attack was short lived and poorly powered. Lowering her hind limbs back to the ground, Kahlua winced on landing where she refused to move in order to save herself from any more pain. She had wanted to avoid death, had tried so hard to go on living to repent for her sins, but she could take no more of this. She had thought she could take it but as so many portions of her body pulsed in unison, Kahlua reaffirmed what she had always known... she was weak. She was even more despicable than the unicorns of the north because at least they could live with their pains. No... she could not take this anymore. If Aurelia wanted to let Kahlua live then the Seer would stop her attack and if she wanted to see Kahlua dead... That would be the price Kahlua would pay. At least death would be an escape from this torture.


Post| 4/4
WC| 800
OOC| Good fight Bay!

the sunshower