I was slowly beginning to yearn for the close community of a herd again, my visits with Aaron leaving me lonely whenever he wasn't around. Today was one of those days, his duties kept him and Alana busy while I wandered aimlessly through the thick snow covering the lands of Helovia. Soon the wonders of Birdsong would arrive and again things would be simple and easy, everything would be flowered and beautiful, rather than standing in the middle of a snow drift my white washed limbs would be tickled by the soft petals and contagious pollen of the purple flowers that thrived in this meadow. Sun kissed harks flicked back into pale dreads as a stray snow flake landed between red painted nostrils, the bare branches that hung heavy with snow were beginning to shake and tremble, letting their burdens free to the ground as the air grew warmer and the world rotated once again closer to the sun.

A gentle smile tugged at the corners of rosy kissers before white washed limbs struck out once more. I trudged carefully through the snow, further into the meadow where I would remain for the day, daydreaming of warmer days and the flowers that would soon fill the air with their wonderful perfume. The day dreams didn't last very long at all, before the shadow stained creature broke through the pristine scene. The darkness of his coat soaking up the brightness of the world around him, oblivious to the fact that he wasn't alone in the meadow as his skunk striped face burrowed into the snow to devour what young shoots of grass were starting to spring up.  Orchid pools rested curiously on his frame, rounder than the rest of us, rounder even than most of us would be in the middle of spring when the eating was plenty. Brown straps of leather circled his face in a fashion that I had been familiar to at one point, of course the one being used on me had been much cruder than the brass fastened on that rested on his features. 

I snorted, sending a cloud of steam into the cool air, just as the dark male began to move once again. This time it seemed his target was a stray branch resting on a snow drift not far from where I was standing. Ears swiveled forwards as I watched him move in on the deadly branch a knot twisting and forming in my gut, hoping that the creature knew what he was doing. The gods quickly answered my question when his yellowed, worn teeth parted and his soft neck reached outwards. "NO! Stop!" Vocals leapt into action along with the rest of my body as I turned sharply to sprint at the pudgy black and white animal, hoping to knock him off of his feet and away from the plant that would leave him gasping for breath and praying for death later on. 


 "Speech."
Tag | @Badger
Words | 492
Notes | Sorry it took me so long! I hope you don't mind her trying to knock him on his ass <3