Shivering as the cool ocean wind blew around his damp coat he wondered how long he had been out for. Had the girl left already? Mulling over the dilemma he had found himself in he just happened to look back down into the water and catch sight of something just below the surface. Lowering his head he squinted trying to get a better look at whatever it was floating down in the surf only to feel his blood run cold. A few lone feathers were lying upon the churning water and by the looks of them they were not belonging to his rather distinguishing wings. What had the filly looked like again? In the few seconds that he had managed to see the girl he didn't exactly have time to take in what she had looked like considering he had been trying to jump out of her way. What kind of crazy girl was she anyway? He thought having a strange feeling that me might actually know the girl from somewhere but where? She had looked to be a brownish colour from the little he could remember of her before she had crashing into him. Everything after that was very hazy and uncertain up until the point where he had woken up. For all he knew he could have been laying here for hours.

Peering back down to the feathers another blob appeared upon the surf as the waves rolled back in once more. This time it was a lot more than feathers, it was the filly! Oh no, no, no, what was he going to do? Maybe if he could fly he could try and save her but he was a failure at that. Fear began to swallow him whole as panic slowly spread throughout his body knowing that there was no one else around to help them."ANYONE HELP!! PLEASE! He screamed praying to the gods that someone just might happen to be lurking around to come help. He couldn't leave her like this, he needed to do something...but he was scared. Flicking his ears back fearfully he couldn't seem to pry himself away from the ledge as the sickening feeling of the filly's uncertain fate started to eat away at his conscience. Why was this happening? He wanted his mother. Tears began to streak down his cheeks as his brain tried to figure out what to do. Maybe it served her right to die...she had run into him after all. As soon as the thought surfaced he felt sick to have even considered it. She didn't deserve to die regardless of what she had done she hadn't even gotten to say hello. He needed to help her and the only way he could see it was him jumping down in the water with her. The brindle had done some swimming with mother but he wasn't very good at it, but if he didn't try she would certainly die. Gritting his teeth together he took another tentative step towards the edge pulling his wings close. He had to do it, he just had to. Taking a breath the boy leapt awkwardly off the ledge thanks to his injured leg and prayed that he would clear the sharp rocks below.

As the colt plunged below the surface he felt his muscles freeze with the shock of the cold enveloping he body like a cocoon. It wasn't until he felt his body scrape up against what he concluded was a rock did his survival instinct kick in telling him to swim to the surface before he ran out of oxygen. He felt like he was inside a washing machine tumbling around as the waves kept coming one by one clobbering him in one fell swoop sending him off in another direction. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, he repeated frantically over and over barely managing to keep his head above the water. Occasionally he would get sucked under inhaling a mouthful of saltwater and come spluttering to the surface hacking and coughing up a lung but he kept going. "WHERE ARE YOU?!" He yelled half gurgling half coughing harshly while fighting to find the filly amongst the turmoil. This was a stupid idea, they were both going to die down here and no one would ever know.. Shaking his head he couldn't let himself give up despite the pain his leg and wing was causing him, no he would find her. As another wave rose up above him he caught sight of the girl's lifeless body floating nearby and made a desperate lunge towards her swimming with all his strength. Stretching out his head he tried to grab onto some part of her only to get a mouthful of water, coughing he snorted to clear the water from his nose before trying again hoping he was close enough this time. "Mother...I..I love you." If he didn't make it out alive he prayed the gods would tell his mother this one last time for him.




"Aeolus Speaks.."

Aeolus

If there is no one in the world who cares for you, do you really exist at all?