"Why does everyone leave?" She wondered as she picked her way through the forest. "Why am I always alone?" Her children had never lingered long at her side, nor had the stallions she opened her heart to and allowed herself to love. As soon as her children were able to eat grass to sustain themselves they left her. Shortly after her lovers got what they wanted from her, they left her and she was left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart once more. She would mend it just in time for it to be shattered once more by someone else who promised to love her and never leave her.

"Promises mean nothing, Tallis." The orange mare whispered through their bond. "Promises are absolutely meaningless. They're always broken. Always." It hadn't been until she'd stood there after Nyx had given birth to her twins that the weight of her loneliness had begun to press upon her. She missed having a foal clinging to her side. She missed feeling Thor's shoulder press against her own as they walked together, but she would be damned if she was going to stand around and keep waiting for him to come back. He'd already broken his promise to her that he would be there. He'd already hurt her.

Tallis, in a fashion that was totally unlike him, remained silent as Evangeline moved through the forest. What could he say to her to make her feel better? The only thing he could do was lie and Tallis was a creature that valued the truth, and he knew that lies would only injure his bonded's precious heart even more. He would not be one to cause her pain. He was supposed to be the one that caused pain to those who hurt her.

Her steps only stopped when she reached a pool of water in the center of the forest. As she stood looking down the dragon climbed up her neck so he could look down at the water from between her ears. 'Fish?' He asked, but that was forgotten as the red stones glinted up at him from the water. He'd have to get one of those before they left.


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excuse the shitty title, my manager came back and i have to go D:

"Evangeline."

At the sound of her name the orange mare turned her head toward the one who had spoken it and, despite herself, she'd found herself hoping that it was Thor even though the voice was so different.  Her heart had fluttered at the very idea of finding him in the forest, but the hope that had shone on her face faded so quickly she had no time to even attempt to put on the mask she usually wore. The only thing she could do was turn her face away from the stallion who had lived in the Edge once upon a time, the stallion who had sired Alysanne's daughter. A daughter that still lived in the Edge and saw her mother on a regular basis, something that Evangeline couldn't help but be jealous of because it was something she wanted with her children. That bond that she'd never been able to properly forge for reasons that she didn't understand.

He asked if everything was alright and typically Evangeline would gather the strength she had, put on a brave face, and say that everything was fine. But she'd traveled so far from home and with each step her facade had cracked and fell away until there was nothing left. She was broken, sad, lonely, and she didn't understand what it was about her that was so undesirable that she continued to be left behind by everyone she came to care about. She didn't know why she continued to allow herself to put her heart on the line when she knew she would only end up hurting in the end.

Why?

"No." She finally whispered because why bother trying to be strong? Why lie and say everything was fine when in reality she wanted to fall apart. "Thor's gone." It was the first time she'd spoken it aloud and as she did so a tear rolled down her cheek. "...I don't know where my children are." Tallis trilled sadly at the overwhelming grief he felt through his bond with Eva. "They... they disappeared after their father left me..." Am I really so horrible? Do I deserve this?


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