The sting of the twin gashes along his side, the feeling of blood trailing down his ivory fur.. This was not a feeling the young warrior was used to. However inside his anger burned deep. How could this bastard keep a mother away from her young just because she did not bare a horn upon her head? How could he try to take away the only family the young knight had left... Sure Azale was his sister, but that did nothing to replace the loss of a parent. The blood bay knew nothing of that, of having that sick feeling in the bottom of your belly that your beloved father would not be joining you in a new home. That he would in fact be among those, including his grand-dam, rotting in Isilme. No, Aaron would not allow Azale to grow up without a parent like he had. She already did not know her father, he would not let the Time Mender take her mother too. Then of course there was Kamien, the colt his mother had adopted. The child had lost both parents, and he would not allow him to lose another.

As he charged in at the Time Mender, the bay turned his rump to him instead skidding to a halt. By the time Aaron knew what the bay had planned it was to late. He dug his hooves into the frosty ground but to no avail. Here his battering ram like frame cost him as the hind hooves connected with the draft's chest. The air was forced from his lungs, and for a moment it was hard for the draft to breathe. As his breath returned to him it gave the blood bay bastard time to move and turn back around to face him. The bay lifted himself into the air, front hooves striking out at the painted. Aaron merely smiled at first, slamming his hoof into the ground blow. The ground below the fighting pair begin to tremble lightly, hopefully enough to rattle the balance of the older stallion. It was with this hope that Aaron raised himself to his hind quarters, striking out with his front hooves seeking out any part of the bay he could reach.

Aaron would not let his herd down. He would not let his mother down. But above all else, the painted stallion was not going to let Azale and Kamien lose another parent. They needed her. He was not going to fail them now and leave them to face the world without a mother.


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