She wears a coat of color, Loved by some,
Feared by others

BEAT AND GET BEATEN. IT'D BE HER LIFE STORY SINCE THE INVASION ON. WHY HAD EVERYTHING BAD HAPPENED TO THIS FAE? am i to dwell on the fact that no one cares? no one cares for me. HER THOUGHTS SWIVELED HER BRAIN AS THE CADAVER-LOOKING MARE LIFTED HER NEARLY UNWORKABLE BODY. ON SKITTERING FOUR LEGS SHE WAS UNBALANCED. SHE SIDE STEPPED, AND AS SHE SIDE STEPPED SH KNEW SHE WAS ALONE BUT A WARRIOR SHOULD NEVER FALL. SHE FELL BACK TO THE COLD FLOOR. ANY NOSE FROM THE FALL HAD BEEN WELL MASKED BY THE SNOW AND WIND HOWLING AT THE CAVE'S ENTRANCE. WAS SHE NO LONGER A WARRIOR? HAD SHE ACTUALLY BROKEN? WHAT HAD SHE DONE TO GET BROKEN?

LAYING ON HER SIDE, SHE LETS HER MAHOGNY TONGUE SLIDE OUT OF HER INKY LIPS AND TOUCH THE COLD AND BARE FLOOR. REACTING QUICKLY, SHE WITHDRAWS HER TONGUE ONLY TO REALIZE IT WAS FROZEN WATER. SHE LAY BACK UP ON HER STOMACH. HER FOUR HOOVES FOLDED NEATLY UNDER HER. THIS CAVE HAD BEEN ACTIVE AND BUSTLING RECENTLY. THERE WHERE HOOF PRINTS WHERE HOOVES HAD LAY. A MARES, BUT THE PRINT HAD A LOOK LIKE IT HAD BEEN MOTION BLURRED? A TREMBLING MARE HAD BEEN THERE. HER HOOVES HAD SLID BACK AND FORTH SLIGHTLY. INTERESTING THAT ARI COULD FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT WITH AN EASE.

SHE PREPARED TO STAND ONCE MORE THAN HEARD A MALE'S VOICE. SCRAMBLING, TO HER HOOVES, SHE WALKED, WELL SKIDDED, OVER TO THE ICY WALL. PRESSING HER FRAME AGAINST IT, SHE FELT THE ICE COOLING HER CLOTTED GASHES AND CLEANING HER BLOOD RIDDEN LEGS. THE PRESSURE ON THE BRUISES HURT, BUT RELIEF OVERWHELMED PAIN. AS THE FIGURE APPROACHED THE CAVE, ARI GOT IN DEFENSE MOOD. How dare a male call to me? AGAIN, HER THOUGHTS SEEMED TO BE SEXIST? DID SHE BELIEVE FEMALES HAD DOMINANCE OVER MALES? YES, YES SHE DID. INFACT, IS IT BAD SHE DID?

WHILE HER FRAME IS HIDDEN FROM THE ENTRANCE, YOU WALK TWO STEPS INTO THE CAVE AND SHE CAN BE SEEN. HER DEADLY COLD BODY ALMOST GIVING OUT AS SHE CALLS TO HIM. "Hello?" INSTANTLY SHE IS NO LONGER COLD. HER RAPID PULSE KEEPING HER PULSE HIGH AND BLOOD FLOWING. SHE LETS HER HEAD DROP TO THE FLOOR, BUT QUICKLY PICKS IT UP AS HIS SMELL IS CLEAR. IT WAS AN OUTCAST LIKE HER. FINDING THIS INTERESTING, ARI LIFTED HER HEAD HIGH AND PROUD. PUMPING HER CHEST OUT, SHE EVEN FELT PROUD, BUT SHE STAYED PRESSED AGAINST THE WALL.

She didn't know this would be the day her life changed forever.