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05-23-2013, 11:42 PM

...aylin...

crying isn't secret, it's the art of how we grieve

It's with a sense of helplessness and confusion as I watch the kind stranger that was Roanne begin to change before my very eyes. His build doesn't change much, but his face does. The gold eyes turn a cold blue and the old face changes to that of a young stallion. "No..." My voice is meek. "Don't go, Roanne." I don't know where he's gone or why but I know he's gone. I shove my muzzle forward to touch his cheek, but he's already gone and left me here with some other stranger. The sting of tears comes on quickly and the choking in my chest as I hold back a sob. He is not mine to cry for. He is my mother's.

The part of me that had begun to mend in such a short amount of time is shattered at the news that Roanne is dead and it is merely a trick of magic that he still exists in whatever sense it is. I do sob now and I shake my head in denial. How heartbroken my mother would be when she found that her closest friend had died. She spoke so often of reuniting with him just to talk about old times. "A waste." I murmur brokenly. "Such a good stallion." Of course all I know is from hearsay, but I trust my mother's judgement above all else.

I sniff and raise my eyes to Knox, as he's introduced myself. A single nod is all the answer that I give to verify who my mother is. I finally release a sob and let my eyes fall back to the forest floor. "She loved him." I say quietly. "So much." I don't want it to sound like my mother doesn't love my father. She does. But she loved Roanne in a much different way. While my father was her heart, Roanne was her soul. He kept her grounded and made her feel safe, protected, wanted when no one else wanted her. She said he saw beyond the pretty looks that everyone else seemed so taken with and saw the heart she had. It's what made her love him like she did. She would be broken to find that he had passed while she was away. It's something I'll have to keep from her.

"She was his everything."

"He was her's." I responded brokenly. I wished for Roanne back. I wished for someone I knew I could lean against and find comfort. I certainly didn't think I could find that in Knox. He seemed to be so distant compared to the Roanne that had approached me. Distance does nothing to heal one's heart.

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