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07-14-2013, 12:44 AM
Look down, the ground below is crumbling Look up, the stars are all exploding A blood curdling scream pierced the heavy darkness as foreboding silence settled through the grove. Silas, whose binocular-gaze had not parted from the painted siblings for a second, watched as the colt launched after Africa’s retreating silhouette. The ornate feathers lining his crest lifted at once, and so too did the sleek black lacework cloaking his small hawk-like frame flare, with the sudden igniting of his cool temper. The colt’s intent was transparent; with ears pinned tightly against the vivid swirl of his creamy mane, and wild, blue eyes fixed upon murky dapples, the shrewd Zephyr had perceived the event even before Nym’s breast was thrust forward. Africa’s hindquarters scooted forward with a start. It was the first time she had ever witnessed the bird’s ear-splitting alarm, and that coupled with the unexpected burst of emotion through his thumping heart, dragged the young mare clear out of her wretched stupor. She swung left swiftly, the pale-pink, plucked wing to her right streaking outwards to balance the hasty manoeuvre. Nym came quickly at her through a pitch black gust of biting air, and fuelled by anger? Resentment...? The grey couldn’t tell. His mean lunge was unwarranted though. As small hooves whirled towards their bemused target, another body slipped forward- also unexpectedly, and in defence of Africa. The flaxen maned filly was there, her pale two-toned hue blurring through night’s shadow. "NO!" She had screamed, the very essence of her voice swapping emotional pride for something more becoming, brave; though equally as astonished perhaps as the grey. The word’s pitch rose above them into the cold thin air where it combined with another furious shriek from the midnight Zephyr. He wheeled below the sparse canopy of the thicket, having been rocked clean from Africa’s withers, and aimed a vicious swoop towards the colt’s rump- a warning, definitive and fierce. |
[ooc: @[Destrier] is going to post next Bailey ;)]
