The Heir is gone! [otho, saphira, phantom]

Subject: The Heir is gone! [otho, saphira, phantom] Tue May 03 2011, 01:56

He shook with fury as he searched his lands once more, fruitlessly. Whoever had taken Kairva from him was exceptionally crafty. There was no sign of his son and heir anywhere in his lands. It was as if Kairva really had vanished on the wind. His angry cry rang out, as the great immortal stallion leapt from rock to rock.

It was clear that he was not just calling out in fury at the vanished betta of his lands... it was to call everyone to him, for there were things to discuss. This time he would set a challenge for his mares. Each of them would be given a foal. Those who were male would be in the running for the heir to the lands.

This time though he would not choose his heir until he truly decided to die. That way he had more than one option, or so he hoped. Plus he hoped that this would show that all his mares were equal to him.

Subject: Re: The Heir is gone! [otho, saphira, phantom] Wed May 04 2011, 03:33

Kunama bowed her head in the midst of her stallion's fury and despair. Sadness and anger waged a battle in her usually mild brown pools, each fighting for dominance in her heart, her very soul. She might not have known Kairva well, but she had known that he was a good stallion, strong and just - respected. He would have made a fine leader, and indeed, she hoped that he would return soon.

Quietly moving out, her glossy palomino coat shone and glittered in the bright sunlight as she moved over to Thowra, sadness pulling at her face as she neared.

"Thowra," she sighed softly, touching her muzzle to his. "I'm so sorry."

Subject: Re: The Heir is gone! [otho, saphira, phantom] Wed May 04 2011, 03:45

He sighed as he saw his quietest mare moving towards him. There was little that surprised him at the moment. He was too alert to his surroundings at the moment. "Thank you, Kunama, but there was nothing that could be done for my son. I do not believe he will return, it is as if he has vanished into thin air, even I cannot track him and I am the one who taught him to hde his tracks. I did however find a lot of blood in one part of the lands. His."

He had begun to realise that Kairva, seeing as he would never have gone with men, had been shot or something, so that he would not be able to live freely anymore. Thowra had not followed the blood though, it was something that would set him off too much really. A thing which angered him.. greatly, the thought of his son being slain. He turned his head swiftly though as he caugt the scent of his son's blood nearby, something that had not been so before.

Bella had come to them as well, she was the one who really mourned Kairva. He was after all, Bella's mate. She was his queen, though being so was inbreeding, but none had cared about that really. If horses were like that they were like that. There was no stopping it. Bella and Kairva had not been the first. That had been Wildfire and Charme. Charme who was also no more.

Thowra reared though as he caught sight of something pale creamy being swept along in the river towards the sea. Then he bellowed in rage. For just a moment, his son's noble head had floated on the waters top, before sinking for one final time. The great vampire creamy felt the tears running down his cheek as he moved towards his sister, she rested her head on his hot neck. Both of them were reduced to tears at the sight of the betta who was both son and mate to them.

Subject: Re: The Heir is gone! [otho, saphira, phantom] Wed May 04 2011, 08:53

Looking at where the cream stallion stared at, Kunama gasped, backing away, her eyes wide with horror as they fixed upon a gruesome sight. Kairva's noble head, bobbing on the waves, before disappearing beneath them, forever more.

Shuddering,t he mare backed away slightly, shaking her cream tresses as she watched brother and sister interact. Her eyes filled with tears and her heart broke anew.

Subject: Re: The Heir is gone! [otho, saphira, phantom] Wed May 04 2011, 17:50

Deep hues of the burnt desert gleamed proudly as the atmosphere engulfed it. Warm was her soft pelt, yet her blood ran cold as pillars moved now systematically upon the crackling leaves. Fire raged through her, yet there were no waves to wash this feverish fear away from her forehead. A trickle of sweat thickened at the formation of her ivory mark, and it rolled down like thunder clouds descend upon a plain. Disgust for the present settled in the knowing, all too knowing orbs. Nothing was left here. Nothing except him.

"Thowra," breathlessly, she shifted her weight around. Juli felt her mind race restlessly as she attempted to keep her calm, but everyone was on the verge of destruction. Frantic and searching were her mate's orbs, and only she wished she could take back her momentary absence. No, she would never leave like the many other did, by the flocks from the beautiful wasteland. That's what any former home was without the ones she was so used to, no matter the extreme and marvelous beauty. "...Kunama," she whispered, not expecting a bow or even a symbol of reverence. All that mattered now was that they were all together.

Moments passed before Julianna could think of the words to say without tears accompanying her vocals. "Love, they're gone, all gone. Ashton. Kairva. Kings. Thank the heavens the heir has survived this horrid epidemic. Now, we must construct the world and restore its balance. Shall not be easy, my love, but we shall. Maura claims to the throne, seeing as her lover has died. She is bitter in these times of distress and wishes to fight for it if she needs to. Poor girl, she's not thinking right now," announced the queen, shaking her skull in a distraught manner. It was too bad everything was starting to fall apart right before them. Juli didn't hate that as much as the all too true fact that there was nothing they could do but be bystanders to all the misery and utter defeat.

Subject: Re: The Heir is gone! [otho, saphira, phantom] Wed May 04 2011, 23:11

"Unfortunately, Maura cannot. Since before my father was a foal, the leadership of this land has always been handed down father to son. That was why Kairva was never replaced by our daughter, Juliana my dear." The creamy stallion was still sorrowful.

"I will not be the first to shirk tradition here, though Juliana will always have a position of power in these lands, for she will be the gamma queen. She will only inherit if a creamy colt is not born by the time I choose to move on at long last. I will not name my true heir until that time, and to show that I love all my herd equally, everyone has a chance at producing that said heir, as long as I am the father."

He did wonder though what the foals would be like now. Thanks to Ganymede's curse, he was immortal, but at the moment that was something he really wanted to give up. That was why he never fed from other equines, as a rule. He was weaker than those of his kind, well, weaker than Ganymede for that reason. Amani as well was sired by Ganymede, and Thowra was still stronger than him.

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Silence

I walked slowly towards Thowra, my eyes dark and sad. I'd come by near the river, and had tried for a while to keep up with Kairva's struggling form, but the river had swept him by me easily.

"I'm sorry," was all I said as I bowed to Thowra. Even after regaining my hearing, I didn't speak much, and when I did it was simple. I preferred to listen, and enjoy the sense of other sounds. I had lived inside my own head, with only my own voice for company for too long.

Subject: Re: The Heir is gone! [otho, saphira, phantom] Thu Jun 16 2011, 14:12

He knew of so much more that had happened that his mares did not know. He had been here on the plains for a long time, longer than Juliana and silence had been. Only two member's of his family had been here before him, and that was Yarraman and Bel Bel.

"We of the light lost a lot more than those of evil did. Our numbers are not as strong as they used to be, and I fear that we shall lose even more when the fight for all our freedom comes once more. This is bringing our world to darker times."

His father had once told him of how the humans came and killed off a large amount of wild horses. It was then he reared in anger as he heard one of their metal flying contraptions flying overhead. "Get in the trees!"

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