Turn the pain into Power

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Ellaria

The golden coated mare wandered through the lush grass meadows, her limbs brushing through the blades making a whispering sound as she walked. She raised her finely carved skull high into the air and inhaled deeply scenting the salt in the air, made her realise the sea was close, there was also a change in the colour of the grass she moved through from a rich dark green to a paler green and finally turning a slight blue tone. She halted her movement and reached down with her slender neck to take a bite of the oddly coloured grass, she chewed it around in her mouth a couple of times before dropping it all back to the ground, it was peculiar in taste, probably some effect of the salt drifting onto the land from the sea. She moved on towards the beach, her hooves started to sink further into the ground as the soil became sandier in structure, until finally it was just the near white sand beneath her frame.

She gazed around her taking in the features of the shore ahead of her. The edge of the beach curved up higher, to create a large cliff that overlooked the water, where she was stood the beach was smooth with soft sand. However further along the soft sand created soft ripples and then rocks started to build up each one appearing bigger than the first. She started to wander across the beach towards the rocky area, being careful of her steps as she started to move amongst the rocks, particularly careful of the small sharp ones that could only just be visible through the sand. She noticed a small opening in the cliff ahead, the rocks now were mostly large, a couple were even as big as she was in height. Just as she came to the entrance, she missed the small rock as she stepped down and it caused pain to shoot up straight into her front hoof. She let out a high pitch squeal in pain and leapt forward, hopping on three limbs into the cave, letting the mouth swallow her up.

She blinked as her eyes adjusted to the dimly lit cave, she noticed that there was not as much rock inside the cave and what was here was smooth and flat, with a light covering of sand in patches. She stood there and tested her foot against the floor a few times to see how it felt. It was still painful but she thought there would be no lasting damage so that would be fine. It was just frustrating it happened now along with everything else. Just as she had found herself a home and a kind stallion to live with he had disappeared, she had hung around for a while but then left herself to try and find something new. She just had no idea what she was looking for or who she might want either. She wondered how far this cave extended into the earth, she gazed down the tunnel and let out a call “Hello.” All she heard in reply was the echo of her own voice as it bounced off the walls of the cave back towards her.

Word Count; 536
Tagged; Open @phantom
Notes; Sorry its taken so long, i have been so busy with work and haven't had time to get on the computer much.

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Birdy

The screams of seagulls coasting upon salt stained air was the first thing that the mare heard as she slowly pulled herself from her bloody dreams. Not wanting to open her eyes quite yet, Birdy arched her neck and yawned before she stretched herself back down on the ground. Feeling small granules weave themselves through her cloudy white coat she grinned and guessed that she must have fallen asleep on a beach of some sort. Opening her dark purple eyes to the sight of the sea confirmed her suspicions and she sighed. It would take weeks to get all the sand out of her beautiful coat. "Oh well." Figuring that she quite literally couldn't make it any worse after sleeping on a beach for three days, the femme decided that it was an excellent time for a dust bath and she happily threw her tan hooves into the air and flipped over to her other side. Tucking her legs beneath her she rose from her resting place in one smooth motion, shedding a few of the less tenacious sand particles as she did. Vigorously shaking she dislodged as many of the crystals as she could before looking around to get her bearings.

It had only been a couple of weeks since she had been accepted as a full member of the society that she had been raised in, and she had decided to strike out on her own for a while. Perhaps in a few years she would return and offer her services as a teacher to help train foals in the art of spying and torture, but for now she was content to travel and hone her skills further. Though what was a spy without a spy master? Despite being one of the best spies and inquisitors around, Birdy was not in any way shape or form a leader and actually needed someone to direct her towards her next job otherwise she just went around using her skills without any particular goal and promptly forgetting anything that might actually be useful.

Of course at this point in time that really didn't bother her much. She had just finished catching up on her sleep and was more concerned with getting as much sand as she could off of her and back onto the ground where it belonged. Quickly giving up, Birdy began walking towards the bluff, hoping to find something interesting to play with. A sharp squeal of pain caused the mares harks to prick forward and she quickened her pace, giddy with excitement. How lucky was she to find someone so quickly?! Moving towards the sound she soon arrived at the mouth of a cave and spotted the source of the squeal. Casting her keen gaze over the other mare, she went for the friendly approach with a small smile and quiet nod to the other equine. "Hello there." Her soft, melodic voice seemed tentative and cautious as Birdy was still assessing the other, smaller mare before choosing an appropriate plan of action.