09-25-2015, 10:39 AM
Plop...Plop...Plop.
Her hoof beats echoed louder in her head than they should have. She entered the field and paused drawing in a short breath, her eyes scanning right to left. Nothing. She thought to with a exasperated sigh. The small mare stood only 14.2 hands high and had a stocky build making her seem even shorter. Her ebony forelock hung over her eyes forcing her to constantly flick her head in annoyance. Resting her hind foot she looked to the sky, that matched her eyes in color, the blue reminding her of her family. Her mother had had the same eyes, prettier than the sky ever was Miku always thought. Her father had stood a way above her, at 16 hands high, her coat matched hers. They were the kindest souls Miku could ever imagine meeting, but now they were gone along with half of Miku's tail. A fire had come in the night, her family was resting in a valley with rock covered walls on one side, making escape nearly impossible. Miku was the first one awake that night and the fire was already closing in on the small group. She had tried to wake her family and run at the same time, but the flight instinct inside her took over and she screamed their names before turning to run. She had barely made it out herself that night leaping over a wall of flames, it took half her tail and burned her ankles. But all she could see now was when she had stopped and turned expecting to see her family close behind, she saw her mother's face as she was crying out and the flames grew over top of her. That's how she gets to remember her mother, surrounded by flames. It had only been a week since the incident and Miku was haunted every night by the picture of her mother.
Shaking her head, Miku realized she was staring off into the distance her body trembling a little. She sighed once more and dropped her head to grab a mouthful of grass.
Her hoof beats echoed louder in her head than they should have. She entered the field and paused drawing in a short breath, her eyes scanning right to left. Nothing. She thought to with a exasperated sigh. The small mare stood only 14.2 hands high and had a stocky build making her seem even shorter. Her ebony forelock hung over her eyes forcing her to constantly flick her head in annoyance. Resting her hind foot she looked to the sky, that matched her eyes in color, the blue reminding her of her family. Her mother had had the same eyes, prettier than the sky ever was Miku always thought. Her father had stood a way above her, at 16 hands high, her coat matched hers. They were the kindest souls Miku could ever imagine meeting, but now they were gone along with half of Miku's tail. A fire had come in the night, her family was resting in a valley with rock covered walls on one side, making escape nearly impossible. Miku was the first one awake that night and the fire was already closing in on the small group. She had tried to wake her family and run at the same time, but the flight instinct inside her took over and she screamed their names before turning to run. She had barely made it out herself that night leaping over a wall of flames, it took half her tail and burned her ankles. But all she could see now was when she had stopped and turned expecting to see her family close behind, she saw her mother's face as she was crying out and the flames grew over top of her. That's how she gets to remember her mother, surrounded by flames. It had only been a week since the incident and Miku was haunted every night by the picture of her mother.
Shaking her head, Miku realized she was staring off into the distance her body trembling a little. She sighed once more and dropped her head to grab a mouthful of grass.