(. Tell me that you love me ..

[OH HAI SPI!]

but you never want to see me again .)

Athena trotted into Allevare, she knew this territory very well, for she had been there many a time. She came here to find love, but it was fleeting, her last true love had left her all alone to fend for herself. It was best to not care about the other person it only cause pain and misery. True love seemed like a fairy tale, Something one could only dream about, and nothing more. She threw her head into the air and let out a whinny, she hated being lonely, it only brought back painful memories. As did being with another equine, Nothing except time seemed to heal the hurt. Athena dreamed about the day she'd find a 'mister perfect' but of course it was only a fairy tale.

The cold wintry air seemed to cut through her petite bodice. The snow lay on the ground in a thin blanket. The sun was blocked out by the gray clouds that hung low in the sky. The animals were hunkered down in their burrows, nests, or whatever they lived in. It seemed as if a storm was setting in. No Sane animal should set forth in a wintry storm, it could be a death sentence. Athena didn't care, she didn't really love her life. It wouldn't be much of a lose to her. She tucked her head close to her chest as the turned it slightly to shield her eyes and face from the fierce wind.

All the trees had now lost their leaves, and they looked so bare and dead. The ground was no longer covered in the luscious green grass, instead it was a cold blanket of snow. Athena liked the feel of her breath as she exhaled it was warm, unlike the bitter cold atmosphere. Her throat was some-what dry. She had been eating snow mostly since most of the streams were frozen solid.

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(. Character Athena .)
(. Muse Decent .)
(. Words 315 .)
(. Tag Vel .)
(. Notes Meep. .)

[Vel]

Lost in the darkness, hoping for a sign
Instead there is only silence,
Can't you hear my screams?

M a s q u e r a d e
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You'd Better Hide Your Face

The Friesian-like stag trotted through the snow in the all too familiar land. It was a downright shame that he was back in the breeding grounds. Masquerade had started off as a horny, young, naive, stupid, evil, dark young colt. Yes that was a lot, maybe too many, adjectives to describe an equine, but all of it was true for the hellion.

When he was young and oh so Dark, he thrived in the Allevare Mettono and Belle Valle. He would wander around until he found a defenseless, meek vixen. He would then have his fun with her, almost always leaving her hurt, bleeding, and pregnant. That was what he did for fun. Then there were the Dark mares who welcomed his ways and enjoyed it. Ah, that was the life; being a rouge, young, free, horny stallion, doing whatever he wanted to do, whenever he felt like doing it. Masquerade knew he probably had over two dozen sons and daughter on the island, with only three of them he knew about.

He was then picked up by the powerful, Dark stag Quixtant. In that herd, he basically did the same thing to the mares and would still wander out to the breeding grounds. He had brought many a mare to that herd, and was made a warrior, as he should be. He was always very large for his age when he was younger and very testosterone driven; a good fighter.

During his wonderful days in the herd of Quixtant, he had been paired with Jeannie, his leader's favoured mare, for breeding purposes. Of course, Masquerade had a ball with that, breeding with the mare all the time, but only producing two foals the whole time. They were twins. Champaigne and Jigsaw were their names. Now days he knew where his son was, but Jeannie and Champaigne he just thought dead, which they were in all likely hood.

Then came Rosabella, the dark angel. She had come from a powerful neutral herd, the only to be owned by a mare. As if mares could do that. As much as he tried not to, Masquerade was drawn to Rosabella, but not in the way he was to all the other mares. There was something special between the brindle and himself. He was young then and didn't know what to call it. He now knew; true love.

Of course being young then, Masquerade didn't pay much attention to it and continued to fondle and screw around, litterally, with random mares, just as he had done previously. That messed the whole relationship up between Rosabella and himself. He then fixed it and Jeannie got angry at Rosabella for 'taking her man' or something along those lines.

After that, Rosabella left. To go back to join her old herd even. Once again Masquerade tried to start his old ways again, but it wasn't the same and he was starting to feel guilty about it. Not so Dark now, eh? Soon after that Jeannie and Champainge disappeared. Masquerade figured they were killed and the fact was hidden. Jigsaw stayed though, but the two never talked.

Quixtant then died and a stag by the name of Aro took over the land. Masquerade just didn't have a Dark heart anymore, Rosabella had changed that in him. He began meeting the beautiful brindle outside the land in secret. Soon after, he left Aro, Jigsaw, Stella (one of his daughters), Artemis, and the rest of the herd to be with Rosabella.

He joined Fiana's herd, was accepted by all the equines and had a happy life with Rosa. Or so he thought. Then the Zunden began to rise to power. The worst part was Fiana's land was on the border of Fuoco. That caused a lot of problems. Then one Masquerade and Rosabella got into a fight with the Zunden and that was all she wrote for the dear Rosa. Masquerade was only able to save himself because he was one fourth Zunden.

Now the stag was horribly heartbroken and ready to go back to his old, dark ways. In fact, he was beyond that. He put back on his mask over everything, even his markings showed it. (Half of his face was white) Now hiding behind that, he could be who ever he wanted; a Dark, vile creature to raom the island having no mercy for any living thing. Really he was damaged, scared, and emotionally hurt. You could compare him to Sweeney Todd if you like on his change of personality after a certain, tragic event. And now he was out to kill, anything and everything, especially the ones who killed his beloved.

The ebony realised that a huge winter storm was blwoing through. The wind and snow stung his face and whipped his ebony and crimson banners around his bodice. Bring on the pain! He could take it! Masquerade let out and enraged roar-like whinny and burst into a gallop, malice dancing in his orbs.

He did not know how long he had been running for, but his whole, enitre being was numb and part of him were bleeding from debris. He didn't give a care, let the blood flow! But even it was too much for him. Masquerade had to stop and lay down in the cold, high snow.

After a moment he realised that he was not alone in the the seemingly deserted land. He blinked a few times, making out the form of a buckskin Morgan fae a metre or two away from him. His lip curled into a snarl as he jumped up. "You!" he called to her, his voice dark and raspy.

In a split second he was nose to nose wither her, his eyes saying 'kill' in them, He breathed heavinly and began to cirlce the mare, laughing sadistically. "What 'ave we got 'ere?" he mocked in a sickenly sweet voice. "Don't y'know it's dangerous in there lands mare?" Only she could save herself now.

Give me something I can believe
Don't tear it down
What's left of me
Make my heart a better place

Athena, I had no idea how much I'd need her.

[Songs Used] Somwhere - Within Temptation and All I Need - Within Temptation and Athena - The Who
[Muse] Good band XD
[Tags] Spi Spi

[OH HAI SPI!]

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come .)

The buckskin colored mare turned to see an ebony colored friesian looking stag, racing toward her. He yelled something at her, but the sound was very faint, the fierce wind seemed to carry it away. It seemed to be mere seconds and he was there, circling her. His massive body plowing through the deep snow, his legs had small cuts on them leaving crimson colored blood on the pure white snow. His eyes displayed such hatred, she had only seen such hate once before. She stared out into the distance, her eyes seemed to become glassy as she thought back to her childhood. Crimson colored blood pooled around her mother, her father standing over her smirking with delight. Her unborn half-sibling obviously dead inside her. Her mother had fallen in love with another, she left with Athena. Her mother and the stag had breed. But he left her. She came back here to find a raging monster. His eyes displayed the same hated they did with the stag before her. After he had killed the mare, her turned to the filly. She stood frozen with fear, she closed her eyes tightly and her blood ran cold. She heard him coming toward her, she opened her eyes, saw him rear up and land in front of her with a loud 'thud'. He spat ' Leave.' That was all her had to say. She never looked back. She never say him again. She felt the snow stinging her face as she blinked a few times, and she glanced at the stag.

Athena didn't know what to think of the situation, of course she was a bit scared but she couldn't let it show. She was sad as she thought about her mother and her lost childhood. Her bruised and beaten heart felt like it was being torn apart within her. Too many thoughts were running through her head, and she didn't know a person could feel so many different emotions all at once. The buckskin was physically and mentally tired, she wished that she had never come here.

The howling wind and the crunching on the snow beneath the ebony colored stag was the only noise that could be hear. No other animals could be heard or seen, one could hardly see 20 yards in front of them due to the blizzard that seemed to be setting in. One could go crazy in a such a storm, seeing nothing but white. The snow stung when it hit the buckskins face, her legs that were buried in the snow felt cold. She needed to move around to keep the blood flowing. She took a few steps forward, and stopped. Hopefully the storm wouldn't last but a few minutes.

She turned and looked at the stag 'As soon as there is life, there is danger' A half Smile fell upon her maw as she spoke. Danger was everywhere, you couldn't hide from it, or run away from it. The harder you tried to keep yourself safe, the more you seemed to run into dangerous places or objects. Her eyes showed a bit of compassion for the seemingly half crazed beast. She wished she could help so he didn't become like her father.

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(. Character Athena .)
(. Muse Meh. .)
(. Words 535 .)
(. Tag Vel .)
(. Notes Bah, I wish it could have been as long as yours.. .)

[Vel]

Now we all deserve to die

M a s q u e r a d e
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You'd Better Hide Your Face

Masquerade found it odd that the vixen seemed to zone out as he circled her small bodice with the intent to kill. His orbs flicked to her facial features. It seemed that she was remembering, or trying to remember something that happened long agi, back when she was very young. Had she been faced with the same situation? Nah, probably not. She seemed like such a good little girl that she would be with any Dark stag.

The hellion bobbed his crown a couple of times and took a deep breath. The cold air stung his lungs, but he didn't care. He could sense fear coming off of the mare. Why shouldn't he? Any animal in her position would be afraid, especially if they had reason to like now.

Everything seemed to be muffled and diluted. The air and scenery around him looked, well, actually it didn't look like anything. The winter snow storm was getting so bad that there was a visibility of only four or five meters, if one tried hard enough to even see out that far. The bitter winds whipped and pounded his bodice. It was cold, even with his thick winter coat, feathers, and banners. Once in a while a large stick or other piece of debris would be carried in the wind and bash into the Friesian-like stallion. It stung when he would lift his crown high and open his eyes, or take a deep breath. Nothing could be heard except of the eerie, yet calming in a way, howl of the wind. It had to be one of the worst winter stroms that Masquerade ever endured in his whole life.

As he rounded the buckskin essa again, he ehard her speak. He flicked his auds and strained to her what she had to say. His murderous expression still his facade. Finally Masquerade amde out what the fae had said; 'as soon as there is life, there is danger'. The ebony stag had to snort a curt laugh at that. What was she some kind of advisor telling him that? Of course he knew that, and quite frankly, he didn't care. Once there was life, there was evil. He knew that too. He believed that more than what the buckskin had said to him.

Masquerade stopped directly in front of her, looming over like a ominous storm cloud that could unleash its fury at any given moment. A time bomb. Just like that, Masquerade reaered up, coming down just missing her warm flesh. He could esily kill her right now.

The stag made a few more circles around her bodice and stopped next to her, his ivories close to her jugular vein. One bite and that would be all she wrote for the pretty little lady."Scared?" he asked her, a sadistic smile creeping up on his mouth.

I will have vengenance.
I will have salvation.

All the days of my life, I see them passing me by.

[Songs Used] Epiphany - Sweeney Todd Soundtrack and Swan Song - Within Temptation
[Muse] Not so great
[Tags] Teh Spiritness

[OH HAI SPI!]

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come .)

Everything within the essa said run, or in the words of her father 'leave'. But running away in such a storm could be a death sentence, one could break their leg if they landed in a hole. The visibility declined as the storm intensified, she could hardly make out the ebony colored stag standing only a few feet away. The petite mare stood in place as the stag made smaller and smaller circles around her. She heard him snort at her comment, but she didn't really care.

Athena's heart skipped a beat as he stopped next to her, his kissers close by her neck. His warm breath could be felt, and she could hear him quite well as he muttered 'Scared?'. Of course she was scared, and quite nervous about the situation, but she tried her best not to show it. And of course she tried not to panic, it did absolutely no good. The mare felt cold, it seemed to be one of the worst storms she was ever in. When the stallion reared up and landed in front of her, like her father did, she wondered why he hadn't killed her. He surely could have if he wanted to. This puzzled her, it was different with her father, since they were blood. But with a total stranger?

The essa still felt the studs warm breath on her neck, but she refused to move an inch. 'I would be lying if I said I wasn't afraid...' She muttered. She hated to admit it, but lying about it might be worse. You know you could have killed me one hundred times over by now, so why haven't you? She cocked her head to the side slightly as she stared into his eyes, they still held the look of 'kill.' But there was something else, he seemed bothered by something, maybe a lost love, maybe he was hurt, or rejected, or maybe he was forced to leave a place he called home.. She didn't know. And she highly doubted he'd tell her.

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(. Character Athena .)
(. Muse Not that great. .)
(. Words 340 .)
(. Tag Vel .)
(. Notes meh =/ .)

[Vel]

I know I'd better stop trying
You know that there's no denying
I won't show mercy on you now

M a s q u e r a d e
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You'd Better Hide Your Face

He smiled a sick, malicious grin as she admitted her fear of him. It felt good to have other beings afraid of him again. Well it did, but it didn't. Masquerade used to like putting fear into any animal, whether it be a mare or a wolf, he liked it. Once he met Rosabella, he didn't like to cause fear anymore. Now he wasn't to sure on how he stood with the subject, but right now, it was making him feel good.

His auds flicked at her muffled voice, but he still caught everyword she spat out. She was right, why hadn't he killed her? It wasn't like he was going to tell her the exact reason. "Haven't you ever heard of a fox playing wiv his food before he eats it?" Masquerade asked the mare, hoping she would catch the meaning of that sentence.

Truth was, Masquerade was, in fact, out to kill. Just not kill innocent mares like her. (Even though sometimes the urge took over him) He was out to kill the one who caused the death of Rosabella. And that one horse would be Aiden, the almight Fire Lord. Masquerade knew he was probably the most powerful, corrupt, evil animal on the island. Masquerade didn't know how exactly, but he was going to kill him. Being one fourth Zunden saved Masquerade from death from most of the Zunden attack methods, so he could possibly find away.

His eyes then flicked to the mare again. Maybe she could help him. Maybe. "We all deserve to die." he growled at her, sinking his sharp ivories into her neck. He let go before any skin was broken or blood was drawn.

I will have vengenance.
I will have salvation.

Stand my ground, I won't give in
No more denying, I gotta face it
Won't close my eyes and hide the truth inside
If I don't make it, someone else will
Stand My Ground.

[Songs Used] What Have You Done - Within Temptation + Epiphany - Sweeney Todd Soundtrack + Stand My Ground - Within Temptation
[Muse] blah blah blah
[Tags] Spiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiit

[OH HAI SPI!]

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come .)

The essa was tried of his foolish behavior, if he was going t okill her he should just do it. He seemed as if he had to prove something to himself. Prove that he was still strong, and proud. Prove that he still made others tremble at his presence. She knew not what the stag had to prove, but she did know his behavior was very annoying. She wished to help him through this rough time, but she was sure he would reject any form of help she offered him. She'd just have to play his game, she would get through to him and help him. Somehow. "Haven't you ever heard of a fox playing wiv his food before he eats it?" She heard him say over the roaring winds. ' Yes, yes I have. She paused a moment. ' But if you wish to kill me, please do so now, and spare me the agony of your foolish behavior. ' She said in a serious tone of voice.

She began thinking of how she might be able to help him over come his sorrow. For when one hurts inside, they hurt others. It's just the nature of the beast. She heard a remark that almost startled her, maybe she was starting to get through to him. "We all deserve to die." She wasn't quite sure how to answer him, but of course she would do the very best she could. ' Yes, we all do. ' Once again she paused, while she glanced at the stud ' Some more than others ' She turned her gaze to the cold snow-covered ground. She too had her share of evil doings, but she thought it couldn't have been as bad as him. She had never really come this close to killing anyone before.

The fierce wind still howled, though it seemed it was losing energy. The visibility wasn't as limited as before, one could see slightly farther now. Still, it was a nasty storm that had dumped a few inches of precipitation on the frozen earth. Winter was such a harsh time of year, but some of the most beautiful views could also be viewed during this season. Just like some of the seemingly nastiest creatures could show some of the kindest acts, if one would give them the chance. Maybe he was like that. She wondered if she should ask him what was bothering him, or if she should let him discuss it with her whenever he felt the time was right. She soon decided she would let him be a little longer, before she started prodding him for answers.

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(. Character Athena .)
(. Muse eh. .)
(. Words 441 .)
(. Tag Vel .)
(. Notes I hope its alright, getting braces has me in a bad mood x3 .)

[Vel]

Athena, I had no idea how much I'd need her.

M a s q u e r a d e
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You'd Better Hide Your Face

Masquerade's audits flicked at the sick, sweet voice of the vixen reached them. So she thought he was acting foolish eh? Well Masquerade believed that to be very untrue. In fact, he was being, and acting rational. She, well she was the one who was foolish. If he really wanted to kill her, he would've done it already. She was right, he didn't intend to kill her, no matter how much he told her or tried to make himself believe it.

When Masquerade was younger he would've spilled the vixen's crimson blood then and there. He wasn't like that anymore. Oh yes he had changed. Twice. The first time he had changed from somthing evil to something good. He liked it then. He was truly happy being with the one he loved, and through her he learned to show kindness toward other equines and animals in general. Then after they killed her, the second change took place. Now Masquerade was dark and out for revenge. He could kill them. After all, they would have to work a bit hard to kill him since he had their blood coursing through his veins.

The ebony stag shot the petite mare a glare when she agreed with his 'we all deserve to die' statement. Why the hell was she agreeing with him? He mentally shrugged; it didn't really matter. She was just probably trying to 'save' herself from him. He wasn't going to hurt her, no matter how much he threatened or came close to injuring her. For now, he liked putting fear into her. It gave him a sense of power; of control.

His optics flicked to the ground as a small smirk danced on his maw. Yes, some more than others. He liked this mare, but he wanted her to go away. He glanced around. obviously that wasn't an option right now. The blizzard was horrible, surely moving out there alone now would be walking to the grave.

Come to think of it, where was he anyway? He had been wandering for a while without really keeping track of where he was. "Mare." he growled out, not knowing her calling. "Would you 'appen to know where the 'ell we are?" he asked, his voice slightly lighter. If they were stuck here, she'd probably want to converse with him. Conversating was not Masquerade's cup of tea.

I will have vengenance.
I will have salvation.

When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created
I want to be awakened somehow

[Songs Used] Athena - The Who + Epiphany - Sweeney Todd Soundtrack + The Howling - Within Temptation
[Muse] *does the chicken dance*
[Tags] Spi Spi Spi Spi