This Is Home?

[Tia]

Chaos walked through the heated land of the Fire herd. He belonged here..this was his home, yet he was still quite a loner. He didn't like being around others but if he needed to then he didn't mind. He like his solitude and prefered it over anything. He walked over the rocks at the base of one of the many volcanos that were on this land. He shook his red highlighted mane and tail. He wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do today so he just walked...and walked...and walked some more.

He did feel at home here, but for some reason didn't like being around the other herd members. He didn't mind being around the herd leader but besides that he loved to torture and fight. Thats one way he would be around others is if he fought them. He was a great fighter. He was brought up to be a leader, fighter, and a torturer, but this land already had a leader so that he could not be.

He walked alone in his solitude, wondering what the day would bring.

[L Y N X !]

It had been a while since Aithne had shown her face around here. A guilty conscience had kept her away, and also because she had been talking to some of the Normals. Always their first initial reactions were 'Holy shit I'm going to die', but Aithne had to be quick to explain that she was on their side. Paranoia kept her on her toes, because one horse in this herd knew her secret, but she had failed at convincing Aiden that Aithne was a traitor. But she knew that wouldn't be the last she heard of her.

The gray Zuden trotted through the seemingly empty territory, yellow eyes glancing around curiously at the absence of a lot of herd members. But a new scent rode on the wind, and it didn't take long for her to spot a stallion in the distance with the treeless landscape. Apparently Aiden had taken in another member. Aithne was one of the least popular horses in the herd, for the fact that she had made more enemies than friends, and that she didn't really try to talk to anyone. Aithne shrugged her withers to herself as she whinnied to the stallion. Well, it wouldn't hurt to have a few friends in the herd.

The small mare slowed to a stop as the came upon the new Zuden, pricking her ears and looking up a little. "Are you new? I haven't seen you around here before," she said, blinking her orbs at him. The new horse was fairly attractive, she noticed. Aithne didn't really look at stallions anything other than just other horses, she had always had other things on her mind. But activity had been low lately, so she was beginning to think a little bit differently. The gray mare shook her black mane, adding,"My names Aithne."

[Tia]

I heard the hoof steps before I heard the call. I wish that the horse had never seen me, well thats what I was hoping anyways. I wanted to be alone but I guess no one could see that. The hooves got closer and a whinny entered my audits. I turned my dial to see and horse coming towards me, a mare it was. I turned so I was facing her before she got to me. Once she did she spoke asking me if I was new. I just nodded my head to the mare to answer her questions. I never had a lot of words to speak, I didn't like speaking at all. She then told me her name. Aithne it was. I felt this weird thing in my stomach by the sound of her name. I couldn't explain it it was so werid. I ignored it.

I then decided to speak, to at least let her know my name. My name is Chaos. I told her in my deep voice that I always talked in. For some strange reason I could not take my eyes off the mare, I didn't feel like being alone, and yet it felt so off to me. I was such a loner and now this one mare comes along and makes it go all away? I shivered and ignored it knowing that sooner or later it would pass. I just stood there, looking at the mare, trying to get my head back together but I just couldn't.

[L Y N X !]

It first, it seemed like the stallion didn't want anything to do with her company. But after not even a couple minutes, it seemed like he couldn't get his eyes off of her. Aithne pretended not to notice this, and nodded as the black stallion told her his name. Chaos. "Nice to meet you, Chaos," she replied, bobbing her tiara once. The stallion was awfully quiet, which was out of character for the Zuden breed. Normally Zudens would be making a ton of noise and tossing fire around every which-way, anything to let their presence be known. It was nice to finally meet someone like her.

Aithne stood for another couple minutes, letting the awkward silence continue on between them. Now what? The mare glanced back at the stallion with her glowing yellow eyes, to see he was still looking at her. She quickly looked away, one ear pulling back uncomforatably. The Zuden then turned away, beginning to trot off away from the new horse. No use standing like two bumps on a log all day if they weren't going to say anymore.

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[Tia]

The mare spoke once more and then akward silence took over. I wasn't sure what else to say next, I wasn't use to actually having a conversation with another horse. I just stood there, looking at her yellow eyes. She turned away and put one ear down, telling me that she was either getting annoyed or uncomfortable. Before I could say another word, the mare turned around and trotted away. I don't know why but when she did a fire blew up inside my stomach and I had to let it out.

I reared up into the sky and let out a loud whinny and came crashing to the ground with thunder, fire escaping my hooves, setting fire to the grass that was underneathe me. Finally the fire went out and I was surrounded by a completey circle of black grass. I hadn't used my powers to that kind of extent. I never really used my powers before which was most likely new for an elemental horse.

My paper thins flared, I didn't know what to do next, either run or say something, but what? I just stood there, wondering what else I caused to happen. I don't know why I felt like this, why my world just got torn apart as she walked away, I had never felt like this before.

[L Y N X !]

Aithne's ears pinned to her skull as she heard the agonized shinny from the stallion behind her, and the gray Zuden whipped around, baring her teeth as if expecting to fight someone attacking the stallion. But he was still standing by himself, and the mare relaxed her mouth as Chaos' hooves came crashing down onto the grass. The impact caused an explosion of roasting hot fire to ring around the stag, causing a hot wind to rush out. Aithne's mane whipped savagely in the sudden wind, her eyes narrowing at the glare of the flames. She couldn't even see Chaos. Then the flames died, showing a very bewildered stallion and a ring of charred grass. The mare was confused on what had caused Chaos' outburst. Sure, all Zuden were unstable to some degree, (even she, the calmest of them all) but she didn't really do anything to upset him had she?


" What was that all that about?" asked the mare, flicking her ears unsurely. She turned her bodice around and walked back the distance between them, her yellow eyes watching him curiously. She hadn't really met a horse like Chaos before. The other Zuden were always stuck up and showed off, and were much like a bunch if sheep than horses; they were all the same. But Chaos seemed different, more innocent than the rest of them, but seemed to have more raw power. The mare flicked her tail, contemplating her analysis of him.

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[Tia]

I shut my eyes tight, not wanting to know the real damage that I had done. The mare was probably scared from me now. Why was this happening to me? That question could not stop running in and out of my head. Why did I just do what I did and how did I do it? Is that how I accessed my powers? Though anger and dispair? Well I didn't like the feeling that came after me using my power. I felt sick to my stomach, I just felt like running and never returning but when I was about to run, thats when I saw the mare walking back towards me.

Her eyes, there was something in them that just made me stare, I couldn't explain it. I took one step closer as she walked towards me, but then I stopped myself. She had said something before but I didn't quite catch what it was. My blood was rushing through my body and I wasn't really paying attention to life. I stood there, breathing hard, still feeling the after affects of using my powers, paper thins flaring. Sorry. was the only word that I could think of that would escape my maw.

[L Y N X !]

Aithne was starting to question this stallion. His eyes were distant as she spoke to him. She wouldn't doubt that a was off his rocker, but in a way, they all were. It was insane to think that they were the most divine breed of all, and that anything outside of that needed to be destroyed. If they weren't Zuden, the others probably wouldn't think that way. Or were they really that conceded?

The stallion infront of her seemed to be at loss for words, but when he finally found his mouth, all that managed to be spoken was sorry. The gray shrugged her withers in dismissal. "S'alright, dear, she told him, offering Chaos a smile. She could see in his eyes that he wanted to leave here. Rather try and push another conversation, she decided she would leave the stallion be. "Well...I think I'll go, Chaos. I have business to attend to, I should think. But if you ever need anything, anytime, just give me a holler. Not everyone will be as nice as me here," she told him, winking at him in a friendly way, before turning and beginning to walk away. When she meant business, she meant checking on the herds, even though she just came back from them. But why risk staying here and getting her loyalty in question and her plan ruined? Sometimes, she wished she could have a break, and go back to simpler times, like when she was a little filly. Things would be easy then.

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[Tia]

The mare told me that it was alright, but yet it didn't feel alright, it felt completely wrong, but it shouldn't. When I thought of others I felt like killing them. I was a zunder I wasn't suppose to be weak, not like this. What if this happened while I was in battle, I would die or get hurt, no I couldn't let it happen. I fought the battle in my head but then the words of the mare brought me out of it, her telling me to call upon her whenever I wished. I knew that others in these lands were not as nice as her, I wasn't as nice as her, but towards her I was...I didn't make any sense to myself.

I watched as she walked away, I finally decided to just let her go. Wasn't too sure what I could do beside that. Looked like she was fighting her own battle as well. I just shook my dial and walked in the other direction, wondering if I was going to meet any other horses, maybe they would make me feel normal again.

[L Y N X !]

[[I'm asuming we're done then? ^^]]