07-22-2017, 06:09 PM
'Twas a mare, the angel. Observing her as she stood up again -- her legs wobbling (I was afraid she'd fall again but luckily she did not) before balancing herself -- and rose her crowned head to the sky for water. The gleaming halo floating above her stared at me as I stared at it, and as the angel spoke it only lit up more.
"My name is Cahira. The earth… at my hooves, it gave way as I fled war, and it brought me here. M-my companions…" Companions? War? The only war I've heard of lately was yeaaaaars ago, yet of course how did I even know she was from my w-- "Those feathers, my mother had two like them. T-they were from her lover, before… before I was born, w-where did you…" --orld. Our eyes met, blue to green, and I can't take mine off her even if the green stare flickers between Shahrokh and me. "M-my aunt Alistorie gave it to me. Before.." I paused. Wait. Who was this Cahira? Where did she come from? Who was her mother? Eyes fell to the ponytail I wore so proudly, the feather drenched by the constant pour from above. "Mom died when I was born. She told my aunts to give this to me before she went into labor.." As I told the white and red mare what my aunts had told me during the whole of the life I had with them, my voice started to tremble. I didn't remember her. They had taken her from me before my newborn eyes had even opened to see the greens and blues of the world. "Di-did you know her? Maybe our mothers knew each other - somehow." "Talking." ooc: #late Listen to this for extra feels because it's beautiful<3 word count: 287 inapatricia.deviantart.com |