Owner: -Kyoya Senpai-
Name: Linnea (Pro: Lin-EE-uh)
Breed: Epona
Height: 15.3 hh
Gender: Mare
Age: 4 years
Color: White
Markings: Blanket and Unique facial marking
Other: Scared, Linnea wandered around the empty pasture looking for any food at all. She was in poor condition and needed food or she would die soon. Frantically she trotted over to a muddy puddle that has formed a few nights back during a storm. She sipped the water, wondering where her owners had gone.
She was a happy foal when she came to live with the other horses in the Clark's farm. They were an old couple who lived in the country-side of Kentucky. For their whole lives, they lived around horses, raising and breeding them. When Linnea got to their ranch, she was a healthy and very peppy foal. The owners were good to her, taking care of her. She never missed a vet checkup and was always well fed and cleaned. Then one day, Mr. Clark passed away, leaving Mrs. Clark to care for their 5 horses. It was a tough job to do by herself, especially since she was an elderly woman. Mr. Clark passed away about 2 months ago and Mrs. Clark was weak as it is. There wasn't much time left for her either.
2 days ago, Linnea woke up peppy and ready for a nice gallop. But Mrs. Clark was nowhere to be found. She never forgot to feed the horses; it was a habit by now. Where could Mrs. Clark be? Confused, Linnea just shrugged it off and waited around 2 hours, but still, no Mrs. Clark. Once again, Linnea shrugged it off, but she was still a bit worried. She wasn't that hungry anyway so she began the long wait again. It was about 3 in the afternoon and still no Mrs. Clark so Linnea began getting nervous, She was still stuck in her stall with very little room, food, and water.
The next morning, Linnea woke up starving. She had eaten all of her food and water from the night before. She looked over to her food dish hoping it was refilled but no, still empty. She knew something was very wrong. With 5 strong and aching kicks to the door, Linnea kicked the stall door down, dashing to the field, hoping the grass was still alive.
Unfortunately, today was not Linnea's day. When she walked out of the barn, she heard the crack of dead, dried grass. The grass had a white-green hue to it and appeared frosted. This grass could be eaten but would not provide enough water and energy for her. She walked back to the barn sadly as it started to rain.
The next day, Linnea knew that Mrs. Clark would not come back. It was clear she had left or something happened to her. Linnea was worried that she would run out of food so with the little energy she had left, she jumped over the wooden fence but slipped because the fence was a bit too high. As she landed, she fell into thorn bush. She only got a few minor cuts (not deep enough to leave any permanent marks) and a little splinter from the fence but one of the thorns left a very long and deep cut on her neck. Linnea didn't have time to numb the pain though, she was determined to find something, anything to eat.
After wandering a great distance, she stumbled upon river-side rich with healthy berries and grass. Once she filled up on the fresh water and tasty grass, she headed off, not knowing where she was going. On her way, in the distance she would see horses but didn't bother talking to them.
As she was trotting down a shady
trail, she came across a mare and her owner. He was riding on the mare down the trail till he halted. He walked up to the injured and starved mare, Linnea, and tried to pet her muzzle. Linnea back up, scared to be touched by the foreigner. Noticing she was untrusting, he reached into the bag on his mare's pouch on her behind and pulled out some sugar cubes, putting them in his palm and offering them to Linnea. She was cautious at first but gave in for the sweet, sweet sugar cubes. She licked her lips after finishing them, not more trusting of the human.
The man, not seeing a rider or owner in sight quickly tied Linnea to his mare and wandered off to look for a nearby owner. He thought maybe the horse had wandered off or escaped from an abusive owner, seeing all her cuts and ribs. As Linnea walked next to the other mare, she began talking to her, a bit weary still of the man. But she felt safe knowing another horse was with her.
The two talked the whole journey, finding they had lots in common and really hitting it off. Linnea told the mare how she got here and what had happened. The mare was very sympathetic, nuzzling Linnea, comforting her.
Although Linnea was very sad to leave her home, she was glad she made a friend along the way and later, the man decided to keep Linnea after no luck finding Linnea's owner.