[Dia.]

Two days.
This will be open until I wake up and check the thread on the 15th.

[Dia.]

Judging

[Dia.]

I blink to try to clear my vision. Not luck of course, I noticed that my eye sight is getting worst.I could hardly see at night any more. The chance of me becoming blind is always a fear on my mind. Not to mention that I was brought here by force. I was just with my herd went there people just came out of nowhere and took me. Now I was stuck here in a field without any form of shelter with two mare I don't know. None of us have name either. These people don't care about us at all. It makes me I looked up at the sky, the sun glared in my eyes, and watched the cloud pass. But something made me stop, i looked back at the other horses. Two mares by the way it looked. I whinnies to try to get there attention the darker mare raised her while the other lighter mare was still grazing. Is she ignoring me? I whinnied again louder to try to get a respond from the lighter mare. This time she look at me. I whinnie again. No respond. In fact she looks confused. Wait. Is she deaf? It's strange to think that we had been here for awhile and I never noticed. I know the dark mare has a limp, I'm also sure that you would be able to ride her. Why else would they want us? We are all flawed. I highly doubt it is because they loved us....

Owner: ~Silverpelt~
Name: Akash
Gender: Stallion
Age: 8 years old
Height: 16 hh

String Color: Light silver color
Bead Color Shape, Quantity, and Placement:

-Color: Pale blue like the color of the sky when your above the clouds. The rectangular one is blue like all of the others but there is some white mixed into it, it looks almost like clouds in the sky.
-Shape: 3 circle one and the last one is rectangular.
-Quantity: 4
-Placement: Where the current 3 circle beads are on the string the rectangular one would go above the current three.
*Note* Also use art for reference

Significance: The beads the color of the sky has to do with a important part of his character. In this time of neglect Akash always looked at the sky as if imagining escaping from his neglective owners. Blue is also a color of hope something Akash took with him for this time of neglect. The cloud like bead is a symbol of himself in a way just going with the flow of life, without a care in the world. It is also a symbol of leaving that life behind. The silver string is a symbol of 'silver linings', meaning looking at a negative with a hopeful view. This describes Akash personality also perfectly. Though he was neglected terrible in his past he's still positive that thing will get better. The simple ribbon and beads also stands for his simplistic nature.

Rehabilitation Plan:
Before I do anything I would let him get acclimated to my place. I want to him to be comfortable at my place before there any else happens to limit the stress on him. This would happen for around 4-7 days it really depends on how quickly Akash becomes comfortable there. I would try to then gain his trust enough that he doesn't completely freak out when he's around me. I would also consult a vet about how to help conserve the vision that he has left. Also, if there's way to get back some vision, maybe by surgery or such. I would also put this on him to prevent vision loss. I would use this one because it less complex then other models and it's doesn't touch his face as much. Being that Akash is quite flighty it would be easier for him to get used to it. Later on I would try to introduce him to a more protective model. I would keep him inside for majority of his time during his recovery to prevent him for getting sick or injured. As for feeding I would go by this article. Simply because I'd refer not mess up and cause Akash harm. The website that I used this is a nutritionist group for equine so I would consisted it trustworthy. I would also check with my vet about feeding when they comes as well. I would also see if there was other supplements that could aid in his recovery. When he's at a decent weight, I would countuine trying to gain his trust.

Other:
Meaning of Name: Akash means wide open space or sky. This goes back to his love of the sky. When he had his vision he loved looking at the sky. In fact you can still caught him trying to make out the sky.
Personality: Akash isn't your normal stallion. While other stallion are bold and show offish, he's meek and flighty. He's shy and a bit of loner because of his mistrust of human that leaked over on horse as well. While it's not impossible to gain his trust it rather hard. He's clever enough to test out if he can trust you. If you pass he may try to walk over to you and talk. He's calm and optimistic in any situation making him a natural leader. He's loyal and can be fierce if he's protecting who he cares about.
Story||Escape: I stare blankly at sky, it's not like I can see it anyways. I imagine the fluffy white cloud passing in front of a pale blue background. I wonder if it's cloudy today or maybe it's a sunny cloudless day. I wish I could see, I feel a prickle of annoyance and

frustration stabs my side at the thought. I hate being blind. I miss simply things, like the being able to see what's around you or being able to see where other horses are. I put my head down to the ground and graze. Sadly, I had not choice in the matter. Though, I wasn't born blind most of the time I wish I was. It happened over time, I guess good eyesight just doesn't run in the family. The earthy taste soil hits by tongue. Looks like there's no more grass in this area. I more back some to find some new ground. At first to was hard being blind, but the other horse and experience helped me get used to it. The owners that we have don't care about as one bit. They come out every once and a while to throw hay. That's only to keep us alive. The grass is far over grazed, all three of us are on the verge of starving. I missed everything about being free, not being here but at last, I am stuck here until I died, then they would get more horses and starve them. It would just be a endless cycle. I hear tires tracking on the dirt and lift my head to the sound as if I could see what it was. It's some sort of car by the sounds of it. I hear a knocking on want I assume is the door. The hear the owner's voices as well with new voice of other humans. The voices that went to yelling real fast. I wonder what's was happen in there. I head other closer to fence careful not go too close being that it was electric. I hear a crashing sound. I spook and try to get away for the fence. I hear the sound of hoofs meaning that the other horses spooked as well. The gate creaks. The kind of creak of somebody opening it. I gallop as fast I can to end of the pasture. I don't know who or what came in here and I don't want to find out. Panic rushes through me I wonder what happen to the other horses. I stop abruptly using the little bit of vision I have to see the fence blocking my escape. What do I do? What do I do!? I rear up trying to attack or at least scared them away. The fact I have not idea what I'm fighting terrifies me. I run around hearing another horse's hoof beat behind me. Relief rushes over me at least one of them still okay.
"Come on!" I hear a voice say frustrated, a human voice. More humans? What do they want? Panic rushes over me again and I speed up. I add in a few kicks hoping that I didn't hit the other horses.
"Joe we are going to have the coral them in the trailer! There no way we are going to catch them!" A human male voice says loudly. I hear the sounds of metal clacking together. After a few minutes as if something stopped working.
"Okay we're ready!" Other man say seeming to be commuting with the man in pasture with us. I hear a loud clapping sound behind me and I bolt forward. I begin ran out the gate when I realized that outside the gate there was the trailer, more humans and whatever they were building before. I would get caught. My hoof dig into as I stop and turn around as fast I can. Then, I make a break for the other side. I listen in closely for other hoof beat against the ground. My heart drops when I only hear my own. What about the others? I wish I could see more than I ever wished to see. I want to know what happened. I want to help them escape. I find myself beginning to tire from my already low energy from the lack of food. They are going to catch me! I think nervous thoughts of what happened to me. My gallop slows to a trot then a walk and finally I stop. I have to let them caught me. I wonder what was going to happen to me. Was it going to be worse or better? I think as they lead me in trailer and closing the door soon after. They drive away from the life I have known for all these years. My future is unsure. I only hope that it will be better for here on out.
Relationships;; Adonis: Adonis and Akash is polar opposites. Adonis is social and ostentatious while Akash is shy and flighty. Simply put there personality different make any form of friendship hard. Adonis is always looking for a fight with the idea that Akash calm nature is a clever trick. When actually, he really rather not fight. If they were to find away to put there head together they would be quite the team. However, that most likely would never happen, it will stay at a game of cat and mouse.
Vidette: It quite hard to hate Vidette. She's sweet, friendly and a complete sweet heart. Obvious, they got along nicely. Vidette tries to help in when ever he needs it; sometimes when he doesn't. Naturally, she feels bad from he for what happened in his past. She feels it's her duty to make sure he's happy here and that he doesn't have to go through that after. She tends to call off Adonis when he picks on Akash.
History: Akash was born wild and in most of his younger year it showed. He was always starting fights and causing havoc. After his capture and being brought to the smuggler ranch, he began to calm down. Within his years of abuse he realized that fighting did nothing. The final blow to his wild side was his blindness. Being that it was hard to see he feel that he couldn't risk fighting and mischief unless it was necessarily. Even when he was rescued he never forget the lessons it taught him. Such as always looking to the bright side, not to start fights and to be careful who you trust. He's the type of horse that learns from bad things instead of letting them control your life and choices.
Poem My past doesn't define me
Neither do my disabitlies
Or vision that's far gone

While they try to mold me
Like a figure made of clay
However they never will

In away that makes me free
Even though I'm caged
I will always be free
Five Word Poem: My wounds don't cause pain
Likes:

-Being around horses
-Being outside
-Friendly and polite horses or peoples
-Mulling over thoughts until he can think of the right choice
-People/horses that care about him and his feelings
Dislikes:
-The dark
-His lack of vision
-Being looked down at
-Horses that treated him differently because of his disability
Why do I want him? I want this boy because I love his backstory. I love the idea of rehabilitation and new beginning. I love the whole idea that all these horse while beautiful have there flaws. I have to admit I'm a sucker for animals with tragic backstory qvq. Then there's the obviously that he's beautiful.
Art: Full Body, Clouds border, Name tag,Akash Freedom,Prancing :3,headshot

Congratulations!
This was a /really/ hard competition to judge, hence the time it took to actually get a winner picked. >.>

canis, dreamwalker, horse, and baby bunnies, I'd like to offer you each a semi-custom for completing your forms and putting a lot of effort into them. <3 Please PM me with a coat color and gender.

[Baby bunnies!]

Congrats!!! You deserve him.

And thanks Dia. I will send something over soon.

[silver ~]

Thank you so much <3. I can't believe I won, everybody has such good art and writing. I will take good care of Akash <3

And also congrats to the other's that got semi customs you all totally deserve it <3