by perros1234 » Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:08 pm
He is amazing!!! I would love to have this character! i will try out! Is art optional or manditory? and can we draw it on paper?
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Username: perros1234
Name:I if were to win, I'd name him Zodicak
Story: It was boiling hot, Zodiack could see heat waves(I forget what they are called) at the end of the plains, his head low he nudged a mare in front of him, her head was low too, her belly was wide. She was expecting a foal, it was coming late,most of the mares in his herd had already had their foals. "Come on"he said nudging her again when she didn't respond. This mare in particalar was his favourite. She was completely black,not a speckof a different colour. Her name was Black Magic. Black Magic was also the lead mare,keeping the younger ones in order. She snorted and slowly trotted in front, taking the lead while he took the rear. Zodiack scanned the herd,he always did. He spotted a black colt trotting next to his mother. Jasper... he thought and reminded himself that he would have to drive him away soon. He'd done it many times.Most of them went away quietly as their mothers had warned them that this day would happen. He sighed and nudged another mare, a pretty chestnut with a star on her forehead,"Move along Cricket." he told her as she nodded and pushed a cherry bay filly in front of her.He started to trot when Black Magic recovered, moving the herd along. Zodiack pinned his ears at foals that strayed too far from their mothers, neighed loudly and moving along the younger mares.In the distance Zodiack spotted a more sheltered area. Black Magic spotted it too, as she turned and headed for it. When they arrived, there was a fair amount of grazing space. Black Magic took her turn as the look out. Head spinning around looking for danger, her ears flickering back and forth trying to detect anything that could be a threat. Nothing, the mares gratefully ate,and Black Magic also had her share.
"We should get some water." She commented to Zodiack
"Of course" He responded, he was always soft on her.
"I hear some gurgling... there should be a stream around here somewhere."
"Lead the way Black Magic." He said. She nodded and cantered away, not before giving Jasper a swift kick to tell him what he did was unacceptable. Turning the herd, she galloped away. He neighed loudly,galloping at the rear. Occasoinly giving a mare a nudge. The sun was starting to set, the sun glowed. His legs ached from running but he didn't stop. They came to a forest. It was green enough.There was a gurling brooke. He drank his fill and watched for danger as the herd drank.
"We should stay here for the night" Said Black Maic
"We don't know what lives here!" He said, a little annoyed. She rolled her eyes at him.
"Isn't that what, I don't know.... always do?? We do this every night,this place is perfect. I'll take the first guard shift!" She excalimed. ohh how he hated it when she was so reasonable. " So?"
"Fine"He snapped reculantly. She gave a satifisfed snort, "But! I go first" She opended her mouth to agure with him, "Go" he snapped,she flickered her ears and bounded away, not before sending Cricket to help him.
"it's not nessacesary!"He complained to her, when she instisted on gurading with him, "you have a filly to take care of!" She snorted at his comment
"Calipso will be fine! Misty is taking care of her!" Cricket argured. Misty was a small dappled grey mare. These days she never spoke and always wanted to help the other mares with their foals. Her foal had died. She had a blue dun, called Mongolia. They were running away from a forest when it had been chopped down, there were machinces every where,they had to run,fast. The problem was Monglina had been just born,Misty had somehow nudged her to her feet, and was nudging her. Mongolia fell a couple feet of the floor, hard. She was injuried badly. Misty got her up, but she died of injuries, she couldn't walk properly she just gave up and lied panting on the floor, her mother didn't leave her side until she took her last breath, and left the true world forever.Misty was grief stricken. Zodiack gulped, as he remebered his daughter's death. Plenty of his daughters and son had died. The fact the Mongolia wasn't even a month old,and she had died made him sick.
"Are you sure?" He asked
"Yes" Cricket repilied her face hard as stone. Zodiack noticed that Crickets ears were rapidly flicking back and forth adn her eyes kept flickering around.She must be worried about Calipso Zodiack thought. He nudged one of the older mares awake. She was a fleabitten mare, her name was Fly, not extremly pretty though she had plenty of experince and was very wise.
"Yes Zodiack? I assume this is my turn?" She asked blinking the sleepyness out of her eyes.
"Correct"
"Give me a second" she whispered, he nodded understanding. He took his spot, soon it was dawn. Zodiack awoke the herd. The moved to the part of the forest where there were less trees. Zodiack caught a glimpse of silver on the edge of his vision. Curious, Zodiack walked up to it. Humans, them and their cursed garbage, why don't they just put it somewhere else? he thought, annoyed. Suddnely the light caught onit, reflecting, the grass and bracken burst into flame. The fire licked hungerly at the trees nearby.
"To the water!!!" Screamed Fly.
"To the stream!" Screeched Black Magic"TO THE STREAM! Zodiack screamed, reaping Black Magic. They all ran, Jasper was galloping with his mother, wild eyeed. Zodiack caught sight of Cricket pushing Calipso into the stream. The smell of singed hair and smoke hit his nostrills. In horro he watched flickering flame creep up Cricket, burning her alive. She screamed and ran. He hoped she would make it, Black magic wading in the stream. Misty collapsed as the flames turned her into a clump of ashes. Fly had fallen, and injuried herself, She fell with a thud, not moving. The smoke it killed Fly. he thought. I scream some more. He could feel the flames crawling up his leg, he screamed, he fell over, he saw Cricket wreathed in flames, Black Magic in the stream screaming something. Thats what I remeber before I blacked out. Flashing lights blinded me, I saw my herd, safe. I called out, they saw me and ran. Leaving me behind. I screamed and Black Magic did the same. As soon as my muzzle touched her's the herd and Black Magic were wreathed in flames and blended into the flames. Zodiack's eyelids fluttered open. He looked down, he was in a small contained space. He caught sight of his burns. He was speechless. I lifted my head trying to see over it. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Cricket. A group of humans had gathered around her, muttering axniously. He screeched at the top of his lungs. However the only sound that came out, sounded more like a hoarse whimper. Suddenly he felt dizzy. He swayed, eyes rolling back. He felt a sharp pinch. Then everything went black. When woke up, his muscles felt so sore. He let out a groan.
"Black Magic? Calpiso? Cricket?" He whimpered, a muffled neight sounded from close by.
"Zodick?"The voice was hoarse. Zodiack reconizged it as Calipso.
"Calipso?"
"I'm here... I'm scared...Cricket is hurt bad" Calipso says quietly, "I thought you might want to know that Black Magic just delivered her calf"
"What? She's fine right? It's healthy right?" Zodiack said loudly starting to thrash around
"Black Magic is fine..." She murrmed. Later Zodiack was allowed to see his son. He was pure black, like his mother, he blinked his eyes, they were a icy blue. He jerked back, his son...was blind
"A dark-" He began but was cut off by Black Magic
"Blessing"
"A Dark Blessing" They said toghter
"A fine name for him correct?" Black Magic said weakly. Zodiack nuzzled her tenderly.
"Of course" He told her. Soon when all his remains of his herd were well, even Cricket who had been burned horribly, had now recoverd, though she still bore her scars from the fire, a person came along, they adopted him and the herd. As he trotted into the paddock with Black Magic and A Dark Blessing he said
"I miss the wild"
"So do I, but A Dark Blessing is safer here and so are all the foals" She reimed him gently, he snorted. He would admit most of the mares were content, and if they were so was he.
The End
If I win Zodiack I´d write more stories.
Art: W.I.P
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perros1234 on Thu May 03, 2012 12:17 pm, edited 8 times in total.
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