by Merlin's Heir » Sat May 19, 2012 8:00 am
Username: TheHorseWhisperer
Daran's Name: Aeris (Latin for 'copper')
Daran's Age: 4 years
Personality: Aeris is an excitable, playful girl. She loves to roam around alone. She enjoys solitude, though she is friendly when she is with other Darans. Her best friend is Silver Lightning (Silver). Ever since they met they've been traveling all over together, never leaving one another's side.
Art or Story: Aeris was all alone ever since she was old enough to fend for herself. She rarely met any other Darans as she traveled from here to there (probably because she tried to stay away from other Darans). But she did meet other Darans every once in a while. There were many hills and valleys in her journeys - literally and emotionally. There were plenty of rainy days, sunny days, and just plain wierd days. There was one wierd day in particular that she thought was a very wierd day, probably the most wierd day of her life.
It started around noon on a sunny, warm day. A few wispy clouds were strung about in the blue sky above. Soft dust puffed up when Aeris set each hoof down as she walked across the open, lonely plains. She soon came to a more rocky area with quite a few trees and bushes. She walked slowly, peering around cautiously to watch for predators. Suddenly something jumped out from the behind a large boulder. It seemed to be a living bush! Frozen in shock and something between confusion and terror, Aeris stared at the flailing bush-monster. Moaning and shrieking in terrifying tones, the monster careened towards her. Aeris swore she saw red eyes gleaming and glaring at her from the shadows between the leaves as she turned with a scream to run deeper into the rocky land. As she brushed past the bush-monster, it teetered precariously on one... leg, or whatever limbs it used to move around with, the others flung up in the air. It crashed down on its front feet and regained its balance. It turned this way and that, and then ran forward, following Aeris. Aeris screamed and kept running, extremely terrified by this strange, unearthly beast. She glanced back every so often, hoping it had gone elsewhere, but it seemed to be gaining on her. In fact, it was getting closer! Aeris screamed again, galloping as fast as she could. Suddenly the beast behind her tripped and fell with a thud and the sound of twigs breaking in two. Aeris swiveled around as she heard the sound. The beast was struggling to get up. Aeris was about to laugh when she noticed something familiar about the bush creature. A familiar looking tail flailed around. Aeris gasped. It was a Daran's tail! The monster must have eaten a Daran! Aeris looked around wildly, then turned to run again. But she tripped on a branch. Not just any branch, a branch from the monster! Aeris neighed loudly, kicking as the beast got closer. She kept screaming, even though she knew the end was near. Suddenly... "Ca ou gt tis hin offa me?" Aeris stopped struggling. Where had the voice come from? The muffled words came again, from the direction of the monster. The Daran it had eaten must still be alive! It must have eaten it whole! Aeris neighed again, kicking and struggling even more, trying to get away so she wouldn't be eaten alive. She was moving, slowly, dragging the bush creature with her, towards a row of hedges. Aeris managed to stand up. She lunged forward, not caring where she went, into the hedges, the monster following - or being pulled, really - her with a muffled shout of surprise. Aeris struggled out of the bushes. The monster came out a few seconds later. Aeris looked at herself - or tried to. She was covered in branches! Now she understood! There was no monster that ate Darans whole. There was no monster that ate Darans at all. In fact, there was no monster whatsoever. The 'monster' was just another Daran that had gotten tangled up in the bushes. Aeris sighed in relief and helped the other Daran with the branches. The other Daran, in turn, helped Aeris out of the mess of branches and leaves. The other Daran introduced herself.
"I'm Silver Lightning," she said. "You can call me Silver. I'm sorry I scared the daylights out of you. Those bushes..." She shook her head, grinning. "I'm always getting tangled up in those darn things. They're so annoying. Have you ever gotten tangled up in them before today? Oh, what am I saying? Of course you haven't. You aren't from around here." She paused. "You aren't from around here, are you?"
"No, no," Aeris replied. "I'm from... Someplace far away, I guess." She grinned. "I've been traveling around for a long time. I don't particulary like herd life, I suppose. As for getting tangled up in bushes... Well, let's just say I just got very well aqquainted with one for the first time." She laughed and shook a leave off of her leg. Silver looked confused.
"You mean you've never seen a bush before?" she asked, tilting her head to the side as she always did when she was confused or curious.
"No, no, no," Aeris giggled. "I've just never gotten that close to one before." Silver nodded and laughed with her.
And that was how Aeris met Silver, and got very well aqquainted with a particular bush. Oh, and that was her wierdest day. Did I mention that already?
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Merlin's Heir on Fri May 25, 2012 4:17 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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