trying out for KittyCatKita's gorgeous Cherry Bay WME <3 The contest is to write how she got her scars^^
So here's the deal, though -- my story is wayyyy too long XD It's a bit over 1,000; the highest Kita will accept is 750. So here's the full-length version of the story, but I'm using a shorter one for my form<3
Being the daring, arrogant mare she is, Lumina has reinvented this story many times over the years, painting it as a brave tale of her heroism against some terrible enemy, whether it’s bobcats or wolves, mountain lions or hunters. But here’s the true story of what happened that dark day ...
Seafoam eyes glittering, Lumina stepped out of the shadows of the trees. Brilliant sunshine glimmered off her cherry coat and she flipped her dark mane dramatically, turning to shoot Zayne a mischievous grin. “Well then?” she said expectantly. “You ready to go?”
“I ... er ... well ...” Zayne mumbled, gazing uneasily at the barbed wire fence. Sun glinted off the spikes, making it seem all the more intimidating. Lumi followed his gaze. “Oh come on now!” she exclaimed, cocking an eyebrow incredulously. “Don’t tell me you’re backing out on me! Afraid of a little wire?”
“It’s just ... I’m not sure this is a good idea,” Zayne replied finally, fidgeting from hoof to hoof. “It seems kinda dangerous ... like most of your plans.” Lumina paused for a second, then began to laugh, rearing up in the air, golden hooves catching the sun. Zayne grew more and more uncomfortable as she laughed, and when she finally quieted down, he sighed. “I guess you’re still going through with it then?”
She nodded, a look of fierce determination in her eyes. “Fine then. I didn’t think I could stop you anyways. You’re never afraid of everything! Just -- be careful?”
She flashed him a dazzling grin. “But of course, Z. Of course.”
After a short silence, the humans came to take him away for his daily lesson. Lumi had hers earlier that day, and was left alone. She paced back and forth eagerly. Ever since she’d been captured, she knew she’d escape one day. She cast a longing glance at the mountains, their frigid peaks calling her name ... how did Zayne not hear them?
Night fell ...
“It’s time!” Lumi exclaimed quietly to herself. She felt excited, thrilled, adrenaline racing through her veins, but none of the fear that any other equid might have felt. Tonight had taken a lot of careful planning -- figuring out the exact date and time she should make her escape, so the humans wouldn’t notice until she was long gone. But finally, finally, it was time.
She backed up to the other end of the pasture, her gaze fixed straight ahead. She took in a long, deep breath, completely still. Moonlight glanced off the barbed wire, shimmering as if in warning. But just beyond that moonlight glittered off snowy mountain peaks ...
Lumina closed her eyes and ran, every hoofbeat an its own private infinity, echoing like a million bursts of thunder in the silent night. She reached the fence ... she jumped ...
She was frozen in time, a silent painting of once forgotten freedom. She opened her eyes, a cry of joy rumbling up in her chest, looking only towards the mountains ahead ...
And so she didn’t see the second fence. The second set of barbed wire, wickedly sharp, winking like a thousand tiny stars. Her leap lost its momentum and she began a descent -- down, down, down. She looked down just as she hit it, eyes widening in terror, for once in her life a deepset instinct of fear controlling her, filling her.
And time started once again. A metallic ringing filled the air as the wire vibrated with impact. She’d landed sideways, narrowly missing gouging her eye, shoulder filled with tiny barbs and face slashed. Pain was everything. Pain filled her, controlled her, wiping out some of the fear and mixing with the rest of it.
Terror. This was new to Lumi. But suddenly it was everything, she was alone in her own little universe of pain and terror, forever and infinity. She cried out into the night, screaming her pain to the uncaring stars. The mountain snow glittered coldy, unreachable, uncaring, unknowing. She cried out again and again, her tragedy of pain echoing answerless in the once inviting night.
But behind all the terror, under it all, she remembered one thing with a fierce determination -- freedom. She needed it. If she could only stand up, only go a little further, it would be hers. She struggled against the blinding pain, trying to remember freedom. Little by little it seeped back into her, her stubborn determination, her need to be free. It filled her with its warmth and it strengthened her. The golden glow told her to keep going, keep fighting. She was almost there.
With a yelp of effort, she forced herself up on trembling legs. She ripped herself from the wire, pain rocking her thin frame. She ignored it, kept pushing, kept fighting. She felt warm blood dripping down her face, her shoulder, and she ignored that too, pushing aside all thoughts of anything but escape, feeling the warmth flow back into her.
She half staggered, half fell away from the fence, moving towards the woods just at the base of the mountain. It was dark; cold; but she barely felt it. She just kept moving, barely conscious. She lost herself among the firs, dark leafy shapes sheltering her, hiding her should any searching humans come around. She had come far enough. She was safe.
Lumina collapsed to the ground, blood loss finally taking the better of her. Her wounds throbbed, warm liquid puddling around her. She didn’t know if she’d survive the night -- but she had what she’d always dreamed of, all those days back in captivity. Freedom. Yet she couldn’t help doubting herself. Was freedom enough to let her live through the night?
Shooting pain throughout her, the doubt and terror came streaming back. She felt a wave of despair and pain. She cried, softly but steadily. She cried for the pain, for the shattered dreams, for leaving Zayne behind. She cried because she had what she’d always wanted ... and it wasn’t enough.
She wept for hours. And then she laid her head down and slept.
The next morning ...
Somehow, impossibly, she felt warm rays of sunshine on her back, golden light spilling lusciously around her. She opened her eyes, blinking, shocked. It had been enough. Her freedom had saved her!
A warm rush of a energy and joy flew through her, blotting out any pain. Her dazzling grin reaffirmed itself and she reared, whinnying joyously. Happy tears welled up in her eyes and she blinked them away. She never cried again.
the end XD
sorry I'm not a very good writer vuv
