A Battle Scarred Ikplet - My Special Ikplet Entry. DNP!

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I live in CST so I will edit until midnight in my time. Sorry for any inconvenience.



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Serene was a beautiful Ikplet, desired by many and loved by all. She was courted by many suitors and the whole mob respected her. She was, in a way, the leader of her mob. Unlike most mobs, her mob was a decent size it contained around 50 Ikplets. She often lead them into battle against other Ikplet mobs and would fight against other mobs for territory and food. Their land was lush and beautiful and the mobs of the land all looked to try and steal even a few square meters of it, for there were berries covering the mountainsides and squirrels roaming the forest. It was a land of perfection and an Ikplet paradise. Serene called it Clecolea. Serene had built her mob like one huge family unit. There were the Parents. They took care of the Ikplet children, ALL of them. A young Ikplet's parents were simply it's birth parents. After its birth, The adult mob members were its parents and the children, it's siblings. They didn't keep track of their children, everyone cared for them all. It brought the mob closer together and they were more united than any other mob. One day, a mob who had copied Serene's mob's way of life and grew themselves up to be the same size as Serene's mob, attacked Clecolea. Many things happened that day and here is how the story goes.

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Chapter 1

I crouched in the grasses on the hills of Clecolea, waiting for some prey to come along. I was hoping for a deer or moose, or maybe some antelope, but, I could settle for a squirrel. I was out hunting for the mob. Life was good for me right now. I was the leader of the biggest mob in the northern parts, the hills were stocked with food, and best of all, I got some alone time to hunt with Celestial, my tail head. Celestial snaked next to me, waiting to finish off the next squirrel that passed with a quick bite to the neck. Or Maybe, maybe we'd get lucky and get a deer or moose! I heard a small noise up ahead. It sounded like a small scrabbling noise of the paws of a squirrel. I slowly crept forward, Celestial ready to strike, and saw the squirrel crouched upon the path. Suddenly, the ground began to shake. I dug my claws into the ground for a few minutes until it subsided. Small earthquakes were common here. I looked to see where the squirrel had gone. Drat! I hate earthquakes! I thought, noticing it had dashed off so where else. I sprang up and went to hunt someplace else. I crouched near the edge of the forest and waited for a creature to pass by. Celestial was starting to get tired. I could tell. She was starting to droop and sag. I wished at that moment that I could talk to her to keep her awake. Celestial was my best friend. She always knew what I was thinking. She could practically read my mind. There are times when we fight, but, it never lasts long. It's hard to stay mad at something that's constantly attached to your butt! I gave her a nudge with my back paw to keep her alert and she wiggled awake.
"Sorry!" She whispered quietly. I gave her a brief head nod to acknowledge her apology. I saw a deer creep around the bend. I gestured with my hoof toward where it was and blinked three times slowly as a sort of countdown. On the last blink I left out of the bushes and kicked the deer in the face. Celestial bit down hard on the Bucks neck and killed it quickly and painlessly. Celestial then grabbed it in her jaws and started to drag it up the hill, towards our mob's camp. This deer would go to the children tonight. We always made sure the children got food before any of the adults, unless, that is, they were sick. I got to the top of the hill and Celestial gave one last tug on the deer. Now, we just needed to cross through the forest to get home. I signified to Celestial that I was going in and she grabbed the deer in her jaw once again. I started to walk and she dragged the buck behind me as I entered the forest. I walked for what seemed like forever, until, I saw a moose drinking from a stream. I signaled to Celestial to drop the deer so I could grab this one too. I slowly started to stalk towards the moose, with Celestial ready and steady behind me. I crouch and went to pounce. The ground started to rumble and the moose darted away. Stupid Earthquakes! I cursed silently. That's when I noticed that the rumbling hadn't stopped. It was getting louder! It sounded like hundreds of hooves. Maybe it was just one of those boxes drawn by horses that the creatures, humans I think, ride in on occasion. It started to get even louder until it was an ear splitting rhythm. I looked to see what it could be. Not many things could shake the trail that much. I lifted my head up and celestial looked as well. It was a huge heard of Ikplets! And then I realized I was standing on the trail! They were coming straight at me!

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Chapter 2

I stared in shock, frozen in fear. I tried to jump out of the way, but, I was too late. I got trampled on by the first few Ikplets, the rest clearing around me. One stray Ikplet yelled something at me but, I didn't hear what because I was dizzy. He yelled something else at me and kicked my mask. I heard a loud cracking noise and the mouth part of my mask snapped off. The Ikplet looked appalled at what he had done and ran to catch up with his mob. That's when I noticed they were headed to my village! I ran as fast as my hooves could carry me. I burst into the camp.
"Attack! Attack!" Celestial yelled. "About one hundred Ikplets are headed here to attack us!" She yelled as I ran to the troops. "Protect the foals!" Celestial ordered. The Adult Ikplets scrambled to their feet and started battle preparations. The foals were rushed into the nursery and Ikplets surrounded the nursery. Ikplets made a circle around the camp and the rest went into a battle formation on the front lines. I rushed to lead them into battle. I was their leader after all!
The Ikplets were set and ready for battle, but, I didn't think we could win. We had never faced this many Ikplets before! Their mob was twice the size of ours and ours had been known as the biggest mob in the northern regions! I thought to myself and communicated telepathically with Celestial like us northern Ikplets do. What to do? What to do? I asked Celestial. We could challenge their leader to a battle! She suggested. Thats it! I knew that was the answer. That way, if I won, I would be the leader of both mobs and they would have to answer to me along with their former leader! If I lost, my mob would have to help their leader drive me out, but, my tribe would be safe and at least I'd still have Celestial! Tell them the plan. I told Celestial solemnly. She turned around with me to speak to the group.
"Ikplets of Clecolea, we are about to head into a dangerous battle, and we most likely will lose. Serene and I have devised a plan to try and prevent battle. Whatever happens, you will be protected. We need you to stay strong and fight for your leader. It may not be me. I enjoyed being your leader but, that time may be up. I understand now that I was sent here to protect this mob in their time of need and I am determined to do my duty to you all. Now, stay put!" She finished and I dashed off to meet the opposing leader. I walked up and looked him in the eyes. "We challenge you to a battle for dominance." Celestial spoke my mind. The tail head of the other leader opened its mouth.
"We accept!" He said with an evil laugh. The two mobs made a circle arena around the two of us. The other leaders mob was smiling slyly like this was a common occurrence, which maybe it was! My mob on the other hand was looking very solemn, now understanding what I said. I dipped my head toward the other leader and he did the same. An Ikplet from the opposing team came to stand between us. His tail head lifted itself to speak.
"We are here for the battle of dominance between Serene with Celestial and King with Prince!" He shouted to the crowd. Clever name! I telepathically said to Celestial. Must be their outright creativity! She replied with a smile. The tail head continued.
"They are battling to see who will gain dominance of 153 Ikplets of the northern region! A worthy battle for sure!" He shouted to a series of cheers from Kings group. He lifted a leaf and stuck it in the middle of me and King. "The battle will start on my mark! One! Two! Three!" The tail head yelled, dragging out the e's in three.

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Chapter 3

The Ikplet swiped the leaf between us and ran to the outside of the circle, oval shape. I went for the first move, Jumping up for a kick and swinging Celestial around so her teeth could meet his neck. King was expecting that though, so, he side stepped the kick and prince went to snap at Celestial. I swung around with lightning speed and faked a kick at his side. King feel for it and sidestepped the imaginary kick into another not imaginary one that smacked him in the neck. Prince yelped in pain, being able to feel everything King did, and then growled at me. This time, King went to kick me, but, he stole my move! He faked a kick towards my side, but, him forgetting that I made up that move, I knew what he was going to do and sidestepped the other way, into a rock. I fell flat on my face and popped up immediately. Celestial whinnied and I went to trample him. I ran and faked a kick but pushed off the rock I had just jumped over and landed on his back. Prince howled in pain again and King struggled underneath me. That's when I felt something hot and sticky running down my back leg. I yelled out and went to asses the damage to Celestial. She wasn't on my tail! Prince had killed my tail head and best friend! I looked around for her head so she could keep some of her dignity, but, I couldn't see it! Then, It dawned on me! Celestial had been eaten by Prince! I almost barfed, right there and then. I quickly went and using my anger to fuel some of my energy I charged at King and prince. I kicked and fought, getting angrier by the second. He killed my tail head, now, I'll kill him! I repeated to myself over and over. I finally managed to aim a hard kick right at his face and knocked him to the ground. I stood over King, my tail poised to bite. I waited for him to surrender his tribe by blinking twice. He didn't! What was he waiting for? I wondered. That's when I realized, I had no way to kill him! I couldn't kill him without Celestial because I couldn't bite! The only way I'd be able to kill him was to kick him to death or tire him out! I couldn't win! Prince must've read my thoughts because he knew that I figured it out finally.
"Yes, Serene! I ate Celestial and now you can't kill us!" He said mockingly. "Awwwww! You like your going to cry! Are you going to wet your poor broken mask? Come on now, break down crying already!" He finished. Realizing it was hopeless, I blinked twice. I would now be driven out of my mob and contrary to what I thought. I wouldn't even have Celestial. I let one small tear drop down my mask before standing tall and running as fast as my legs could carry me away from that horrid place that was once my beautiful home. I ran far away. Now would start my life as a loner.

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Chapter 4

I wandered, slowly adapting to my abnormalities. If I had been born this way it might be different, as I would have a body that was adapted to this. I was slowly trying to learn to talk. Occasionally, I'd come across a mob or a loner Ikplet, but mostly I just wandered the barren land around me. Whenever I did, they would look at me and run away. Some would shout mean names at me as they ran. They didn't mean any harm, they were simply appalled by what they saw. I eventually decided that the name Serene no longer fit me, how could a broken heart be serene? I eventually started to name myself as broken heart, as that's what. I was, a useless, ugly, broken heart. One day, something out of the normal happened. I ran into another Ikplet, but, she didn't run away. Instead, she approached me cautiously.
"What do you want." I rasped, my throat and tongue working to produce those words. Her tail head turned to me.
"This is Sybil and I'm Talias." He explained. "We help homeless Ikplets find caring homes with a different species, the human. We were wanting to know if you'd want to get adopted." He continued. Just the sound of the word felt nice. Adopted... Adopted... Adopted! I kept repeating it to myself. But then, I looked down sadly.
"No one would want a deformed Ikplet anyway." I muttered. Sybil looked at me sympathetically.
"We've had plenty of misformed Ikplets be adopted easily. Even ones worse than your case. There was one that was missing a leg!" Talias explained with a smile.
"Come and find a home with us, What did you say your name was?" He asked.
"I'm Serene," I say, "But everyone calls me Brokenheart.

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Chapter 5

I walked into the center a few hours later, trailing behind Sybil with my head down. Sybil walked to a woman at a counter. Talias spoke.
"We have a new Ikplet to be adopted." He said to the woman. I looked up.
"What is that!?!" She screeched. "No one is going to take that, thing!" She continued.
"Maybe so," Talias said with calm anger. "But, Maybe not." He fumed.
"Fine. Get it out of my sight, then!" She complained and dismissed us with a wave of her hand. As we walked I started to get discouraged.
"What if she's right." I whispered to Talias.
"She's not. Gwen is a bit... Over dramatic." He replied. "Heres your room!" He said excitedly. I looked over and saw a plush bed and some pillows. "There's a door in the back so you can go out and interact with the humans and, well, go to the room to do your business..." He hesitated. "Go ahead and get comfy! Visiting hours start in ten minutes!" He called back as Sybil walked away, before I could say thank you. I turned to the room and stuck my head out of the flap. I looked around and walked out. After being used to the outdoors, I didn't want to be cooped up in a small room. A few minutes later, humans started to stream in. I walked over and started to try to approach some. All of them simply looked at me and turned away. The other Ikplets snorted and stayed away from me, some kicking dirt in my face or flicking me with their tails. The next day was the same, and the next, and the next. I soon took to sitting just in front of my door flap. Sometimes I didn't even come out. I waited for someone to come over and coo to me like they did to the others, but, it was months before someone even took notice of me.

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Chapter 6

After I had been in the adoption center for about six months, I had completely given up hope of being adopted. I had no company whatsoever and was going to burst. It was a chilly, November morning. Tuesday, I think. I decided that on Sunday, I would ask Sybil and Talias to release me. I sat outside my cave, waiting for the teasing to start. Sooner or later, Humans started to pour into the handling room. Many sneered at me, I simply blocked it out. Then, A pink, fluffy Ikplet with a unicorn horn walked up to a little girl and nuzzled her hand. The girl looked about 3, very young to be wandering around the pen by herself. I watched the girl grab the ikplets fur and start to braid it. The Ikplet hated it from the moment the girl started. She started to tear up her legs. Was she kidding! A kick could kill a child like that! I ran over to see her start to load. Immediately, I pulled the child out of the way, grabbing her by the shirt as the Ikplet kicked air. I walked over to the Unikplet.
"What's the matter with you!" I shouted. Now everyone was staring. "A kick like that could've killed her, and all because she was trying to make your hair slightly pretty!" I snapped. The little girl was sniffling in the background. The Unikplet looked stunned.
"Y-You c-can talk!" She said, surprised.
"You'd know that if you ever stopped to say hello!" I growled, storming off to check on the child. I nuzzled her hand and licked her forehead. She smiled and poked my mask. I felt warm inside. Was this what it was to love? I thought. I nudged the child's hand and curled up under her arm. The girls mother came rushing over after she'd seen what happened. She started to look the girl over for cuts or bruises.
"Are you hurt??? Did it bite you? Did it have rabies? Is anything broken?" The woman fussed. The girl pulled her arm away and gave her mom a cute glare.
"Mo-om! Im fine! And it's all thanks to this Ikplet!" She smiled. I looked at the mother and blinked. A form of silent communication. "Mom! Can we keep her!" She asked with pleading eyes.
"You know what Hayden, I think she's just perfect!" The mom smiled. I stood up and waged my tail, which was thumping against Hayden's leg. The girl squealed and ran to her mom.
"Thank you mommy! Yay!" She started to run in circles. Her mother filled out all of the adoption forms and papers while I played with the child. On our way out of the Center, The mom leaned down to whisper in my ear. Just two simple words. Thank you.