[AmigoGirl]

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[clara.anne]

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Arrrggg!
My story!
Ok... I'll post in about an hour!

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AnneSophie

[Ralonica]

I withdrew my entry. I decided that this equid wasn't really that important to me after all!
Also, I was too lazy to finish my art... >.>

So, good luck to everyone who entered! I can't wait to see who gets him!

[clara.anne]

Username: AnneSophie 
Equid's name: Kaheiro Mist
Personality: Kaheiro is a one of a kind Equid. Although he takes after his parents in many ways, and his personality does often reflect how they act also, he is an individual. he has many little habits that make him the unusual, brave, slightly arrogant and cheeky goal he is. He has many sides. When he is with people or Equids he dislikes, he tends to withdraw to himself and act as though he couldn't care less about anything. But when he is with people he loves and admires, he relaxes and turns into his sarcastic, sweet, friendly, eager to please (most of the time), self. Although he tries to act brave and heroic all the time, he can't help but occasionally rely on others  and be a little scared at some things, let others take over. He has a large imagination and always comes up with the oddest solution to everything. He is well loved but can be a little cheeky at times! 
Art or Story: Anne's point of view.

The water pounded onto my head, trailing over my shoulders and down to my toes. I listened to the consistent splashes as the mini torrents whir-pooled their way down the screaming drain. running a hand across my face to wipe the streams of lukewarm water from my eyes, I stared at the wall opposite the shower, contemplating. Letting my mind drift to other things, like how I was going to sort out the very large problem who was threatening my simple, easygoing life. The water splattered into my eyes and dribbled down my cheeks. I was about to grab the shampoo bottle when there was a loud crash that seemed to echo around the bathroom, rebounding and pressing on my eardrums. 
"Anna... What was that?" Came the loud, parrot-like shriek.
I groaned inwardly but it could possibly have been outwardly as well, it was hard to tell while the roaring water splashed down upon me. 
"Ummmm, just the window slamming aunty..." I yelled as loud as I could to match her unladylike squawks. 
I grimaced as the flung open the bathroom door and stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at the bathroom window. 
"Well it ain't have come from that window, young lady."
I turned off the water reluctantly, shaking my head to fling the loose water drops from my hair. Then I grabbed the coarse white towel and wrapped it around me like a dress worn by the ancient Egyptian goddesses. 
"It must have been one in the living room, I'll go and check... " I hastily darted around the door and down the hall before she could stop me, pulling my fluffy dressing gown over my new Egyptian robe as I went. 
I knew all to well what that noise had been, and it had definitely not been a window slamming, I knew that much. 
Sure enough, as soon as I'd swung into the dinning room, there was the little nightmare standing not-at-all sheepishly around a large ornamental  pot plant that was now extremely vertically challenged. Infact, it was so not-vertical that all the rocks had fallen out onto the floor and the leaves were scattered in different directions. The two chairs at the table behind the newly deceased pot plant were toppled over and one had knocked the bottom row of CDs off the wooden shelf. The bench was covered in pages that had managed to disconnect themselves from the phone book and the phone was hanging in a bewildered dignified way from its curly cord. I didn't need to look behind me to know that the front door was wide open and there there brown hoof marks on the carpet. 
I stared hard at the Equid standing in the middle of the room, his tail flicking. He lifted his face. Our eyes met. His emerald ones sparkled mischievously as he tilted his handsome head, ears swiveling in all directions, as if listening for a possible culprit that he could pass the blame on to. He stood proudly, showing off his earthy coloured, intricately swirled and patch-worked coat as he gave a small cheeky nicker and shook his head. He nudged one of the dangling branches with his mottled black muzzle and his whole face seemed to shine with dignified expression. His tail with that sweet little white tuft at the end flicked and nearly knocked over another vase on the table that was miraculously somehow still upright. Under one creamy  hoof was a loose piece of paper. 
Kaheiro cocked his head as if to say ' Why are you looking at me? How could you possibly think that I did this?' 
I gave him my death stare.
"You are in soooo much trouble young man." I looked the foal. " This is not the first time but this time it will be the last. Understand? I-" Then I could suddenly hear Aunty coming down the hall. 
"Out. Now!" I rushed at him and tried to herd him into the kitchen. He turned his jade-eyed stare to me after he trotted over to the back door in the kitchen. 
"Go, Kaheiro." I pushed the door open. 
The young Equid blinked as if to say, 'don't tell me what to do.'
"Please... I really need you to..." I hoped he could hear the urgency in my voice and the tired, pleading catch that hung to the words. He looked at me carefully and then craned his neck forward. Slowly he blew onto my forehead, his ink splattered muzzle inches from my head. I froze, memorizing the moment. Then he pulled away, with a kind, calmer sparkle in his eyes now, and maybe a hint of apology too. Then he streaked out the door, his three golden-creamy hooves and one ebony black hoof flying over the deck and I could hear him leaping down the stairs like rocks on a mountain. The last I saw was his patchy tail giving one last determined swish and then vanishing out the door. 
I just turned around as my Aunty entered the room. I closed the kitchen door and shuffled over guiltily. 
"How did you..." She stared at the pot plant. It's sad little green leaves furled and a peeble rolled forlornly across the floor as I gave it a small kick. Then she gazed slowly upwards. 
"I went to go turn the heater on but sort of didn't see the pot plant there. And then I tripped over it and went into the table which knocked the chairs into the bench and bookcase. My ankle hurts now. But I worked out that the  noise before was the kitchen door slamming. I forgot to lock it before. Sorry." It was quite sad really, how ever since I'd met Kaheiro. I'd become the worlds best liar. It was that little foal's fault. 
"Well I can't see how you'd knock over a pot plant like that by walking into it... And the table.. The bench... Really? And the heater's already on, Annie."
Well, maybe I wasn't the world's best liar, but I was getting pretty good. 
"Oh! Does the red button mean it's on? Oh, I understand now! That's why it kept saying 'error' last time! And I promise I'll clean all this up!"
Aunty gaped at my blushing face and then she shook her head and trundled off back down the hall. I sighed with relief as soon as she was out of earshot. 
I scurried over to the kitchen door. I was about to call when he popped up in front of me, as if to say 'you can't get rid of me that easily.'
He stood, large eyes blinking happily at me, gangly legs jittering.  I couldn't help it. I grinned at him.
"That was close!" I couldn't help whisper even though I knew I ought to scold him for wrecking the dinning room. 
He nickered and snorted contentedly.
Yeah, well, Let's not get caught next time.
I stared at him, startled by the voice inside my head. 
He grinned back, curling his lip. 
"You... You are inside my head!" I tried not to raise my voice.
Good observation Miss I-know-it-all.
He was talking. Well, not moving his mouth but his voice was inside my head, talking!  
"You are inside... My... Head! How is that possible!"
Brainwaves I do believe. Now, please put something decent on. And pass me an apple would you? I'm starved. We Equids need a lot of grass to keep us sustained you know.
I just gaped at him. Kaheiro nibbled casually on one of the grape vine leaves winding around the fence framing the deck. 
he chewed thoughtfully and then spat it out, snorting and sneezing. 
How could you eat that? No, why would you eat that!?
"You eat the grapes, not the leaves silly. Besides, it's winter, the grapes are not even ripe. But..."
I was trying to act normally. I think it was failing. My voice squeaked a little as I shook my head. 
Hmm, well, the grapes probably taste gross too. Now, go put on the blue leg things you wear and that baggy extra-skin. He flicked his tail and yawned. I'd never seen him yawn before. I don't actually think Equids do yawn, he was just trying to copy what he'd seen me do so many times before because he thought it was 'cool'. 
"Jeans. And sweatshirt actually."
I turned and stumbled out the kitchen. 
Whatever. I heard him think behind me before I slammed the kitchen door. 
Even though my mind was in shock, I wasn't that dumb as to not close the door. Especially when there were apples in the kitchen. And he was alone. 

Kaheiro's point of view.

I watched the human stumble off, her face as bewildered as a piece of parsley in a snow storm. 
She'd closed the door though. I didn't know how to open the back door yet either. 
I sighed and peeked through the window at the bowl of apples sitting innocently in the bench. Just behind that glass. Out of reach. 
How I longed for one of those crisp, juicy looking morsels. 
I slowly craned my neck out to the window, twisting my head and closing my teeth around the latch. I'd tried enough times to get to the bowl from inside the kitchen but the fruit was always pushed too far behind the pot plants (I knew Anne knew I couldn't reach them then). However, now I'd practiced with locks on windows like this, I was quite confident that I could open this window and sneak a few small bites. I still felt a bit guilty though. That was my mother's side coming through. My mother was such a pretty Equid. Everyone loved her because of her sweet nature and how loyal and kind she was. However, I mostly took after my father I was told. I was brave but i liked to have fun- unlike some Equids (that finicky Aroulaa) and some humans (the human i had managed to pick to trust for some reason, Anne). However, i did like to stand up for myself. Even if I was sometimes called arrogant. 
I clicked my teeth and all of a sudden the window flicked up into my face. I squealed and stomped on the deck. 
It wasn't even locked! How disappointing!?
But then I saw the bowl of rosy apples and instantly forgave the window that had given me a bump that I could feel growing on my forelock. 
Gently turning my head, I pushed my muzzle through the window. My teeth closed around one shiny red one. 
I pulled it back out the window and sighed in satisfactory content. 
Apple flew from my mouth and the foam splattered onto my chin and the window, but it was so good!
Anne was going to kill me. 
But I'd already wrecked her eating room place thing were she say around that wooden block to eat. What more could she threaten? That stupid plant. Why did those silly humans keep plants in large brown containers? Why didn't they just put them outside? 
I started on the next apple, delicately spitting out the stem of the first. 
Soon, the bowl was empty and there were apple stems scattered around me. I couldn't wait to see Anne's face!
I changed my mind when I did actually see her face. 
She wasn't furious, just upset.
And she did that disappointed look. The one mother so often have me. 
She would look at me and go, "Kaheiro. I thought you would have known better."
Anne sighed and looked at the empty apple bowl and the foam around my mouth.
To make things worse, I accidentally belched in her face. 
She glared at me. 
"Sorry... Can we go now? I want to go for an exploration!" I said aloud in 'Equid' language even though it would have sounded like human language in her head.
She looked at me witheringly and I did the same.
"You are impossible!" she exclaimed eventually and pushed past me.
I snorted happily. 
"That's me!" I replied and trotted after her. 
We got to the gate at the end of her garden where the forest started and lead up towards the rolling hills at the base of the snowy mountains. 
There, by the old fence, their costs dancing in the light filtering through the tree leaves, stood my two closest friends. 
Oratunus, the older lava-coloured stallion tossed his fiery head and snorted as I raced past Anne. Next to him, the quiet bay foal slightly older than me whinnied happily. Her purple eyes flickered and she reached out to nuzzle me. I barged through the gate which Anne had let unlocked foolishly. 
"Greetings Kaheiro." Oratunus grinned at me. 
"How are you?" Carivalle skittered past me and Orato towards Anne who was holding out two large apples with a small smile on her face. 
"Good-" I started.
Orato saw Anne and suddenly barreled past me, lunging at the poor apple with such vigor that Anne stumbled backwards. Carivalle gently took the other apple off the human's palm and munched it thoughtfully, looking at me inquiringly. 
"No more for you, mister." Anne scolded when I looked at her with large green eyes. 
I stood between my friends and then stared towards the forest longingly. 
"Let's go exploring!" I announced as Orato swallowed his last bit of apple.
Carivalle glanced nervously at me. Orato gave an involuntary groan.
"Come on guys! It will be fun!" I tried to pass on some of my enthusiasm to them. 
I looked at Anne for moral support.
She merely raised an eyebrow. 
I sighed. "Fine! I'll go on my own!" I tossed my head and trotted toward the forest, knowing some one would stop me.
Sure enough, Otato yelled back to me.
"Kaheiro! Wait up!" 
I stopped, trying not to 'grin cheekily' as mama put it, and I mentally patted myself on the shoulder. 
I heard him and Carivalle walk up behind me. 
I turned to flick my tail and say goodbye to Anne until later, when I saw the sad flicker in her eyes. 
The part of me I'd inherited from both my parents, took over.
I cantered back to the fence. I slowed and looked her right in the eye. Then, I leant out and nuzzled her. I rubbed my head against her shoulder and then straightened.
I shook my head, aware of Carivalle's little "Awww" from behind me.
A growing stallion had to maintain his dignity even if he was a bit softhearted at times. 
Anne blinked up at me. Well, we were pretty much eye-to-eye because I wasn't even near my full height yet, but I soon would be much taller. 
"Goodbye! See you later! Thanks for the apples!" I added, just to remind her I wasn't always that soppy, and I was still the rebellious me. 
She grinned. Do did I.
And then I pulled away and danced after the others into the woods, swishing my tail. I couldn't wait to go in this adventure. I'd tell mama all about when we got back to the herd later tonight. 

Anne's point of view.

After I'd watched him and the others trail into the woods on their reluctant 'adventure', I tidied up the dining room and went and picked some apples from our tree, to refill the empty bowl.

I lived in the country with my Aunt who had been my caregiver ever since my mum died three years ago. We'd moved house only recently, to the little two-storey cottage type farm at the base of the Mountains.
I loved it here, apart from the fact it took me and hour and a 10 minutes to get to school. Anyway, I'd always loved the mountains, and when we moved, I especially got excited when I read this old brochure about these rare and wonderful creatures known as Wild Mountain Equids. However, I'd asked around as soon as we moved and people had said that you couldn't find them any more after people had tried to hunt then and attempted to ride them for fun many years ago. 
However, when I'd heard that these Equids were still around but just much more wary of humans, I decided to make it my job to find them and show the good side of humans. Little did I know that 7 months later I'd be shooing them out the house. 
I'd lost track of the amount of times I'd explained to Aunty that I wasn't the sort of girl who ate chocolate, but instead, just apples. I mean, how else was I meant to tell her... That I had a 'pet' Wild Mountain Equid (who had friends) who had a soft spot for apples and wandered around the house wrecking havoc for me to clean up and then coming to me at one o'clock if he had eaten too much grass and had stomach ache? No. I was pretty sure the apple-not-chocolate thing would be more believable. And much easier to explain. 
I'd found Kaheiro roaming the forest alone, looking well feed but lonely and sort of vacant and lost one day. I'd thought he'd lost his herd at first, but then realised that he was just the sort of Equid that enjoyed his own company at times. I'd sat in the forest some days and watched him for a while as he wandered around, occassionly with his two friends but mostly just by himself. I did that each day until he came over and looked at me. Then I started bringing him apples and carrots. Big mistake! After that, I couldn't get rid of him or his friends when they were there! I'd practically adopted them. At the beginning, about a month after we'd met,  Kaheiro would always wait by the fence of the forest when I got back from school. His green eyes would blink happily at me and then he'd rub his head into my shoulder and nibble my school shirt while I tried to get my sandwiches to safety before he realised they were there. He'd sometimes run along the forest line by the road, just in the shadows of the trees as the bus went past so I could wave goodbye and hello as I drove past. He'd wait outside my window too at night or early morning if he needed something or just wanted something to eat (which was more often). And then he'd watch me from the window while I tried to do maths homework until I finally gave in and got him an apple. Occasionally he'd actually unlock the door somehow and come and lie across my bedroom floor (only when Aunty was out though) and he'd keep me company when I practiced the flute. The other two would do that too sometimes but not nearly as often. Usually they'd just curl up by the heater like extremely large odd shaped cats, one ginger, one brown. 
I loved Kaheiro so much. He was my little Equid. I couldn't tell anyone about him of course though. The media would jump on him like a pride of wild cats. Equids were really hard to find. 

That night, I turned off lamp and waited. Yet, he didn't come. 
I stayed up for hours, listening for the clatter of muddy hooves outside my window. Still, none came.
The next morning, he wasn't by the gate. I couldn't concentrate in school and I smashed half the played while drying up after dinner when I kept thinking I heard him outside. 
Each day, I'd go out and put three fresh apples by the fence and every day I'd find the apples still sitting there, untouched except for covered in the morning frost. But I'd still replace them with new ones and sit beside the fence whenever I had the chance. On the bus, I'd stare out the window, searching for the streak of brown and cream. 
It continued like that for weeks. By the end of the third week, I'd almost given up him ever coming back to see me. Until, that night on the first of March. 

It was a saturday night, and as I lay in bed, I was staring at the glow in the dark stars on my ceiling. They were peeling at the edges, I noticed. 
I wondered what the Equids were doing. I'd gone back to the fence for the first time since they'd left that morning months ago. I'd replaced those old apples with new ones even though I knew there wasn't much point. I'd done it every week. 
I kept seeing Kaheiro's face or an image of him doing all the things he used to do.
Just then, there was a loud scrapping noise at the window. I bolted upright. 
Slowly, leaning across the bed, I pulled back the curtain with shaking hands. 
My eyes locked with those cheeky emeralds and as he shook his mane, droplets of apple foam splattered onto the window. 
Hmmm, I do love apples!
I smiled. 
Why do you want this equid?: Well, I was looking to see if there were any new Equids that were up on the thread and I saw this little stallion and went 'cutenessoverloadcutenessoverload'.
 Then I realised he was a breeding from your Equids and I died a bit more. I saw that it was a competition and I thought 'drat. My art is terrible! I have no chance!' And then I realised you could write as well! 
So all this time I kept looking at him wondrously and I instantly assumed that it was an art only competition because they quite often are. 
I think I love this little colt so much is because I love his patterns and colours. They are like a complex jigsaw puzzle, they way the pattern on the neck seems to slot into the colours on the rest of his coat. His eyes too, drew me in when I fist spotted him. They are a beautiful shade of green. I always have loved Equids with green and blue eyes, I'm not sure why! It just gives them such a laid back yet fascinating personality! His muzzle also is part of the reason I love him so much! I really don't know but there is something about how it looks as though he's gone and stuck his mouth in a black treacle pudding and then realised that it doesn't taste as good as he thought and taken his head out quickly!  It's just all his markings are so unique and he's so sweet and adorable. He has so much personality just waiting to jump out and say to the world 'look at me!'
He is a stunning little Equid! I just feel so attached to him and writing the story was so much fun! I could see it all in my head! Especially when he stole the apples! Thank you.

[AmigoGirl]

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[Arabianwolflove]

Can I still edit my form a little?

[AmigoGirl]

im sorry, but no

[blackhoeses]

My entire of the WME, and also it is a piece of fan art for Amigo and who ever the luck person is.
*cross fingers*
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[Arabianwolflove]

It's all in your hands now and God's

[nuvola]

That's a really good picture, blackhoeses :)

Good luck everybody!