Username: Isabella45
Name: Bag of Tricks // Vihar (Meaning: Fun/play)
Gender: Stallion
Eye Color: Amber Gems
Coat Color: Silver Wolf Dun Roan with Lacing
Personality:
Vihar is a laid back joker. He likes to make other horses laugh, especially his sisters. He tends to seem kind of immature, not in a bad way, just filled with foal-like wonder. He seems to have the right joke for every occasion, though once in a while he pulls something philosophical out of his bag of tricks. He has a unique taste as far as what he likes. One example being his love of uncut diamonds. He says that many fail to see that an uncut diamond, with all of it's imperfections, has a beauty and realness that a carefully crafted diamond can never have. It is one of his more serious observations. He loves to tease his sisters, especially *#2* who he can usually get a rise out of. He finds it hilarious when she tries to trick him back. He seems to be friends with just about everyone and has no qualms talking to complete strangers like horses he has known his whole life.
Some horses like this, others find it odd, and a bit disconcerting when he talks to them like a foal-hood friend or a relative. He often doubts his sisters know what to make of him, but he knows they love him for what he is and don’t judge him.
Relationship with Sibling 1:
Vihar always knows that *#1* will be there for him. She isn't too stuffy to join in with his silliness, and will listen to him babble on and on about his more serious ideas. He often believes she has to have great patience to deal with him and *#2*. When having problems with romance Vihar comes to her first because while *#2* can give good advice on things, romance is not something she seems to care about much. Sometimes Vihar has trouble fitting in as something other than the joker, the life of the party, but this sister helps set him on the right track with sound advice, and maybe a few of his own jokes to lighten the mood. This sister is sort of like the middle foal, the mediator. She seems to posses elements of both of her siblings and while they are all strong together, she is like the middle piece of the puzzle, the one keeping the other two connected.
Relationship with Sibling 2:
Truth be told, Vihar loves to tease this sister and get a rise out of her. She always seems to lose her cool, unlike his other sister, and she doesn’t usually have a good come back prepared. He doesn’t mean any harm and she usually doesn’t actually get mad, or if she does she doesn’t usually stay made for long. While Vihar and this sister are very different from each other, they can find enjoyment in similar activities, like nature walks. Vihar loves to hear her stories which she puts together with an unbelievable talent.
Vihar can discuss nature, and his deep thoughts with this sister on just about everything, except maybe romance.
Their Favorite Gemstone:
Uncut diamonds.
Extra:
Short Story:
This is a story about an event that brought Vihar closed to his (twin?) sister.
You see, when they were younger Vihar and his sister often formed a mischievous pair, pulling pranks and playing tricks.
They were always testing their boundaries and limits, seeing how far they could go, and usually driving their sister crazy in the process!
This went on for a long time, until one day when they finally learned their lesson the hard way.
You see, there were three places forbidden to all foals who weren’t accompanied by an adult.
There were, the thickest part of the forest, the river, and the hills.
One day when they had been banished to their sleeping places for being bad yet again, young Vihar and his sister decided to retaliate by sneaking off while the adults were busy.
The two foals wandered past the meadow, past the woods, and the stream, and into the hills. They walked just a few paces into the hills at first, not wanting to get into too much trouble. But soon the excitement and curiosity they both felt overruled any shreds of common sense and the pair wandered further and further into the hills, turning along many long and twisted trails.
The further they went, the more excited they got. Until it started to get dark, and cold. Their excitement soon turned to fear as they awful realization of their situation came upon them.
They were lost.
Vihar was more scared then than he had ever been in his life. He tried to be confident for his sister’s sake though.
But in the end it was she offering him words of comfort.
“Don’t worry,” she said confidently. “I know the woods and I am sure I can get us out.”
“But we are in the hills,” Vihar protested. “You don’t know these woods.”
“But these are the same trees and plants, so all the rules of direction finding remain the same,” she had said, sounding almost like she was back at the meadow giving him a lesson in survival.
“Are you sure?” he asked doubtfully. “It is getting dark out.”
“Don’t be so pessimistic,” his sister said with a sigh.
At that Vihar was quiet. Usually he was the light hearted one, here with a ready joke or a trick to provide some levity.
“Now, I think we need to go . . . This way.”
Vihar followed his sister as she struck of on what appeared to be a downward leading path.
She led him through mazes of bramble, thorns, and trees. By now it was so dark it would have been pitch black if not for the bright full moon illuminating the trees and rocks.
Unfortunately, Vihar was so busy watching the rocks and trees he took a wrong step and caught his right foreleg in a hole. He wasn’t stuck but his leg had turned badly and he screeched in pain.
Vihar’s sister whirled around, her eyes wide, ears perked. “What?” she asked, her voice a hoarse whisper.
“I stepped in a hole,” Vihar mumbled, holding up his injured foreleg for inspection.
“Just some scrapes,” his sister said after a thorough inspection. “Can you put your weight on it?”
Vihar nodded yes, but as soon as he tried he felt a stabbing pain and winced.
His pain didn’t go unnoticed by his sister who now looked worried.
“Vihar, if you can’t walk, we will have to spend the night up here,” she said quietly.
“I can walk!” He insisted. But as he tried to take a step his leg buckled and he ended up sprawled out in the dirt.
“You are in no condition to walk back down on these rocky trails!” His sister was adamant, standing in front of him with a stubborn look on her face.
“But there are mountain lions, and bears, and the cold,” Vihar said, his voice sounding strained as the pain in his leg increased.
“We will find shelter,” his sister said with authority.
“But ---“
“No buts!”
The feisty filly began looking about for shelter. Finally she settled on a place beneath a rock overhang.
Vihar settled down as best he could, but the pain in his leg was worse and it was beginning to swell.
“Maybe you should go and find help,” he said to his sister.
“No, I won’t leave you!” She said fiercely.
Vihar noticed that her eyes were shining and she looked on the brink of a break down. But surely not. He had never seen her cry a day in her life!
“Hey, hey, don’t worry about me, sis,” he said softly.
“I am your sister and will worry if I please,” she said with a sniffle.
Vihar felt lightheaded. “Honestly, sis. I don’t know if I can make it down the hill, even if we do find help. I don’t think I have the strength,” he winced.
“You will be fine,” she insisted, shivering slightly in the growing cold.
“Whatever you say,” he murmured dazedly. Then sleep claimed him.
About an hour later Vihar woke with a start, only half aware of a light nudging sensation on his shoulder. He felt numb and cold all over, and so tired . . .
“Wake up!” Vihar’s sister have him a not so gentle shove.
“What?” Vihar blinked sleepily.
“You weren’t moving,” she said breathlessly. “And you are so cold.” She moved closer to him so that their coats were touching. But she was cold as well and she was able to offer little warmth.
“I was tired,” Vihar grumbled.
“Still, I don’t know if you should sleep . . . “she said. “It is too cold. Colder than it has been for months.”
“Maybe winter is coming,” he said groggily.
“Maybe,” she said absently.
Regaining some alertness Vihar said, “You should go. You can find the herd and get warm.”
“I won’t leave you! I already told you that,” she said.
“But . . . We might freeze,” Vihar said. As soon as the words left his mouth and he heard his sister’s gasp he realized the truth of them.
“I can’t’ leave you,” she whispered.
“I don’t want you to,” he admitted. “But I don’t want you to get hurt, or die because of me.”
“I would rather die here with you than live forever knowing I lived because I left you!” She exclaimed.
Vihar was frustrated with her stubbornness, but touched by her loyalty.
“Then, I guess we are in this together,” he muttered, laying his neck across his sister’s back.
“I guess so,” she replied softly. Then both gave into the cold and fell into a deep sleep.
They were awakened some time later by warm noses and a frantic voice.
Vihar blinked sleepily, his eyes opening slowly, his vision blurred by sleep and the frost clinging to his lashes. His first thought was his sister. He looked over and found her waking up beside him, blinking owlishly at the figure before her.
In his hazy state Vihar recognized the scents of several herd horses, and the panicked voice of his sister. He was vaguely aware of her nose in his mane, then in his sister’s.
He half heard someone telling him to try standing. And he did, as did his sister.
The two were led, barely awake out into the sun. They had survived the night. But both were half frozen and groggy from the cold.
For a minute everyone rested in the sun. Vihar’s injured leg was still throbbing and he couldn’t put his weight on it.
“Let’s go,” someone murmured, and both foals were led back down the hill.
It took some time and lots of care, but the two survived their ordeal with no major injuries, though they did receive a good scolding from their frightened elder sister.
While they don’t remember most of their rescue, both horses, now grown, often look back on that time and think of the loyalty and selfless-ness showed by their sibling.
For Vihar, it is a reminder that no matter how much he and his sister fight or how much she seems angry with him, their sibling bond will always remain.