Lineart (c) theshadowhorse

Coloring (c) Kegan

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Name: Marilyn

Nickname(s): Mar(pronounced like mare)

Age: 7 years

Gender: Female

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Sire: Numair

Dam: Daine

Mate: Amatio(former), open

Crush: open

Sibling(s): none

Foal(s): Midnight

Friend(s): Alianne(Aly), Spirit

Herd: Haven(former)

Spirit relation: The cougar that killed her mother was the one that attacked Spirit and the foals

Breed: Purebred Spanish Horse

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Marilyn was born into the herd called 'Haven'. She was always shy and quiet. She made only one friend, Alianne(Aly). When she was 2, her mother was killed by a cougar when she went too far from the herd after having an argument with Numair, Marilyn's father. Her father disappeared soon after that. Soon after that, Amatio showed up, injured by a wolf:

The battered and bloody stallion stumbled over the broad, flat ground, towards a herd of horses. His black mane ruffled in the wind. His black coat had bite and scratch marks in many spots. As he got closer to the herd, a large blond stallion walked towards Amatio. The stallion was obviously the leader. "Please, help me," Amatio said, fighting to stand. The blond stallion gently nudged Amatio towards a tiny pond. Amatio knelt on his front legs next to the pond as if he were a foal about to nurse from his mother, and stretched his neck to drink from the pond. Marilyn watched him from the group of horses watching at a distance. She saw Amatio collapse, out cold.

The herd took him in. She watched him secretly as he made his recovery. He caught her watching him one day and called her over:

"Hey, c'mere!" the stallion, Amatio, said from the pond. Marilyn shyly came out from her hiding spot on the edge of the woods. The stallion watched her a moment. "I've noticed you watching me," he said. "Whats that about?" Marilyn glanced up at him, then looked back at her feet, blushing. "Just curious," she said quietly, looking up at him. Amatio stood there thinking for a moment, then smiled and went back to grazing. Marilyn watched him a moment, then joined him without saying anything.

 They grazed together the next two days when Marilyn wasn't with Aly, then Marilyn introduced them. They all grazed together, instead of just Marilyn and Amatio or Marilyn and Aly. Marilyn and Amatio had Midnight when Amatio was 3 and Marilyn was almost 3. Marilyn and Amatio were both 5 when a wolf attack happened. Amatio died protecting Marilyn and their now about 2 year old girl, Midnight. Marilyn was depressed for around 1 month after that, and always stayed where she had first met Amatio, until Midnight freaked out and got her mother to get on with her life:

"I can't do this anymore!" Midnight screamed, sobbing. She then added in a quieter voice, "Since dad died, you've just sat there, in shock. I've had to take care of you, force you to eat and drink. You need to move! You've hardly done that lately!" Marilyn looked at her, shocked. Tears flowed down her cheeks. She didn't say anything. She slowly got up and walked away from the place she and Amatio had first met.

Marilyn couldn't stand staying where she had met Amatio. She and Midnight left soon after that. Marilyn tried to persuade Aly to come with them, but she wouldn't leave her parents:

"I'm sorry, Mar! I just can't leave my parents now, not when they're so old," Aly told Marilyn, then added in a quieter voice, "I don't wanna come back someday and find out they died without me there. Please, don't go!" Marilyn stared at her a moment. "I can't stay here," Marilyn said quietly. "I met Amatio here, we raised Midnight here, he died here. It floods me with memories I can't stand. I.. I'm sorry."

Marilyn and Midnight left the next day. They wandered.