The beginning..

It was a warm summer night, the wind was still, and the plain was calm. The stars shined brightly that night. A herd of horses -- the Vala Herd -- rested in the plains open. The tall grass was perfect for grazing, and a stream which lead to a clear lake was nearby, perfect for drinking water. This was the Vala Herd's homeland. The herd loved these plains, and they've roamed there through generations and generations. This night was especially important, because the lead stallion and lead mare were expecting a foal..

 

A bunch of neighing broke the silence that night, when the lead stallion's mare, Fariydiva, began to neigh in pain. Before long, Fariydiva laid down and began to birth a beautiful little filly-foal. The infant foal was a dark brown color, but had a cream colored muzzle, and stockings, along with her mane and tail.

The lead stallion, who was watching the birth the whole time, lifted his head proudly, watching as the young foal looked around at the new world. The stallion brought his head back down and gently nibbled on the filly-foals ear and the foal shook her head playfully.

Fariydiva stood back up, a bit weak. She looked down at her daughter and then to the lead stallion and she asked quietly, "What should we name her?

The stallion snorted a bit through his nose, and then looked over to Fariydiva and said with a gentle tone, "Seatra.. We shall call her Seatra.."

Fariydiva neighed happily, informing the rest of the herd of the new arrival and before long, the rest of the herd made it's way over to the new foal.

Seatra loved the attention she was getting from all the horses around her, it encouraged her to try to stand up. Her legs were a bit wobbly, and her mother walked over to her, and gave her a little boost with her muzzle. This gave Seatra all the support she needed. Seatra stood up and made her way over to her father, while letting out a young, playful neigh. The rest of the herd neighed loudly, congratulating the lead stallion and his new family.

Two young foals were born that night. A couple hours before Seatra was born, another filly-foal was born. A caramel colored foal, with a brownish-red mane, tail. She also had a couple brownish-red spots on her hip. This filly-foal, at birth was born with a large flowing mane, which stood her out from the rest of the herd. Her name was Iuig. Her mother was the elder of the Vala Herd.

 

Within a couple months, Seatra was right at home with the Vala Herd. She loved every member of this wonderful herd, and was proud to be the heir to it. Iuig and her grew to be great friends. Iuig and Seatra went every where together. They always traveled together when the herd was on the daily runs. Iuig and Seatra were practically sisters. They couldn't be happier with their home.

Fariydiva and the lead stallion were proud of their young daughter. She was growing to be quiet a strong filly. They loved how their young daughter was growing to be a fast runner, and an adventurous heart. Everything was perfect. The herd was running smoothly.

 

 

Then it changed..

The sun shinned bright, one afternoon. The grass was especially green that day, the summer day seemed perfect. And it was like any other summer day for Iuig and Seatra.

The herd rested at a grassy plain, and began to graze happily, satisfied with their long run for the day. Seatra and Iuig, however, still had plenty of pep left in them.

Seatra ran up to Iuig excited, ready to run. She neighed playfully to Iuig and then said hurriedly, "Heh! Come on, Iuig! I bet you can't catch me!". And with that she darted off away from the herd.

Iuig snorted and before long, followed her antagonizing friend. She laughed as she caught up to Seatra and bit her ear playfully. Iuig and Seatra shared in a laugh as they continued to run further and further from the herd.

Fariydiva looked up from her mid-afternoon graze to find that the foals were gone. Fariydiva neighed quietly and squinted her eyes to see far off into the plains. That's when she saw the two foals running and chasing each other happily. She smiled to herself and looked back down to her grass and continued to eat.

Seatra and Iuig giggled crazily and then all of a sudden, from a nearby patch of trees a snap of twigs was heard. Seatra's ears perked back and she grew quiet instantly.

Iuig's legs locked and she was frozen in place. She began to shiver, before snapping out of her daze. She whispered over to Seatra, "Seatra... we need to get out of here!".

Seatra nodded and then started walking away slowly, Iuig shortly behind her.

Then, suddenly, a group of horses with two-legged creatures riding them came racing out of the patch of trees!

Seatra and Iuig neighed and ran back into the direction of the herd, but the creatures on the horses backs had ropes in which they threw at Iuig and Seatra. The one aiming for Iuig missed, but the one meant for Seatra reached her and viced her leg hard. The rope captured her leg, making her fall to the ground.

The neighs of the children caused the herd to raise their heads suddenly to the direction of the commotion. As soon as the members realized what serious trouble the filly's were in, they rushed into action.

Seatra's Father was the first one to rush in the direction of the mares, he was running at full force, and neighing loudly, hoping to spoke off the predators. He knew what creatures they were. They were "men", and they used his kind for their own needs. He knew they were dangerous, and he was gonna do everything in his power to protect the children from them.

The men seen the stallion heading their way and cheered, for they new he would bring in a good fortune. The man carrying the rope of Seatra's continued to tug on it, dragging Seatra. This scared Iuig, she didn't want her friend hurt, so she ran in the direction of the man's horse. She used the full strength of her body to hit against the man's leg, but it was useless, she was too small. The man just kicked her roughly, causing her to go flying. This angered the mother of Iuig.

Iuig's Mother, a very old mare, came running behind Seatra's Father. She was bucking and kicking her legs crazily, allowing Iuig a chance to run off.

Iuig was too afraid to leave her friend Seatra behind. So she stayed their besides Seatra and Iuig's mother neighed angrily at the man grasping the filly's rope. This startled the man enough to release the rope. Seatra got up the moment she felt the rope loosen around her leg and she took off with Iuig.

The two horses, Iuig's mother and Seatra's father were bucking and kicking angrily towards the men and the horses they were riding. This made it impossible for the men to rope them.

The men grew angry and began cursing under their breath while trying to control their horses, whose instincts it was to run away from a threat.

One man, acting out of anger, reached into his dirty, black, leather holster and pulled out a gun, aiming it up in the air. He pulled the trigger to the gun, and a loud fire was shot.

This stopped Iuig's Mother dead in her tracks. The loud gunfire spooked her so much, her old heart couldn't handle it. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head, and her legs collapsed and she fell to the floor, lifeless from a heart attack.

Seatra's Father saw this happen and he neighed loud and stood on his hind legs and kicked one of the men off his horse while yelling out his angry neighs.

The man kicked off his horse pointed at Seatra's Father and yelled furiously, "Get him!!".

One of the men pulled a gun out of his holster, and without a bit of hesitation, shot Seatra's Father in the heart, causing him to fall lifeless instantly.

The men all shouted to each other to run off before anything else serious happens, then they called out to their horses to run, and before long, the men were out of sight.

Fariydiva neighed frantically as she ran to the side of her fallen mate. Her hooves were slamming into the grassy plain as she ran. She finally reached the side of her stallion -- the herds stallion -- and it was unmistakable. The lead stallion was slain. She dropped her head and let out a huge neigh, sadness overwhelming her call to the herd. She looked over to the mare who too was lifeless, and she held her head even lower. She was full of grief for her mate, and her best friend.

Some other members of the herd neighed and then ran to join Fariydiva after realizing what happened. They saw the bodies and they held their heads low, mournfully. They tried the best they could to offer Fariydiva a gentle nudge of hope. The herd was devestated, having lost their eldest mare and their lead stallion. They felt hopeless.

Seatra and Iuig were watching the elders from afar. They knew the situation was bad. Seatra lowered her muzzle and looked down at the green grass sadly. She knew what was going on. She knew she lost her beloved father. Before long, tears were running down Seatra's nose. She was crushed. She felt that if she wouldn't have wondered so far off from the herd, this probably never would have happened. Her knees began to shake, she was losing control of her legs. Before long her legs collapsed and she fell to the ground. That didn't seem to phase her, however. Instead, she just laid her head in the soft grass and began to weep.

Iuig looked over to the now fallen Seatra and she too lost her composure. She lost her mother. The only family she had among the herd. She laid herself down on the floor next to Seatra and just began to weep right along side her. Iuig had no clue what to do. Her mother was gone, she knew that

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