Horizons Folding Over
"Zone"
2 Years Old
Colt
Colt
Personality:
Zone is very talkative. He always has something to say to somebody. Not only is he talkative, but he is always energetic and moving around. Zone can get very attached to others, and sometimes his affection can get annoying. Zone loves learning new things about the world he lives in. |
Family:
N/A |
Backstory:
He woke up shivering. The young colt was just a few weeks old, and he knew what had happened. Tears formed in his eyes. “Mommy,” he called, though he knew there would be no response. She had left him. Last night she had told him that she was going to leave him some day. He hadn’t realized it would be so soon. He stood to his feet, his knees knocking. He was cold without her warmth next to him. He wandered among the trees, unsure of where to go. He had always had her guidance. That night he lay under a tree and looked up at the stars that were just barely visible between the branches. A comet streaked across the sky. “I wish to see Mommy again,” he whispered, and dozed to sleep. He woke shivering again. Dew had made his fur damp. He licked at it, thirsty. He didn’t know how to find water like Mommy did. He stood and shook his fur, almost falling over, and headed out again. The trees began to go away a little. He could see more sunlight on the leaves that he kept stepping on. He kept his head down, staring at his plodding hooves. He came out of the woods and stopped. He was in a valley. A river curved peacefully through the middle, and he was thirsty. A silhouette was heading toward him. The way it was walking - could it be? His heart raced. The star had answered his wish! “Mommy!” he cried with glee. Maybe she hadn’t abandoned him after all! But as he got closer, he realized everything was all wrong. Mommy’s fur wasn’t red. The mare looking down at him with a confused but kind look was not his Mommy. His eyes welled with tears. “I thought you were Mommy,” he said. “I thought the shooting star granted my wish.” He shook his head. “I guess Mommy really did abandon me.” The mare gave him a soft nudge. “Come on, little fellow. We have a herd, and you can be part of our family. We won’t abandon you.” He looked up at her with big blue eyes. “Really?” She nodded. He pranced beside her the whole way to the others. She introduced him to everyone, but he thought nobody was as cool as Odissi. There was the gray mare who Odissi said was new like him, but she gave him a stern look. There was the nice stallion who was in charge, and his son named Charles who was two years old. There were more, but he definitely liked Odissi best. She walked like Mommy, but she was so much nicer. She went into the forest sometimes and he would follow. Sometimes she would sigh and ask if he had to come along. He always said yes, of course. She would teach him about all the cool things in nature, but sometimes he must have asked too many questions because she would shush him and just stand looking at the trees or something else. And other times she would tell him he needed to go back. Those were the worst, because she disappeared for a few days and he worried she had abandoned him like Mommy. But she always came back, and he remembered her promise. They wouldn’t abandon him here.
He woke up shivering. The young colt was just a few weeks old, and he knew what had happened. Tears formed in his eyes. “Mommy,” he called, though he knew there would be no response. She had left him. Last night she had told him that she was going to leave him some day. He hadn’t realized it would be so soon. He stood to his feet, his knees knocking. He was cold without her warmth next to him. He wandered among the trees, unsure of where to go. He had always had her guidance. That night he lay under a tree and looked up at the stars that were just barely visible between the branches. A comet streaked across the sky. “I wish to see Mommy again,” he whispered, and dozed to sleep. He woke shivering again. Dew had made his fur damp. He licked at it, thirsty. He didn’t know how to find water like Mommy did. He stood and shook his fur, almost falling over, and headed out again. The trees began to go away a little. He could see more sunlight on the leaves that he kept stepping on. He kept his head down, staring at his plodding hooves. He came out of the woods and stopped. He was in a valley. A river curved peacefully through the middle, and he was thirsty. A silhouette was heading toward him. The way it was walking - could it be? His heart raced. The star had answered his wish! “Mommy!” he cried with glee. Maybe she hadn’t abandoned him after all! But as he got closer, he realized everything was all wrong. Mommy’s fur wasn’t red. The mare looking down at him with a confused but kind look was not his Mommy. His eyes welled with tears. “I thought you were Mommy,” he said. “I thought the shooting star granted my wish.” He shook his head. “I guess Mommy really did abandon me.” The mare gave him a soft nudge. “Come on, little fellow. We have a herd, and you can be part of our family. We won’t abandon you.” He looked up at her with big blue eyes. “Really?” She nodded. He pranced beside her the whole way to the others. She introduced him to everyone, but he thought nobody was as cool as Odissi. There was the gray mare who Odissi said was new like him, but she gave him a stern look. There was the nice stallion who was in charge, and his son named Charles who was two years old. There were more, but he definitely liked Odissi best. She walked like Mommy, but she was so much nicer. She went into the forest sometimes and he would follow. Sometimes she would sigh and ask if he had to come along. He always said yes, of course. She would teach him about all the cool things in nature, but sometimes he must have asked too many questions because she would shush him and just stand looking at the trees or something else. And other times she would tell him he needed to go back. Those were the worst, because she disappeared for a few days and he worried she had abandoned him like Mommy. But she always came back, and he remembered her promise. They wouldn’t abandon him here.