*[Bitter sweet]*

[Cantora]

Blitz

Sliding to a stop at the top of the hill, he watched as his beautiful mares came troting tward him. he gave a slight nicker to them as they approched. black and blue banner swished anxiously. this was all to much of a suprise for him. he paced before them, then he looked up and lifted his maw to the sky.. they are close he thaught to himself.

Mydear sweet fae's, My cousin smoke has decided to present me with a suprise visit. i am very much unprepaired for this, i knew he was here in the lands of Rayara, but i have not seen him in years, i do not know of his disposition. he stated with a slight grimace. the truth was, he hoped it was not like old times, he would not let him push him arround anymore, he was Royalty now.

[LouLou]

Dream Catcher smiled at Blitz and looked at him closely. Had he really made her brother believe that she was injured? Frosty Beau must've lost his top. Masqurade hadn't mention anything about a fight but had it almost happened? She shook her head softly to get rid of the thoughts.

"Well that sounds like fun," she stated with a smile. "He's probably pleasant and excited to see you," she guessed with a small twinkle in her eyes.

[horsespirit]

Luna shook her head. She didn't like being around Blitz still, and she was probaly the other way around. If they're couisns, then they are nice to eachother, or competitive.Wait.. Dream siad that Blitz's cousin was Smoke. I remeber meeting him! Auggg.. This shall be very interesting.

Masqurade wondered who Blitz's cousin was. She also wondered if he was truely excited to meet Blitz.

[Cantora]

Blitz

Blitz shifted his weight on diffrent sides, trying to find a confortable place to stand. it was just not helping. he knew this could go either way, he remembered how smoke was and used to be. he just could not be sure what to think.

Blue banner floated just slightly, he was trying to hear where they were. nares opened wide as he searched the breeze for the sent of the upcoming stallion. he also found something diffrent, a mare.

just over the horizon he began to see the stallion emerge, his solid white pelt glistend in the suns unforgiving light. he did not walk... he galloped.. he was deffinatly on a mission. blitz stood infront of the mares, he let out a warning call, not ment to offend, but just to let him know of his presence. the stallion stoped a few feet away, he had a mare with him, she looked alot like dream.

And to what do i owe this surprise cousin? he stated with an annoyed growl.

Smoke

Smoke moved his ivory body across the tera, he was moving quickly as he needed to meet with his cousin blitz imediatly, perly banner flowed effortlessly behind him, he took a quick look behind him to make sure his lovely queen was in toe. he saw his blue cousin not to far off, looking smug and annoyed as ever. he had 3 mares. the one he may know.. but the others were mysterys. he came to a slideing stop a few feet from blitz.

he raised his block high and began to speak with a smug and laughing tone..
Oh dear cousin, still the same i see, never could really tell a good thing before it hit you. he stated with a chuckle and a smirk.
You were to come to my lands when you arrived, i see you had better things to do!
he lifted his muzzle and pointed to luna, the mare that got away.
Exactly what do you have to say for yourself blitz? you know you worry alot of the family. he stated with a slight lip curl, he was not happy he did not follow orders, but that was how blitz was..defient.

[LouLou]

Dream Catcher had been watching Blitz's reaction to her cousin. Blitz had stood in front of them, somewhat blocking her view of his cousin. She listened to their little back and forth. It seemed as if they did not like each other. The testosterone was starting to show itself if the air as well as tension. What had happened in the past to make these two so hostile-like towards one another?

What had happened in the past that made these two not so kind to one another? She peeked over Blitz's shoulder and studied the stallion. He was a silver white and actually looked somewhat like Luna. She looked to his side and noticed the mare. The mare and Dream squealed in delight at the same time and both left their stallions sides and nuzzled one another.

"Lakota!" she squealed as she draped her neck over Lakota's coco one.

Lakota Dreamer stayed close to Storm's side as they galloped in the direction of his cousin's territory. Her ears pricked forward at the sound of Blitz's neigh made her feel slightly unsure. But it vanished whenever she looked to her side and saw Storm. She was his queen and she had a feeling he wouldn't let his cousin take her.

She saw three mares with the stallion and was slightly surprised. Storm had said that he had just claimed land and he already had three mares? She had been quite sad when her stallion had came home with no sucess of mares. Of course she comforted him and he decided to come see his cousin.

She felt the testosterone in the air when the two stallions went back and forth. She glanced at the blue roan stallion and directed her attention to his mares. A silver white one. A dark bay. And a...

Speckled grulla. Lakota shifted from hoof to hoof. She noticed the mare look over Blitz's shoulder and Lakota squealed in delight at the same time. The speckled mare was indeed her young twin sister. She bolted past Storm and nuzzled her sister Dream Catcher. Dream squealed her name and draped her neck over hers. Lakota smiled brightly and draped her neck over Dream's.

[horsespirit]

Luna moved from behind Blitz and to the side so she could see. Not beside him, but behind, beside him. She then heard Dream and the mare squeal and heard Dream squeal Lakota. That must have been one of her sisters. Luna watched them and the stallions, Smoke had seen and reconized her.

Masqurade saw how the two mares squealed and embraced eachother. They must have been siblings, she also noticed that Luna had moved from behind Blitz to the open and so she did too. Masqurade saw that the stallion and Luna reconized eachother so she watched what would happen.

[Cantora]

Blitz

Blackend occs narrowed at smoke, yes indeed he had not changed much.. still the same proud fool he had always been. pathetic. atleast he had the biger herd. it was quite obvious that he knew luna, it was quite comical, smoke must have been the stallion who he noticed in the sifting sands that day, she rejected him and he walked away.

Dream peaked her head arround his side, only to see her sister she wished to see for some time now. sisters. he knew he would end up somehow tied back to smoke. and he chuckled at her delight.

Luna and Masqurade moved to either side of him so they could get a beter view of the confrontation, that was really not a confrontation, that was really not a confrontation, more like a sibling squable.

He fliped his black forlock from his eyes, and stamped a hoove on the ground before speaking to his cousin.
Smoke, you otta know beter than to come here and make your sly and rude remarks to me, of all stallions. Yes i have been busy, as you can see i have a herd to care for, and i am sooo sorry that i have not been able to make it to Taintala, i have just not had much time. as for the family, its not like they cared when they kicked me out, so why would they care now? they dont, you just wanted to butt into my business and make my life hell again, well it aint happining, not this time.

he let one of his blue lips curl just alittle to show an ivory, he was not happy, but he was family, blood before water thats what he was always taught. he stamped his foot in annoyance, this was not what he expected.

Smoke

Smoke moved forward just a step, he saw his queen had finaly found her sister, it was just a shame she had found blitz. he was the compleate opposite of smoke he never would listen to anyone. and with that smoke began to remember the events that caused Blitz to become the way he was....

It was dark and storming, the skys had opend up their furry to the lands below. the flooding had become more and more. we were sparing agenst one another. as two year olds we were still under the protection of our herd. blitz had been a respectful stallion and i enjoyed spending time roughing arround with him. blitz was the strongest colt, other than smoke, in the herd, and he loved to show it. thats when she came into the picture, a filly from a rival herd that my father had taken in her mother, so naturaly she came along aswell. she was the most beautiful thing both of us had ever seen.. blitz naturaly wanted her more than anything, but the arrangement had been made, and it was too late, the young vix was to the mate to the prince, me, i had no choice. Blitz was so angry he lashed out, but in the prosess of doing so, delivered the duke, his father a fatal blow to the head. our king, my father was so furrious, that he lashed blitz with his sharp daggers, leaving him with a deep scar, it was a horrible sight, blitz was banished, and he took off for the forest, he liked it there most of all. it truely was a sad sight, ofcource he came back to see me, but only a few times, he had gotten hostile living on his own, and i was still a prince, i had a duty to withstand, i told him to go, and that i could never see him again. it was the sadest day of my life.

Smoke stood there, lost in thaught, his blue eyes shineing in the sun. ivory pelt was like a ray of sunshine itself. he looked at blitz. typical of him to do such a thing and snaral at him, but he stood there calmly and positioned himself in a nothretining manner.

Blitz i am so sorry i have offended you in this way, but lets make amends, we live in lands close together, lets not fight. he said with a slight head bow. before speaking again.
These are lovely lands you have. Blitz this is my queen, Lakota dreamer. and may i be blessed with knowing the names of your lovely mares, i already know of luna. he said with a slight pout on his maw, how was it that blitz charmed her over, when even he himself, could not do so.. that was a mystery.

[LouLou]

Dream Catcher looked at Blitz in surprise. She knew that he would be hostile to another stallion but his own flesh-and-blood? She could never see Beau fighting with Ring or herself fighting with Lakota. She looked at Lakota with a little bit of saddness. When she wanted her siblings to meet Blitz, she wanted him to be like how he had been earlier. Kind but yet sarcastic. He had been pleasant with her and reserved but she had been falling for him. She still was but it was sad to see him this way.

She smiled softly when Smoke apologized; maybe there would be peace? She smiled brightly at Lakota. She was his queen? Aw. How great. She nuzzled Lakota happily. Her brother was probably a king, Beau was probably his second-in-command unless he wanted to be a king as well. Her sister was a queen and Dream... well she was a first mare.

She smiled sweetly at Blitz. Hoping he'd accept the apology and would make amends. She lowered her head and brought it back up. He needed to make amends. She'd want to visit her sister without having to sneak away. Please make amends. Maybe one day you'll need his help she thought, hoping somehow her thoughts would get into Blitz's head.

Lakota watched Blitz and Smoke stare at one another. She glared at Blitz's snarl and looked at Dream sadly who was looking at her sadly. Maybe he didn't act this way all the time. She wouldn't know. She stood near Dream Catcher, giving her comfort and watching her. She looked at Smoke and gave a thankful smile.

At least one stallion was trying to make amends.

When Storm introduced her as the queen, Dream smiled brightly and congragulated her. She wondered if Dream was anything special to the stallion. She pricked her ears towards him- Blitz -and watched him carefully. Dream was her younger twin; if he wasn't treating her right then Blitz would certainly get yelled at and hear from Smoke Ring, once Lakota found him

She was slightly taller then Dream but she looked down into her unique blue eyes. No one would think they were twins unless they said that they were. Dream's eyes looked hopeful but also in deep thought about something. Huh. Dream Catcher was always the deep thinker and Lakota had always been the one to think but act as well.

What was her dear sister thinking about now?

[horsespirit]

Luna was liking the tension that was crackling in the air. But then it started to die down. She heard the stallion ask Blitz what Masqurade's and Dream's name was. Her ears were back and slightly near her head. Still Smoke didn't ask the mares themselves what their names. She took a few steps side ways from Blitz, making room for Masqurade to stand beside her, and she jusr wanted to get away from Blitz's closeness.

Masqurade moved next to Luna and looked at Smoke. Her features were composed and calm. "My name is Masqurade," she said to Smoke. She swished her tail and watched the stallion. She wasn't being rude, she was just slightly annoyed.

[Cantora]

Blitz

Blitz stared at his cousin, he was ever so annoyed at him. but he decided that he could not hold this grudge any longer. it was time to them to make amends. as much as he hated to do so. blitz had always been the kind of stallion who just wnated to be left alone. but now he had a herd and soon would have a family to care for. he could see that his cousin was well on his way to having a herd of his own. it was kind of comical that they had picked sisters to be the first mares in the herd. he chuckled to himself. he moved his position from very defencive to a calmer one, where he relaxed his fetures and began to swaft his baner in a slight motion. he walked arround smoke and niped him on the tailhead , jumping back a few feet in play.

Alright i see fit that we can coexist..so tell me cousin..what have you been up to for the past years..its been so long.

he lowered his head in acceptance..this was not like him.. but it was family..and it was deffinatly good to see him looking so strong as a leader, just like him.

Smoke

he watched intently as his cousin snaped out of his little tantrum. it was nice to see he had not changed so much..that he was still the arrogant, jackass that he always was. and what an accomplishment to have 3 mares already in his herd. but by the way luna and masq stayed away from him, he took them forcefuly. he could have just taken her, but he was not going to just take a mare, breeding hatered in his herd was not going to happen.

Blitz walked arround smoke, and bit him on the tailhead before jumping back in a teese test.. Ouch! he said and loped after him in a mini spar. but then they came to there sences there were others and they deserved to be adressed as well.
they walked back over to the mares and smoke began to speak to Luna, Masq and Dream.

It is Quite the pleasure to meet you Masqurade and Dream. he said with a slight head bow. and its lovely as ever to see you Luna.

he looked on at the mares and awited there reply

[LouLou]

She watched as Blitz and Smoke had a small spar. But she gave a half rear in happiness as they agreed to make amends. She nuzzled her sister happily and debated whether or not to nuzzle the other two mares as well. They didn't really know each other well and it might be awkward to suddenly nuzzle them. If she knew them for a longer time, she would most definetly nuzzle them.

She smiled happily when they both returned. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well dear Smoke. I am glad that you have, obviously, treated my dear sister well," she stated with a small bow of thanks. When she pulled her head back up, she lifted her front left leg and pawed the ground.

She was indeed a happy vixen.

Lakota Dreamer danced with her sister when the stallions agreed to amends. The other mares probably thought that they were being silly but there was a reason why both mares were happy. They would now be able to see each other WITHOUT sneaking away and lying to their stallions. Now they'd be able to see each other freely.

Lakota smiled at Smoke whenever he approached Blitz's mares. She kept her eyes on Blitz and kept them slightly narrowed. Alright so she didn't know much about him but he had been hostile towards her king. Then her look softened when she remembered Dream Catcher's look.

She looked down and smiled at Dream when she talked to the stallion. "He has treated me well," she stated with a smile. Smoke made her very happy. And it seemed funny that Smoke Ring was her brother, and was Smoke was her king. Maybe it was fate. And now that she thought about it... when they were younger the stallions use to call Beau the Blizzard. Blitz, Blizzard. No... that was a strech.

[horsespirit]

Luna watched as all the happyness happened, she still was not happy, so she just watched.

Masqurade saw that Luna just watched as the happiness happened around them. She and Luna both still felt like they weren't part of any herd. And that wasn't about to change soon.

[Cantora]

Blitz

Blue banner swashed happily as he watched his cousin introduced himself to his mares. he was quite happy now and he let a small smile slip to his maw. but something was wrong with him..he had not felt this way in quite some time. he felt happy. that was strange for him. he was never mister nice guy..ever. but something had clicked. he did not want to be that way anymore. it was like something had opened his eyes for the first time in a long time..or someone. he had come to a crossroads..things were going to change. he would not be that way anymore. he would always have his temper..and sometimes it would show its true colors, but never again to a mare. he had come to a decision and it would change the face of his herd forever.

he moved his body tward the mares and came to stand beside Dream. he fliped his tangled forlock from his eyes and looked at Luna and Masq. he did truely feel sorry that he had treated them so. and this was their gift..maybe the only one they would ever recive from blitz, he was a proud stallion, but he was changeing his ways, for her.

Luna and Masqurade, I am truely sorry that i have treated you so.. and for this there is no forgiveness for my actions. the only thing i can do is releace you..you are no longer bound here, you may return to wherever you would like to go..but if you so choose to stay..you are more than welcome.

His eyes floated then to dream, who was beside him, he smiled at her and gave her a bump with his side. then he returned his attention to Luna and Masq, for he awaited their replys.

Smoke

Ice Blue eyes floated to his blue cousin. he could not belive his ears. he was releacing the mares that he claimed. that was totaly out of caracter for him. what the hell is his problem? smoke thaught to himself as he returned to the side of his queen, he looked at her, still beautiful as ever. he was truely confused by what had gotten into his cousin. smoke had never seen a stallion releace mares before, this was very rare. he had a temper like a firecracker, once you light it, better get back, hes going to explode. it was so difficult to read. he looked at lakota, eyes full of confusion, but did not say a word. he waited on the mares to say something. if anything at all.

[LouLou]

Dream Catcher looked at Blitz in surprise. He just freed the mares? Wow. He offered them freedom? She looked at them as she awaited their reply. She noticed in the corner of her eye, Blitz's eyes floating over her. She smiled as blushed softly.

She looked at him with a smile when he bumped into her. His mood had certainly changed. She noticed he was smiling. She brought her mouth up to his ear. "Told you smiling is great," she whispered and lowered her head and draped it on Lakota's neck.

This was great. She was standing between Blitz and Lakota. All that was missing was Smoke Ring and Beau.

Lakota smiled at Dream Catcher who looked happy but confused. She looked at Smoke and he looked confused as well. She wasn't very confused but she didn't the stallion, Blitz, as well. She looked at the two mares who he had offered freedom to. Would they take it and return to where they came from? she wondered.

She smiled as Dream draped her neck over Lakota's. Lakota really did want the best for her sister. She looked up at Blitz. If he was the best for her, then she would let Dream stay.

[horsespirit]

Luna started emitting excited and happy energy. She was sure the others could feel it. She let out a happy whinny, went to Blitz and quickly nuzzled him, and then ran back to the common lands. She knew Masqurade would be fallowing her any minuted now. He long, slim, powwerful legs carried her like the desert wind away from the horses. She ran swiftly and was soon out of their sight.

Masqurade's whinny soon erupted through the air after Luna's. She also nuzzled Blitz, said good bye to all of them, and used her powerful legs to carry her after Luna. Her muscles rippled with energy.