Tonight I am Yours - HUD

[penguin]

A wild look of fear was visible in the mare's eyes, green stains trailed over her pretty bay coat. Her body was splashed with moss and water. Quickly and lithely bolting chaotically onto firm land, the speedy mare tossed her head up in indignation until she found herself in a safer area. Ceasing her steps now that she was away from the swamp, she stopped to let her lungs refill with the much needed oxygen. Turns out, alligators didn't much like her getting close unless she was serving herself up as dinner. Shaking her coat out contently, the bay lass calmed herself. Her heart still thudded quickly inside her chest but she cared not for this. It would slow soon enough now that she was standing still and not escaping from the alligators that had tried to attack her. As the fear left her expressive eyes, she took in her surroundings.

The lands were totally unfamiliar to her. There was so much green, but it wasn't the sort you could run around it. It was hard to tell where the swamp started at points, and the ground was quite uneven in places. Galloping around would be reckless to say the least. Everything about this place seemed perilous, but rather than deter the mare on her travels, she was both intrigued and encouraged. Her curiosity had always lead her to strange new lands, and this was no exception. Not knowing what this land was exactly, if was owned by anyone or even if any other equines lived here, Ffion was not sure what to prepare herself for. That had the adrenalin flowing through her veins all right, every sense alert and active to their fullest capacity. Nudging the ground softly, the young mare pranced gracefully towards a nearby tree for a place to rest until she could figure out where to go from here.

[Hud]

"Oh say, can you see my eyes? If you

can, then my hair's too short!"

Devereaux hadn't been following the bay mare long before he decided to show himself from behind the cypress branches that surrounded them.

He'd seen the gator snap at her, and Dev was already astonished that it hadn't scared her straight out of the bog and back to familiar ground. Ordinarily it didn't take much to send non-natives packing. Dev regarded her differently today than he would a mare any other day. He felt... different today. He felt more like a stallion than he ever had and looking at her felt strange. Of course he knew what it was, but he usually tried to forget it. Today was different.

Devereaux smelled no scent of his father as he approached the frightened mare. "Did he scare ya?" Dev greeted slyly.

[penguin]

Ffion stood for a while at the tree, her curious eyes scanning everything as she tried to take in as much detail as possible. In its own way this place was quite pretty. No one could argue that it wasn't full of life, albeit non equine for the most part. There were animals here, such as the gators, that she had never come across before. Snorting softly, the bay lass was about the wonder along the path to explore more of this intriguing land when a stallion appeared out of seemingly no where. She hadn't noticed him following her, or indeed knew about it.

At his words a sheepish smile crossed the mare's lips. "Not really, he just startled me. I've never seen a... whatever it was before." her words were bright and friendly, and it was clear she wasn't afraid of this stallion. "My name is Ffion. Who are you?" her sweet lyrics seemed not to quite fit in with the dangerous atmosphere of this land, but she neither cared nor noticed. Her inquisitive brown eyes were focused on the stallion, giving him her complete attention. He seemed at home in this place, so she figured that he lived here. No point in disrespecting him. Besides, she liked meeting new horses.

[Hud]

"Oh say, can you see my eyes? If you

can, then my hair's too short!"

"'Alligator'," Devereaux said plainly, careful not to let his often misunderstood accent obscure her hearing. "Dey're dangerous, shah. Best keep ya distance."

The stallion stood fairly close by now, close enough to catch her scent, a smell that almost sent him to the clouds. He definitely felt different today. "Devereaux, miss Ffion. Lovely tuh meet yuh." The red stallion bowed his head in greeting. "Whatcha doin' in da swamp, den miss Ffion?"

OOC: We can do this thread really fast and then breed, kay? I don't have a whole lot of time today and I want to do the breeding before I leave.

[penguin]

Ffion tilted her head slightly, her brown eyes drifting towards the swamp she'd just left as her lips silently moved to form the word 'alligator'. Snorting softly she looked back at the red stallion as he spoke once more. "Thanks for letting me know" she smiled warmly, her eyes taking in his rather handsome appearance. His scent wafted towards her in the slight breeze, and she filed it away in her mind so she wouldn't forget it. "Likewise, Devereaux." She lowered her head slightly in respect and greeting, before standing square once more. She felt... attracted to him. She couldn't understand why because she'd never felt this way before.

As he asked why she was here, her eyes lit up with a familiar excitement. "Exploring!" she gushed, the simple word spoken in such a way that it revealed her love of adventure, the thrill of meeting new horses, seeing new places and every positive emotion that could possibly be attributed to it. "Do you live here?" She walked a few steps closer to him, eyes focused on him.

[Hud]

"Oh say, can you see my eyes? If you

can, then my hair's too short!"

Devereaux smiled as the mare appreciated him sharing his knowledge. "It's da least Ah could do fo' a lovely shah like yuhseff..." Dev complimented.

"Explo'rin'?" The stallion tilted his head a little, his expression sly. His smirk was wide tonight. "Why, a'course Ah do! Why you tink Ah sound like dis?" Devereaux laughed. This mare was too easy to impress... Perhaps he'd get his way without a fuss... The stallion scolded himself. He was letting lust get the better of him.

[penguin]

His compliment triggered warning bells from the back of her mind, but Ffion subdued them. Letting herself go... Maybe it was something she should do it more often. She was either without anyone or following rules and standards. "You're not so bad yourself, you know" she spoke sweetly, her voice both playful and sincere. She nodded as he repeated her. Oh, if only she could share every emotion that exploring brought her with him! Then he could understand exactly why it was so important to her. No one seemed to get the same thrill as she did from learning new things, wandering around new territories. "I've seen most of this land now, but until today I hadn't visited here." her melodic tone once more filling the distance between them. Smiling at his comment, Ffion replied to his remark about his intriguing accent. "You might have always just had an interesting accent. I'm new to this region, remember?" she laughed softly. His accent really was interesting. Although the bay mare had heard accents before, never had she come across someone with much a strong dialect.

ooc: sorry if this is short/lots of mistakes. I'm using my phone.

[Hud]

"Oh say, can you see my eyes? If you

can, then my hair's too short!"

Devereaux laughed at the mare's innocent disposition. She was beautiful and adorable - the whole package. He couldn't wait to take her deeper into the swamp, and show her what she had been missing by leaving Bastein for last... "Why don't'cha follow me, Miss Ffion? Ah'll show yuh where da herd lives... Might even convince yuh t'stay a while," he smiled. The stallion shook his neck, his ratty mane falling all to one side as he turned his body, waiting for her to join him. Hoping she would join him.

OOC: ONE MORE REPLY AND WE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR A FOALIE.

[penguin]

The lass felt comfortable around him, and he seemed to take to her well. His laugh was memorizing, and the corner of her lips tugged up even more in his response, a gentle nicker escaping her. His offer of giving her a tour was too good to pass up, and she wanted to spend more time with this handsome stud. "Let's see if you can convince me to stay then, Devereaux" she spoke with innocence, not meaning for her words to sound as flirtatious as they were. Stepping forwards to stand beside him, her brown, expressive eyes moved to his. "Lead the way" reaching out, she gently nudged his whither.

[Hud]

OOC: AND FIN.