Bright almond eyes peeked out from a cluster of leaves. The weanling tried to suppress her giggles as she spied her silver target. Kybra watched gleefully as her brother Brazen, who was three years older than her came closer to her sneaky hiding place. Brazen was silver with a navy mane, tassel and beard. He had navy grulla stripes on his legs and a simple navy snip on the end of his muzzle. The most striking thing about her brother though was his face. His horn was like a crystal prism when the sun shone through it a rainbow was always present on the ground at his ebony hooves. Then there were his eyes they were coal black it was impossible to separate the pupil from iris. Perhaps it was that that made others so wary of her brother or perhaps it was the fact that Brazen was a seer. Brazen predicted many things in her herd, even his little sister Kybra's birth. Constantly unicorns came to Brazen wanting to know their future. But what they had failed to realize is that Brazen didn't have the choice on what he saw in his dreams. It seemed Brazen's only comfort was his sibling Kybra.

She couldn't wait any longer; the little filly burst from her spot with a pathetic battle cry and charged full speed towards the silver seer. But he was one step ahead. And turned at the last minute making Kybra trip and fall flat out into the mud that had developed from the earlier rain.

"Brazen!" Kybra angrily called as she stood up from the mud. Her baby blue hooves now covered brown.

"Look at you" Brazen chuckled as he started to rub the mud off her with his muzzle. "What colt will want you covered in mud, they need to see your striking coat" He worked to get her coat clean. Kybra shook herself as well.

Her body was a bright blue; she had grulla stripes of silver on her legs, neck, and face. Her tail, mane, and one day beard were silver as well. Her little spiky mane stood straight but was starting to bed as she grew to lie on one side of her neck. Her forelock was already too long and fell over her eyes constantly. She had a red circle around her left eye and three red lines on the bridge of her nose. The nub on her head showed her horn to be black and her eyes were the purest color of almonds and honey.

"I don't want a cold, I want my fire stallion" she protested referring to a stallion Brazen had told her had seen her with in a dream of his.

"Yes but you were a mare in my dream your just a filly now" he nudged her "come on mother with want you to bed soon, the sun is setting" With that Kybra settled to walk next to her stocky dreaming brother until they reached their mother.

Biza whistled to her children as they approached her grotto in the vale. She was a deep navy color with a silver bald face marking, her horn was black and her mane, tassel, and beard were a burgundy color. She nickered as Kybra settled in next to her and Brazen waited at the entrance for his father, Biza's mate, Shaa. Kybra was fast asleep when Shaa returned from his duties. Shaa was the deepest shade of red the only other color on him was the black chunks of mane tassel and feathering he had. His eyes were a sweet blue color. The only thing that looked sweet about him. He gave his seer son a nudge and took his place next to Kybra putting his head over the weanling's body. Brazen watched them sleep for a moment before laying down on his own at the entrance and falling into his dreams.

For years that was the ritual. Brazen went to the summer seas every year and returned every year without a mate. Kybra saw his sorrow increase every time. Until it was her turn to go with him. She was nervous not many of the others her age conversed with her because she stuck so close to Brazen, and she was a little too young to be there. She wasn't too fond of them either none of them matched the fire description of the stallion in Brazen's dream. When Kybra started her sixth year she and Brazen left the vale. Biza and Shaa were distressed at first but had confidence that since they were traveling together they would protect each other.

Traveling through the pan woods was quick; Kybra wasn't comfortable with all the unexpected cracking of branches and rustling of leaves while she slept. But she now realized the troubled sleep her brother suffered from. Those nights were the first time she slept next to him. His eyes would cringe tight and his head would thrash. Kybra often tried to console him by putting her head over his neck during these times, but she could do nothing to stop his dreams.

When they reached the plains Kybra turned to her silver brother,

"Let's run!" she nipped at his neck and took off. Kybra had the delicate body of a deer and could sprint like one too. But Brazen still took her challenge like a colt. Kicking up his heels as he raced after her. They didn't run long, Kybra soon lost her breath and laid down splaying her legs in the air as she rolled. Brazen just settled to take a few mouthfuls of plains grass. Kybra lay on her side looking up at her brother,

"When will we see Cayston?" she referred to vague memories of a stallion that had been there for the births of Brazen and Kybra. He had been friends with Brazen before he left the vale around the time Kybra was weaned. Brazen smiled; Cayston was his only friend before Kybra was born. He had not seen him in many years.

"Don't know, perhaps we'll see him out on the plains, he is a plains unicorn" Brazen seemed optimistic for he hadn't seen Cayston in his dreams in over a year.

"Well let's see if were the only two unicorns on the plains shall we?" Kybra felt alive in the wide open space of the plains and had a joyful spring in her step as she walked beside her dreamy brother. Conversation wasn't much between the two for there wasn't much one knew that the other didn't.

They had been walking for three days and seen not one other unicorn. Until the evening of the fourth day. It was two mares and a stallion. Kybra whistled a greeting to them and they merrily trotted over. It seemed they had not seen others in a while as well. When they approached the stallion spoke first he was a sandy gold color with red patches and a white mane.

"I'm Eglis, and this is my mate Sis" he nodded to a pale pink mare with a lavender mane and soft eyes. "And this is Reed" he nodded to the other mare with them. She was a bright canary yellow, her mane, tassel and beard were black and she had a splotch of black on her chest. But what Kybra found interesting was that her eyes were glued to Brazen who stood beside his sister looking lost in a dream world as most seers do.

"Hail Eglis, Sis, and Reed" Kybra returned, "I am Kybra and this is my brother Brazen" Eglis gave Brazen a questionable look; it was apparent he hadn't met a seer before.

"Are you traveling far in your present direction?" he tried to sound regal as he spoke to Kybra perhaps trying to impress her. She could tell though he wasn't much older than her. His pale pink mate was not much of one to talk; she kept herself busy picking sticks of imaginary material out of Eglis's mane. Kybra only in turn puffed out her chest and responded,

"were going to travel till something worthwhile catches our attention" she tilted her almond eyes towards Brazen who had stopped leaning on his sister and had his ears pricked forward, his black eyes gleamed as he faced the yellow mare. Kybra snorted a hot breath, why now did her brother not need her shoulder for comfort? Eglis didn't even notice the never ending stare between Reed and Brazen only continued,

"Traveling in numbers proves to be useful on the plains; since we are going in the same direction would you two be interested in being our companions for a time?" His green eyes looked Kybra over a bit and gave what it seemed to be a charming smile. Kybra was about to answer, when surprisingly her usual silent brother chimed in.

"We'd love to" his eyes never moved from the yellow and black mare.

"It's settled then, let us graze before moving on" So they did, Eglis next to his mate, Brazen who was happily grazing next to Reed. It didn't seem like they were conversing at all but Kybra's almond eyes were quick to notice their tails were entwined together. The blue mare was so absorbed in frustration that she didn't even notice the muzzle that had crept up and was now lipping at her jowl. Kybra tilted her head to see the green eyes of Eglis staring at her silver and red marked face. She instantly moved her head away in a clacking of horns. Looking for the pale pink Sis, she found her grazing with her ears perked but not moving. Kybra realized now that she must be deaf. Which would account for her being so attached to Eglis and her silence. But now she was eating and Eglis was giving Kybra a look that the stallions at the summer seas gave her. Brazen! She needed Brazen but where was he? It was getting dark and Brazen and Reed had disappeared. Eglis took a step forward

"Kybra it seems your brother had taken Reed for the night, perhaps I should take you" His green eyes flicked with lust. Kybra became frightened; she looked at Sis who was content grazing into the evening. Brazen was gone, who was she to turn to? Eglis took another step towards the backing mare. Kybra couldn't take it, she turned and ran.

That morning Brazen and Reed returned. Reed had a smile plastered to her face and Brazen leaned on her shoulder as they walked. The first thing he noticed though was a familiar blue deer form he had seen grow from birth was missing. His head shot up.

"Where's Kybra?" his black eyes shot to Eglis, who in turn shrugged his shoulders,

"She left" Brazen stamped a black hoof.

"No she needs me" he flicked his eyes back towards Eglis, "where did she go?" all Eglis did was point his bone colored horn in the direction of the far plains. Brazen turned to Reed; she was what he had been waiting for. But he couldn't leave Kybra out on her own. In a wordless unison they nuzzled.

"I'll find you again" she nipped at the base of his crystal horn.

"Dream of me" he whispered to her and took off in the direction Eglis had pointed.