Jethro protects his Herd
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Tony swishes his black tail in disgust as he watches the Shire Stallion let Man touch him. He shakes his head before stomping the ground only to still at a high pitched noise and turns his head to look in shock as a human foal runs towards him. He goes by instinct and rears back.
Jethros head snaps up at the noise and he bolts away from Abby. He watches the Mustang rear up and he quickly barrels into him, to stop him from hurting young Kate.
Tony grunts in shock at the impact and only just saves himself from falling down. Once over the shock of being charged, he turns to the other Centaur "What was that for!?"
The Shire places himself over the terrified girl "She is Herd, I will not allow you to harm her"
Tony growls as he paws the ground "She approached me! Not the other way around!"
Jethro shrugs as he bends down, while keeping an eye on the aggressive Centaur, to pick up the crying girl and places her onto his back "I'm the only Centaur she has met, she had no idea what her action in running at you meant" he looks into the pissed green eyes "She is only five years old, only a foal" with that he turns his back and walks away while stating "You should leave, you do not belong here"
The Mustang stomps the ground in anger "You don't belong here either! You have become nothing but a Pet! A plaything for Man to ride"
Jethro just ignores him as he walks back over to a teary Abby "Here you go" his head snaps up as he hears the sound of a gun being loaded and growls as he snatches the weapon from Tim "No! I will not allow you to kill him!"
Tim glares at the Centaur "He would have killed Kate! Why shouldn't I shoot him!?"
He shakes his head "He was only going by his natural instincts" at the confusion he spots, he lets out a sigh before explaining further "Centaurs are a Prey Species, we hunt but are also hunted and without a Herd we don't survive long...we get preyed upon by wolves, bears, pumas and even Man" he glances as the still pissed Mustang "Tony doesn't understand that her screech was that of excitement...instead of a war cry" he shrugs "He thought she was going to attack him and so he went by instinct to defend himself" with that he wraps the trenchcoat tighter around him as he lowers himself to the ground and shifts forms.
Tims eyes widen in shock "H-How!? I mean, I didn't know a Centaur could do that!?"
Jethro chuckles "We're not able...I taught myself how to do it so, about seventy years ago, before I became a Stallion" his head turns to look at the tanned pelt of the Mustang who lets out a loud whinny before turning around and galloping away. He lets out a sigh "I need a word with Jack"
Abby passes Kate to her Father and walks over to hug the confused Centaur "He is in the fourth field with old Jess"
He nods and hugs her back "Ok, I need you to tell the Foals to stay away from Tony...I don't believe that he'd harm them if they don't approach him" he glances at Tim "Make sure he doesn't shoot him either"
Abby nods and kisses his cheek "I will do Jethro" with that she watches him walk off into the direction of her GrandDad.
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Jack sighs as Old Jess stops with a pained whinny and shakes his head as he gazes back at little work they have managed "Jess, I think it's time to get a younger one for this kind of work and for yourself to retire" he looks up as he hears hooves and his eyes widen in shock as the sight of another Centaur heading for him. He quickly releases Old Jess from the plough and smacks her rump "Get outta here! Quick!"
Jess starts at the slap and gallops away as fast as her old legs can carry her.
He sighs in relief as she escapes and quickly picks up a scythe as the Centaur approaches him
Jethro jumps as Jess gallops past him and goes to shout her back but his head snaps in the direction she came from as he hears Jacks scream, he runs in the direction and shifts forms before galloping over. He spots Tony standing up over a crumpled Jack and a red mist settles over his eyes as he lets out a battle cry.
Tonys head snaps in the direction of the noise and he doesn't have any time to react as a pissed Shire Centaur barrels into him. He goes down and only just manages to move out of the way as hooves slam down in the ground where his head was just a few seconds earlier.
Jethro growls and rears up once more in anger "Get Lost! I will not allow you to harm my Herd!" with that he stomps his foot down on Tonys haunch.
Jack quickly scrambles up and tries to pull Jethro off the younger Centaur "Jethro please! Leave him!"
Tony tries to stand but the Shire stops him at every turn and he ends up crying out in pain as the Centaurs hoof slices through his flesh. He looks up into the blue eyes and knows he will not be allowed mercy.
Jack scrambles up and tries to pull the Shire away "Jethro! Stop! Leave him be!" as nothing works, he digs into his pocket for the item he had hoped never to use.
Jethro rears back, intending to kill the Centaur that attacked his Herd member...only to yelp in shock as he gets injected by that horse tranquiliser Ducky had given Jack. He slips to the side and stumbles as he forces himself to keep on his feet, while Tony uses the distraction to bolt away to safety, as he asks "Jack? Why?"
The man shakes his head as he takes the Centaurs hand and leads him towards the house "You were going to kill him"
He frowns as his limbs start to shake "B-But he kill you...?"
Jack shakes his head "He was answering Old Jesses cry of pain...once I released her, he stopped"
Jethro stumbles slightly before stating "You cried out...you were on the floor with him above you"
He sighs as he spots Abby and Tim rushing towards them and he looks up into clouded blue eyes "I panicked and picked up the scythe...it slipped out of my hand and sliced through my leg" he shakes his head "He didn't even touch me...as he was confused as to why I chased her off"
As they reach the house the Shire crumples to the ground, almost crushing Jack in the process, as reality hits him like a sudden cold shower "I...I would have killed him"
Jack nods as he gently wipes away the tears that run down the Centaurs face "Yes, Jethro...you would have and I couldn't allow you to do so"
Jethro slumps forward as he gives up the fight to stay awake and allows the darkness to claim him.
