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Fire smiled to herself. She walked over to Spirit and placidly stood in front of him. "We need to talk."

He shot her an angry glance. "What is it?"

"Privately," she added.

"This better not be any more crap, Fire," he said loudly. This made her smile.

"It's not. Cross my heart," she added sarcastically, and Rain looked at her suspiciously. Spirit snorted, and started walking to an empty spot, Fire right behind him.

"What's this about, Fire?"

Fire snorted, "Don't dismiss me so easily, or I could just accidently forget that we decided to keep Misty's father a secret." She smiled at Spirit's shock.

"You dumb mare! You wouldn't, or," he thought for a moment, "I'd have you banned for lying about the Leader, spreading rumors and such!"

"But it's not lying," she smiled.

"Who's going to believe you?" he smiled defiantly back as Fire's face dropped.

"But Spirit, you know its yours!"

"How am I supposed to know who you've slept around with since I've been gone? For all I know a million stallions have serviced you."

"But you don't deny you mated with me," she smiled again, knowing this was still basis for her becoming Top Mare.

"Who says I have? I don't remember doing any such thing," he smiled again. Fire was so enraged, she spit on his hoof.

"Why you!" he struck out with his hooves at her, then biting her on the neck. "Don't forget who's the leader, and who's merely a lowly mare." With that, he walked triumphantly. Fire sighed. Her plan wasn't working, not at all.

The herd was gathered around in a circle. "What's going on?" he called out, but none of the mares responded or even flinched. He went up to the circle, expecting them to move for him, but nobody moved an inch. He snorted, still no effect. He pushed his way through, the mares neighing their annoyance and some biting at him. He, of course, couldn't fight them all off, so he ignored the nips at his backside.

Fire stood in the middle, sobbing, not yet noticing him. He looked beyond her, to the otherside of the circle, to see Rain. She snorted, baring her teeth at him, her eyes then focasing on the ground with the rest of the herd once again. Even Esperanza, his mother, looked angrily at him. He looked at where the focus of most of the herd was. He gasped. There lay the young filly, dead.

Fire noticed him and she let out an enraged neigh. "SPIRIT! I'm surprised you had the balls to come back after, after what you've done!" She lashed out at him, giving him a deep bite mark on the top of his front left leg. "Through her whole life, she never "met" her father!" she screamed. She, and the rest of the herd, charged at him, teeth bared.

He opened his eyes, breathing heavily. Rain, who was sleeping next to him, opened her eyes half way. "Spirit, what's wrong?" she asked tiredly, yawning.

Spirit tried to regulate is breathing. "Nothing, fiancé," he smiled, "Let's go back to sleep." She gave him a nuzzle, and he returned it.

A/N: Sorry this chappie's so short. I have no idea where I'm going with this, and personally, I think it's getting boring lol. Anyway, review.