RedColt's roan coat shone like white and orange flames in the setting darkness as he greaderly dabbed up as many of the dew drops that had formed on the grass and surrounding brush with his tongue, "This water tastes better then the water in the blue bucket." he looked up at Obe briefly then back at the grass. "Annd it smells better to." He snorted as he narrowed his eyes at the big container which held stinky green water the notail had tried to empty it, but RedColt's own health had gotten in the way when his Chestnut tail got tangled it the lightning wire. "hey Red." Obe Neighed. "hay's here." RedColt Watched inquisitively as a male notail walked up to the shiny, tangy tasting, Lightning wire on a stick things that surrounded them, Obe called it a fence, but Red liked saying the super long name he'd made up. The notail cuck huge squears of dried herbs and grass over it and into the area where RedColt and Obe where being held. RedColt followed Obe up to the notail but unlike Obe, RedColt had a plan and that plan was if the notail ever tried to grab him he would crow hop and kick out at it, hopefully teaching it a lesson never to bother him again. Obe reached out with his muzzle and let the notail rub it. RedColt backed away and stared at them, he didn't get it. How could Obe like them, they were thieves and abusers who sucked at horse sign language. "OBE!" RedColt squealed a warning as the notail opened the gate, or opened the opening in the shiney, tangy tasting, lightning wire on a stick that surrounded them.
"Stop panicking, i'll be fine." Obe pinned back his ears at RedColt and turned, ears forward again, to face the male notail and to make matters worse, Oby lowered his head to help the notail put on the hugging vine.
"Run Obe." RedColt neighed and natched up a bite of hay. "I'll distract them." He pined back his ears and lowered his neck as he snaked towards the notail. Needless to say his rescue attempt was foiled by the notail itself, who shouted and lashed the thin stick, which now sported a long thin vine on the end, and caught him on the nose with it. Redcolt backed up and bobbed his head to the side.
"Serves you right." Oby flicked his tail at RedColt's muzzle as he happily went with the notail.
RedColt knew what happened next, Obe was tied harshly to this contraption and made to walk in any direction the metal in his mouth decided, otherwise he would be smacked. Red stomped a hoof, dislodging a gathering of flies from his leg as he dipped his neck to the now slightly wet hay that had gathered up some of the tasty dew drops of an un-licked patch of grass, never less RedColt started eating.
"Hello? What brings you here."
RedColt woke to the sound of voices, he heaved himself to his hooves and walked over to Obe. The tall black stallion was standing at the edge of the shiny, tangy tasting, Lightning wire on a stick things that surrounded them when he'd spotted two wild looking horses they had stopped and started a conversation with him. "you must be the wild horses that live around here..." Obe snorted, the wind blew the feathers on his hooves around, tangling them in the mud.
"Um, I believe so."A small chestnut stallion nickered back, clearly intimidated by Obe's size.
"HEY" RedColt had reached the lightning wire and entered the discussion with a sharp whinnie. "Obe told me about a herd of horses that roam these planes."
"Excuse him." Obe pinned back his ears and looked at RedColt, the colt walked backwards."he used to be a wild horse until these notails captured him and-"
"-and my dam, although I don't know where she is now but that doesn't matter." RedColt whinnied excitedly.
"Yes we are, my name is FireMuzzle and this is FernHoof, my trotter." He nuzzled the buckskin mare, she looked around RedColt's own age, old enough to be considered a mare, but still small and covered in her Foal-Fur.
"Hello, did you come from a herd?" FernHoof asked RedColt as her tail swatted away flies.
"No not really it was just me and my dam."
"So you were Travelers!" FireMuzzle snorted as he looked from RedColt to FernHoof "I see the difference."
"Hey!"RedColt pinned back his ears.
all the commotion woke Obe who had been sleeping a couple of strides away, over to have a look at what was going on. "Don't tease the colt." Obe snickered. "I'm sure he wants to know what it's like being part of a heard."
"Oh,yes. Please can I join I don't like being stuck up in this fenced off area"RedColt pricked forward his ears and and reared up a bit.
FireMuzzle watched the colt. "Maby. but i'll have to ask GreyMoon and PineMo-"
"Oh, more horses, are they part of your herd." RedColt backed away as FireMuzzle attempted to nip him for interrupting.
"Yes…" the chestnut narrowed his eyes. "As I was saying, I'll have to ask GreyMoon and Pine Moon! You can wait here until we get back." He pinned his ears and turned the mare around.
"Wait!" RedColt nickered as they started to leave. "Watch this." He backed up then cantered up to the lightning wire, his front hooves left the ground and were shortly followed by his back hooves as he sailed over the fence with ease. "Or, I could come now?" RedColt snorted and trotted up beside them. FireMuzzle looked down at red with a slight smirk. "Okay then follow us" the two wild horses turned and started to trot away.
"Wait Red!?" Obe squealed "are you sure you want to do this." the tall stallion paced. "Ple-" He was interrupted by harsh yelling and sticks waving through the air, the notails had entered the scene. "Please!" He neighed.
"once wild always wild Obe. I'll miss you though" RedColt cantered away without waiting for Obe to reply. Leaving the black stallion to the mercy of the notails, in the dust that rose up behind him.