Against all hope -- Paradise Isle

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Date Posted: 16:29:34 01/03/03 Fri
Author: Princess of Light
Subject: Against all hope
In reply to: Dare Devil 's message, "Scared" on 15:11:05 01/02/03 Thu

At the sound of that so familiar and so desperately longed-for cadence, that very unique and particular flavor of beat that belongs to her love alone, she raises her head incredulously from her mother's comforting embrace. Her slender Paso Fino/Arabian form is a pure symphony of grace and light; yet her hide and mane are somewhat matted, from her wandering year alone. She's only been in her parents' domain a few months, and only acknowledged that perhaps Dare Devil had gone forever perhaps a week or so before. But these two years he's been gone have been a dull wreckage for her. Since the rockfall that cut her off even from the place from where he had departed and scattered their already-degenerating herd, her emotions had been dull and scarce, taking deep refuge within her. She had resurrected that ancient wall that had protected her as a young mare: the barrier that forbade emotions and replaced them with duty. Only duty.

But duties in which she knows she has failed. So without her captain, with no crew and no direction, the ship of her life is becoming wrecked... and might have sunk, had Dare Devil not chosen such an opportune time to arrive upon the scene. And yet, although her legs are leaden weights and she believes her eyes deceive her, the failed Princess moves slowly over to the one stallion who has ever made her eyes shine and her heart sing. "Dare Devil," she says, softly, dully, almost silently.

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[> Sad -- Dare Devil, 17:02:41 01/03/03 Fri [1]

"That's my name, Sunny." He says with a nicker, stepping closer to her. "You haven't changed a bit."

And to him, she truly hadn't. Keeping the picture of her ever in his mind, through the darkest of his hours,and now placing it next to the original, it was the same. Or she was better. "I missed you. So much, I thought-" His voice snaps for a second and he shakes his mane to clear it, the long lanks of hair lifting to reveal even more scars. "I thought about you all the time." He says simply, taking the final step and pressing his muzzle to her mane. Worry, for the moment, washes away. This had been in his dreams so often he was afraid that was what it WAS, a cruel re-hashment of a dream. But the sun dancing through her eyes tells him different. Even so, he pulls away quickly, as though scalded. "I understand if you...want me to leave. I just wanted to tell you, and see you."

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