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The stench of blood and rot in the air was overwhelming, mixed in with the scent of smoke that was enough to make someone choke and gag. All over there was fire, the distant sounds of castle walls giv... View MoreThe stench of blood and rot in the air was overwhelming, mixed in with the scent of smoke that was enough to make someone choke and gag. All over there was fire, the distant sounds of castle walls giving out and crumbling to rubble as the fire continued to rage on, consuming everything it touched.
His body was weak, hardly able to stand and bear the weight of his battered armour. His muscles ached from fatigue and fresh wounds that tainted his snow white fur beneath his armour. He felt the unbearable heat of the flames surrounding him, the smoke stinging his eyes through his helm, but all he could focus on was the mare in his arms.
This was no longer the mare he knew and cared so deeply for and protected all these years. The mare he knew died the night the assassins came for her. A cold steel blade was plunged into her innocent, pure heart. It stripped her of everything that she was and everything she was going to be, and with her death went his purpose.
The mare he gazed upon in his arms in this burning throne room was a perverted, twisted version of her. The plague had consumed her body as it had the rest of the kingdom, eating away and replacing parts of her with stringy, flesh-like tendons that seemed to writhe and move on their own, as if they were alive and puppeteering her corpse. She gazed up at him with eyes that were dull, clouded over and missing the colour and life that once was within them. Her golden braid was dirtied and stained, much of her mane beginning to fall out.
As he brought her into his arms and took one final look at her, the rot that corrupted her body beginning to slowly reach out like tiny hands or tendrils and latch onto his armour weakly, slowly slithering along the metallic plates. He readied his crimson stained blade, shaking his head.
“Forgive me, Lady Lorelei..”
With a firm thrust his blade was driven into her chest. The feeling of her blood beginning to flow over his hoof snapped him awake..
He shot up with a gasp and found himself in his bed, surrounded by the darkness of the inside of his cabin. His fur clung to his body, soaked with sweat. He gripped onto the sheets of his bed as he struggled to find breath in his lungs, panting softly as his chest heaved up and down. Another night and that same nightmare. Despite how far he’s travelled and the distance he’s put between him and that place, the memories still linger..
Forcing himself to his hooves, the large stallion dragged himself off his bed and staggered away. He shivered as he felt the cold air surround him, the fire warming the cabin long burnt out now. He grunted to himself and fetched his axe set by the fireplace, forcing himself towards the door. He could hardly breathe. He felt trapped, enclosed.
With a firm shove the door swung roughly open, revealing the early morning sun just beginning to rise over the horizon. He stood for a moment in its warm orange glow, basking in it as he let his eyes shut. He took a deep, slow breath and simply stood there for a moment. As his heart rate began to slow and he felt his composure slowly coming back, he quietly grunted to himself. Leaving behind his armour and gear he paced over towards the stack of logs out front of the cabin, getting to work on chopping them for firewood and as a way to fall into rhythm and clear his mind.. #rp
