Ever since the legendary Star past on to golden meadow, a new dire era arose in Anok many seasons later. A new evil over-stallion reined in Mountain Herd; trying to take control over all the territories of Anok. Pegasi began to form new herds descending from each of the original ones. And Tundra Herd was one of them; descending from Mountain Herd, Desert Herd, and Snow Herd, they formed together a very small colony of three hundred; and moved to a unclaimed territory that became their home of the snow. Decades later; the small herd developed into a normal size of one thousand; yet small compared to their neighbors. Each of the territories face nervous days of possible sieges from Mountain Herd; but these tough and well developed steeds of the north stand their ground as the democracy of the evil herd gradually grows. (Like the Roman Empire.)
(WELL? LET'S BEGIN!!!!)
Froststone:
The handsome young stallion let the southern winds untangle his ratty mane from flying in the high altitudes by himself. As Froststone gazed south, he could see a herd of caribou tearing up grass beneath the snow with their hooves. He sighed with contentment, his deep chest expanded as his gratefulness increased as he gazed upon his grazing herd. Froststone couldn't help loving each of the pegasi that lived with him in the same territory. The two year old raised his wings and flared them; listening to the wind rustle through his feathers, delight tickled his belly. He stood shin deep in snow, not moving; but continued to gaze on toward the setting sun beyond him among the mountains.
(What's the question, sorry I dont feel like going through 15 pages.)
(Okay pegasi, don't comment on here anymore cuz there's a part 2! https://www.theguardianherd.com/messageboard/herd-chat/tundra-herd-rp-part-2
(Okay, sounds good.)
( KK )
(Guys, I'm gonna make a part two, this stinky thing is glitching!)
( Hello darkness my old friend..... I’ve come to talk with you again.... HELLO.... )
(Hello?)
(Okay guys, ignore my last two comments of Froststone and Billowfall)
Froststone:
Froststone stirred, snorting in his unconsciousness, as if he were running. Suddenly his eyes flew open and he jerked his head up, swear rolled down his brow and froth covered his neck, "Where- where am I?" He cried, his sides heaving up and down from panic.
(YAY MY HERD IS HERE!)
( ? )
(HELO!)
(Docter! Docter! HELP! LAKESTAR IS OUT OF THE CAVE OUT OF THE CAVE!)
( RIVERBREEEEEEEEEZEEEEEEEEEEEEEE )
( RB? )
( Hello? PLZ NO BE GONE!!! )
( Back lol. )
Fernbreeze:
Again, her cheeks grew hot in shame. “Sorry...” She mumbled, “and thank you.” She wished so badly to see him it was eating her. She had only ever wanted to see her mother and father so badly. Why did she want to see him?
Thornhallow:
He watched Stormwing disappear over the trees and looked down. Brother? Promotion?
Stormwing: He was really to break down laughing. Keeping his composure completely emotionless must be exhausting. “Thornhallow, when you are ready to talk to me about your promotion, I’ll be here.” With that, Stormwing lifted off and went to find Froststone and Billowfall.
Sparkfire:
He gently rolled his eyes, which he enjoyed doing because she couldn’t see him do it.
He flexed his shoulders and the place were Feenbreeze had kicked him flared in pain, “Thanks for kicking me-that was greatly appreciated. And...your welcome for saving your life.” He replied, flicking his tail mischievously.
(Okay, no problem, please tell them Rainleaf says hi. 😂)
(Brb, gotta feed the horses lol )
Thornhallow:
He didn’t blink. Didn’t move. Only a muscle in his jaw and cheek ticked in frustration. “Avoiding a question? I simply answered it, sir,” Thornhallow said.
(Riverbreeeze? )
Stormwing: ”Amazing job avoiding the question. I am your over stallion, and I need to know why the herd’s flight instructor isn‘t loyal to me. Please, for once in your life, have some emotion in your answer.”
Thornhallow: He finally shifted his gaze to the trees to his right. When he had composed himself, he looked back at Stormwing. “You have had misplaced feelings, then, sir,” Thornhallow snorted.
Stormwing: He nodded and looked at the flight instructor, “Thornhallow, what did I ever do to you? For a while now, I’ve had the feeling you almost wish me dead.”
Fernbreeze:
Fernbreeze’s cheeks heated once more. She gently tipped herself off of his back into a slow dive. She managed to pull herself up before she assumed she’d be going to fast, and turned her head towards the sound of the wingbeats.
“When you’re on a captain’s back, you’d think to ask permission before just jumping off,” she said defiantly, looking away at what she assumed was open sky. The winds buffeted against her ears, and she noticed that as she rotated them, the sounds changed pitch.
Sparkfire:
He snorted again only louder and smirked, admiring her snarky remark. “Then why are you still on my back?” He asked, shifting his weight so it was easier for her to fly off.
( Sure )
Thornhallow:
He paused for a moment, thinking. “No, sir, I’m afraid not. All I know is that she was close to the colt, Froststone. I’d suggest interrogating him on the incident, but I would wait due to his medical condition,” Thornhallow said submissively.
Stormwing: “Do you know which filly was headed into the dense cloud formation?”
(Thornhallow doesn’t know it was Rainwillow, right?)
( RB.... RAINLEAF... COME BACKKKKK )
Fernbreeze:
She snorted sarcastically at his comfort. When she began to hear his breathing become heavier, she quickly said, “I can fly on my own, you know. I’m not a dud.”
Thornhallow:
He looked at Stormwing, unblinking. He then said, “One filly decided to take a flight through a dense cloud formation. A colt decided to follow her. Another filly, this one originally on the ground decided that the colt was very viciously chasing the filly flying through the dense cloud formation.“
“The filly who had been on the ground, Billowfall, managed to rip the colt, Froststone, from the sky. She quickly realized her mistake, and in her attempt to save Froststone, she prevented severe damage to his wings and legs, but couldn’t prevent damage to his head, one of the most vulnerable parts as you know,” Thornhallow said in a very polite, yet deadly tone. He had been referring to the head being the most vulnerable part because Stormwing, being an over-stallion, had probably performed the over-stallion’s death blow to many unfortunate victims.
Violetclould,
Violetclould trotted up to her daughter, "what's up?" She asked.
Sparkfire:
He felt the mare tense and her temperature rise as she became embarrassed by her savior. Sparkfore snorted, amused and cranes his head to smile at her, but his smile faded when he remembered she couldn’t see. “Hey, don’t worry about it. I’m just doing my job.“ He said as they lowered past the cloud layer.
As they were getting closer to the meadow, Sparkfire was beginning to become burdened by Fernbreeze’s weight and began to feel how sore and cramped his wings and back was.
Still, he stayed strong, but lowered faster towards the meadow. He started to breath a little heavier, but tried to show how much he was in pain as they approached the meadow.
Rainwillow: She swallowed and turned around slowly. “Why, hello, ma’am...”
Violetclould,
"Rainwillow, wait!" Violetclould went at a faster pace to catch up with her daughter
Stormwing: With a glance at the emotionless stallion, he cleared his throat. ”It has come to my attention that there has been an... accident. They tell me you were a witness. Please report everything that happened.”
(Is there any way Thornhallow will ever like the over stallion, even if he gets a promotion, or no?)
Thornhallow:
He shifted his gaze to Stormwing, displeased to see the over-stallion. Thornhallow wasn’t fond of Stormwing because Stormwing hadn’t been able to see his potential to be the best captain in the herd. He reluctantly bowed his head and followed the stallion.
Stormwing: With grace, he landed near the flight instructor. “Thornhallow, please follow me.”
Rainwillow: As she started towards Mountain Herd, voices cut through her. A mountain herd mare was there with two other Tundra Herd pegasi. Her eyes narrowed and she listened intently. She caught the Mountain Herd mare's name: Cinderfrost. Somehow, she know her. She'd have to ask Darkheart later. Without warning, her mother (Violetcloud) headed towards her. Yelping a little, Rainwillow hurried to find Froststone and Darkheart.
Silverpine:
This was stupid. It wasn’t her problem that some random colt ran away! They should have just let a spy do this and come look for him. Silverpine was glidingacross the thin vine that separated her herd to Tundra Herd territory. The little brat that called himself Lakestar had ran away while some of the battle mares watching him were distracted. Now she had to go all the way over to Tundra Herd territory to try to secretly see if he was there. Silverpine didn’t think the colt would have gotten very far. He had multiple major and minor injuries, not to mention his wings were broken.But the brown mare had failed to find the colts or any remains of his remains yet. Someone must have helped him. Silverpine pushes her wings forward and landed lightly on the cold soil. She sniffed furiously and found something peculiar. Yes, Lakestar was here...with two other stallions. Silverpine sniffed again, this time finding a much more recent scent. There was a young mare here from.. Mountain Herd? This time Silverpime recognized the scent. “Cinderfrost?” She gaped.
What was that yearling doing all the way out here!? Silverpine lifted her wings and beat them had on the air as she began to fly quickly towards Tundra Herd territory.
Windfeather:
"Snowroot! This colt left the medicine den! He seems hurt!" She shouted
Driftflame:
The young stallion was pacing near to all the commotion. He felt suddden guilt of how he first acted towards the poor colt. His wings tipped gently ran over his scar and followed it from his temples to the beginning of his neck. Snowroot seemed to be intrigued by it. He hated his scar and knew there was no healing it. Everyone couldn’t help but look at it when they talked to him or when he was being addressed.
Thornhallow:
He had watched as Smokefire had taken Lakestar to the medicine den. Troubled, he glided down to touch the grassy floor. He tucked his wings as he eyes narrowed. Something wasn’t right, but Thornhallow couldn’t tell what.
(Night!)
Cinderfrost,
"I am so sorry!" She nickered, Cinderfrost shuffled her hooves, "I don't really know how to help you... I'm not a medicine mare or anything of great importance,"
Lakestar:
"I they broke my wings so I could not fly away but I ran. I am stuck can you help me?" He asked desiring to be brave. (GTG Night!)
Cinderfrost,
Cinderfrost looked at the colt with pity in her eyes, "I would never take a kidnapped colt or filly back to Moutain Herd! Its cruel how they treat them," Cinderfrost nickered
Lakestar:
"You are from Mountain herd! I am Lakestar mountain herd kidnapped me. I escaped. You cant take me back I wont go back!" he shouted getting frantic when he could not move
Cinderfrost nodded, and slowly trotted up to Lakestar, not wanting to scare him she stayed several wing lengths back.
"Hey,,, why are you scared of me?" She asked waiting for the colts
Windfeather:
"Will you go see?" She asked wanting to keep peace in the herd
Cinderfrost,
Cinderfrost looked over to Lakestar, "I don't really know mam, I am against Moutain herd kidnapping foals,"
Lakestar:
"Help!" He yelped he was stuck on the ground in a lot of pain.
Windfeather:
She nodded and exchanged breath with Cinderfrost. "Why is that foal scared of you?" She asked pointing at Lakestar.
Cinderfrost,
"J-just so you k-know I-I am not being a spy, I would never spy, or fight I hate this war." She said quietlu.
Windfeather:
"Dont be scared I wont hurt you unless you make me." She said her wings lowering trying not to look mean.
Lakestar:
"No!" He yelped trying to get help scared she was being a spy
Cinderfrost,
Cinderfrost slowly got up shaking in fear, "um, I'm so sorry! I must of wandered if from the border of my herd, I'm Cinderfrost" she said
Windfeather:
She stood still after shoving him behind her she was ready to fight to save her friend. "Who is there?!" She shouted.
Lakestar:
He saw the form and yelped. "Nononono!" It was Cinderfrost from mountain herd! He slumped to the ground laying flat
Cinderfrost
Cinderfrost was thinking as she ate and walked, ate and walked, 'mmmmm this is good stuff,' she thought, she was nearing a few pegasi but she did not notice, she tripped over a root and crashed into a Bush "Ouch'" she
(Huh?) (I talking about cinderfrost)
(Does that mean I dissapeared? I dont really understand the comment that well soz)
Windfeather: She was about to say. "I love you!" But suddenly a noise stopped her then another one came from the other side. "Brambletail! What is that!" She looked toward the medicine mare's den and saw the new colt when she looked the other way she saw nothing
Brambletail
Brambletail rested his head on top of Windfeather's "it's all up to you, it's a big decision, but whatever you choose I will support you," Brambletail nickered softly.
Cinderfrost,
Cinderfrost unknowingly crossed deeper and deeper into Tundra here's territory.
Windfeather:
"I know but It would mean more work for me and I would not see you as much, plus when would I get to play? I want to still play but with the battles coming I dont know!" She lend into him
Brambletail,
Brambletail nuzzled Windfeather softly, "I believe in you! You would make a great captain," he said "and, I see my sister alot! And she's a battle mare,"
)K)
(I can comment in a few minutes)
(The sandween rp is back running again!)
Windfeather:
"I dont know if I can become a captain. And I dont want to if it means we are seporated!" She said her stress plain
Brambletail,
"Yeah! Of course!
(Night!)
Windfeather:
"Brambletail! Can we talk?" She asked shyly
( Gtg to bed, good night! )
Cinderfrost,
Cinderfrost enjoying the grass unknowingly crossed Tundra here's
Snowroot:
Her gaze snapped to Smokefire in an icy glare. “Your brother is fine, only experiencing the minor pain fluctuations that come with casts for your wings,” Snowroot said pleasantly. She looked back at the entrance, half expecting to see Driftflame there once again, and his scar.
Smokefire:
He darted back to the medicine mare to check on his brother. When he heard his brother scream. He entered the cave spreading his wings to look bigger. "Snowroot! What happened to my brother!" He snarled trying to not get to ahead of himself
Fernbreeze:
Black was encroaching on the edges of her vision. It soon receded, though, as she felt the air become less dense. Her breathing came out in short gasps as she tried to match the voice to a name. Finally, a name popped into her head; Sparkfire.
Realizing she was on the back of a prized captain, embarrassment took over.
( Bye! Good night! )
(OOOOOFFFFF I gtg i should be on tmr tho! Byeee!!!)
Sparkfire:
He grunted as pain shot up his spine from her kick and he felt the pain travel up and throughout his wings, making them cramp and ache.
He held back a snort of pain, but didn't move from his position knowing she was distraught and confused.
Once she was close enough, he pushed his back up towards her and get her weight crush down on his back. He craned his neck to see if she still had consciousness- just barely.
"I got you." He thought, but realized that was rather useless- she couldn't read thoughts.
He slowly lowered back down in the atmosphere, flapping his wings carefully so he wouldn't slip on a crosswind, and also so it was more comfortable for the almost-unconscious mare on his back.
He passed the jet streams and he allowed himself to take a gulp of air now that the air wasn't as thin or sparse. "Try to breathe." He said to the mare, not knowing if she heard him, and he slowly dropped another couple winglengths.
Lakestar:
He head hurt and he tried to stand. "I have to... Help.. my.. brother.." He moaned in pain. His wings had been broken by mountian herd. He shrieked when his wings were moved
(Me just watching the 3 members typing)
Snowroot:
She gently moved Lakestar’s wings to test their flexibility. Already the bones were attempting to heal in the wrong places. She had a small intake of breath at this, and consulted with her apprentice. She quickly took two sturdy sticks, more of the sturdy fiber leaves, and managed to make stilts to keep the wings from reforming the wrong way.
( OOF SORRY I KEEP FORGETTING XD )
(LAKESTAR NEEDS HELP! SNOWROOT!)
Fernbreeze:
All she could feel was confusion. Confusion, confusion, confusion. Something told her there was a reason she was up here, but she knew there wasn’t. The winds were tearing at her ears; even more confusion. Her senses were so muddled it felt like she was in a deep ocean, or a tsunami.
Was this even real? Her wings began to ache. Apparently her endurance was terrible. She made a slow, sluggish mental note to work on her endurance for all things. The thought was abruptly silenced when she felt something beneath her. In her rush to escape, she accidentally kicked her captor on what felt like a spine to her hoof.
( Oh lol. Yeah, I think Fernbreeze will be fine... )
Sparkfire:
He was slowly gaining on the steed and he was starting to get close enough to see features on the pegasus. A young mare, with a shiny dun(is that right?) coat and grayish green wings. He noticed that she started to spin and circle, "Okay, she's definatly not okay... The lack of oxygen must be getting to her." He mumbled, feeling the rushing winds from the jet streams as he slowly neared the mare.
Not wanting to become light headed or pass out from lack of oxygen, Sparkfire took a huge breath-as much as his lungs could hold and continued pumping his wings. He could feel the pressure pulling him down, and his instinct told him to turn back, but he shook his head and kept going.
He was about 30 wing lengths away from the mare, when she dropped down a couple winglengths, allowing him to see her even more clearly. His eyes widened and his wingtips furled in surprise, "She's blind! How did she get up this high?" He thought, but quickly pushed the question aside when he felt his lungs start to burn and his head start to hurt from the high pressures.
He saw the mare start to slip again and noticed how she was gasping and choking for air. He positioned himself underneath her and waited for her to slip again so he could catch her.
(What the anok? I asked if she would die I aint going to die! Not today. I am fine!)
( Wait, what? i thought you were referring to Fernbreeze...? Wait, PLZ DON’T KILL YOURSELF ;(
(I am alive or was I not who you were talking about? I was watching holiday baking championships)
( XDD Didn’t mean to pressure you or anything. This is just the most action filled moment in my entire day xD )
( She’s alive. RIVERBREEZEEEEEEE RBBBBBB COME BACKKKKK xD )
(She live or she die)
Fernbreeze:
She turned in a slow circle, her wingbeats rhythmic. She almost felt like singing. Strange. She never felt like singing anymore.
Fernbreeze climbed higher, loving the thrill churning her gut, and hating the light headedness. She smiled hysterically. Clearly, all this air was getting into her head. As she looked up, she thought she saw a field of unkept lilies, which, yet again, made no sense. Not only because there was no such thing, but she couldn’t see. This actually caused her wings to cramp up, her adrenaline to peak, and her breath to catch.
She dropped a couple of winglegnths before catching herself and choking on a mouthful of air. Was it a figment of her imagination? Had she really seen something?
Maybe all this air is getting to my head.... Fernbreeze thought uncertainly. Half of her believed it.
And the other half strongly disagreed.
(Sorry ma'am! :P)
( OMG SORRY I WAS DRAWING OOF XD )
(SNOWROOT WE NEED YOU! Plus bakari is needed)
( It’s fine RB! After all, a character isn’t fun without romance xD )
Smokefire:
He pace in stress. Then he saw Sparkfire and flew toward him
Sparkfire:
His gut churned with unknown distress. He couldn't force himself to eat, so he decided to go flying-that always made him feel better. So he leapt into the sky and quickly ascended beyond the cloud layer.
He stretched his wings as far as they could go and moaned in relaxation and delight as the sunlight warmed his hide and wings.
A flash of color caught his eyes and he looked up. To his great surprise, there was a pegasus, flying high above him. He blinked, hesitating to fly up to greet to steed, not knowing if he wanted to start a conversation. But, then he noticed that the pegasus was getting very high-higher than Sparkfire would ever dare to go.
This time, he didn't hesitate to fly up. He didn't know if the steed needed help or not, but it wouldn't hurt to ask, so he pumped his wings and tried to catch up with her, but she/he was quite a distance away-which left him baffled at how quickly he/she could fly so high.
Cinderfrost,
Cinderfrost decided the coldness underneath the shade of the tree was not enough, so she flapped her wings lifting herself into the sky, Cinderfrost soared to edge of the territory that bordered Tundra herd.
She landed on some soft snow, Cinderfrost nickered joyfully and started rolling around in it, when she was done she got up and trotted near the border looking for some fresh grass or something she could eat, Cinderfrost pawed at the ground digging up snow untill at last she found some cold soft food, Cinderfrost bent down her neck and started grazing contentedly, enjoying the fierce cold winds that pierced her hide.
Fernbreeze:
Her sense of hearing was distorted. She heard odd whispers, felt odd chills against the roar of the highest winds. Just above her head was the jet stream, and she didn’t even know it. One wrong move, and she would certainly die. Fernbreeze should have stayed with the herd, where it was safe. What had brought her up here?
Fernbreeze could only remember a faint longing, or a need to fly up just below the jet stream. She had felt that, if she did as was requested by the unknown source, she would receive a gift. And Fernbreeze had hoped that gift would be her sight.
Obviously, the gift would be her death.
( OoOo Nearly forgot about FernFern xD )
Sparkfire:
There was no point in standing in the middle of nowhere by himself, so him leapt into the sky and flew towards the main meadow where left Treeowl. His younger brother was laying down under a large oak tree in front on an Elder who was telling stories to the weanlings and yearlings.
Deciding not to disturb him, he landed quietly and lowered his head to graze-although he wasn't very hungry. Like Fernbreeze, he felt depressed and empty, but Sparkfire was used to it by now.