Darkness surrounded me. I opened my eyes to see the warm face of a horse I assumed to be my mother. She smelled like me, so I knew she had to be. She stood up and shook the grass off her body. I jumped up only to start to fall again, but she thrust her muzzle under my chest to stop me.
"Careful Pegasus," She said warmly. I looked around. We were in a large pasture. I took a few steps, my mother close behind. Once I realized I could walk, I let out a small whinny and galloped across the field when suddenly I heard my mother call out something, but it was too late. I crashed into something hard. I lay on the ground dazed. I saw my mother gallop to my side.
"You have to watch where you're going!" she nickered softly, "This isn't an open field, we have a fence surrounding us. Come on, get up, I want you to meet the herd." She turned and walked away. I jumped up and trotted after her. I saw some other foals playing and I galloped over to play with them when yet again, I ran into something. This time, it wasn't a fence. I looked up to see a black stallion glaring at me
"Watch where you're going," He snorted. "Next time I won't stop just so I don't trample you!"
"Leave him alone Midnight," I heard my mother come up behind me.
"Do you know this foolish foal, Star?" He nickered, a deep anger raging in his black eyes.
"He is our son!" She snorted back, and then she nickered softly, "Pegasus, I see you've met your hot-headed father,"
"Well, I would have thought a son of mine would have been wiser than to gallop blindly across a field. He isn't blind, is he?" The anger turned to concern. He cares about me! I thought happily.
"No, I can see," I squeaked. I saw their surprise to hear me speak. Star walked to my side, her warmth flooding over me.
"I would think you would be hungry by now," she nickered. I realized I was hungry, so I turned to find her milk. Once I found it, I started to suckle nosily, making small slurping noises. I sneezed as milk dripped into my nose.
"Well, he is a little clumsy to be running into things, but at least he has my color." I heard my father say. I turned to look at the color of my hair, sure enough, I was pitch-black like him. "Just realized that, huh, son?" I turned to look at him, in his eyes I saw an emotion I had only seen in my mother's eyes: love.
"Yes, I am sorry I have disappointed you,"
"Disappointed me?" He said. I heard the surprise in his voice. "The truth is son," he leaned in to whisper in my ear "I did the same as a foal." I was shocked. He is the head stallion and yet he ran into things like I did? I looked towards where a pretty filly lay in the grass, her mother encouraging her to stand.
"Go help her." My mother's voice broke into my thoughts. I trotted over and helped the new filly get up. She was a strange color I had never seen before.
"Is there something wrong with my daughter?" A snarl startled me; I turned to see a large stallion glaring at me. His coat was a gleaming chestnut.
"Rusty, don't pick on my son." My father snorted. He walked over. I wondered why the large stallion called Rusty wasn't head stallion. He towered over Midnight, though I could see my father was much more muscular than Rusty.
"No, I have never seen a coat like hers, that's all." I said.
"Thank you for helping me up." A voice squeaked behind me. I turned to see the little filly walking towards me with graceful ease. Her long legs carried her as if she were a feather.
"You're welcome. I'm Pegasus. What's your name?"
"I'm Uni." She answered. She had a white star on her forehead that seemed to glow as she said her name. Her coat was a mix of red and blue roan. On some horses, it would have looked ugly, but she made it look beautiful.
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Flight of Pegasus
AdventurePegasus is an adventurous colt and is the son of some powerful horses. His father is the strongest and his mother is the most powerful caster mare. He falls in love with a unicorn and plans on a future with her when he is sold. When he accidentally...