Taking The Plunge {Kyprioth}

[Dawning Hope]

The sound of the water lapping the sandy shore was soothing to Dawn’s ears. She slowly walked along the water’s edge, gazing at the clear blue of the tropical ocean. She had never seen water so clear before, as she had just recently come to the land that was owned by the Night Sky herd. She looked around at her surroundings, trying to take in the immense amount of land that surrounded her. As she gazed at it, in complete awe, she wondered why, and more importantly, how, she had never come across this utopia before.

She slowly walked along the shore, trying to kill some time. It’s so pretty here, it’s almost too good to be true, she thought. Too bad it’s completely and utterly deserted. Now she was just pacing, doing absolutely nothing. Dawn reached one end of the beach, and pawed the ground with one glossy black hoof. The sand was a silvery white; it went perfectly with the landscape. Dawn was one to compare colors, and try to match everything, no matter where it was. Some would say she was a little OCD about it, but it was no big deal, everyone has their little quirks.

Near the ocean it was windy, and there was no place to take refuge from it. No trees, nothing. In a way, it was a vast abyss of nothing, if you stood at the edge of where the sand and grass started to blend together. The ocean seemed to stretch for an eternity, forever.

Oh, this is absolute bliss. I come here, and who’s here to welcome me? The ocean, the wind, and not a single being around. Nothing, in other words. But I came here to have fun, to escape life, to make the best of it. Life is short, make the best of it, she thought. What an overused cliché. As much sense as it made, Dawn found that saying awful, same with most other clichés. She was sort of particular when it came for her to choose words to say, or even think. She enjoyed sounding intelligent, she found being uneducated completely awful, unacceptable. That was probably why her relationships didn’t last for long; she had to lower her standards a bit, because not everybody was going to fit them. Maybe a small percentage of the population on the entire globe, but not everywhere, that’s for sure. Dawn came to a painfully accurate realization that if she didn’t try to make things work with her friends, or whoever she hung around with, she would spend the rest of her life alone.

With that being said, Dawn pushed all of her negative thoughts aside, and decided to make the best of her life. Even if no one was with her at the moment, she had always enjoyed swimming. She flipped her ebony mane to the correct side of her neck; the wind had made it fly in twenty different directions, and took a deep breath. Dawn closed her eyes, and took the plunge into her new life, her newfound perspective on life, and in actuality, the surprisingly cold water. It’s fall, what did you expect? Dawn ignored everything, and tried to let her body relax as she swam around in the water, which was just deep enough for her hooves to not be touching the sandy bottom.


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[bg=BABABA][atrb=width,500,true][atrb=border,0,true] Kyprioth muttered darkly as he traversed the land he called home. Well, it wasn’t home exactly, but it was close enough. Nothing would ever really be home simply because the stallion didn’t particularly want one. There was no reason for him to stay in one place. In fact, if he could have it his way, he’d never be stationary again. Not that the stallion didn’t like to be still, he just didn’t like to be in one place for very long. He was a bit afraid of commitment, you see. But, that being beside the point, the stallion meandered. He had no particular destination; he never did. If the gods had something in mind for him, they’d put it in his path. Otherwise, he was content to just...walk. Today found the stud near the beach. He hadn’t visited lately. It wasn’t exactly calling his name, but it was a decent day, as far as autumn days go, so why not? The faded sand was why not. It got in his feathers and would never come out. Ok, ok, so it did come out, it just took forever. At this thought, the stallion looked at his hooves. His normally grey-ish hair was now a sort of yellow-white color. "Sand..." he muttered. Kyprioth was not in the best of moods. In fact, he was in a horrible mood. Why? He had just left a meeting with another stallion. Said stallion was a bit of a dick. Everyone in Night Sky knew that Kyprioth was no threat. He didn’t stick around long enough to be considered a threat. Oh, but this stallion, high and mighty as he was, thought that Kyprioth was there to steal his throne. ”Like I would want to go and do a thing like that. Deal with mares all day every day? Gods, no.” He was also known for his distaste for a real relationship with a mare. Again, not much of a threat. A breeze brought the salty air into his nostrils, causing him to sneeze once, twice. Rolling his eyes, he continued toward the beach. After a few minutes, his nares would become accustomed to the air and water. Unfortunately, during his walk to the water’s edge, he sneezed four more times. Would you look at that? Allergic to sea air, he thought, somewhat humored. It was complete bull, of course. Who’s allergic to sea air? How can someone be allergic to sea air? No, Kyprioth wasn’t. Suddenly, a sound caught in his tall audibles. Black toned receptor swiveled toward the sound. Splash. Splash, splash. Brow raised at the realization that it wasn’t the normal splash of waves against rocks. Kyprioth thought to walk away. Everytime he had come in contact with another horse for the last few months, it had not been exactly pleasant, or it had put him in some sort of situation he generally wanted to avoid. But, his curiosity overrode his desire to stay out of it, and his steps continued in the direction of the splashing. With the sight of the noise maker, however, his curiosity doubled. It was a mare...swimming. She wasn’t drowning. She wasn’t traversing a river to get to whatever edibles were on the other side. She was swimming. Brows disappeared into forelock and his head tipped to one side. The mare hadn’t seen him yet, so he quickly took on a more manly appearance. From what he could see, she was pretty. ”Well, hey there, little lady,” he said. ”Why don’t you come take a walk with me?”

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[Dawning Hope]

Dawn thrusted her powerful legs through the water with little resistance. She looked out on the horizon, looking at the orange-purple sky, as it started nearing sunset. It wouldn’t get dark for a while, but it started going down just enough for the sky to be slightly tinted a different color; it was beautiful.

The bay mare started to tire, she had been swimming for quite a while, and she didn’t want her mane to get too tangled, it took forever to get it undone. She hadn’t swam in seawater for quite a while, and the salty water was starting to heal a small hoof sized cut on her hindquarters. Right before she left her last herd that she had been a part of for a while, she got into a fight with the dominant stallion. She had been close to him, she had a fling with him for about 4 months, and then it all blew up. He wanted someone else, and they got into a fight. It ended with him leaving the mark of his hoof in her side, kind of marking her as his, not anyone else’s. Dawn decided that she was done with putting up with him; she felt that she could do better. She knew it; she deserved it.

Dawn churned the frothy water with her dark legs until she could feel the sandy bottom under her hooves. She turned her head and saw a stallion there, walking along the beach, alone. Dawn hadn’t met anyone new in a while, and panic flickered to the surface of her drowned emotions. She let it surface for no longer than a few seconds, and then push it back into the depths of her thoughts. I’ll play hard to get, that would make me seem more sophisticated, and buy me time at the same time. She looked at the large stallion over her shoulder, and then quickly turned her head back away from him, and started swimming away from him.
She didn't last long though, the suspense was killing her. Dawn just had to know who he was, and why he was just hanging out on the beach, and not leaving once he saw her there. She let her legs carry her to the shore, and she tilted her head a slight bit as she looked at him. He looks nice enough, she thought as she started walking towards him. Dawn reached the stallion and stood a few feet away from him. Oh good god, here it goes, she thought as he started to talk to her. She finished listening to him, and made the decision to give him a chance.

“Hey there, I’m Dawning Hope, but call me Dawn. And sure, I’d love to take a walk with you,” she said, slowly, as she started moving a bit closer to him.

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