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Elvira’s heart and mind stops as she hears Coren’s cry. Dunstan springs to action without a word and his figure quickly disappears over a nearby hill. Echoes of her son’s shrieking whinny bounce around in her skull. Her lungs can’t get enough air, her body tingling and painful with every shallow breath. A voice slowly filters into her head, “Elvira? Elvira hey!” She forces her eyes to move and Connor’s face comes into view from her blurry vision, “Vira hey, what’s going on? Who shrieked?” His tone is laced with insistent anxiety, his brows tilted and furrowed.

Her voice squeaks out in a whisper, “Coren-I…it’s Coren…” Connor’s eyes widen a bit and looks almost choked as he hears Elvira speak. Elvira in her daze notices a dark figure in her peripheral, Eclipse. She glances over and meets the dark filly’s worried eyes. I have to be strong, I have to…

The three stand in silence for a long time. No sound besides the eerily pleasant songbirds and gentle moving grass move through the air. Elvira feels as though she might faint the longer she goes without seeing Dunstan or Corentin. A neigh cuts the air, “Mom!!” Elvira nearly trips over herself as she quickly canters to her son. He’s heaving, wheezing even as he nearly collapses in front of her.

She notices a small bleeding nick on his rear and a surge of energy hits her, “Who nipped you Coren?! What happened?!”

Coren pants heavily but manages to speak, “I-it was humans on captured horses, I couldn’t remember but…” he dryly coughs, “Dad found me and drew them away, he nipped me to keep me running…it’s ok mom-I’m ok..” Elvira freezes again. Humans… She moves her gaze to the fields, come on Dunstan…come home. “We have to help dad!” Coren chokes out as Connor, Eclipse and now the rest of the herd all trot up. Elvira battles herself internally. Damnit Dunstan…I can’t do this alone…

She interrupts the frantic rambling of the herd, “We need to get to the river down at the beginning of the valley,” the herd hushes as she speaks, listening intently, “Dunstan wouldn’t want us to stick around, he needs us as a unit and needs us to get out of here…” she eyes Coren, knowing he’s struggling with leaving his father behind, “your father will find us.”

The herd stays silent as Elvira begins to trot back towards the river. One by one the herd follows her, leaving Coren looking out across the valley. He strains to listen for any sign of his father. Come on dad…please. Solemnly he turns and quickly catches up to the rest of the herd.

Word Count: 445

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|[Dunstan-Tracker]|

Elvira’s heart and mind stops as she hears Coren’s cry. Dunstan springs to action without a word and his figure quickly disappears over a nearby hill. Echoes of her son’s shrieking whinny bounce around in her skull. Her lungs can’t get enough air, her body tingling and painful with every shallow breath. A voice slowly filters into her head, “Elvira? Elvira hey!” She forces her eyes to move and Connor’s face comes into view from her blurry vision, “Vira hey, what’s going on? Who shrieked?” His tone is laced with insistent anxiety, his brows tilted and furrowed.

Her voice squeaks out in a whisper, “Coren-I…it’s Coren…” Connor’s eyes widen a bit and looks almost choked as he hears Elvira speak. Elvira in her daze notices a dark figure in her peripheral, Eclipse. She glances over and meets the dark filly’s worried eyes. I have to be strong, I have to…

The three stand in silence for a long time. No sound besides the eerily pleasant songbirds and gentle moving grass move through the air. Elvira feels as though she might faint the longer she goes without seeing Dunstan or Corentin. A neigh cuts the air, “Mom!!” Elvira nearly trips over herself as she quickly canters to her son. He’s heaving, wheezing even as he nearly collapses in front of her.

She notices a small bleeding nick on his rear and a surge of energy hits her, “Who nipped you Coren?! What happened?!”

Coren pants heavily but manages to speak, “I-it was humans on captured horses, I couldn’t remember but…” he dryly coughs, “Dad found me and drew them away, he nipped me to keep me running…it’s ok mom-I’m ok..” Elvira freezes again. Humans… She moves her gaze to the fields, come on Dunstan…come home. “We have to help dad!” Coren chokes out as Connor, Eclipse and now the rest of the herd all trot up. Elvira battles herself internally. Damnit Dunstan…I can’t do this alone…

She interrupts the frantic rambling of the herd, “We need to get to the river down at the beginning of the valley,” the herd hushes as she speaks, listening intently, “Dunstan wouldn’t want us to stick around, he needs us as a unit and needs us to get out of here…” she eyes Coren, knowing he’s struggling with leaving his father behind, “your father will find us.”

The herd stays silent as Elvira begins to trot back towards the river. One by one the herd follows her, leaving Coren looking out across the valley. He strains to listen for any sign of his father. Come on dad…please. Solemnly he turns and quickly catches up to the rest of the herd.

Word Count: 445

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