Sleepy stables (Open)

Posts : 10 Join date : 2013-02-05

Fαyth CΩnnΣll

It was nighttime in the stables and usually there wasn't anyone inside. But today was different. Within one of the half-cleaned stables was a boy in a white shirt and pants who was laying currently on the bare back of a large white mare. The horse in question had become friends with the boy over the times he'd come to the stables and had let him lay on her back to take a break. Little did she or he know that he was tired and would fall asleep as he got comfortable.

The boy, Fayth. Breathed in lightly and stretched a little bit as he got a bit more comfortable on the warm and soft back of the horse in question. He was glad he'd just groomed her before taking his rest. His arms dropped lazily over each side of the horses back and his legs stretched back and lay just on top of her butt while his head rested at at the base of her mane on her withers.

It was a good sleep yes, but not the most restful. He was currently talking in his sleep. Nightmares almost always afflicted Fayth when he got around to sleeping. This was because the tumor in his brain caused vivid nightmares which often led to him choosing not to sleep. But sometimes he just got to the point where he had to and this was just one of this situations. The horse, Annie by name turned her head and nipped at his hair gently to try to wake him but he didn't respond much beyond letting out a few more mumbled words and shivering in fear.

With a short squeak Fayth rolled over a bit and fell to the ground of the stall with a thud. He groaned lightly and was knocked awake as soon as he hit. He got on all fours and groaned lightly as fresh hay clung to his hair. He blinked a few times and tried to figure out where he was and that's when he smelt the tell-tale smell of horses and remembered suddenly as the horse in the stall leaned down and nipped at his ear and then whinnied at him softly.

"Ugh...Hello there Annie." He said with a small giggle.

Posts : 72 Join date : 2013-03-01 Location : Narnia

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.:Ebony Springfield

The moon was high in the sky tonight, and not everyone was asleep, like they would have been if they were normal. But they weren't. Muted conversations from patrols lingered in the air, and several were still outside- training or just relaxing. Ebony was one of them, another camper who couldn't seem to sleep. But that was okay- she could have plenty of sleep later. For some reason, it seemed too stuffy in her cabin, and the snores too noisy. She ached for the wide open spaces of the outside, anywhere but the cabin.

Ebony wasn't going anywhere in particular, but the girl found that her careful steps led towards the entrance of the stables, where occasional whinnies could be heard. With a light touch, the stable door creaked open and Ebony paused to listen for a sign of a person inside. It was silent for a moment, and that was enough for her. Decisively now, Ebony stepped carefully onto the hay covered floors, feeling the wood creak slightly underneath her bare feet. Then she froze.

From somewhere near the middle back of the stables, she heard the faint murmurings of a boy. Then a surprised exclamation, and a thump of something hitting the ground. Another sentence and a giggle. Someone's here! Ebony froze in panic, unsure of what to do. She should leave, but any movement she made now would seem loud in the stables. If the boy, whoever he was, stood up, he would most definitely see her. Against her will, her body had taken a small step back. The hay beneath her feet rustled and cracked, and Ebony cursed herself for being so loud. Of all the places to be tonight, I had to pick the stables.

Ever since she was young, Ebony had an unexplainable fear of people, and the only one she ever felt safe around was her twin- Ivory. There was also her mother, but she didn't know Ebony the way Ivory did. Her mortal father had once suggested they had her checked out by some doctor, but both her sister and her mother had protested vehemently against it. It, whatever it was that made her so jumpy, was better now, but she still didn't feel secure enough around strangers without her sister.