The Academy: this night whispers my name

The night lingered on, the blanket of night seeming to envelope the whole world. The steady, slow beat of my hooves connecting with the earth beneath me was the only thing resounding in my ears. The still, quiet of night seemed to make me deaf, and so I was more than happy to have the gentle rhythmic thudding accompanying it. Everything around me seemed to be dead – as still as the darkness they were engulfed in.

I do think I would have entirely believed that, had I not had a sudden rush of heat go by me – or did I go by it?

I froze, my whole body becoming as rigid as the trunk of the oldest tree in the forest. My whole body began tingling, as if all of my senses had gone on high alert. I hadn’t heard anything, so why did I feel heat? How could something radiating that much heat stand that still, that silent?

Slowly, I turned my head towards where I felt the presence. A deep inhale caused my chest to expand. It was a quiet breathe, but amidst the silence, it seemed to resound against the blackness. My ears seemed undecided as to whether they should stand forward, to make sure to catch any sound of movement, or to pin to my skull – in which case I would have decided fleeing may have been a better decision.

Now wait just a second. Since when do I run from anything? Since when has anything ever scared me enough to make me flee? I decided that it was because of all the contact I had had with my kind – or… lack thereof.

So I decide to wait, so see if the living statue is disturbed by my presence – not that it seemed to be before.

[300 words]

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come hell or high water // my search will go on

played by Erin