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[~echo~]

The centauress stopped when she saw the hunting lodge, nervousness making her muscles taut. "Is that we're we're going?" She asked with a scared look.

[CrimsonMoon]

" Yes... Don't look so frightened, I wouldn't take you this far to kill you," he soothes, sliding off her back and cradling the weak mare in his arms, holding her like a shepard would a lamb

[~echo~]

The centauress looked at it for a while before slowly following, her son in her arms.

[~echo~]

Burmp

[CrimsonMoon]

The hunter quickened his pace, cradling the weak foal in his arms as he shoulders the small hide curtain that served as a door aside. Inside, the cabin had been dug into the ground and was large enough to accomadate plenty of guests... Even centaurs," Do you eat meat?" He asks as he mtions to a pile of furs that almost looked like a nest

[~echo~]

The centauress followed, looking around with a scared look still in her eyes. She cleared her throat and shook her head. "Only... only a little," she said softly. "C-Ceadda kept me only on greens and only the least bit of meat."

[CrimsonMoon]

" Thats probably why your foals are so weak," The hunter shakes his head," Meay has energy that plants could only dream to give," He smiles slightly," Settle down on those furs and get comfortable, running after child birth isnt something that one would find easy..."

[~echo~]

She looked at the furs before slowly easing herself to the ground, putting herself on the furs. She placed her son on the ground before her and then ate a few leaves of the herb. She reached for the girl.

[CrimsonMoon]

The Hunter gently handed the tiny foal(ess?) to her mother and watches her in the silence for a moment," I swear i'm not... Trying to take advantage of you... Its just that I had a wife and child once... But not very long,"

[~echo~]

(No, haha xD Foal means female baby horse. Colt is the male baby horse)

Athdara gazed at him and nodded. "Thank you... for your help. But Ceadda will find me... he won't give up until he does."

[CrimsonMoon]

" He won't," The Hunter growls in a suddenly firm tone," You are afraid to go back because he causes you pain, and from watching and hunting animals for years he will kill the female because she 'won't survive'," he stands and runs a hand through his hair with a sigh," That's why i'm going to take you to the temple of Vajra... Centaurs are considered holy creatures there so you will be taken care of... It is a temple of ancient warriors so they will protect you and your children... I'll visit." He mumbles, his voice softening again

[~echo~]

She looked at him. "V-vaj-Vajra?" she asked. "I've never heard of that." She looked down at her foal and then guided her to her breast, urging her to feed. The son was already asleep. "His name will be Uanys."

[CrimsonMoon]

The Hunter nods faintly and smiles,"... If you're hungry or thirsty... Don't hesitate to call out to me... We'll leave only when you are suitably rested and your children can travel safely," he murmurs, closing his eyes and leaning against an earthen wall after slipping a blade of long grass from his vest and lighting the end on fire with the candle

[~echo~]

Athdara nodded and slowly settled down. When Uanys and Enya were settled, she fell asleep quickly- it had been a trying night.

"Sir, we have found no sign of Athdara," a large, bay stallion told Ceadda. "She must have fled."

[CrimsonMoon]

The hunter puffs on the blade of grass for a few moments before blowing out the candle. His soft voice musing,"... Vajra is the weapon of lightning wielded by the Gods... The temple is where those weapons are."

Ceadda paced angrily and when the bay finishes speaking, he whips around and slams the back to the ground, his hoof dangerously close to crushing the bay's head," Find... Them..." He hisses, only when his voice became quiet was his fury beyond belief," FIND THEM FIND THEM FIND THEM!!!!"

[~echo~]

The bay horse gave a wince and quickly got back up. "We will, sir. We will continue searching."

(Timeskip-of-life? XD)

[CrimsonMoon]

(Yush, we could make it so Ceadda's patrols do not pass the huter's hut so the kiddies are able to grow while the Hunter makes sure Adharra is well... So we can time skip to them getting ready to leave?)

[~echo~]

(Sure! xD What is his name, btw?)

[CrimsonMoon]

>:3... You shall never know *evil cackle*)

-TIME . SKIP-

In the time that Adharra had taken refuge in the Hunter's house, eerything had become much more peaceful despite the constant fear of being found. The Hunter never gave her his name so the small foals only referred to him as 'The Hunter'. He kept a steady supply of meat coming and occassionally found edible plants(just in case they chose to be vegan).

Enya was still wobbly on her hooves and skinny as could be but she was alive. Though she never made a sound no matter what...

[~echo~]

Uanys, always the rowdy one, kicked and bucked around the hunter's lodge. Athdara watched to make sure he wouldn't break anything of the Hunter's things but looked at Enya. "Enya, my sweet, please say something!"