Peering at her he watched her body language, seeming they both was akward feeling on the situation before them, all she wanted to know was her past.... she can't figure it out if he bottels everything from her... that's wrong to do, isn't it? Keep her from her idenity, her past.... her mother? he pondered. Now he felt like a horses rump. He sighed out as she paced away. His soft blue hues watched her as she comfortably nessled into the ground for a nap. His plumage flicked as he sighed and turned away from the blood bay mare. Audits flicked as he lowered his frame down to graze in the quiet of the evening... his past running through his mind once more.

As the mare lied there deep in sleep, her body remained motionless except for the occasional flutter of her orbs that gave indication to the world unfolding in her REM world.

The dream had felt like only a few minutes but in reality, Noda had been out for hours. The sky was now fading into different hues popular in the clear afternoon sky. The dream left her with a hollow feeling inside, with more questions than answers. Who was the painted colt she knew so fondly? That question hit her heardest. What if she had a mate and couldn't even remember his name? "I hate my life." The mare grumbled, placing her head against the solid ground. The memory danced around in her head until she finally decieded to get up. She couldn't see anyone around but she figured everyone had probably wandered off without her.

The stallion soon found himself drifting off to sleep, in the cool crisp of the evening, his frame hanging low towards the grouns, floppy audits relaxed on ethier side of his frame, lower lip hung softly as a hind hoof rested shifting his body weight to one side, his plumage tangled over a hind leg, the evening breeze floating against his body, the soft breath exhauling over the lush grasses making them dance, birds singing sweetly as they settle in for the night, the sun going down little by little, the crickets began to quietly sing as memories of his past the good and bad seemed to flood his mind.

A slight jerk made the stallion bob his head, looking to the left and right, it had grew darker than he recalled when he last grazed, letting out a yawn with a shake of his frame, tired wide blue hues drifted towards the setting sun, the warm red and orange colors glowing over the area, hearing the sweet roars of the waterfall near by brought him peace, stretching as he dragged his lazy hooves across the ground before he stood tall, plumage flicked as his throat had grown dry, an audit flicked as he turned to look behind him, the blood bay mare still laid in her spot. He smiled at the sight of her and choose to not bother her at this moment

He made his way over to the near by hidden waterfall, drinking it's cool waters from the pool down below, it hit his stomach like a good punch as he lapped it all up, he wasn't sure when or if he'd ever stop drinking it's wonderfulness.

Noda felt numb. Numb to the point she hardly felt the aches and stings of her wounds when she swung her body up onto her feet. Numb enough to hardly feel her feet touch earth as she walked. Numb enough to not feel the chill of water sliding down her throat as she drank fromm the river. She felt like a Zombie wandering aimlessly with no purpose. She had no plan, no goal, and one friend she could hardly find words to talk to without causing him emotional pain. What was her purpose in this life now? She could find her dam? That was still an option. Or maybe this mysterious stallion? But where would she even begin to look? Storm was the only one with these answers but she couldn't dare to ask him. She wouldn't put him through that emotional pain again. Odds were, she wouldn't leave him even if she did find out where her mother and suitor were. The chances of them remembering her were high but the proabability of them having moved on were even higher. It would just be more pain for everyone. Noda sighed defeatedly as she stared into her reflection in the waters below. She was stuck without a way out.

Red audits flexed at the sound of movement. Her orange orbs flashed brightly and alert as she scanned around for the source. The mare moved silently all tense in pursuit but found her target to be none other than her chimera friend. Noda's body relaxed and a smile briefly shown on her features. Slowly, she made her way closer to him. "Hey," she spoke softly. "Sorry about earlier again. I didn't mean to make you dig up the past. I know it can't be easy." She paused, looking him over for his reaction. Her features showed her very intensly in thought, weighing her words carefully before anthing was to come from her mouth. "Every time I sleep it seems that something comes to me in dreams. Small things - memories of things that aren't important but ... are happy." She paused, finding his face again. "Even with good memories, there is something still incomplete and I mean that past my memory loss. Just because the past was hard for you, doesn't mean you still have to let it keep you on edge now. You're not around the same horses you were then. You can change how they see you, Storm." Her tone was soft and sweet, just how the black mare, her dam spoke to her in her dreams. She was just trying to find some way to comfort the stallion. To let him know that emotional scars have to heal just as her physical ones did. She wanted to make a parellel with him. Her memores for now were good but she was still in pain. "Memories don't define your life, just how you survived it." She sighed, finding her reflection again.

The stallions audits tickled as the blood bay mare approached, lifting his frame from the waters as drops fell from his muzzle, audits perked as he smiled ''Hey'' as he noticed the mare still seemed sleepy. 'mmm' he pondered as he rose an eyebrow, turning his features towards her as she spoke, sighing. His audits softly pinned as his blue hues floated towards her frame ''You have nothing to apoligze for, I don't want to keep you from you remembering how you are.... or your life'' he paused. ''But, I am not really sure why you ran away or how you got seperated from the herd Noda, but you'd still be there to this day'' he could feel himself getting a bit upset at her words for she clearly knew nothing of what happened, but he swallowed those feelings and breathed out calmy ''I was kicked from the herd, I was kicked out before I turned 3... I been on my own for as long as I can recall''

''You don't remember anything do you? Do you even remember Th... Th...'' he sighed ''Thunder'' he bluntly spoke the name. Feeling not hatered but almost fear and some jealously as he closed his hues to hide them from her. ''Why do you even like me anyways'' he whispered out with his heart slowly sinking to the bottom of his gut

Immediately, Noda wanted to disappear. In all of her self loathing, she never thought once as to why Storm was out here on his own. She just assumed he had left like every stallion does. She missed all of the signs, HOW COULD SHE HAVE MISSED THE SIGNS?! His attitude. His emotions. Guilt cloaked the mare as she sat there listening to every shaky word the stallion spoke.

Thunder. "Thunder? The black paint, that's his name?" She asked gingerly. "I just only remember one instance with him ..." She paused. "In the snow, I believe we were ... friends?" She danced around usig any sort of title as it already seemed that Storm felt a certain type of way about the mystery horse.

Storm softly opened his eyes and looked at her features, he soon let out a huffed chuckle though it wasn't the cheer kind of laughter. " I remember that day.... I stayed by my mother.... my brother wasn't too fond of me being around you'' he softly shrugged before he then soured his face once more and this time his chuckle was more of a 'your joking right?' but his features fell quick for he had forgotten she really didn't know, he felt so stupid as he soon swallowed a lump in his throat. ''Sorry... it's just...'' he soon paused, before an audits flicked ''Friends?.... Oh lord no you wasn't friends. You & Thunder are ......mates'' he nickered.

"Brother? I didn't know you had a brother." Noda quietly commented however, the mare's eyes grew twice as large as they naturally were as the stud continued. "Mates? N- No way. That can't be, There is no way I could forget if I had a mate." She snorted a little defensive. Noda didn't want to believe it but Storm had no reason to lie to her, especially about someone he obviously didn't care for. How could she remember Storm, but not her mate? Not even his name?!

The stallion simply ignored when she questions him about his brother, he turned his frame away form her before noticing her freaking out ''It's okay Noda'' he softly cooed, though he didn't much like the facts of his brother claiming Noda but when he was little he didn't much understand what a mate was... all he knew is his own brother took the only friend in the herd he had that didn't bully him. He softly sighed, and now here is was catching feelings... what a stupid move... and he almost pondered the thought why his brother wasn't out here looking for her as much as a controlling stud he was.

He softly turned towards the mare's features again, reaching our his muzzle as it softly bumped to hers, he found himself looking into her eyes, as his aduits softly pinned and he pulled away from shyly and cleared his throat once more as he shifted his weight ''He claimed you soon as you joined the herd, you two was always together, once he found out we was becoming close friends he pretty much warned me to stay away from you...'' his words softly fell as he shurgged once more. ''I don't know why you remember me and not him... maybe theres a reason why?.... maybe the fire is blocking your memory?'' he assured the paniced blood bay.