The mare smiled politely and nodded. "I'd understand. I would appreciate that honestly and I definitely do not mind helping her at all...I do love being their lead mare. But...I'm not sure I'd want to spend my entire life as a lead mare...If eventually she's able to...and she can handle it...then yes. I wouldn't hesitate stepping down. I wouldn't mind it actually." She chuckled a little. She rolled her hues and smiled. "Mm...Funny you should ask that...I'd rather an experienced partner in crime, than one I'd have to babysit." She teased him playfully and blushed again. She sighed softly looking at him as he spoke his demeanor changed so quickly but it didn't phase her, she didn't falter at his tone. Instead she stood taller as their conversation turned to more serious matters. "Not that I know of. I mean I personally have had a few in the past..... but currently no." She said. She looked at him nervously but tried to force it asside not wanting to show her worry that her answer might be a deal breaker for him.

He studied her every move quietly, he liked what he was hearing so far, he rose a brow to her flirtatious cues and playfully rolled his orbs in return with a gentle snort. His thick plumage rose as his frame titled some "Well. I am glad to hear that" he snorted as he took a moment to look over her coat once more. Her colors and pattern were so uquine and flashy. He wondered how she not come by a mate herself. Her scent tickled his muzzle as his nostrils flared, she smelt like fresh rain and sweet apples a different smell than his mate. Realizing he was googling over her a bit too long, he quickly shifted his attention to her frame once more with a small clearing of his throat, "So, what would you like to know?" he asked for the mare did say she wanted them to know eachother more, however an audit flicked back in the direction of his mate.

Bella smiled softly at his response. Her blue hues watching as he got lost looking her over with his. She blushed and looked down between them her long forelock brushing over her face as she dipped her head down. "Do you like what you see?" She asked him with a slight tease. She perked an audit at his words. "Well, anything....tell me about yourself?" She asked him curiously with a gentle smile.

He was taken off gaurd by her question, audits perked "umm.. yes.. I mean you are very pretty, yes" he snorted quickly, pulling his gaze away, he felt flushed but, shook his frame re shiffting his weight. "I'm not sure there's much to tell." he pawed the ground some. Nostrils softly flared "well... I used to have a herd and a mate before Raven, but they died... I was alone for many years until I met Raven, I asked her to be my mate last night after we spent the horriable winter together" he snorted as he soon closed his mouth feeling like he was rabbling too much, he turned his muzzle to itch a scratch on his shoulder.

The mare listened with soft hues, audits perked up giving him her full attention. "I'm so sorry to hear that. But Raven seems like a very sweet mare. I'm glad you have her. She's lucky I'm sure." She smiled at him. "Well....thank you for the compliment, Vader." Bella said gently. "I wish I had someone who looked at me that way." She said smiling. "What about Raven?" She asked curiously.

"What about Me?" Raven asked as she came walking up beside Vader. She looked at the mare curiously and then nuzzled her mate swishing her tail. Her audits and blue hues alert.

Bella smiled. "Oh! Hiya Raven...I was about to ask Vader about you." She said. "Like..to get to know you a little." She said adding onto her comment. She looked at her with hopefull, friendly eyes.

Raven stood quiet for a moment listening to her. She froze at the mares words. "Oh...uhm.." She looked to Vader for reassurance and help not sure what to say. "Like....life story?" She asked her curiously.

Bella smiled, but noticed the hesitation. "If it's too hard to talk about.....you don't have to.." She said hoping that she didn't make the mare feel pressured at all.

The black framed mare relaxed a little at her response. "It's not that it's just......I don't want you to...um..." She trailed off, her audits pinned and she looked away. "I've not had the best....experience...with telling others about my past.." She said pawing the ground slightly.

Bella looked at Raven raising an eyebrow. She looked back at her girls nervously then before looking to Vader. Concern in her eyes of what she might have gotten herself into with bringing them here. "Oh...uh....okay.." She said softly.

Raven looked at Bella and frowned then to Vader for help.

The stallion picked his frame up after he was done tending to his itch, audits flicked with a simple roll of his hues "don't get used to it" he nickered softly, with a hint of a tease. Red hues scanned her frame, he rose a brow "May I ask why you don't have a mate?" for some reason, that really bothered him, he didn't know why, but it did. "Oh.. well.. Rav.." yet his head turned seeing his mate coming to his side and busting in the conversation. Smiling at her presence, he nuzzled her in return, quietly letting the mares conversate. He could feel the akward tension between the two. Seeing Raven get a bit nervous and uncomfortable, he pressed himself closer to her. "Raven isn't from the wild, she was a stabled horse thrown out to die. It's through her strong head on her shoulders and her courage she has made it this far in the wild on her own" he nickered with a serious voice and very proud of his mate. Red hues locked to Bella's frame, for he wasn't about to let anyone make fun of his mate or shun her due to her past.

Audits pinned some, he felt himself getting a bit tense because he felt this mare might judge Raven or already was. Nostrils flared some as his tail thrashed at his side a bit testy of the tense aromas in the air between them all.

Raven was thankful Vader spoke for her. She nuzzled him gently in appreciation for his help. She sighed softly, relaxing and bending her head to graze happily. She looked at Bella and nodded sadly at Vaders words.

Bella frowned listening to Vader speak up on Raven's behalf. She looked to Raven with concerned blue hues. "Oh Honey....I would Never... I'm so sorry that happened to you. But you are amazing. I don't think I could have been able to do what you've had to!" She said looking at her and reaching out to her as a friend.

Raven perked up looking at Bella taken abackat first in shock. "You're the first mare who's ever said something nice to me..." She said. "Thank you Bella...you have no Idea what that means to me.." She returned the gesture and they touched noses. She swished her tail, her heat scent was incredibly faint.

Bella smiled softly as they both pulled back. "So...what do you think?" She asked Raven.

"About what?" Raven asked curiously looking at the mare.

Bella chuckled. "About Vader leading. I want to hear your thoughts on it." She replied looking at the mare then to Vader.

Vader returned a loving nuzzle to his mate, he relaxed feeling her loosen on her tension. Red hues shifted between the two mares, he was relieved when Bella seemed to be supportive. He was worried Raven would of been bashed, at least this mare was nicer to her than he was when he first met her. Audits softly flopped freely, he observed them as they touched noses, his hues widened some when they touched, 'oh wow' he thought, he didn't expect that at all. His thick plumage swished at his back side, he lowered his frame to graze some more on the grasses, pacing a few feet away giving them some space to talk, though he was still in seeing and hearing distance. He had thoughts of his own to tend too.

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