The painted mare looked up towards the two in the distance. She snorted softly shaking her head and turned back to her Vader. She began grooming him again. Her pelt was almost dry now as well. Her audits where pricked high on alert as she kept the horses in her sights while keeping her ears open for others. She looked to Vader gently. "I know." She said. She had been around bands in the past and had grown used to keeping her eyes on them, staying alert in case they made a move on her. She had to learn to deal with these things on her own growing up alone after her mother died.

She sighed softly seeing the youngest of the two stallions making his way down the dunes and walking over towards them. His posture was confident but dangerous at the same time. Yet he seemed to be a but nervous the closer he came to them. He stopped short many feel away, leaving a decent gap between him and them. He stood there a moment watching, observing Vader and Raven. He went to speak but surprisingly Raven spoke up first silencing the stallion.

The mare watched as the young stallion approached. She rolled her eyes seeing him hesitate on his words as he opened his mouth to speak. "Leave us alone. You're not welcome here boy." She said in a warning, pinning her ears flat. The stallion looked at the mare stunned for a moment before his features looked more amused then anything. "Boy?" He chuckled. "Baby, I'm no boy...." He said looking her over. She lowered her head in an annoyed manner and stomped a hoof before looking up at him. "I mean it....You don't know who you're dealing with...Leave...Now!" She snapped. He rolled his eyes at her and looked at the stallion with a smirk. "She's a feisty one...she yours?" He asked the stallion curiously. He grinned a little. "Because I wouldn't mind taking her off your hooves......" He said with a deadly glint in his green orbs.

Vader slightly relaxed feeling the calming actions of the painted mare, who at the moment seemed to be not bothered. Red hues locked onto the younger stallion that started to come closer to them. He stood tall and alert, nothing but his plumage thrashing in a dominate manner. Vader was older and wiser than this stallion, and most would lash out at the new comer vs ask questions first but, vader was different. He waited for an opprotunity if needed. This youngester looked like he was up to no good, but Vader was going to give him the benefit of the doubt. Nostrils flared the closer the other got to them, soon there were a few feet apart. Red hues slightly narrowed at the young stud in a slight warning as he looked the other up and down, audits softly pinned for a moment, when the two locked eyes.

Shocked, when he herd Raven open her mouth, he was taken back for a moment, though he softly smirked when he heard her giving the new comer a strong warning with a sassy attitude, which he thought was rather attractive that she could take uo for herself, his red hues glanced to her for a brief second before watching the other once more. Listening as the two bickered back and forth, he stayed quiet until the young stud hit a nerve.

'baby!?'.... 'baby!??' the name the young stud just called Raven echoed in his ears. He could feel his body tensing and his blood being to boil, he stood a slight step closer to Raven and sorta positioning himself a tad bit in front of her. "I'd watch what you called her, Colt" he snorted harsh with his audits pinned. Red hues began to narrow and turn dark with a hard stare. "Yes, she is mine, best get on your way like my lady said" he spat sour with a clack of his teeth as he rose his frame a bit more. This other stud was starting to work his nerves, but he was going to fight smart if he had too, not studpid like he was thinking this colt thought he would do. 'he's trying to get to you... calm down' he told himself as his nostrils flared once more.

The mare watched the two with a calm demeanor. She nuzzled Vader gently to calm him down before she sidestepped him gently. "It's okay baby. I'm not going anywhere." She cooed to Vader soothingly. She turned to the other again and laughed mockingly at him. "You seriously think I'd just leave with you? You have a serious problem and might want to rethink your strategy on trying to get mares. Because telling her man that your going to take her from him is not going to make any mare swoon over you....You think your so strong.....not even close. Your dumb." The painted mare smiled. "Only a young, inexperienced stallion like you would say something so bold to a much more experienced stallion...You wouldn't stand a chance. No mare in her right mind would leave her mate and go after a stallion who dared to say something so idiotic." She said rolling her eyes. She looked at him with a thrash of her tail. "Your nothing to look at anyways.....not even worth my time. Not even if I was to actually give you a second look..." She threw her last punch at him and turned her back on him going to stand behind Vader calmingly resuming her grooming him.

The stallion starred at the stallion flaring his chest out in an attempt to threaten Vader and challenge him. That was until the mare spoke up. He just looked at her stunned and speechless. He snorted stomping a hoof clearly pissed off. "Listen Mare...After I kick his ass, your coming with me. If I tell you to do something. You will listen to me or else you won't like what happens." He snapped at her. "As for you...." He started to speak to Vader but was blindsided in an instant as a flash of black and white rammed into his side.

Raven listened to him but halfway into his rant about how she would go with him if he told her to she got angry no longer having the patients to deal with him. She lunged at him with her back legs, striking a good kick into the stallions side. The blow sent the stallion stumbling slightly sideways. He turned to her, flattening his ears and snorting loudly and rearing up to strike her back.

Red hues flicked to Raven as she came to his side to calm him down, her level headed demeanor and nuzzle caused the stud to relax his muzzles, with the reassurance she wasn't leaving him, made him feel more proud and in control. Smirking with a sparkle glint in his eyes as the shy mare he saw Raven as, was just as ever spit fire as he was, almost took him by shock. Watching her take up for herself caused excitement within him. He chuckled in an attempt to tick off the younger stud at the way he was just scolded. Snorting softly, feeling her start to groom him once more, he eyed the new comer with a 'get lost or else glare'.

Audits pinned seeing the other challenge him, he rolled his hues as if the new comer wasn't worth a fresh breathe of air, though he did stomp a hoof a bit, the words from the other caused him to tense up once again, 'oh i dare you to touch her' the evil words tickled his brain quietly. His plumage rose and flashed once more, but before Vader could react, red hues shot open wide as the painted mare threw herself into the other stud. "Raven!" he nickered as he tried to reach out to her in an attempt to grasp her pluamge to pull her back, seeing her strike the stallion 'oh no' he thought.

Red hues quickly locked to the stallion, watching the cues of what was about to happen, before anything could, he quickly raced in front of Raven and reared back, his large hooves struck the air as he stood on his hind legs, audits pinned flat with anger, "BACK OFF COLT" he hissed as he aggressively snapped towards the others frame, sending a hard nip on the new comers muzzle as his hooves hit the ground with a large thud. Lowering his frame into an attack stance, his red hues seemed to turn black, plumage thrashed like a peed off dragon slapping its tail in the wind, nostrils flared big as a low bellowed snort escaped him. This meant war to Vader. He narrowed his cold daggered hues at the younger stud.

The mare watched at the stallion reared up at her. She turned to face him not letting him get a good angle at her belly or side. She backed away a bit, snorting at him, ears flattened. Her body posture warning the Stallion to back off. However, Vader had already pushed himself in between them and reared up at the other. She sighed gently seeing she had just caused more trouble. Her ears fell and she lowered her head. The mare knew it was too late. She had let her anger get to her and struck at the Stallion first. It was an act of violence, of war. Now because of her Vader was going to fight the stallion to defend them, to defend her. She had only tried to get the stallion to go away. But seeing as it didn't work, she knew it was Vaders turn to force him out. She backed off giving them room, giving Vader room respectfully. As a mare she knew when not to get involved. When to let her stallion take control and handle the situation. She had watched lead mares in herds before, seeing how they acted, she learned things from them. Studied them in case she ever had the chance to be in a herd. Or in case she was ever chosen to be a lead mare. She didn't want to get in the way now. The last thing Vader needed was her in the way and worried about her whereabouts during a fight. She made sure she stayed in his eyesight but a safe distance.

The stallion stood tall, not phased by Vader's posture. He too lowered his head and stomped a hoof. He bellowed in response, puffing his chest out and slashing his tail hard. "Well Old Man...Come at me..If you wanna fight.." He clacked his teeth at Vader.

Vader stayed still in his position, watching the others moves carefully, red hues narrowed at the other stallion "You need to leave" he snorted in another low warning. He rose his frame some still he had not taken his eyes off the new comer, though an audit flicked back to listen for Raven. "If you want to live, go run back to your herd colt" he nickered in another warning. The old stallion wasn't really in the mood. Long as the new comer didn't go for Raven, he stayed in wait. Plumage softly thrashed as he stepped towards the young stud, pawing a hoof. "Go!" he spat sour as he nipped the stallion once more near the muzzle. Nostrils softly flaring.

The Stallion looked over at Raven. He stood there standing his ground as He contemplated his options. After a moment of a silent stand off, he rolled his eyes standing up and turning to leave. "Whatever, She's not worth my time anyways.." He trailed off giving the mare an annoyed look. He left, heading back up the beach to his herd. His herd Stallion looked on towards Vader and Raven and the stallion heading towards him. When the stallion came up to the older one, they exchanged a few words and glanced back at them before the older stallion whinnied. He called the others to gather around before he led them off the beach.

Raven looked on watching them all closely. Her ears pinned at the stallion when he looked at her. 'More like hes just wasting his own time.' She thought replying to his remark about her. She grinned to herself. She looked to Vader after the stallion turned to go. Audits pricked up alert once again, she watched quietly until the stallion was a safe distance away from them. She walked up to Vader cautiously. "I'm sorry." She said with a frown. Her ears fell slightly. She nuzzled his neck a little bit hoping he wasn't to mad at her.

Vader let out a soft growl when the young stud looked towards Raven once more, red hues followed the other as he paced back towards his herd. He stood tall, watching in the distance as the older band stud looked in their direction once more, pinning his audits he soon watched as the herd began to leave. He felt the ease of his tension subside as he let out a small sigh. For a moment, he thought things were going to get ugly, but at least this time it didn't. He shook his coat to release the stress that had built up in his old bones. Audits flicked as Raven come to his side, he turned to face her "It's okay, don't be" he nickered as he nuzzled her back in return. Looking into her hues, he gave a small smirk and chuckled "You were rather cute when you are all mad and frizzled" he sweetly teased as he lovingly played with ehr forelock before looking over their surroundings once more.

The mare looked at Vader gently with loving eyes. She nuzzled him grooming his neck gently. "Oh?" She asked with a sly grin. "You liked that huh?" She asked him with a teasing smile. She licked his cheek. She swished her tail slightly. Her orbs still observing the beach around them for a while. She felt his muscles relaxing underneath her as she groomed him contently.

The stallion couldn't help but, relax under Raven's touch, stretching out his legs as he shifted his weight, he chuckled "Oh yes, a mare that can take up for herself is highly attractive" as he nibbled one of her audits sweetly. Feeling her lick to his cheek, caused him to blush once more, red hues scanned her frame as she began to groom him, "you are going to get yourself into to trouble if you keep doing that" he teased with a smirk, pinning his audits back playfully at the mare, as he playfully nipped her muzzle, his plumage flicking softly behind him.