West glanced up, forcing his eyes to clear. He couldn't get traumatized now, some horses might actually need him. He glanced at Scarlet, relieved to see the filly was okay, then brought his gaze to Phantom. She definetely looked worried... and West obviously knew why. Colic was extremely terrified and only a small percentage of horses survive. Only the strongest, physically and mentally.

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(My 20 year old Morgan actually coliced on a -40 degree night in the middle of January XD. He made it through, thankfully. From oils... my coat was stained forever)

(Oof how sad! Glad he made it!)

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Scarlet took a few steps forward but Macy bickered to her, telling her to stay. Dixie turned her head slightly to look at West. He looked terrified "are you ok?" She asked softly "I'll be ok" she whispered but Macy tugged on a peice of her mane. "You have colic. You may not be ok..." she had this desperate look in her eyes. -I'm ok... I hope-

(It was... a long night. And yes, I am very glad too lol)

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"I'm fine, but you may not be. Continuing walking is the best thing you can do at the moment." West said firmly. He didn't care if he didn't sound *kind* he just wanted Dixie to be okay. And the desperate look in her eyes was literally trying to rip his heart into pieces, so she had to be okay long enough for him to find the millions of pieces and sew them back together.

(Oh jeez I bet it was a long night but I'm also glad he made it through)

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Phantom finally shok her mane around to shake off the fear in her mind before walking up beside West and Dixie. She didn't get in their way so she stayed more off to the side "Do you both need any help?" She had no idea how to help but at least she could offer it

Dixie squinted West. His words "but you may not be" rang in her ears as she lowered her head and sighed. -I may not be... I may not be...-

West looked up at Phantom. "You might need to be moral support, at the moment my brain is spiraling." He answered, sounding sad and worried and aggrivated.

Dixie listened as he spoke. -spiraling? I shouldn't mean that much to him- she stumbled but kept herself upright

Mystery stayed to watch Scarlet so Macy could be with her sister, she felt useless for not following and hoped West wouldn't get mad at her for not doing anything. But she knew Macy understood, both (By both i mean all three) Macy, Dixie,and Mystery knew it wasn't good for Scarlet to see her aunt... possibly dying, so she decided to stay with Scarlet to keep her company, Mystery nudged the filly on the shoulder "Hey, wanna go for a adventure to the stream? we might find some cool things in the water" Mystery said leading the way in the opposite direction to Dixie, West, Macy and Phantom

Phantom shifted herself closer to West but still was far enough to not be in his way as well as Dixies. She kind of had a idea of where his mind was headed with things "West it's gonna be okay your doing the best thing for Dixie right now..." She said quietly for him to hear before looking over at Dixie "Just keep moving Dixie, I can tell that it hurt but your doing great" She softly said while offering a warm smile, hopefully what she said would shine a little light on the situation

Scarlet slowly followed Mystery towards the stream

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Dixie nodded and kept walking. She gave a soft bob of her head each time she took a step. Her stomach just HURT.