West nodded, casting a glance around. He looked slightly concerned when he didn't see Angel... Trigger and Athena were still playing happily, but there was no sign of the dapple grey mare. He gazed around for a moment more, then answered Regal. "Well I'm glad of that." West commented quietly, his ears twitching. "excuse me for a moment." He mumbled, walking away and scenting the air. West glimpsed a character atop a mountain, but couldn't be sure it was Angel. -She'll come back. She has foals here, and wouldn't leave them for too long- He thought.

Athena and trigger hadn't seen their mum for a few days. Athena walked to west. " were is mummy" trigger and Athena asked west. Trigger then wandered off to play with willow

West noticed that even a couple days later Angel wasn't back. That was not good for the foals. "I- don't know. I'm going to find her," He assured them, glancing around before starting off. West first climbed a hill to get a better view, gazing around the plains for a glimpse of a dapple grey coat.

Angel ran around the plains with a strange horse. She had completely forgotten about her foals and ran about with the stallion happily. Athena and trigger no longer needed angels milk and could fend for themselves. Trigger walked around with willow and Athena was left out by her brother. Tossed away like a piece of paper.

Regal grew worried with each day that Angel was missing... It broke him seeing Athena having to ask where their mother was, when he heard West was gonna go look for her he offered to stay with West's herd to make sure no rival stallions tried to take it

West knew that even a nice stallion like him wouldn't trust another stallion to watch HIS herd... but Regal was his cousin, and West trusted Regal. Once he had looked across the hills for a couple hours he gazed back down on the herd, his eyes saddening. Poor Athena and Trigger... he would have to spend some extra time with them. Especially Athena, since she seemed to be left out a lot. West finally spotted two fleeting shapes on the plains below, and, having lost almost all hope, went down even though he couldn't tell who they were. When he got close enough he realized one was Angel, with joy, and one was a strange stallion... with shock. How could Angel ever leave her foals... for a stallion? Not that this mattered but how could she ever leave his herd, and HIM for a strange stallion? West had taken her in, protected her, been kind to her, showed her other mares as friends, readily accepted her foals, and this is how she paid him back? His heart dropped as he got closer. How was he even going to confront this? "Angel... where have you been?" He asked with a slightly worried and slightly sad tilt to his low voice.

Mystery had noticed Angel went missing and decided to help West look for her

_____________________ Willow

Willow played with Athena and Trigger as often as she could, only really going back to Mystery for her milk or for bed. Then one day, Willow went and played with Trigger but Athena wasn't joining in. Willow didn't think much of what was happening, so she went for a walk through the herd with Trigger to find something to do, Willow liked Trigger, and she liked Athena, and also liked Rebel. They were all so kind to her.. But lately when Trigger and Willow hung out, she hadn't really noticed Athena not joining in with them, she was just having so much fun with Trigger

Regal flicked his tail nervously as he waited with the herd. He kept raising his head to see if Mystery and West were coming back, they seemed to be taking a long time... But he knew they would find Angel deep down, so he kept a special eye on the foals making sure none of them hurt themselves again

Rebel trotted up to Willow, concern on his face. "Hey, have you seen Angel recently? I just noticed that she was gone. I think it's a little strange. I mean, I hardly know her, but I've almost never heard of a mare who leaves her two foals to fend for themselves without telling them..." Rebel glanced around, looking for Angel.

Angel stopped and looked at west. "I've been around. This is my old child hood friend" she replied. She felt bad for leaving west but she was also a young mare and wanted to go places. See things. "West I'm sorry" she said as she noticed the hurt look on her face.