Mystery's eyes widened slightly as Cannon told her about his parents "Oh dear i am so sorry..." She spoke quietly before a shred of fear came up "Umm... I hope you don't mind me asking... Is your father's name... Flame by any chance?" She asked slowly, Mystery remembered how awful and evil Flame was, and how cruel he was, if there were colt's born, he'd normally rip them from their mothers, take them into the forest and kill them... But if they were fillies he'd do what he did with Mystery after he killed HER dad, raise them like his own... In a cruel way, then when they came of age he'd.. Do stuff, hence how Mystery had Willow

Cannon lifted his head slightly. "We can't worry about what happened in the past, only how it will effect the future." He answered proudly. "That's what my mother used to tell me." He added, then tilted his head at her question. ".. yes, his name was Flame. Did you know him? I hope you didn't- he was so cruel! I m 100 percent glad this stallion is so nice. West, I think his name was? Much better name, too." Cannon sounded angry at the thought Flame hurt more horses.

Athena looked at canon talking to mystery. She also noticed that her mother had gone missing again. That upset her. *she's never been like a mum to me, trigger was her favourite* she thought. She soon went to stand at the far corner of the herd away from the others

(Im sorry I've been gone so long, can someoen catch me up on whats happening please ^^)

(Kinda just normal, Cannon is a new colt that joined, Angel had twins (Trigger and Athena) Mystery had a filly (Willow) Dixie kinda disappeared, not much else is happening I dont think. Oh, Pandora Phoenix and Symphony joined the herd, one mare one stallion one filly. I think that is it.)

(Okayyy thank you! Thats a lot of new horses but good for more entertainment!)

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Phantom trotted lightly through the meadows as she followed a faint scent of her herd. She had been gone on a trip with Tigers herd, they had a nice territory and a ton of nice mares were in the herd so she was glad things had worked out for him. Even though she loved spending time with him and that herd she missed everyone back home, hopefully nothing too crazy had happened while she was gone. Phantom quickly snapped out of thought as the scent got stronger, she picked up her trot starting to get excited as she came up onto a small hill. She stopped on the top of it lifting her head high and taking a huge whiff of the air. There were a ton of new horses that she could smell but the most important and strongest smell was West. She smiled at the scent before tossing her mane around and taking off in a full gallop down the small hill and into the meadows ahead. Phantom lengthed her stride as the scent got stronger and soon enough the silhouette of horses were in the distance, then quickly those silhouette's turned into the beautiful coats of her herd. She lifted her head high as she galloped and threw out a loud whinnie, letting whoever heard it knew she was back.

West was standing near the tree by the river that he always relaxed under, watching the herd. He was glad the foals were acquainted and glad Athena and Cannon seemed to get along. Everything was peaceful, which was always a good thing. His rest was interrupted by a loud whinny. West froze, wondering if he heard wrong. Could... could it be? Could she really have returned after all this time? When West turned and saw that same coat he had seen so many years ago by this same river watching the foals, his eyes lit up. It was Phantom! It was really her! All this time he had thought she ran off with Tiger... well, she did, but.. she was back. West let out a whinny back, his tail flicking as he trotted forward. "Phantom!" He exclaimed as he neared her. "You're back! Where did you go? Is everything okay? How have you been?" West asked, his ears perked.

Phantom ears perked as she heard a familiar deep whinny echo back to her in reply. She slowed her pace down to a canter as she came up quickly upon the herd then down to a bouncy trot almost as if she was prancing up to him. "West!" She exclaimed back to him, happy to see the tall, muscular stallion once again. "I was up in the mountians with Tiger until he started to form a herd, it's beautiful up there! Yes, everything okay no need to worry and I have been great. I just missed home and everyone back here." She asnwered happily as she came to a halt in front of him. "How have you been? Hopefully you haven't gotten yourself into any trouble recently" Phantom teased at him slightly, her ears still perked up happily

Mystery's heart stopped for a moment as Cannon confirmed her fears and suspicions, she snapped back to reality about a minute later, her eyes slightly teary "Oh no... You poor little thing... You're lucky to even have survived being born..." She spoke so quietly she almost went unheard, she didn't want him to know what Flame would of done. She looked over at Willow and Trigger before looking at Cannon, finally coming to a decision "You've met Willow?.. Well I was once in Flame's herd, along with those two mares over there, Dixie and Macy. Me and Macy were done with the way Flame treated his mares so we planned to escape, bringing her sister Dixie as well and any mares we could... But we couldn't escape him completely... Macy had a filly named Scarlet, she's the white yearling over there, and I.. had twins, but the colt didn't... Make it" Mystery struggled to say the last part then took a breath to continue "One foal did survive, Willow. Though her face is dented, she's not Arabian, I think she was damaged when I was attacked, What I'm trying to say is that you're not alone here, you have two half sisters in this herd... So me and Macy will make sure you get all the love and support that Willow and Scarlet get" Mystery finished with a small smile, she looked at Willow one more time before quickly adding "But please don't tell Willow or Scarlet about their REAL father... Scarlet doesn't know about him, and West agreed to be a 'father' to Willow to help me hide the truth from her.. It would break her if she knew West wasn't her real dad, and that her real one is horrible " She begged, finally finishing her seemingly long speech

Regal had escaped from the humans that had captured him a few weeks ago, he wouldn't of been caught, but when he saw them heading in the direction of the herd, he knew he HAD to stop them from finding West's herd, West was nice enough to let him be a protector of the herd and Regal stuck to his honour... So he lured the humans away and let himself get captured so that they wouldn't go back. He finally made it back to the herd, coming up a hill and over-looking them, he raised his head and nickered before trotting down, back home. "Hey West! Is everything okay here?" he asked, his gaze turning to a pretty mare he hadn't met before "Oh hello! I'm Regal! Nice to meet you, i'm the guard here" He said proudly before scanning the other horses. When he saw Mystery she looked upset "West... Is she okay? Man what happened when i was gone? And who's the new foal?" He asked with a worried and confused look