West worriedly flicked an ear, shifting his weight as he stood near Dixie, watching Dawn and the foal. +Should I have done that? Did I just kick my old friend out? When he had a foal? What should I do?+ He thought with anguish, feeling restless.

Dixie looked up at him from her spot on the ground. She snorted. "West. Are you ok?"

dawn looked at west for a secound then back at the filly "you can trust west i promise" she said nuging warri still trying to calm her down

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West sighed a little, glancing at Dixie. "I don't know. I don't know if I'm being wrong for telling Tiger he can't have mares on my land.." He trailed off.

Dixie nuzzled his leg from her spot on the ground. "It's ok. He should be have been stupid enough to bring another herds mares to your herd!" She snorted in disgust.

West lowered his head a little, letting out a quiet breath. "I know... but... he was my friend... I- I just don't know. I hate turning horses away. And he had a foal, too!" He resisted stomping his hoof in frustration AGAIN, because that woukd be childish, but man did West want to. What was he supposed to do? Tiger had put him between a rock and a hard place.

Dixie pulled her head away before he could stomp her face off. She snorted at him "hey watch it. " she pulled herself to her three good hooves, her other one lifted off the ground. "Look. It's his choice. He did something wrong. It was either lose a friend or start a war. Which one? Which one would you do. And think of Flame. Which do you think he would start? A war or a war? This is just something he would keep under his belt so he could say you

had his mares. Not that Tiger isn't here it wouldn't be against you. Look, you didn't nothing wrong. Trust me." She stared at West. She hated seeing him beat himself down like this.

"Sorry." West answered with a small groan, steadying his feet and instead boring a hole through the ground with his gaze. As Dixie got up he opened his mouth to protest, but she was already talking. At her words he lt out a long sigh, nodding a little. "I know..." he said quietly. "Thanks.. but it doesn't make me feel completely better."

"But I'd did help right?" She asked, looking at him.

"Yes, it helped." West answered with a small smile.