Ice turned her ear at Sunny and saw the young mare looking at her with concern for the foals. He nickered and walked oevr. "I'm sure they will be fine, Star seems pretty strong for being so young, and Bree is strong at heart." She looked at her son as he raced the others ones, pulling ahead quickly and reached the door 5 strides ahead of all of them. Ice frowned in confusement. "he sure is fast." She said after a moment. She looked at Twilight warily.

Twilight watched the foals. "My father was fast... and strong." He said after a moment. "But my mother was tall...." Ash tripped and stumbled into the door. He let out a squeal then went back to playing.

Sunny forced her gaze away from the foals. "With that pedigree," she spoke to distract her maternal thoughts, "Star should grow into one of the fastest horses that any of us has seen. Bree will probably be like me for height. My parents were not on the tall side." She gave a wry smile.

Bree ran as fast as her legs could carry her small body in a straight line. She whinnied and tossed her head. This threw her off balance and she stumbled. She rolled over and landed on her haunches. She sat there and snorted in embarressment.

Ash tried to slow down. He tripped over Bree and crash landed into Twilight. Twi let out a small whinny of surprise and Ash jumped up. Twi let out a small chuckle as Ash scrambled away, embarrassed. "I wonder what happened to his parents..." He said as he watched Ash.

Ice nodded at Twilight's comment. She looked at Ash as he tried to catch up with everyone else. A sad look edged it's way into her eye.

Star skidded to a stop and had a confused look as we waited for them to catch up. he was already half-way to the tree. he pranced on the spot and let out a whinny at Mia.

Ash slowed down and stopped. His thin sides heaved and he walked back over to the adults. He stood there panting. Twilight looked down at him. "His lack of food must of stunted his growth." Ash looked at Twilight when he said food. "Milk?" He said quietly. Twi looked alarmed for a moment. "Er.... not from me. I'm sure one of the mares can feed you." A small grin spread on Twi's face as he talked to the tiny foal.

Sunny looked at the small foal. She pittied him and wanted to help him but she felt akward. "One of us needs to take him on as our own," she said, "It would be better for him if he had a mother." She looked at Ice and then at Lalita.

Mia whinnied back to Star. She ran faster towards him and gave a little buck. Her body was full of energy even though she had already expended some of it.

(OOC: Dreamer, that was a cute post. It made me smile)

Ice. "I'm willing to take him on." She looked at Ash then at her own son. Her eyes were full of hope, yet concern. "I'm sure I have enough milk."

Star took off again, thundering past the tree. He threw his feet out to the side, skidding tehn whipping around to meet teh others. he let out a whinny and reared up. He stumbled a bit and fell over. he snort and got up.

Boo

(OCC Sorry for being away for so long. I was super busy.)

Ash suddenly froze. "What happened to my mother?" He said. Twi looked shocked. "Um..." Twi looked at the mares, not knowing what to say. Ash looked down as he knew partially what happened.

Ice smiled at him, her soft eyes nudging him to speak. "It's okay dear, you can tell us."

Star snotted and whinnied again, pawing the ground.

Mia had stopped and looked at Star. Bree romped past the filly and towards the colt. She nickered and tossed her head.

Sunny looked at Ash with a sadness in her expression. She felt badly about the young colt's loss. Seh wished she could comfort the dark foal. She glanced at Lalita who seemed to feel the same way. Sunny glanced at Ice and Twi.

Ice nickered and moved closer to Ash. "We won't get mad at you."

Star whinnied excitedly and turned to gallop on past the tree as Bree came up.

Bree chased after Star. Her legs stretching and pulling her delicate body. Her small tain was a banner waving high abover her spine. Her ears twitched as she listened to Mia's moving behind her and Star's moving ahead of her. She turned her head enough to see that Mia had joined the chase.

Mia was running with her all. Her months older legs helped her catch Bree. She whinnied and passed the filly as she advanced towards Star. Her nostrils flared with her breathing and her muscles warmed with the blood flowing in them.

Star heard the older filly coming up fast. He lowered his head slightly and shot forward with a small burst. Power surged through his legs as he got farther from the barn All he felt was freedom and the wind in his mane.

Ice moved closer to Ash to comfort him.

(Ahhh.....DREAMER Where Are You!!!! )

Mia could see the new found energy flooding through Star as he accelerated away from her. She kept her pace and moved steadily. She did not mind the soreness that would surely come later in her young muscles. Joy danced in her eyes.

Bree was falling behind the other two foals. Her weak legs could not keep pace with the two ahead of her. She slowed her running and eventually stopped. She panted heavily. She watched the filly and colt get farther out. She looked back to see that they had gone quite a distance from the barn that housed their mothers. The paint peeled barn was about half the size it had been when she stood next to it.

Lalita turned her head away from the small Ash to check on her own foal. She panicked internally as she saw how far the foals had gone. She walked to the open barn door and whinnied. She turned her head to look back at her adult companions. "I will be right back," she said to them. She trotted off in the direction of the foals.

Star flickered his ears back and heard only one set of hoof beats. Confused he turned in a wide arc and started back, seeing Bree had stop long ago. He thundered past Mia as she began to turn and follow him. He slowed to a canter, as he began to tire.

Ice watched her colt in amazement. "What speed, and that endurance with rise as he grows stronger." She murmered.