August Story Contest

the night of the mustangs spirit
by crazykitten101 & twilight age 9

rainshadow nuzzled her colt. good. he was still breathing and warm. the thought of her lost love,blackcloud,left her mad at the coyote that had killed him. her love from last year had died because a coyote had sprang from the bushes and quickly made the kill. the night was buggy. sunstar trotted over to check on the mare and the foal. he nuzzled the mare, and dropped his muzzle to touch the colts' ears. he was determined to protect the colt,blackmoon. if this foal died, the herd would be deprived of more members, which  was very bad. plus, last year, when blackcloud died, rainshadow left the herd for two weeks. sunstar couldn't imagine how long she would be away. rainshadow decided to show the foal where her love died. she kept her foal close as she galloped across the field to the edge of the forest. she inhaled the sweet scent of the maple and oak trees. she approached a thrombus a clearing. she quickly walked into the clearing. she was glad sunstar had followed. she put the foal in his responsibility. she took off to the clearing. she stood for a moment,regretting the time last year when she insisted to come here. suddenly, a colorful star shot up from right in front of rainshadow. it was colored like a rainbow.little stars came falling down in the moonlight. a figure was formed by the stars, a horse! the details slowly came in. it was blackcloud! and now the color from the stars was gone, and it really was blackcloud! blackcloud had returned to her, a gift from the moon and the stars. she came forward and nuzzled her love...