Rosey Red

Red and I had approached the cave with caution. Yet he entered it without hesitation. I walked slowly and with every noise, I jumped.

"What's so wrong, scared?" He laughed at me. "There is nothing to be scared of." He looked to me with reassurance. I smiled back and laughed it off with him.

"I guess your right. Everything is going to be just fine, as long as I'm with you." I trotted faster to catch up with him.

I smelled the sent of mold and rain mix together. It wasn't the most pleasant sent.

I cringed when I heard a loud scrapping noise. I looked up and saw Red scrapping rocks on the side of the walls. He was sitting on the ground holding a rock in his mouth scrapping it repetitively on the wall. I sat next to him.

Yawning I asked him what we are going to do. He never replied, because a large thunder strike scared the life out of us. We both jumped up onto our hooves. I ran to him for protection. He wrapped his hoof around me and pulled me close. I could feel the heat from his body. It was so warm and comforting. I started to drift to a sweet, sweet sleep, when he started to speak to me.

"What do think of me?" He asked softly. I could hear in his voice that he was a little shy to ask that.

"Uh, me? Are you talking to me?" I wondered. Even though it was the most stupid question to ask at the moment when only we were the ones in the cave.

"No, I'm talking to the wall. Yes you." He paused and smiled to me. "What do you think of me?"

I was so scared and terrified to answer that question. I was sweating again like crazy. My hooves got clammy again. I tried to speak but all that came out was a squeak. He giggled at me.

"You seem nervous. Don't be. It's just you and me. No one else." He sounded so safe. So reassuring.

I started to talk when all of a sudden a huge crash from inside the cave erupted. We both looked at each other and then we looked deeper in the cave. I saw shadows moving from what I thought was light. Shadows from within the darkness.