Endless winter

           Have you ever thoght about, how it must feel like to be a bird in a closed cage? Do you know that feel, when the freedom is very close, almost in thea range of your hand, but something doesn’t let you go? Break your chains, spread out your wings and fly away. Fly as far as you can. Touch the horizon and don’t care about anything. Forget about the past, don’t think about the future. For this one moment feels free.

    Rarity was dreaming about it every time when she looked at the chain fastened on her rear hoof. She was closing her eyes and losing her mind every signle time, when she felt the metal’s cold under her back, when she was sitting in the corner of her jail and looking how everything was passing by in front of her eyes. The young, defesnless unicorn was closed in a small cage, which was standing in the middle of the wild forest. She was just like a small bird. And like a small trapped bird, she wanted to be free.

    Three weeks had been passed since she has been found in a big hole and imprisoned. Of course Celestia tried to get some  information from her, but Rarity didn’t know anything. She only tried to find her friends. Nothing more.

Suddenly, bushes near Rarity rustled.

Oh come on! Another interrogation? I'm beginning to feel tired, she thought when the bushes started to rustle louder.

Rarity closed her eyes, waiting for another push on the gratings, but nothing happened.

“Hey, psst!” she heard somepony's whisper.

“Who are you?” Rarity whispered, opening her eyes. In front of her was a young yellow stallion in golden armor.

“My name is Iron Axe”  the newcomer said, raising his hoof.

“Well, nice to meet you. I am…” Rarity said, straightening up.

“Rarity, yeah, I know ya,” Axe interrupt her, and blushed when Rarity gave him curious look.

“Ehm, I know ya, becuase ehm.. nevermind. I’m here to bring you some food and water,” now Rarity spotted a small bag on his back, which he put in front of her and started to look for something inside. A bit later, Axe took out some bread and small closed bucket of fresh water, then put everything inside Rarity’s jail. The smell of the bread reminded the unicorn that she didn’t eat for two days.

“Th-thank you,” she said unsurly, trying to mute her rumble.

“But what with you?” she asked pulling food into Axe’s direction.

“No, I’m not hungry. Our seregant hunted a big deer,” he smiled, stepping back.

“I have to go. I’m not suppose to talk with ya. I will fall in great trouble if someone spotted me here,” Axe said, turning back. Now Rarity could see his green as grass mane, which suddenly disappeared in the bushes.

Rarity took a piece of loaf in her hooves. It was very soft and looked very appetizingly.

Maybe this land isn’t as cold as I thought. The thought flew over her head, before she bit a piece of the bread.