Thestral Blood

I woke up in my cave.  It had been like this for the past couple of days.  Waking up in a cave all alone with no one to comfort me after the nightmares finally brought him back.  It was a process he didn't like much.  I went to get up but was held back by something furry holding on to my hoof.  I looked up and almost yelped in fright when I saw a mare holding on to my hoof with a wing under her.  After the initial shock passed the memories of what happened the day before came back to me.  After the mare had passed out from our...activities...I brought her to my cave and she was so cute I ended up sleeping with her.  While I was thinking about what to do I felt her stir.  A fast series of thoughts came to mind.  Pull my wing and hoof at such an angle that she lets go of my hoof and rolls off my wing.  Bite her again and make her pass out.  Hit her over the head and knock her out.  She was getting closer to waking up so I settled on the option of pretending to be asleep.  I used my sonar to detect everything around me.  She opened her eyes and yelped.  It seemed that she was as surprised as me. Carefully she let go of my hoof and got off my wing.  Once she was standing and saw that I "hadn't" woken up she let out a sigh of relief and took a step toward the door.  "Where do you think you're going," I said.  She stopped dead in her tracks and looked at me with fear.  I got up and folded my wing while looking at her with me yellow eyes.

"Just going out," she responded with a nervous smile.  I didn't buy it one bit.

"So, in other words, you were gonna go running through the forest yelling for help like a lunatic," I deadpanned.  She looked at me and started to sweat.  She then turned around and ran out of the cave entrance into the forest screaming for help.  I smiled and chuckled a bit.  I read her better than I would have read a book.  I walked up to the door, spread my wings, and took off.

The mare was running through the forest yelling for help when she saw a shadow pass over her.  She stopped and looked up hoping to see a pegasus.  What she saw, however, was a blue form hurtling towards her.  I landed right onto her back and pinned her to the ground.  She resisted a bit before giving up and just lying there.  I kept standing there for a few more seconds before getting off her back.  She stood up slowly and didn't look at me.  "Walk in front of me and go to the cave," I said with a glare.  She started walking towards the cave and I followed.  When we got to the cave she stopped and looked at me.  In her eyes, I saw fear and despair.  I let out a small sigh and looked her dead in the eye.

"There will be no punishment this time but, if you try to run away again then there will be consequences," I said. She simply nodded and went over to a corner.  Once there she laid down and closed her eyes while a tear dropped from her eyes.

I didn't like this.  I didn't like having to put up a mean and commanding front to keep her from running away.  She shivered.  I could tell she tried to hide it but I noticed anyway.  I walked up next to her and laid down next to her.  I put a wing around her and kept her warm.  She could give an act of displeasure and defiance all she wanted but I could tell she liked it by the way she snuggled up to me.  She also let a small smile grace her lips as she fell asleep.  I found it adorable as I also let the tendrils of sleep wrap around me.