Like I'd Never Known [night/open SPRE]

The water swirled around her, swirled up behind her creating almost a fortress wall. It towered a few feet above her, the sea spray tangling with her mane as she held it steady, glaring to the stud as she caught sight of him making his way down the cliff face. Her auds flicked back as she glanced toward the cave where she had left many of her friends behind. He hadn't hurt them, had he? If he had...if he had he would turn the oceans red with his blood. She would feed the sharks with his remains tonight...
She drew in a deep breath. She shouldn't go assuming things, just because he was here it did not mean he would have done anything. He could, for all she knew, be a very nice stallion. Who knows? Perhaps he could in fact be her...heart's desire. As he approached, she let the waves ebb slightly behind her, but still kept them raised. She took a step back toward them, so that her tail was brushing against it. She gulped as he stood before her now. His voice was gentle, and it was kind. Not like some of the stallions that had been at the farm, not like some of the colts she had previously known.
"Me llamo Desea De Corazon, y tu?"
He had asked for her name, and so she gave it. While she could understand the language of English-she had never learned to speak it. She had not mingled much with the horses in captivity, and the human stable hand...she had not managed to communicate with. She kept the walls of water around her, in case the stallion changed his mind.
As he bowed down, the blue crab came rushing from the waves at him, claws raised and snapping at him. He waited until the male was done speaking, before he latched onto his nose...only this time, he wasn't letting go when the stallion tossed his head.
"AZUL!"
She squealed as the crab latched on, and in her momentary lapse in attention she shot a harsh water spout out toward the stallion's nose, similar to the strength of a fire hose, to make the crab let loose. The crab staggered once he hit the ground, waving his claws wildly at her for a moment, before turning his attention back to the stallion. Snapping his claws, he scurried toward him once more, dancing around his hoof with his claws in the air, as if he was saying 'put em up put em up...'

Desea couldn't help but giggle slightly at the little crabs antics, and she lowered her crown to it and snorted, the wet sand not even flinching beneath her breath. It shied away from its task for a moment, before the fog hit. Desea squealed, not able to see the small blue crab anymore. Her auds flicked back as the tide seemed to rise up behind her, but she quickly flicked her ears forward once more and simply closed her eyes, drawing in a calming breath. The water rushed out toward the steed before her, only about two inches above the ground...but in doing so, when it returned to her, it drew the little crab back. She snatched him by the claw before he could react and tossed him into the air, bopping her head slightly so that he landed between her ears. He bopped her with his claw-not liking the experience of flying through the air when it was not his intent- but then settled down into her hair, his eyes turning to the stallion and glaring, unblinking.
Her auds flicked to the stallions words, and she eyed him still warily.
"Esta es mi casa, buscamos un lugar más adecuado con la tormenta que inundó las cuevas, pero no podía encontrar uno para apoyar a mis amigos. Así que tendremos que reconstruir aquí."
He seemed to understand her words well enough, so she spilled them freely even though her tongue was different than his. She snorted, auds flicking as she awaited what he would say. There were two ways this could go; he could either allow her to stay, or he would say she could not...in which case...well, she had an ocean behind her that would decide his fate.

night

Her ears pinned at his words, understanding only pieces of them and perhaps misunderstanding what he meant entirely. If the meaning she had interpreted was indeed what he meant, then she wanted nothing to do with him, and wanted him out of her home.
"No se puede reclamar la tierra. ¡Me ofreces una casa, una en la que ya he vivido! ¿Eso significa que me estás obligando a irme si no quiero unirte a ti? Elige tus palabras sabiamente, semental."
The wave behind her grew in height as she waited for him to reply, though she knew she had probably misunderstood. She did not want to stay anywhere near him if he was going to turn her and all of her friends away, simply for not wishing to join him. No, it was not the way she wanted to live.

"Un momento por favor."
The water dropped behind her as she trotted away from it, into the cave not too far up the shore. She nickered and clucked slightly, and out of the crevice in the side came an otter, who barked with an excited sound to see her and dove into the water, closing the gap between them more quickly before leaping out and onto her back. Other creatures soon followed, crabs and a few birds, chortling and hopping along, all ending up on her back. A sea turtle poked its head up. Even a pair of penguins came waddling out, hugging her legs with their fins. The strangest of the creatures, who gave a rather large, pained sigh, was the manatee. With a shriek she hurriedly rushed to the log that lay on top of it, pinning it to the cave wall. She grunted as she tried to dislodge it, knowing full well she could not use her powers. Whinnying panic-stricken she hoped the stallion would come to her aid and help her. She had merely wished to ask her friends what they thought, but even working as a team they could not dislodge the debris that the manatee was trapped under.

The manatee squealed, wriggling free as the stallion helped the mare move the log. It clapped a second, nodding its approval before darting away into the deeper waters. The log flowed out as well, and the mare was finally able to breathe a soft sigh of relief. She looked to the stallion and smiled, nudging him gently as she looked upon him. Perhaps yes, she could mostly take care of herself. But with the stallion she could take care of a lot more friends than just the ones she had here, and help many more.
Dropping her head a little, she looked up to the stallion. She knew his language, but not much of it. If they were going to live together, she was going to have to learn more of it. So, it would help to start somewhere.
"I...will...stay. We...will stay."
She said, gesturing to her friends around her.