|.:born again:.| deer roleplay!

Accepted!

"Father has been murdered!" He looked despairingly at his friends,"and mother."

Ah, I'm surrounded by awesome people!

Shira and canisp smiled gently at jondalar,"we're sure it was..."
Jondalar would take none of it,"NO! There were hoof prints on their sides. And blood, so much blood!" His eyes were wide with terror," but the worst thing was father twitched his leg and then he just-" he broke of, on the edge of a breakdown.
"He what?" Asked shira carefully.
Jondalar looked at her,"he...he spoke. He said something about betrayal and then... He said he'd been waiting for the day rannoch would be born again. He said it was yhr new hero's turn. A new mark and a new fawn..."
He looked at his own special mark, the gold heart on his chest.

jondalar reeled back,''what? me?'' his eyes were full of confusion,''whoever it was must have killed my parents out of ambition. and seen as the deputy fell of the cliff a moon ago...''
shira, canisp and jondalar all said at the same time,''trebrafrar.''
jondalar looked at his oldest friend, albert.
''he saw me up on the hill, with my parents.''
there was a crunch, like a hoof on dried bracken. jondalar turned and spotted one of the outrider captains, dilack, a gentle but kindred soul, stepped shyly from the ferns.''i-i'll help.'' he said wearily.''bandach is an old friend of mine...''
three hinds trotted after him, their calves following.''we were grazing nearby and we saw him die too... our calves our in danger too!''
jondalar looked at the three new calves; kihu, quen and sila.
jondalar smiled,''okay. we may need you, albert and nadia, to come too. we are merely going to run until we reach the high mountain, then find refuge with another herd until we can send help for the rest of the herd.''
he smiled,''should we wait until our antlers are bigger or go now?''
all the foals bellowed wait but the hinds had more sense and said go now.

jondalar nodded and dilack smiled. he liked this hind and would have fought for her at anlach. now i'l never get that chance...

jondalar dipped his head politely.''your welcome.''
dilack smiled,''hi.'' he muttered shyly.
jondalar's voice rose to a shout,''we leave at dawn! dilack shal lead us!''
dilack smiled shyly and started to rest.

~middle of the night~

''wake up! wake up!"
jondalar woke with a start. not dawn. he lowered his head to rest more but dilack kicked his sides and pulled him up,''wake the others.''
jondalar woke the others quickly,''guys, dilack has woken us up for something.''
dilack nodded,''yes, yes. ummm... i think one of the hernela spies heard us last night. they must have reported to lord trebrafrar because i saw them over the rise. they're coming for us!''
as he said it, there was a bellow and ten hernela guards appeared, accompanied by lord trebrafrar.
jondalar panicked.''run!'' he bellowed, helping albert with his poorly leg.

dilack nudged kayla,''go!''
when she wouldn't budge, he shoved her violently,''GO!''

dilack smiled as she went and was about to run after them when something struck him in the sides; the hernela had captured him!

jondalar charged over the moorland, not stopping until he was at a safe distance. he counted up and noticed one was missing,''where's dilack?''
as he spoke a ragged, bleeding deer appeared. livid scars ran down either flank and one of his antlers was chipped and broken. his hooves were worn and shaking, threatening to give way beneath him and any sensible deer could tell it would not take much before this deer was dead. his face was scarred and deformed, cut and grazed by antler and hoof. his one good eye was the onyl proof of who this deer was, for around was a unmistakable white ring. this was dilack.
he was uttering nonsense under his breath and didn't seem to spot the other deer; only jondalar.
then he told jondalar the prophecy in a scary, raspy voice.
''rannoch's time shal rise again,
another mark, shal lead the way,
calling thistle, bankfoot, tain,
the wil one shal slay,
only one can save us now,
if only he knew how.''
this was not the proper prophecy, but a riddle. a clue. jondalar watched in dismay as the stag's legfs buckled and he collapsed to the ground.

cool! she could be trebrafrar's mate or she could be on the quest!

okay...

''you let them get away?'' shouted trebrafrar. he looked around,''one of you is going to pay!''
he lashed out at random, kicking a young stag, henbane, in the skull. there was a dull thud as he hit the ground.

he headed back to the herd with his remaining eight hernela.
anlach was almost upon the heard and he could feel the tention in the air.

~a week later~

jondalar stopped for a drink by a small rivelet. he looked back at shira, who was looking at jondlar with awe.
''what?'' he demanded.
the two twins smile and called the other foal over.
shira quickly told jondlaar,''your anlters! they've grown!''

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back at the home oak, trebrafrar was sharpening his antlers, giving him an unfair advantage when anlach came.
he spotted a stag near Tameiru and he stormed over, bellownig a challenge.