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First one of the two Trainingspictures with Beringia for :iconifoe-worldcups: Dressage Cup 2012.

Louis wanted to train Beringia for the Cup since he knows how much his mother wanted to see her beloved blind mare there. But Beringia has other plans.

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Story:

Louis took a deep breath. His mother always wanted to see Beringia at the World Cup so the boy decided to make his mothers dream come true even if she couldn't ride the mare anymore. Slowly he crossed the monastery yard and went over to the paddocks. Beringia was standing near a tree enjoying the last rays of the warm autumn sun before the winter will come an take them away for a long time. She looked up as she heared the boys steps comming nearer. She knew it exectly, this were Louis steps. The sound diffrent from Sophie's, André's or Virgil's. Louis looked at the mare and close his eyes. Softly he called her name and the mare came nearer.

"Hi there.", he said before he raised his hand to touch her carefully. He tried to speak to her when he was younger but Beringia never answered him. It seamed like she was mute or maybe she simply never want to talk to him and finally he gave it up.
Gently he placed the halter on her and leaded the mare out of the paddock. I wasn't the same as when his mother did that. Beringia was following Julienne without a halter and a leading rope. She just nestled her muzzle against Julienne's hand and tried to not loose that contact. Louis walked over to the outdoor dressage arena. He wanted to warm the mare a bit up before he could start to train her.

"Come on Beringia. A nice circle please.", he said but the mare stood still. "I know. I'm not mom but please do me that favour.", the boy said and wiggled the rope a bit to give the mare a small impulse. Beringia just looked at him but she didn't move. "Please Beri.", the boy begged the mare. Beringia just snorrted and pawed with her front hoof. "Damn hell move on!", Louis screamed and pulled the rope harder. Beringia pulled back before she reared. Louis nearly lost the leading rope and the mare reared again and again and again.

<<Why?! Why are you doing this!>>, Louis screamed at her,<<All I want is making my mother's wish come true! She wanted to see you at the world cup! She wanted to ride you there and bring you on the podium. She can't do it anymore. So why? Why are you fighting against me? I'm fighting so hard for us. For the stable, for the rest of the family and for mom's dream. Why?>> The boy couldn't hold the mare anymore. So many sleepless night made him weak and finally he lost the rope.

Beringia stopped her fight against Louis from the moment she felt the contact between them was broken. <<It's not fair.>>, she heared Louis whsipering. <<It's not fair. I just want to make mom proude. She shall see you from up there.She shall see you entering that ring and she shall see you performing even if she wasn't the one who's sitting in the saddle. She shall see you. Do you hear me?!>>, Louis started to cry he wasn't able to hide his tears anymore. <<Why?>>, he whsipered, <<Why did she left us? She and Sophie? Why did they leave us alone? It's simply not fair!>> Louis feel down on his knees unable to stand. He felt so weak and sad and more and more tears meet the sand that covers the dressage arena.

The mare looked down at the boy. Even if she couldn't see him she knew exactly where he was. Slowly she walk over to him and touched him with her nostrils. <<Why aren't you beliving in magic?>>, she said with a voice as soft as velvet and as clear as the blue sky. Louis stopped crying as he heared the mares voice. <<You can speak?>>, he asked her as he couldn't belive what he heared. <<I was always able to speak. I simple didn't want to speak to you.>>, the mare replied before she asked him again. <<Why are you so sure that Julienne wouldn't return?>> Louis took a deep breath and waved his tears away. <<Because the sea took her.>>, he answered. <<That's the only reason?>>, the mare asked him. <<Nothing returned from the sea. My grandpa didn't return, my uncle didn't return and my dad didn't return. They were all gone. So mom and Sophie will also never return!>>, Louis said bitterly. << Why are you so sure? You don't belive in fairytales. Am I right?>>, the mare asked him. <<Fairytales are fairytales nothingelse!>>, the boy answered. The mare snorrted. <<So fairytales aren't true and the creatures out of them don't exist. The unicorns don't exist. The demons don't exist, the Kelpies don't exist. They all don't exist right? If they all don't exist doesn't that mean that you are also only fantasy? I mean half Kelpie and half human. How can that be possible since kelpies doesn't exist? >>, the mare said.
Louis looked up into her blind eyes. <<But...>>, he wanted to say but Beringia stopped him. <<You grew up on a place full of creatures that came out of a fairytale, born out of a bond between human and a kelpie. You shoudn't close your eyes Louis. You need to start to see. I'm blind but I see more than you will ever see. You should close your eyes from the reality and start to see the fantasy. I will perform in the show ring and I will give all I have to win. But I will do that with my rider in my saddle and not with you. I'm sure she will return. She will return like she dissapeared. >>

Louis closed his eyes. The tears came back. <<Cry child.>>, the mare whispered and pressed her head against Louis face. <<I'm here. I'm at your side. Cry as much as you need to and after that it's time to belive and to open your eyes to see.>>

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LiaLithiumTM's avatar
aww was für eine traurige story v_v
aber mir gefällt es
und das bild ist echt schön geworden