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// Story: Hoof Steps in the Dark 
// by Fuzzyfurvert 
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Twilight jerked awake.

She gasped.  Breathing in and out rapidly, she turned her ears to point forward and back.  Back and forth, over and over.  Did something make a noise?  Did something move?  Did something touch her?

Nothing.  Darkness.  Silence and her own breathing.

When did she fall asleep?  Again?

Something touched her.  She screamed and it came out a weak hiss.  It was her own mane, ticking at her neck in the breeze.  The scream made her chest ache, but she turned her muzzle toward the wind and sucked in the cold dampness.  It smelled like leaves and dirt.

It smelled like salvation.


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