One Hundred Ponies of Tambelon

by Tartarusbound

Chapter 22

Sandy sat alone by the lakeshore, shooing away a small rabbit.

Run, Mister Rabbit. Run before my family eats you for supper.

While she had to eat like everypony else, killing animals had always seemed… wrong.

To her relief, the rabbit hopped off into the darkness.

Resuming her work, Sandy washed her mane, stealthily cleaned the bite mark hidden beneath her coat, and washed her talent mark on either flank. When receiving her True Name, purity meant everything. Even that bite… No.

Tonight, Sandy would become an adult.

Tonight, she would claim her true name.

Tonight, Obsidian would be born.