book 2 || Rogue's Secret

The Beginning

Ending Of Taka's Journey 

"Your father is Prince, your mother was dishonest." Whisper exclaimed. Whisper dipped her wing into the water and it played a video clip of Taka and Prince nuzzling. "My mother has been keeping secrets behind my back. My father is...Prince." Rouge said in realization. Whisper nodded.

And that's where Rogue's quest began... 

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Rogue ran from the river horrified, the hanging trees snagged her ears. Rouge didn't care, she knew her mother's secret and couldn't get it from her head. Rouge somehow made it the the heart of the camp and her mother was still talking to Midnight.

Rogue didn't know if she should tell Taka about what she had just learned or keep the secret from becoming a too big of a thing. Rouge was thinking and her mother came up to her. "Ready to head back?" Taka asked, walking past Rogue. "Yeah, I'll catch up." Rogue said and Taka kept walking to StreamHerd. 

"Hello." Midnight greeted. "Umm. Hi." Rogue stuttered. "I was wondering. Who is Prince?" Rogue asked, trying to find the truth. "I'm sorry. You better get home." Midnight hated to talk about Prince. 

"Uh. Ok." Rogue nickered and walked away. 

Rogue reached camp and totally forgot about training. She had to start tomorrow.  Rogue sighed and looked around for Taka. She was talking with Picasso and laughing, but Rouge felt a little betrayed. 

 He's not your mate, mother. You don't belong to him. Prince is your mate, my father. Rogue thought to herself. Rogue had come up with a plan, she was going to get Picasso to tell her the story of Prince. Rogue wanted to talk with her friend,Jag, and looked around for him. She saw Jaguar talking with some mares, he was always a mare-magnet. Rogue went up to Jaguar to talk and he turned around, he would never ignore Rogue, they were best friends. 

"Wanna talk?" Rogue asked. "Sure. I'd love to." Jaguar agreed and they walked side by side to StreamHerd's grazing grounds. StreamHerd's grazing grounds were connected to the Golden Meadow of ShadowHerd. 

"So, you seemed a bit angry when Picasso and Taka were laughing. What's up?" Jaguar asked, his beautiful hazel eyes staring deep into Rogue's. "No everything's fine." Rogue reassured Jag. 

"Don't lie." Jaguar laughed, taking a big bite of grass. "I'm not. I just.." Rogue paused. She wasn't sure if she should tell Jaguar about what Whisper had told her. "I just was thinking about the story of Prince." Rogue said, also taking a bite of grass. "Prince?! He's a horrible stallion. I heard he killed all of ShadowHerd's foals and soldiers." Jaguar nickered, shocked to find Rogue thinking about Prince. "Jag, he wasn't bad in the beginning, it was his temptations for power that made him bad." Rogue nickered. Jaguar's head shot up, "why are you supporting Prince?!" Jaguar screamed. "I'm not, I'm just." Rogue paused again.  "Whatever, I'm outta here." Jaguar nickered and trotted away. 

"Was he that bad?" Rogue asked, for some reason she desperately wanted to know more about Prince. Rogue also want back to camp it was getting dark and the herd would be leaving soon to the assembly. 

When Rogue got back Picasso and everyone were ready to leave. Rouge cantered by her mother. 

When they reached the assembly, Taka went off to this broad shouldered stallion in DustHerd. He had a glance at Rouge and smiled. Rogue rolled her eyes at him and stood next to Jaguar who was talking with a bunch of ShadowHerd members. This was Rouge's first time at the assembly and knew nobody. 

Soon after a little while this black mare started. "Welcome, it's been a long time since I have attended an assembly. I have once again took back BloodHerd after Prince was kicked out." The mare said loudly, she seemed old and had many scars. Jaguar whispered to Rogue, "That's Mal, leader of BloodHerd."