Featuring: Brago {Vladimir}

 Mentionings: Arcane, bellator and random fawnlings with no names

 Year 756, Winter

 Blackwood, unknown

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Brago/Vladimir:

Vladimir glared over at Arcane, he was starting to get annoying, the younger male was starting to really rub Vladimir the wrong way, his tail flicked, a huff leaving the grullo male as he stared at the seal bay, the darker eyed male smirked with amusement before scowling as Vladimir walked away, heading towards his deceased mother’s den.

The snow was comforting, a beautiful silence that is until he heard something charging at him, scowling, he knew exactly who it was. Immediately he leaped to the side, allowing his younger brother to run past him, making him more annoyed with the younger male.

“Don’t you have something better to do”, The grullo grunted, not amused while the seal bay was completely and utterly amused with how easily annoyed he could make his older brother.

“Don’t be irritable just because our father likes me better”, the colt spoke, smirking at the grullo who grimaced at the idea of having such a fowl stag’s attention on him. He stepped towards the seal bay, lowing his head, immediately the young colt perked up and charged at him. Only to be somewhat when Vladimir pushed him back, causing him to fall into the snow.

“Stay out of my way and stay away from me, I wouldn’t want his attention anyway, especially after what he’s done”, the grullo sneered, turning and walking into another direction. This, of course, didn’t stop the younger male who trotted after Vladimir, trying to provoke the male into a fight. Growing ever so annoyed with the little pest, Vladimir took off into a run, which only caused the seal bay to try keeping up with him, thankfully, being older and having had more exercise then the seal bay, Vladimir was able to stay way ahead of the young male and not tire as quickly. It didn’t take long for the seal bay to stop to catch some air while Vladimir kept running a bit, soon he stopped though, thinking his brother gave up as he went towards a boulder to start practicing on his own.

Trying to push it, his back hooves would slowly slide in the snow, only for him to fix it as he pushed at the giant rock. He forgot to pay attention to his surroundings, not noticing the seal bay slowly sneaking up behind him, that is until Vladimir heard a snap, causing him to turn around with irritation. Vladimir’s eyes locked with a sheepish seal bay’s dark eyes, though that didn’t stop the now angry grullo from rushing at him and knocking the smaller male to the ground.

“I said stay away from me, you pest”, the grullo snapped! He was so tired of his little brother, he was so annoying and wouldn’t leave him alone, besides Bellator, this brat made his life miserable along with Invidia, the pest’s lunatic mother.

“What’s the matter Vladimir, afraid I’ll beat you up”, the seal bay mused, causing the grullo to glare at him, before stomping his hoof into the snow as the seal bay got to his own hooves and smirked at the upset older male. While mentally the upset male was correcting the seal bay mentally, not wanting to be called Vladimir but he had to put up with it until he felt like he was able to go off on his own.

They charged at each other, their heads colliding, trying to push back against each other, they tried to push as hard as they could, trying so hard to push the other back, only for Vladimir to be able to the seal bay back  until said male his a tree trunk with his rear, making the grullo smirk. That didn’t mean the seal bay didn’t have some idea’s on how to get away, that much the grullo knew, he braced himself mentally for whatever his younger brother had hidden in his fur, not to long after, he jumped to the side, causing the grullo to stumble forward.

Quickly trying to regain his ground, he swung his tail at Arcane’s leg’s, the seal bay not even realizing it was he went tumbling into the snow below, the tail had been swung with enough force and had effectively wrapped around the seal bay’s back legs.

Turning towards the young male that was trying to quickly get to his hooves, he snorted in irritation as he turned around and began walking away from his brother, he knew turning his back to the younger male wasn’t exactly a smart move but he didn’t want to continue this senseless so called fight.

Vladimir heard the crunching off the snow as he heard something or someone approaching him at a rapid pace, he wasn’t quick enough this time to get out of the way, he felt pain in his back leg as he stumbled, trying not to fall down from the force, immediately the grimace on his face turned into pure anger as he turned his head to see a smirking Arcane.

“You’re going to regret that”, was the only thing the grullo said with ferocity, making the seal bay step back slightly as the now furious grullo turned fully towards him. That’s when Vladimir charged, making the seal bay turn and take off into the other direction, that didn’t stop his older brother from chasing after him, Vladimir was to angry to stop, he weaved in and out of tree’s after his younger brother, who was laughing about it.

They passed an unknown fawnling, not even bothering to stop to make sure if they were okay, he tried to catch up to his bulky brother, who was slowly losing speed, the closer and closer Vladimir got, the more panicked the seal bay seemed. Catching up to his younger brother’s rear, he took a nice bite out of his brother’s rear end, stopping as his brother jumped around, avoiding getting kicked as the younger male began kicking his back legs out, he didn’t look amused as he glared at the now smirking grullo.

They definitely knew how to annoy each other, that was obvious as the seal bay stopped making a fuss over the bite, he immediately charged at his older brother who snapped his teeth threateningly at his younger brother, causing the male to jerk his head to the side to avoid getting bit in the face. This gave Vladimir enough time to reach down, sinking his teeth into his brother’s shoulder area, causing the younger male to make a noise of pain and anger, only to further amuse the older Blackwood.

“You talk big but can you even back it up, Arcane”, the grullo sneered, stressing the other male’s name, the result with a scowling seal bay and an amused but still irritated grullo. Vladimir immediately turned, swinging his tail into his younger brother’s face, immediately hearing a harsh slap and his brother stumbling to keep himself from falling down, immediately the grullo began to circle his brother, who watched him angrily.

“You need to learn on who you can mess with and those you can’t, Arcane”, the older male warned, scowling at the seal bay who then seemed to scoff at him. Arcane charged at him again, Vladimir went to jump into another direction, not expecting his brother to swing his tail and strike him in the face. Stumbling slightly, Vladimir shook his head trying to get his bearings back, not even realizing his brother was charging at him again until it was too late. The grullo felt something collide into his ribs, forcing him to stumble, thankfully there was a tree, which kept him from falling onto his side.

Glaring at the younger male, Vladimir turned his head enough to sink his teeth into Arcane’s shoulder, making the younger male to back off, immediately he turned enough and kicked out with his back hooves, hitting his brother hard enough in the chest to cause him to step back even more. Immediately, Vladimir swung his tail to hit his younger brother in the face right after kicking him, unfortunately, the younger male back up far enough and held his head away from getting hit by the flying appendage. Turning to fully face Arcane again, his brother looked like he was in a scramble, he didn’t doubt that he, himself, looked like the seal bay or at least a little bit, both were covered in fallen snow, taking this hesitant moment and turning it into chance, Vladimir shook himself clean of the fallen snow. His brother copied him, then charged again, immediately Vladimir met him, head on. Once again it was a struggle to push the other back, their hooves digging into the snow below, which didn’t help either of them, it was a bit hard to keep themselves from slipping backwards, especially Arcane. Both struggled to get the upper hoof, their eyes glaring into each other’s as they continued to try shoving one another back, their bodies straining, what muscle they have flexing under their dark pelts.

Arcane was pushing the hardest, making Vladimir smirk as he immediately unlocked their horns from each other and leaped to the side, causing Arcane to stumble forward as Vladimir swung his tail at the younger male’s legs again, this time he was able to trip the seal bay, causing said male to fall. Rearing up, Vladimir’s hooves came crashing down at Arcane’s head, only for said move his head enough to avoid getting his skull crushed under the irritated grullo’s sharpened hooves.

Turning, Vladimir began to walk away again, hoping this time his brother realized he wasn’t kidding, fortunately Arcane left him alone right then but as they trudged back, following their old snow tracks, they soon began to trot, then they began to become competitive, which resulted them into galloping a crossed the frozen ground, weaving in and out of tree’s, careful of any dips, holes or roots. They ran passed a grazing old bull but didn’t stop, their will to beat the other making them push themselves forward, remembering the area quite well, Vladimir was careful on where his hooves landed and where to brace himself if there was a small dip.

They made it into an all too familiar area, only for both of them to slide into a stop, a full grown stag was standing there, glaring at them. The grullo mentally rolled his eyes, he wished the male would just go somewhere for a while instead of staying in the area, he hated the bad vibe’s he got from the older Blackwood while Arcane greeted the male as his sire, something else that made Vladimir want to roll his eyes but he kept himself from doing so. Vladimir watched the male warily, he didn’t get why the stag didn’t say anything but turn and walk away, maybe he was still dealing with Invidia, hopefully there won't be another annoying pest in their midst, he could barely deal with Arcane. They followed the stag towards the den, the den he’d have to pass in order to head towards his own, the one that his mother use to live in before her death, trotting forward, he trotted past that annoying doe, he was glad she got her rear handed to her by another Blackwood prior but unfortunately that didn’t change her for the good but for the worse. He ignored Arcane as he continued trotting before he made it far enough to be out of hearing range, he scowled as he began walking instead of trotting.

He ignored the snowflakes that got caught in his coat, the scowl never leaving as he ignored the silence of the woods, he had to remind himself it wasn’t safe to let his guard down, so he looked around every once in awhile, his ears perked. Took a bit but he finally came acrossed his den, slowly he walked into it, being cautious just in case something decided to try turning his den into their own, walking to his bedding, he laid down, curling up and drifting into slumber, his other personality taking over.