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Description Hey, look who's getting featured! These three boys are the oldest ones in my HARPG, Rusty was literally the first horse ref I have and Gunner and Sully were two of if not the two first main HARPG horses I had ^^ Gunner is the first and currently only Heavy-Style Antrium Eden horse and Sully is the only son of my favourite horse ever Altï and my main Antrium Eden Sport-Style. It was kinda strange and somewhat nostalgic drawing these boys again xD They all need updated refs poor lads...

Little PSA: Rusty is actually canonically the oldest horse at AS - he was around when Altï was a youngster and he was the first horse Sobian rode that wasn’t a pony x3 he basically taught the original Antrium Family to ride xD he’s now Lily Antrium’s pleasure horse.

Horses Featured: 
AS Rustic Music

AS Desert Sultan

AS Bullet Dodging Krugerand

AS Austrian Gold

Refs used for the horses but not the BG... for once, Cat actually drew a BG. 

I found a new site that said specifically "Free Photos" and then I bloody lost it so guys, please, can you help me by telling me what you use because I really liked this site -,- it was really smooth and just looked nice, just looking it up on Google isn’t helping. 


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"Has he moved at all?" 


Sheik looked up from where he'd been slumped over the fence looking out at the stallion's after he'd just finished throwing them some hay. Sobian joined him, leaning on the gate to take the weight off her prosthetic; winter was on the horizon and it always bothered her. The blonde elf hummed in a non-commital manner. 


Sully and Rusty had given up food in favour of a playful spar, squeals and light-hearted grunts with hooves missing and teeth kept to themselves while Gunner, Zach's first and main horse, remained at the hay pile. The stallion they were all worried about however hadn't touched his dinner, in fact, he hadn't moved since he'd been let out that morning. 


Handsome was still moping after Zach's passing and no one at AS had expected or prepared for it. If any horse was to mourn so much it should've been Gunner, as he was Zach's favourite and the first horse he'd ever had. Zach was always on Gunner's back and honestly, no one had even seen him ride Handsome. With that in mind, the Ober's depression was almost strange to them and they were at a loss to help him. 


"Everything I've read says that Obertaurer's are loyalty in the form of a horse. Considering Zach didn't do much with Handsome beyond show him off and take him on one White December training that he didn't actually compete with, im surprised he was so attatched." Sheik grumbled, running a hand through his messy fringe. 


"... I'm surprised we were ALL so attatched, old friend." Sobian muttered, grey eyes distant and sunken, showing a lack of sleep. Silence persisted for a moment before she broke it again. "You know I found green hair dye in my new shampoo bottle? I almost considered using it just for his memory." 


"Wouldn't have been professional." Sheik's voice was an odd mix of detached and amused, a familiar tone the staff had adopted since that day. 


"No... but a strip hidden under most of my hair isn’t so bad," she admitted, lifting up the brown locks to reveal a single centimetre-thick strip of bright mint-green with a sad smile. Sheik returned it, voice sounding thicker when he replied. 


"Wolfie said she found finch eggs in her winter boots. From what I understand one of them was fertile and she's now got it incubating." They both smiled at that; Wolfie had more than once threatened to rip Zach a new one for his pranks and would've once thrown those eggs right back at him if not caused some deliberate bodily harm. If even she was missing him it showed every single member of AS was suffering. 


If only he'd talked to them - any of them. A part of them was missing and none of them knew how to pull themselves together. 


Their attention was drawn back to the horses as Gunner tried to get Handsome's attention only to be met with silence. Handsome gave no indication he even heard. Usually the flashy appy was attempting to climb to the top of the hierarchy, prancing around and getting into mock fights with the others. He owned the field he was let into and always, ALWAYS ate the most. He usually had a muzzle on to keep the weight off his belly. Now it wouldn't be long until his ribs started to show. 


"What did the vet say?" Sobian asked seriously. 


"Depression. He's pretty much the same as everyone else here; he misses his friend." 


There was an unspoken 'Damnit Zach' that hung in the air between them. 


"What can we do?" 


"Us? Nothing. We need help. I've messaged Lyo Szekuly from RPS. If anyone knows how to help a grieving Obertaurer it's him." Sheik confessed, straightening up and turning to grab some of the headcollars he'd hung on the post to bring the boys in. "If he can't help he'll just need put down. I'm not gonna watch a horse starve himself to death over Yves." 


Sobian would've scolded Sheik for his harsh words if she hadn't noticed how her friend's voice wobbled and red eyes began to shine. She grabbed the remaining halters and decided not to say anything about how Sheik seemed to miss Zach most. 



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Out of all characters mentioned;
Sheik (Lylyndir), Sobian, Rusty, Sully, Gunner, Handsome and the Antrium Eden breed are mine 
Lyo Szekuly and the Obertaurer breed belong to abosz007  

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