Far off in the outskirts Meridell, a striped female uni named Spring lay in a field in the middle of birth. A stallion of pure bred Knabstrupper a danish breed of horse stood watch over her, he had taken her from the herd in which was no longer her son's. He had only taken her to have a son to start his own herd, but as he waitted for Spring to brith his son he was sadly dissapointed. Saphire was born, a small tiny ball of red mane and tail, with a pelt of cream and chocolate chips. Spring loved her even though she was not pure like King, she knew she'd never see her son again but if Saphire grew to know who she was, she someday when old enough could go and find a better life and excape life in the herd in which Spring would return, it was the on ly life she knew, her and all her mares. As Spring waited a few days after the male Knabstrupper had left making sure Saphire was strong enough to hold her own, she left her brith grounds with Saphire to her herd. Upon returning with her new born the two stallions Waron and Kalso who had taken over the herd and had killed King tryed in stomping out the little Saphire but none of the mare's in the herd would stand for it. Spring found herself and Saphire surrounded by angery mare's protecting them from the two Evil stallions. Soon after days of protection the stallions gave up, telling Spring she was lucky this time but someday Saphire would be theirs, when she was old enough to breed. Spring feared for her own and Saphire's life, but she knew she couldn't do anything till Saphire had grown. As time when on Saphire had made friends with all the other young uni's in the herd, she was the most beautiful foal in the herd. When she was a year from breeding age a young stallion not much younger then her had made his claim to her, challaging any other males for his right to her. Of course all the mare's found this funny, since he was a Darigan uni named Darkness, many other young stallions were scared of him and would not dare challage, those Saphire was all his, or so he thought. When she had come into age of breeding, she had fallen in love with Darkness, but as Waron and Kalso saw her true beauty they challaged Darkness, both attacking him and almost killing him. Saphire tryed to help but the mare's held her back, fearing they would kill her. Saphire cryed and whinnied trying to help him, but by time she was let go he was on the ground bloody and dying. Spring joined Saphire telling her this was her on ly chance to leave and live a normal life, Darkness would find her another time, since he was a stallion and would be ran out of the herd soon anyways. Saphire in sercet said goodbye to all the mare's and few young stallions before she left. Her mother wished on e day she would come her home, she gave her a blue ribbon with a Saphire heart on it, she told her it was something of her family's and she didn't want her to forget, so to wear it at all times...