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  2. Section 1 - The Starting Line

    in Running Of The Leaves 2011!

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    Stormsong dug her front-right hoof into the ground nervously as she stood amongst the rest of the ponies gathered, waiting for the beginning of the race. She had never so much as even thought about running in a race before; she just wasn't made for this kind of physical exertion. She would much prefer to be in a quiet clearing somewhere in Whitetail Wood, practicing her music with no one but the birds to listen. But, the Running of the Leaves had been the perfect excuse to take some time away from home, so Stormsong had told her parents that she planned to run at this year's event.

    What she hadn't expected was that the rest of her family was going to come watch. She fixed her aquamarine eyes on her two sisters standing on the sidelines for a few moments before shaking her head sadly. The perfect opportunity for a vacation, wasted because of a little oversight such as not expecting family to want to come and watch.

    "On your marks!", Stormsong heard from somewhere off in the distance. She glanced nervously back at the number '57' that had been attached to her blue pelt, as if hoping for reassurance that running this race wasn't a big mistake. Though she received none, she steeled herself and prepared some magic to help keep her from tripping over her long, silver mane while she was running.

    "Get Set!"

    With her spell in place, Stormsong faced forward, her anxiety mounting as she prepared herself for what she considered to be the exact opposite of what she wanted to be doing.

    "Go!!!!!!"

    There was a great deal of shouting, though it was nearly drowned out by the sound of hundreds of hooves racing forward. Stormsong began her indolent trot past the starting line, thinking to herself 'No reason to tire myself out just yet'. She would save her energy for the end of the race in the hopes that some of the more athletic ponies here would be too tired to stop her from passing them. Meanwhile, there was plenty of beautiful scenery available for her viewing pleasure, as plenty of leaves had already begun to fall around her.

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