09-13-2017, 12:40 PM
It is colder than it was back home.
No, not home anymore, I remind myself.
Sylva.
This is home now, this cold grey land with its grey sand and grey sky and grey sea.
I stand on the shoreline, sheltered from the wind by a curve in the granite cliffs and from the drizzling rain by the slightest of overhangs. It's not quite a cave of my own, but it is better than staying under Mother's watchful eye. Out here, I can do whatever I want.
Whatever I want seems to be looking out at the whitecapped sea, because there is literally nothing else to do here. Mother had not exactly promised us adventure, but I had hoped that this new land would be as splendid as our old one. Instead it is dull and grey and I am completely and utterly bored.
I scuff one pale hoof into the damp sand, heaving a sigh that moves my entire body. I stand out starkly against the iron grey kingdom, a leggy white yearling with only a crooked mask of color across my face. I hope - halfheartedly - that someone will come and find me and give me something to do:
No, not home anymore, I remind myself.
Sylva.
This is home now, this cold grey land with its grey sand and grey sky and grey sea.
I stand on the shoreline, sheltered from the wind by a curve in the granite cliffs and from the drizzling rain by the slightest of overhangs. It's not quite a cave of my own, but it is better than staying under Mother's watchful eye. Out here, I can do whatever I want.
Whatever I want seems to be looking out at the whitecapped sea, because there is literally nothing else to do here. Mother had not exactly promised us adventure, but I had hoped that this new land would be as splendid as our old one. Instead it is dull and grey and I am completely and utterly bored.
I scuff one pale hoof into the damp sand, heaving a sigh that moves my entire body. I stand out starkly against the iron grey kingdom, a leggy white yearling with only a crooked mask of color across my face. I hope - halfheartedly - that someone will come and find me and give me something to do: