Flying home from the Northern territories, Cheri decided to drop out of the sky and land inside the Forest for a break. Not that she was tired - she hardly ever grew tired anymore and never really felt the urge to sleep, though sometimes she did because it felt strange not to. She came to the crowded, shadowy woodland in order to pass some time before returning to Loess. On her previous visits there’d always been something to enthrall her for a little while, and as she folded her wings carefully into her sides the slender pegasus believed this time wouldn’t be any different from the last.
Walking underneath the autumn boughs reminded her of Anubias, the dreamy stallion with a coat like polished green metal. She wondered how he and Creature were faring together out in the wilderness, suspecting that both were fine and happy. It’d been some time since she’d last met with the pair and she made a note to remedy that.
Soon enough her quiet journey led Cheri deeper into the heartswood, where the air felt frigid to the touch and the communal chatter of forest animals had dimmed. This was not the exact place she’d met with Sorren, but it was close in appearance. At the base of a twisted, elder oak she stopped and lifted her head to the sky, the memory of their encounter fresh in her thoughts. She smiled.
Behind her something skittered through the underbrush and she turned, curious, to see what it was. Her vision only caught the light of a faint blue glow before it disappeared. Not one to be disappointed, she took off through the woods in chase of the magical creature, twisting her way past the cluttered trees and leaping over uneven ground. At every turn the blue glow avoided her capture which only increased the young immortal’s desire to hunt it down, their speed increasing relative to one another until the world was but a blur around them, then Cheri turned a corner and slid angrily to a halt.
The glow had disappeared.
Suspiciously, the black mare held her ground. She flicked her ears and shifted her eyes left to right, combing the silent forest for any signs of life. Nothing.
“Playing games?” Cheri whispered.
Walking underneath the autumn boughs reminded her of Anubias, the dreamy stallion with a coat like polished green metal. She wondered how he and Creature were faring together out in the wilderness, suspecting that both were fine and happy. It’d been some time since she’d last met with the pair and she made a note to remedy that.
Soon enough her quiet journey led Cheri deeper into the heartswood, where the air felt frigid to the touch and the communal chatter of forest animals had dimmed. This was not the exact place she’d met with Sorren, but it was close in appearance. At the base of a twisted, elder oak she stopped and lifted her head to the sky, the memory of their encounter fresh in her thoughts. She smiled.
Behind her something skittered through the underbrush and she turned, curious, to see what it was. Her vision only caught the light of a faint blue glow before it disappeared. Not one to be disappointed, she took off through the woods in chase of the magical creature, twisting her way past the cluttered trees and leaping over uneven ground. At every turn the blue glow avoided her capture which only increased the young immortal’s desire to hunt it down, their speed increasing relative to one another until the world was but a blur around them, then Cheri turned a corner and slid angrily to a halt.
The glow had disappeared.
Suspiciously, the black mare held her ground. She flicked her ears and shifted her eyes left to right, combing the silent forest for any signs of life. Nothing.
“Playing games?” Cheri whispered.
@firion A starter, as promised <3