But the night fades away and gives way to the day
Head still a-swivel, she quickly catches sight of the gold and white mare approaching. The coloration alone tells Draconis that this is not her mommy, come to find her. Who was it, then? The black filly waits patiently as the stranger approaches her, loathe to remove her forehooves from the creek water that chuckled and soothed. She nickers back, politely, in response to the unfamiliar mare's greeting. Momma always said that being polite to other horses was very important. Number one rule. She will follow it even if Shadowsilk isn't here to see her doing so. The little girl smiles at hearing the mare's name, for she finds it pretty despite its shortness. "Hello, Rhy, it's nice to meet you. My mommy calls me Draconis. She said that I should have a star name to go with my blanket, but I don't know which one is my star....do you know anything about stars? " A whiff of smoke in her nostrils causes her to recall what had just happened, and she feels a blush of embarrassment in her ebony cheeks. "Um, if you saw a patch of burned grass close by, that was me I'm afraid. I don't know how I did it, but I'm sorry that I hurt the grass. I didn't mean to burn it....", she says, her voice dropping to nearly a whisper with her last sentence. Her little tummy rumbles, quite audibly this time, and she can't help but whimper. "I wandered off and lost my mommy, and I'm so hungry. " She eyes Rhy up again, this time with a desperate sort of hope, and still completely oblivious that the little territory she has wandered into is solely for the uniting of orphaned foals with new parents. "Are you here to help me? Did my mommy send you? "
Draconis