The tiny buckskin filly skips across the dunes, stopping every once in a while as her feet slip in the sliding sands. It’s cooler today, being close to the end of autumn, and little Eliora (or Eli as she likes to be called) has decided that it’s the perfect opportunity to do a little exploring.
The moment her Ima’s back had been turned she’d scuttled away, making herself invisible in the shadows of the oasis. Then, when the coast had been clear, she'd traipsed away across the sands. She’s young enough to think she’s being terribly clever, and to not entirely realize that, no matter what she does, she will never truly escape her Ima’s gaze.
For now though, she thinks she’s ‘escaped,’ and she has a mission on her mind. She’s heard of a little oasis close to the main one, one where a myriad of beautiful rainbow fish swim in the cool clear waters. She’s determined that she simply has to see them. And she will not rest until she does.
Unfortunately, she’s gotten a little turned around. She’d headed straight in the direction of the oasis, prepared to stop for nothing, when she’d slipped in the sands and fallen down a dune (things happen when you’re so impossibly little). And when she’d climbed back up, she’d lost sight of the tree tops of the little oasis. She’s not too concerned yet though, she’s convinced that they place must be only two or three dunes away … or maybe four …
Eliora
Daughter of Sand and Shadow
@[munroe]