05-27-2015, 10:23 AM
Ellie is not terribly far away when she hears her mother call. She’s been standing beside the slow river, watching the dragonflies skim over the surface and contemplating going swimming. At Dorne’s summons though, she turns away and makes her way through the undergrowth.
Arriving beside her mother, the roan filly tucks her head beneath her mother’s for a moment, smiling happily as she does so. Though she has grown more independent with each passing day, she is still at ease with open affection. Mother has not mentioned her tattoo yet, but as she begins to speak, Ellie realizes that Dorne is not as upset about it as she had worried that she might be. She exhales the tiniest of sighs in relief, but it disappears as Dorne announces that she is leaving. Ellie is about to ask ‘where?’ when Mother says that she does not know, and the green-eyed filly turns to her brother to see his reaction.
“Are you going to leave too?” She asks, unable to hide the tremor in her voice. Though she knows that stallions have no real place in the Jungle other than as manservants, the idea of losing both her brother and her mother is more frightening than she’s willing to admit.
Arriving beside her mother, the roan filly tucks her head beneath her mother’s for a moment, smiling happily as she does so. Though she has grown more independent with each passing day, she is still at ease with open affection. Mother has not mentioned her tattoo yet, but as she begins to speak, Ellie realizes that Dorne is not as upset about it as she had worried that she might be. She exhales the tiniest of sighs in relief, but it disappears as Dorne announces that she is leaving. Ellie is about to ask ‘where?’ when Mother says that she does not know, and the green-eyed filly turns to her brother to see his reaction.
“Are you going to leave too?” She asks, unable to hide the tremor in her voice. Though she knows that stallions have no real place in the Jungle other than as manservants, the idea of losing both her brother and her mother is more frightening than she’s willing to admit.