01-04-2019, 02:46 PM
And so she left the Den.
The world was a much bigger place than she realized. At first she tucked herself against her momma, her eyes wide and curious but also a tad bit wary. The fae had told her of course what to expect when she got adopted (it was never if she got adopted, they always told her when she did). They had told her some about the world around her and how big it was, but she hadn’t paid much attention. Too entrenched in her own sorrows of knowing that she was never going to have a family like she saw sometimes wandering near the edges of the border.
She was certainly glad to be wrong about that.
But the farther into their journey the more courageous she got. She took to scamping off away, nosing this and nibbling on that. She paid attention when she was shown the way to get home and when they walked past it, she sometimes would crane her head around to look at it again, committing it to memory. She didn’t talk much on the way home, but she listened and she explored and was just in general more exuberant than she ever had been.
Following the river home seemed like another adventure. The filly was fascinated how the water moved and thrilled with Kensa showed her her tricks. The water was cold but it was fun to splash in the shallows and she laughed. On they walked. Just when she thought they were going to be walking f o r e v e r, momma says they are here! She blinks in awe at the whole of Hyaline laid out for them. She sees sparkling bits of blue in the river and more in the lake. “It’s so pretty.” She says softly, uttering the most she has spoke since the Den. It wasn’t for any particular reason. She had just been quiet for so long that when she did speak it was for a reason.
She smiles at her momma, as her lips brush across her fuzzy mane. Someone else to meet? She blinks at her and then turns to look in the direction that her mom was now looking, noting the way the form in the distance shifted and started to head towards them once she called. Star was nervous, and she tucked herself back against the warmth solid form of mom and waits until the other form makes their way towards them.
The world was a much bigger place than she realized. At first she tucked herself against her momma, her eyes wide and curious but also a tad bit wary. The fae had told her of course what to expect when she got adopted (it was never if she got adopted, they always told her when she did). They had told her some about the world around her and how big it was, but she hadn’t paid much attention. Too entrenched in her own sorrows of knowing that she was never going to have a family like she saw sometimes wandering near the edges of the border.
She was certainly glad to be wrong about that.
But the farther into their journey the more courageous she got. She took to scamping off away, nosing this and nibbling on that. She paid attention when she was shown the way to get home and when they walked past it, she sometimes would crane her head around to look at it again, committing it to memory. She didn’t talk much on the way home, but she listened and she explored and was just in general more exuberant than she ever had been.
Following the river home seemed like another adventure. The filly was fascinated how the water moved and thrilled with Kensa showed her her tricks. The water was cold but it was fun to splash in the shallows and she laughed. On they walked. Just when she thought they were going to be walking f o r e v e r, momma says they are here! She blinks in awe at the whole of Hyaline laid out for them. She sees sparkling bits of blue in the river and more in the lake. “It’s so pretty.” She says softly, uttering the most she has spoke since the Den. It wasn’t for any particular reason. She had just been quiet for so long that when she did speak it was for a reason.
She smiles at her momma, as her lips brush across her fuzzy mane. Someone else to meet? She blinks at her and then turns to look in the direction that her mom was now looking, noting the way the form in the distance shifted and started to head towards them once she called. Star was nervous, and she tucked herself back against the warmth solid form of mom and waits until the other form makes their way towards them.