As he stepped through the portal the exhaustion of the days journey slinked away as he blinked in the view before him. Golden lights flickered around him reflecting off the bronze plate that now garnished his face and his chest. He started off towards the shadow curtain border, ears perked and attentive. His mane and tail hung in metallic, gun metal blue strands against his obsidian hide. Bronze markings raced in rhetorical patterns of triangles and mazed squares from his shoulders to his flank with the same metallic sparkle.
He made his way to the lake filled with golden globed lights bobbing below the surface. His jaw dropped as he saw his reflection in the silent pool. His body looked fuller, and he looked the image of a worrior. He slowly closed his jaw as he took in the rest of the party event. A soft white glow from another walking in the opposite direction caught his eye. Her beauty enthralled him, his nervous tendencies were replaced by awe and a need to know who she was.
He picked up his speed as he approached her slowing as he closed the distance standing beside the mare, "Hello, beautiful isn't it?" he said referring to Hyaline in it's current state but never pulling his eyes from hers, she was beautiful indeed
JAKUB
and out he came, holding his brothers heel