02-20-2021, 05:46 PM
The light that meets the dark
What? Why had he looked at her like that, with an unspoken question? Cheri caught her distant uncle’s glance and wanted to ask, but more curious about the world outside her home than the world turning inside her relative, she decided to keep the nagging suspicion to herself. Why worry about what he was thinking? If Reave had reservations about her coming along he wouldn’t have invited her, right?
He smiled and Cheri smiled right back.
If he doubted her interest in their little adventure, it was only because he probably didn’t know Cheri very well. She was annoyingly interested in fables, constantly taking off whenever she could in search of fairy glens or magic portals. By day she hunted for treasure in the endless redwood forest, certain that some horse in the past had once left an important relic or memento behind for future residents to uncover. By night, she filled her belly with tales of hidden places beyond their known world, and for dessert she’d lean back and close her eyes, picturing herself mounting snowy summits or unearthing hidden caverns.
The little daughter of a bejeweled, butterfly mare and a goat-bearded, glowing stallion turned out to be a treasure hunter at heart. Her parents knew that much and more about her, but Reave? Maybe he couldn’t tell by first appearances.
Her petite head turned, and Cheri looked out at all that lay beyond the boundaries of their herdland. Loess… A place she’d only memorized and been given memories of; her father and Borderline had traveled outside the once-great Kingdom, never straying inward. What she and Reave were looking at now was as close to anything she’d ever pictured.
“I think it looks kind of empty, you know? Open.” She mused at first, talking while thinking over her answer to Reave's inquiry about the place. “But it’s got a strange beauty to it.” Cheri murmured. Interested, she lifted her black velvet nose to the wind and wuffed at the breeze, enjoying the strange, new smells.
Her uncle-cousin leaned in close, and Cheri flicked an ear towards him, then both eyes. “Um yes, I want to see the hot spring! I can’t believe you -” She huffed out a laugh, stepping past the line-that-strangers-crossed (as if were nothing and her heart wasn’t speeding up just a tiny bit at the thought.)
“- you’ve already been out here before, haven't you? What other secrets do you know about?” She suddenly wanted to know.
He smiled and Cheri smiled right back.
If he doubted her interest in their little adventure, it was only because he probably didn’t know Cheri very well. She was annoyingly interested in fables, constantly taking off whenever she could in search of fairy glens or magic portals. By day she hunted for treasure in the endless redwood forest, certain that some horse in the past had once left an important relic or memento behind for future residents to uncover. By night, she filled her belly with tales of hidden places beyond their known world, and for dessert she’d lean back and close her eyes, picturing herself mounting snowy summits or unearthing hidden caverns.
The little daughter of a bejeweled, butterfly mare and a goat-bearded, glowing stallion turned out to be a treasure hunter at heart. Her parents knew that much and more about her, but Reave? Maybe he couldn’t tell by first appearances.
Her petite head turned, and Cheri looked out at all that lay beyond the boundaries of their herdland. Loess… A place she’d only memorized and been given memories of; her father and Borderline had traveled outside the once-great Kingdom, never straying inward. What she and Reave were looking at now was as close to anything she’d ever pictured.
“I think it looks kind of empty, you know? Open.” She mused at first, talking while thinking over her answer to Reave's inquiry about the place. “But it’s got a strange beauty to it.” Cheri murmured. Interested, she lifted her black velvet nose to the wind and wuffed at the breeze, enjoying the strange, new smells.
Her uncle-cousin leaned in close, and Cheri flicked an ear towards him, then both eyes. “Um yes, I want to see the hot spring! I can’t believe you -” She huffed out a laugh, stepping past the line-that-strangers-crossed (as if were nothing and her heart wasn’t speeding up just a tiny bit at the thought.)
“- you’ve already been out here before, haven't you? What other secrets do you know about?” She suddenly wanted to know.
@[Reave]