[open] Ninety Three Percent Stardust || Julia & Any

[Starsonder]

Trotting flank-to-flank with her older sister, Starsonder holds her head a little higher than she has ever held it before. The grasslands of Tephra make the journey easy, and the young mare seems to nearly float above the soft, forgiving earth.

She dares a glance up into Julia's face, the other girl was older and still a bit taller than the apricot filly, a gap that in height that wouldn't last long. The sunlight catches the tendrils of her sister's blue mane and Starsonder gives into the impulse to reach out to briefly take one between her teeth.

"Have you been here before? To Sylva?" She asks, happy to take her answer on the fly and never breaking stride as the words sneak out between breaths. This was the most ground she had covered in one day, and they were only just to the border.

The feel of the earth below her hooves changes and Starsonder slows to a walk. Her tapered ears prick forward, alert, ready to swerve towards any sound. But the woodland seems quiet.

Her honey eyes once again look to Julia for guidance, did they just... walk in?

"Do you know anyone from here?" Her bravado is suddenly tempered as cool, damp air rolls out between the trees. But she swallows the tremor in her voice, unwilling to spoil the fun or turn back.

And then, the world goes dark.

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