Eyes of milk chocolate carefully examined the seawater that swirled around her striped hooves. Soft nose brushed its salty surface and her attention was drawn out to the deeper waters. She took in large breaths, so many desires at war within her still small body. It was a clear day and where she stood she could see the shores of Tinuvel. By her feet, the waters were tranquil, inviting, and seductive to her adventurous soul. Her longing to jump into the water, find the islands her friends had spoken of, made her body tremble. Goblins of forests, and giants that were as tall as trees! She wanted to find them, to see them, to introduce her faeries to them! All she needed to do was step into the ocean current!
But it was one of the few things she had promised her mother. She would not leave the island without her, or without another adult. Deep down, Taika knew this was one thing she should obey. No matter how the waves called to her.
Soft ears flicked at a sound down the beach and her attention was drawn away from the sweet calls of the sea. She watched a stallion pull himself from the water. For a moment he looked around, and she watched him curiously, wondering if he would be one that would play with her, or if she should go back to thinking about swimming between the islands instead. He threw his feet into the air and took off running. Taika’s eyes widened in excitement, her following actions mirroring his almost exactly. Laughter peeled from her lips and she raced in his wake, her size making her quiet compared to his full grown gallup. She giggled to herself, pretending she was racing and keeping pace with the big stallion, creating a race of the ages that he did not even know he was running.
Each of the lands of the Crossing passed her gaze without a second thought. Grey peppering starting to take over her body that was otherwise so colored like her mother’s, and the sun sinking deep into her mane and tail, the filly looked as though she had been one of the shadowed autumn trees come to life. Her excitement grew as they came nearer the falls, her very favorite place to be. Gaze locked straight ahead, her smile flared up her face and into her eyes as water washed over his large body. Unwilling to stop, or perhaps her excitement made her unable to, she barreled into the wall of water, a high pitched whinny of happiness escaping her. No fears or worries clouded her mind as she jumped and splashed in circles around this stranger who had raced her. Spinning, she threw her own hooves up and pounded them down into the water, trying to splash at yet another instant friend.
Taika
Filly ~ Magnus&Taytim ~ 15hh(wfg) ~ Smokey Black Varnish
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