Vita Nova trudged ahead with careful steps, every few minutes pausing on the uneven, elevated and rocky terrain to assess her daughter's condition. The beautifully brindled chimera filly kept up with her mother for the most part, following obediently in her wake, and only pausing to stare curiously at large, jutting boulders and the occasional flower or low drifting insect. But it was Nyah who spied Oswin and her daughter first, freezing in her tracks as the mare and filly approached in a friendly way. Much to Nova's surprise, Nyah took a deep breath and returned Oswin's whinny with one of her own. It was the first time Nova had ever heard her daughter's ringing voice in such a way, and a smile appeared across her whiskered lips. Nova took a few steps closer to her daughter as she watched Oswin and Klara approach. She bobbed her head happily as they arrived, sending her knotted, silver mane to bounce delicately against her thin neck.
"Hello Oswin. Oh gosh, I've missed you too." The mare said with a wide grin across her lips. She returned the touch with a bump of her own against Oswin's shoulder. Nova was pleased to see how well both Oswin and Klara looked. They were fit, healthy, round. Clearly the Peak agreed with them, she mused silently. She was happy for her sister, that she had found her home and her place here. She was lucky.
Her icy blue stare moved lower to see Klara as she spoke, and Nova's heart fluttered in chest as she admired her sister's daughter. "Why look at you Klara, so big and so strong already!" She said playfully, dropping her muzzle to the filly's topline and breathing in her scent. The bigger she got the more attributes Nova could see that came from Koray. But it didn't bother her as much as she thought it would. So she lets the thoughts come and go quickly. "Klara, meet your cousin Nyah." She said softly, turning to her own daughter now, who leaned delicately against Nova's shoulder. She shot Oswin a glance and a smile, then watched quietly as the two fillies stared at one another.
"Why don't you take her to play in the meadow here?" Nova said, bumping Nyah's rump to urge her forward before bobbing her head eagerly to Klara. Then she turned her attention back to her sister and let out a relieved sigh. She was so grateful to find Oswin, and the Peak, in this moment. For just a fleeting few seconds, she felt safe. She always did when she was around Oswin.
"How are you?"She asks her sister bluntly, and expecting an honest answer. She flicked her tail idly over her haunches and let her gaze drift a bit over their surroundings, now that she felt like she could relax and let loose for a moment. "You know, I always knew this mountaintop was here, but I'd never seen it before. It's pretty."
Vita Nova 4 | Mare | Evaline x Valentine | Smoky Back Splash | 15 hh | © Vinyl |
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