With a part of her wandering around outside of her body, Adelheid’s attention was on high alert. Eyes and ears snapped to the figure that approached. Even more on instinct, her ears pinned back and teeth bared, muscles of her neck coiling to snap at danger. When she recognized her cousin and friend, the dark mare visibly relaxed. She knew Wasp would mean them no harm. Her words, however, had Adelheid’s blue eyes narrowed to bloody red daggers. Glowing like the fu- she bit her tongue and snorted, suddenly all too aware of the filly’s eyes glued onto her. She also snorted, perfectly mimicking her mother. The mare clenched her teeth and forced a smile. -ray… of perfectly cheery and bright sunshine. Seeming to be pleased with this strange change in her mother, the spotted turned from her and looked at the newcomer. Her blazed face was alight with excitement. With a soft squeak she trotted forward, her wobbly legs sending her hooves flying awkwardly high. She reached out with her nose, and before she could touch Wasp, or be touched by her, she kicked up her legs, spun, and went skittering around her mom. After two laps she dashed back, bumped her head against the new mare and flew away again. From her throat, soft squealing noises that would surely one day become giggles ceaselessly escaped her as she frolicked around them.

The look on Adelheid’s face was one of sheer astoundment. As if she was just starting to come to realization of what had happened. Her eyes closed and she exhaled deep as her child pranced to and fro, around and between them. At one point she may have been chasing a cricket or a fly, she may have just been going wherever. Adelheid looked over at Wasp in almost desperation. What am I going to do? Deep in her heart she felt sure she was woefully unprepared to be a mother. With the new title of Codebreaker and her recent return to the Peak, the unrest with the Lagoon, and the war wounds still healing across the land… this was not the place or the world where a child should grow up and Adelheid was terrified she was going to do wrong by the young an innocent soul that now decided resting her full newborn weight against Wasp’s shoulder was the politest thing to do.