Ripping grass with her teeth the aureate tovero banshee grazed idly alongside her twin sister as the sun warmed their backs. Together they had arrived in the forest weeks ago wanting to visit their estranged father who always seemed far too busy to visit them in the peak. Narrow nostrils flare allowing a snort to sweep through them as the thought wafted through her mind. Meradith did not understand why her father refused to visit them after making such a big deal about their mother taking them away to live in the peak. At first being a young girl, Meradith felt angry for she wanted to come back to the forest and live a normal herd life. It was all she dreamt of night after night and often she found herself standing at the highest cliff on the mountain awaiting the arrival of her father who never came.

Ahead of the sisters twigs snapped underneath obvious weight causing Meradith to lift her head with a mouth full of vegetation. Velvet pinners are perked forward as her muscles twitch underneath her pink skin. Bright sea blues watch intently waiting for whatever to come out from the trees to greet them or attack whichever came first but after a few moments of nothing Meradith glanced over at her sister ”what do you think that was?” Her eyes moved away from Moonshine and continued to watch in the direction of where the sound came from. Whatever it was, it is alive for she could hear it’s breathing but Meradith assumed it was just one of her father’s mares roaming. All around them dark puffy clouds hung heavy in the afternoon sky threatening to cover the sun’s warmth that kept the girls warm.

”Moonshine can I tell you something?” her paused now looking back at her sister so Moonshine could have her full attention. ”does it bother you as well that dad never came to visit us back home?” the words rolled off her tongue barely above a whisper meant for only her sissy’s ears. Her heart began to thud against her chest from the sudden adrenaline rush caused by the mysterious noise in the distance. Meradith sighs after moment waiting for her sisters reply before snapping her damp tail across her hind legs. ”I envy you sissy, I wish I was normal” Meradith kept her deep soulful gaze on Moonshine ”maybe if I was I could become the lead warrior in the peak, that’s my dream”

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meradith ; 1 1/2 yrs ; mixed breed ; palomino tovero ;

female ; of the forest ; 15.0 hh wfg

secret's fragile one