Everything was awesome!Taika declared to herself as she scampered down the foothills of the Peak and into the rest of the Crossing. The sky was blue, the sun was shining, birds around her were singing! She kicked up her hooves, raising her voice various pitches, exclaiming to the world that she did not need anyone! Not Rodrigo, not Gler-dee-derd-i-ful, or Ysabellalala-zaninnina. Taika admitted, quietly and secretly to herself, that she might still need her mother. But not today! Today was her day! She had snuck away from the watchful eyes of the adults, and now it was her chance to be be free!
Not even completely weaned from her mother, and having complete confidence in the protective natures of those she had just denounced, the few month old filly threw herself into the world with wild abandon! She stretched herself into her youthful gallup, racing herself, or the wind, or whatever she happened to be wanting to race at the time. As she played with the ‘star god’ Ysabella had mentioned that one time, she pawed at the air with her striped hooves before falling back to them and dashing off in excitement.
Trails rich with the smells of other horses, the filly thundered (as much as a two month old filly could) down whichever path seemed the most interesting at the time. Her her legs had started to show the signs of her father’s influence, dustings of gray starting to swirl up just passed her knees, covering the black hair to make her look she was racing on dark mist. Equally graying ears atop a still black head trained in on a weird noise she heard in the distance. It was not much of a change in direction for the filly to throw herself towards the sound.
As she neared the sound grew louder until it was a thunder. Taika stopped dead in awe at the falls she had discovered. If Geer-ler-di-ferl was a star god, this was surely something from an earth god. Or a water god. Or the ground was sneezing backwards. No matter what it was, she wanted to play with it! Springing forward, she danced and skipped over to the rocks, oblivious to the ideas of slipping and falling into the rocks. She charged a couple of moss covered boulders, smacked them with her hooves, pushed away, spun around, and stuck her nose and tongue out at them once she faced them again.
Taika
Filly ~ Magnus&Taytim ~ 15hh(wfg) ~ Smokey Black Varnish
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