”How does it feel?”

Nymphadora looks up at her sister with a grin. ”Great! I think I could beat you in a race on the beach again.”

Zephyra smirks. One thing that has not changed about her blue twin is that she still loves the beach above any other place. They had both practically lived there in the Cove growing up, as it had been the easiest place for their mother to keep an eye on them. Samara, with her bad shoulder, would not have been able to chase her boisterous daughters around rocks and sparse brush, especially during winter.

It had scared the monochrome sister when Nymphadora had pulled up one day, grimacing at pain shooting through her left shoulder, the same one that their mother had injured. Zephyra had put aside her frosty feelings regarding Orkaan in favor of staying by her sister’s side and nursing her back to health. By mutual unspoken agreement, they had decided not to reignite their argument by alerting Orkaan to the problem, so the pair had retreated to a small corner of the Inlet, away from prying eyes.

Zephyra has snuck away a few times to scout while Nymphadora is asleep, so she knows that Orkaan has disappeared and another stallion has taken his place. Considering that the new guy hasn’t found them yet, the girls assume that he doesn’t know of their existence. While Nymphadora’s shoulder had been healing, they’d preferred it that way, but now that it seems to be healed, they’ve decided that letting the new stallion know of their presence before they’re all trapped here for winter is a good idea.

”Remember not to do too much too soon,” Zephyra says as they trot along, finally leaving their little copse.

”Yes, mother,” Nymphadora replies with a roll of her eyes, cantering ahead for a few seconds as she pretends to be annoyed.

It feels good to be able to tease each other again after Orkaan had put them at odds. It feels even better for the blue roan to be able to move freely after more than three seasons of being mostly immobile. She snorts and tosses her head, laughing as Zephyra catches up with her. They aren’t going anywhere in particular and they aren’t going to go out of their way to call for the stallion since they don’t know who he is, but at this rate, it shouldn’t take long for them to come across someone.