Meadow

Ayiana knew that father would worry, especially if she told him that she planned to visit the main island. Shamwari was a loving sire, deeply concerned for the health and well-being for all his foals. The love likewise spread throughout their herd, each herd member managing to extend the love and loyalty that they felt for the copper prairie king, to one another. The love that they shared all, made for a much tighter family unit, one in which the sickness, death or hurt of another hit harder to home. For Ayiana, ever the thoughtful one, her mind went into overdrive.

Sanibel's sickness quickly spread to the others in her mind, soon, it was not just the pale mare that moved with stiff legs and sullen eyes, but father, mother, Darshan, her brothers and sisters too.

She had hoped that the distance between herself and the prairie might loosen the tight noose that gripped her throat tight. She hoped that the fresh breeze and unfamiliar sights might encourage a sense of adventure to spark joy once more into her soul. However even now, her thoughts drifted back to the ones that she left on Luthien.

The sudden voice of Ryder brings her attention back to the present. Despite herself, Ayiana finds her skin shivering in surprise and she starts forward only to circle back as the familiar face draws recognition. Ryder. It had been months since last she had spent any time with him. Of course she had seen him grazing peacefully alongside his dam but always she found herself caught up chasing after Shamwari or playing babysitter to the twins and never did there seem to be a time for her to be free for her own accord. Until now.

A warm smile spreads across her ash dusted lips as the realization hit her that it was Ryder. No longer is he the small blue and white colt she had once known. It seemed as if overnight, he had transformed into a proud young stallion filled with lean muscle and long windswept locks of black and white. Pale silver blue eyes blink warmly up at him as a gentle nicker purrs from her lungs. "Ryder!" she breathes, her voice a shaken gasp as her small chiseled head is given a shake, doing her best to rid the last of the nervous jitters from her pale yellow skin. "You scared me! I didn't expect to see a familiar face." she exclaimed flicking her growing silver white tail at him playfully. Pale lashes blink slowly over startling blue eyes as her head drops a bit sheepishly, her slender shoulders shrugging meekly. "I did not exactly ask permission to come... but I suppose with your company I have less of a chance of getting into big trouble with dad so... yes, if you're willing... I would LOVE the company." she exclaims, her forelegs prancing beneath her slender frame.