DAWN
i just killed off what was left of the optimist in me
She has to put the horrors of the past behind her if she’s ever to move on, but it’s difficult for Dawn to just simply... return to the carefree golden girl she was in her youth. The day where she ruled the playground with Sunny are long gone – now she rules Pangea with the dark lion, and has responsibilities beyond bossing around the other foals who would frolic with her. As much as she wishes to, she cannot make everyone her friend, and if the bridge has been burnt, she has to learn to accept things the way they're meant to be. She cannot keep dwelling on the mistakes she’s made; she can only look forward to the progress she is making.
One day, when all of this is through, she likes to think that she will return to Hyaline, to retire in the land that she loves the most. The Cove is lovely, and surrounded by the ocean and black-sand beaches, but it was Hyaline she fell in love with as a child, getting drunk on the stories Rhaegor would tell her of the mountains and the forests and the lake. When she had arrived there, she had believed that nothing could disrupt her future there, until the plague struck and drove them out. Out of fear she had fled to the Cove, and look at her now. What other lands will she reside in, before this is all done?
As much as her mind is wandering, she never breaks gaze from Valek and his handsome, confident grin, finding herself unable to stop smiling in return. He invites her to Hyaline and she suddenly feels like a child again, sneaking off to romp around and have fun. The playfulness in her eyes matches the mischief in his and she laughs, a carefree sound echoing around them. “Let’s go, then,” she tells him, knowing that she’s in dangerous water now, but not caring all the same. “Wanna race?”
And with that she is off, giggling like a child as she races across the open ground towards the one place she’s ever felt truly at home.
@[Valek]