I took the stars from our eyes and then I made a map
and I knew that somehow I could find my way back
Orion shivers uncontrollably as she begins to slowly realize she might not find her mother. She wants to go and find her, but she doesn’t know where she would even start. There was nothing familiar around here that indicated where to go.
Despite once being a beautiful place to the young girl, the forest was beginning to feel like a nightmare. The trees started to turn into monsters. Their branches looked like long arms and sharp claws trying to reach towards her and grab her. Eerie silence surrounded her despite the cries she could not hold back.
Everything was frightening and all she wanted was her mom!
Orion continues to sob. She doesn’t realize how loud she is being until she hears distance hooves. She pulls herself closer into her curled position. Orion tries to quiet down, not sure if the owner of the hooves approaching her are her mom. She remembers that there are monsters in the forest sometimes too.
She keeps her head tucked into her and eyes shut closed. Her cheeks are stained with tear drops, but the tears keep rolling down her cheeks. The sound of hooves is getting closer now, and Orion pulls herself tighter hoping the stranger will be her mother. If not, she hopes they will not see her.
Orion quivers as the hooves stop in front of her. Her cries are still quiet despite feeling the presence of the other horse so close to her. However, the soft warm voice makes her eyes open a little. It isn’t the voice of her mother, but something in the tone of the stranger tells her it will be okay.
She isn’t alone anymore.
Looking up, she meets the gaze of a buckskin mare. Orion blinks for a moment, staring at the mare that introduces herself as Lethia. She doesn’t move for a couple heartbeats. Uncertainty filled her if she should trust the mare who asked for her name. However, the longer she looked into the eyes of Lethia that feeling started to disappear.
“Orion,” she says softly as her body quivers slightly still. “Do you know my mama?” She asks. Maybe her mama had asked her friends to come find her. Orion remembers meeting some of her mama’s friends and the other foals. Maybe Lethia was her mama’s friend.
– Orion –
@[Izora Lethia]