09-12-2016, 12:31 PM
Each step away from the Mountain and towards the new land seems filled with hope. Beqanna had taken heed of their petition and has granted them another chance at a home.
This one, Kreios is sure they will not lose.
This one, he is sure will be everything they need.
The snow is deep, and so the pale stallion leads the way, pushing through the icy accumulation with his broad chest to clear a path for the rest of his family. He is grateful for the hours of exercise he has spent, and for the luck of size he had inherited from his sire and dam. They are going steadily downhill, and the trees around them grow more numerous and -strangely - less barren.
At first he assumes that the first leaves are remnants from the fallen, a few stubborn clusters of leaves that had refused to fall with the turn of the season. But as they progress further in the direction that the fairy had sent them, the leaves grow more numerous. As the trees become more dense, the snow is far shallower.
Eventually it is gone entirely, and Kreios lifts his head to look at the canopy overhead. It is dark, covered in snow, but there is just enough light to see that the full bloom of autumn leaves is what has kept the snow off the ground. By the time they reach the heart of the new land, the noonday sun seems like barely more than twilight around them. He places one last hoof forward, and the fading sense of "this way" that the fairy had given him fades away entirely.
Certain that they have reached the right place, the spotted stallion turns back to the family and friends who had followed him here, to the individuals who are as eager for a fresh start as he is.
"Well," he says, looking over each familiar face with a smile, "This is it. The land that Beqanna has given us."
The place is vast, full of unexplored land. What wonders might they find here?
"Perhaps we should take a moment to rest," he suggests, knowing the the journey through an unfamiliar and frozen Beqanna was not easy on any of them. "And then we can decide what to do with this second chance."
@[Jedi] @[Raxa] @[Neoma] @[Blazed] @[Ygritte] @[Wessex] and of course everyone else.
the poll is also up to vote on the new name of our land :)
This one, Kreios is sure they will not lose.
This one, he is sure will be everything they need.
The snow is deep, and so the pale stallion leads the way, pushing through the icy accumulation with his broad chest to clear a path for the rest of his family. He is grateful for the hours of exercise he has spent, and for the luck of size he had inherited from his sire and dam. They are going steadily downhill, and the trees around them grow more numerous and -strangely - less barren.
At first he assumes that the first leaves are remnants from the fallen, a few stubborn clusters of leaves that had refused to fall with the turn of the season. But as they progress further in the direction that the fairy had sent them, the leaves grow more numerous. As the trees become more dense, the snow is far shallower.
Eventually it is gone entirely, and Kreios lifts his head to look at the canopy overhead. It is dark, covered in snow, but there is just enough light to see that the full bloom of autumn leaves is what has kept the snow off the ground. By the time they reach the heart of the new land, the noonday sun seems like barely more than twilight around them. He places one last hoof forward, and the fading sense of "this way" that the fairy had given him fades away entirely.
Certain that they have reached the right place, the spotted stallion turns back to the family and friends who had followed him here, to the individuals who are as eager for a fresh start as he is.
"Well," he says, looking over each familiar face with a smile, "This is it. The land that Beqanna has given us."
The place is vast, full of unexplored land. What wonders might they find here?
"Perhaps we should take a moment to rest," he suggests, knowing the the journey through an unfamiliar and frozen Beqanna was not easy on any of them. "And then we can decide what to do with this second chance."
@[Jedi] @[Raxa] @[Neoma] @[Blazed] @[Ygritte] @[Wessex] and of course everyone else.
the poll is also up to vote on the new name of our land :)