Singing Springs

[Sukosh]

Faliverana laughed happily with the spring as the wind murmured through the leaves. Running alond its path, feeling the breeze tug at her main, watching the earth fly beneath her feet was wonderfully joyous. Swift, sweet, sure, she raced on, her voice ringing as a song as it danced over the sunlit leaves and blended with the humming stream.

[Stormelle]

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Etem'li'lisen glidded through the sky flapping his wings ever so often, with the wind he didn't hav to flap his wings as much. Non the less Etem gave a small smile to the familar sight of the orchards' trees.
Sighign greatfuly as he landed and folded his wings to his sides he could her the humming of the stream but it was not alone. His ears pricked he tooka few steps forward. Breathing deeplyhe trotted happily over to the stream and began to drink deeply humming softly to himself. The weather was magnificent and not to mention he had his own family now. Last he'd been her he'd been the only off spring of his father and felt slightly alone until he'd started his own charity.
He'd started it with a beautiful blue mare that he'd meet by traviling with his care taker. Stormelle had been here at the orchard to meet with her friend Arriaki. Arriaki was the care taker of Anatha'Kitesh.Smiling at the though he lifted his head and took a step back as a mare came running toward him.

[Sukosh]

OOC| Wow, he's marvelous!!

BIC| Running, laughing, singing, Faliverana raced along her path, challenging the stream in speed and grace as her hooves moved with the velvet sounds of earth beneath them. How wonderful to be out and about! As of yet she'd met hardly any other living creature, and certainly no other like herself, though her caretaker did promise company as soon as it could be found. For now, it was bliss to simply be in this land called the Orchard.

As she moved she studied everything, from the shape of the leaves to the pebbles that lay alond the bottom of the streambed. So many differences could be found from home that it amazed her. There was nothing, however, quite as amazing as nearly knocking over another creature, a male that was like herself but with a certain air of life about him. Oh dear, the silly mare had let things get away from her again.

She offered a rather uncertain smile as she fumbled backwards, splashing backwards into the stream only to spring forward with a delighted laugh. The breeze toyed randomly with her main when she finally stilled, a little smile apparent at the corner of her lips as she held back a giggle of sheer delight. How wonderful to make a friend!

"Hi, I'm Faliverana, sorry for almost running into you. I was so busy looking at everything else that I wasn't looking where I was going!" With a characteristic laugh she flicked her tail free of the last of the stream water, eyes glowing with delight as her laugh made several birds break into a moment's song. She had to laugh agian as a whippoorwill took flight overhead, calling its song to the heavens for all to hear. How she loved nature's music! And how sweet and tender was the music her own voice lent to the melody.

[Stormelle]

OOC| *hugs him* Thanks! ^^

IC| Etem smiled and nodded his head in greeting, " Etem'li'lisen, it's plesure to meet you Faliverana." Etem fell silent for a moment his eyes seeming to smile as he watched the whippoorwill take flight.
" So what bring you to the orchard Faliverana?" he said swishing his tail back and fourth with delight. He hadn't expected to run into another Paint but he was sure happy he had.
Etem waited for her to answer letting his mind wander to one of the other paints back home. She often sang a song to the young fouls of Stormie's Realm. Although mainly to her daughter who had passed it on to her two children. He often heard them humming it and without thinking he began to hum the tune. It was like wind but gental and sweet.

OOC| ><'' I always talk about this song..i really need to give it life...<<...>>...Like atleast words....Hmm...*wanders off thinking*

[Sukosh]

OOC| *laughs* Yea, I agree. I did something like that once, and as soon as I decided to use a song I wrote one. It's just called The Luliby, but I like it.

BIC| "Oh, I just wanted to see who I'd run into," Verana said absently, and then laughed at her own pun. "The music of the stream got away with me though. And such a lovely song you sing! I'm almost sure you share your home already, to know a song such as that. I feel lonley at times, with naught but the little creatures I befriend."

With that she pranced around for a moment, eyeing the stream before taking a great bounding run and clearing it like an arrow shot from the strongest of bows. Delighted, she raced back to land beside this strong male, and then lifted her head as an idea struck her. "My caretaker says I tend to be random, and I suppose this is just proof, but would you care for a dare? I bet you can't jump as I just did. What with those amazing wings, You must not use your legs that often."

Tossing her head happily, she waited for a responce, greatly willing to see in which event he would beat her. Oh, there were so many! But if she could only fly as he......No, she loved running. Moving in the winds as they tore at the earth or slapped the seas against the beach. To run, for her, was to live.

[Stormelle]

Etem relizing what he'd been doign stopped humming and listened to her, " Yes, along with my father there are several others. My Caretaker tends to just loves us a little to much sometimes." he said with a laugh.

He watched her jump grinning and ajusting his wings so they where tighter to his side. " Well, you shall see." he said smiling at her and take a step bacvk from the stream. As he jumped you could see the muscles in his legs bunch and then release, he cleared the stream with room to spare. " I may use my wings a lot but my legs are my main. After all if I flew around all the time I wouldn't be able to greet the people who visit my pasture and my charity."

Tossing his heasd with a smile on his face he quikly went back to the other side of the stream and grined, " Now, shall we race?" he said relizing he had a sudden burst o energy that he didn't know where it came from but where ever it had he wanted to use it.

[Sukosh]

What a delightful idea! "Oh, yes, I'd love to run! After seeing how strong your legs are I'm not so sure I'd win anymore, but I am fleet!" And this much was true as her long, supple body rippled in eagerness to prove her claim. There wasn't great power in her limbs, but there was grace and length, and that would most certainly come in handy. Such was her eagerness that she forgot her hundred questions on living with others, and in a charity.

[Stormelle]

Etem smiled, " Then shall we?" he asked nodding his head in the direction they were facing seeming to say, 'Shall we go this way?'

OOC| brain fart...><

[Sukosh]

OOC| *laughs* Don't worry, we've all been there

BIC| Very nearly shivering in her eagerness, Verana let her limbs streatch low to the ground, felt the earth beneath her and the sky above, and determined to fly between the two as if they were one. With a short, ringing laugh, she started off, her long body flowing easily through the air. It was always best to simply start slow, to warm up, and she did. Even so, a greyhound would have been hardpressed to match her as of yet. Oh, how she loved to run!

[Stormelle]

Etem grinned his dark eyes shinning as he lept forward running side along with Verana. He was un sure wha to say, after all he didn't often speak with anyone but the members of his charity.
Forwning slightly he came to a slow stop not even relizing what he was doing Etem eyed the ground in thought.

[Sukosh]

Looking back to see how well her new friend was doing, Verana slowed, then turned, still moving swift and sure as the wind since part of her still expected to run. She had just been starting to warm up, but something seemed to be wrong.....

"Oh, well what is it," she asked as if in responce to some statement. There was still a half smile on her face, one that hoped for good things, but her eyes glittered with concern. As sweet as her voice was, her heart was even more so. Perhaps she shouldn't have started so fast....After all, her warm up speed was quite different from the others she'd seen, not that they were many. Trotting lightly, she joined Etem's side and followed his gaze, tilting her head as she studied the ground. "What happened," she asked again, wondering what is was about that little patch that could have made him stop.

[Stormelle]

Etem starteled back to life his ears pricked, " Sorry, just thinking." he said with a sweet smile then grinning burst forward and bega to run again baring his worries for later.

[Sukosh]

Laughing, Verana rushed forward, calling out as she drew closer, then even with him, working once again into her warm up stride. "Oh, you tricked me! How cleaver!!" After a few more paces her stride lengthened until she seemed to streatch flat over the earth, the wind tearing at her mian and fighting with the brook for dominance over her ears. Ah, he could trick her, but she could run!!

[Stormelle]

He grinned and bond out from the tree coverage, opening his great wings he took a leap, " Shall we try something diffrent?" he questioned her witha wink and then speed up his wings beating fast.
The sensasion of flight, ahaa, if he didn;t have it he didn't know what he would do. Flyig was something he'd loved ever since he was a small coalt. When he'd been with his mother he'd cased after the butterflies longing to fly with them. But with the wings he'd had then he could only leap and bound after them.

[Sukosh]

"Oh!" Verana called, her laughter tinckling through the sound of wind and water as she rushed along in his shadow. Now this was a picture; in fact, it was very simular to something that had happened at home once, a dragon and tiger friend racing over the land to see who would get the honor of being named realm greeter. She stayed in his shadow as the tiger had, and tossed her main happily as she moved from a swift gallop to a full out run, pulling ahead by a nose, then a head, the light shimmering over her coat as the land blurred beneath her. This was the most fun she'd had in a while, and her heart sang with her laughter as they each flew over the land in their own way.