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Hok'ee said nothing else when he left Chu'mana's side. No mention of her carrying foals was needed. The black dapple stallion could smell the change in his beautiful mates scent. He had told her once, that she smelled like she would be a good mother. He knew it, yet he couldn't quite explain how. That same smell was upon her know.

Setting out for barely a day, he first tracked down Vasu', who hadn't wandered too far. Without losing a moment, he caught up to his son and began to speak. He told him that his bright mother, longed to see not only him again, but Yiska and Shadi too.

It might not of been a direct request, but it didn't need to be. Hok'ee would suprise her, if he brought Yiska, Shadi, and Vasu'Raj there succesfully. He couldn't hunt both Yiska and Shadi down, so Vasu was volunteered to aid in his fathers quest. He sent Vasu to find his sister, and said he would find Yiska.

Where to find Yiska? He had no idea. He moved with aimless speed, asking any soquili in the area for a stallion with his handsome face. Yes, he added handsome everytime. Some looked at him with an odd expression, others just chuckled. He did find a mare that had seen him, and used her proximity to get closer to where he might still be.

A huff of air escaped his mouth as he came to a stop. His eyes scanned the lands, and he almost felt lost. He wouldn't quit searching, nor give up hope. Yiska had to be somewhere. At the top of his lungs, he bellowed out his name to the cold lands. "YIIISKAA! WHERE ARE YOU?!" He then stood there, catching his breath. His ears turned wildly, listening for any response.


Startled by the quick approach of another, he turned with a "What tha..." and had time to say nothing more. He just stood there with a blank look on his face as he listened to his father. Vasu couldn't remember seeing his father in such a serious state. There was a deep lain urgency that insisted they all meet together again. He had just seen his mom, but didn't question his fathers motive. He agreed to find Shadi, his sister, and then meet back at his mom.

When his father turned to rush off, he relaxed. He had stood still the entire time his dad was there, not moving so much as a muscle. Now, shruging his shoulders at the task, he turned to walk towards where his sister generally hung out.

With a slow, methodic pace, he traveled the lands. His eyes scanned the grass, but without so much notice. He was thinking about his father, and wondering what was going on to cause him to act in such a way. Wait...it was important that he do this with the seriousness of his father. He picked up his head and quickened the pace of his hoof. Shadi, where are you..? he thought as he scanned the lands for any sign of his sister.

-(insert basket pic that Luna never saved cause she's a slack-butt)-

A cool breeze tickled the senses of the small colts nose, as he pressed it to the weave of his basket. He was listening to his mothers soft voice, and sniffing at her warm words. It never grew old, he could listen forever.

Hok'ee liked to of been startled, but he wasn't. Instead he turned towards his son with one eye on him. "What do you mean 'What'? I was looking for you, and couldn't see you. I was lucky you were so close." his tone was heated just a smidge at his own defense to the yelling. How else would he of found Yiska hiding in the trees? He was lucky indeed.

A breath drew slowly into his lungs as he looked Yiska over. His son was still very handsome, if not more, and that made him proud. Lifting his chin up, he smiled towards the green swirled stallion that held a shade of his own white face. "Yiska, my handsome boy, we need to go to your mother." Seriousness fell on him, with a wave of something important. "I hope Vasu has been as lucky as I, at finding your sister. Unless you know of her whereabouts? Either way, I'm afraid time is running short."

Looking away and off into the clear, a troubled expression pulled at his snow colored face. He was thinking of his children, both the unborn, and the distant.

He turned his attention back to Yiska. "Son, it matters not. At least I found you. You've been closer to your mother than any of us." he commended him. "I'm sure they'll show, and even if they're late, everything will still work out." he assured without giving any details.

"Let's go ahead and head back then." Whipping his head around, he trotted a couple paces, looking back to Yiska before speeding off towards the place of reunion. Hok'ee couldn't help but smile as he ran. It was as if he was floating rather than pounding the ground with his hooves. Cloud 9 would carry him all the way back to his lovely Chu'mana.

Shadi trotted around a grassy area next the outer tree line of the forest. She liked being by the forest, she blended in better in the forest. In the forested she was less likely to be spotted by other soquili, and therefore she was less likely to embarress herself when meeting new soquili.

Though being by herself gave her lots of time to think, she did get rather lonely. She missed the old days when she was little and she always had her brothers there to play with. In those days it seemed she was never alone, though sometimes she had wished she was. Especially when her brothers used to play tricks on her, she knew they were just having fun though.

It had been a while since she had seen her all her family. I really should go back and see them again sometime. She thought to herself as she found a nice spot just outside of the forest and sat down.

Shadi snapped out of her train of thought she was in and looked up quickly when she was nipped at unexpectedly by Vasu. She quickly rose to her feet and laughed lightly, smiling at her brother. "Vasu! I haven't seem you in forever!" She said as she continued to smile at him. "Hey! Who are you calling lazy!" She said as she nipped back at him playfully.

When Vasu said that they needed to go see mom and dad, she didn't know what to think. Part of her wondered when her dad had returned and the other part wondered and worried why they needed to hurry to go and see them. "I hope everything is okay!" She said as she followed after Vasu.

Hok'ee smiled at his son and then pushed forward a few paces, tempting him with speed. It was a great feeling to run next to his full grown son. Turning his head, he curved around the same tree he had seen not too long ago. When he rounded it's edge, he slowed his pace, seeing Chu'mana close by.

With a few short nickers, and quick nods of his head, he greeted his mate. He didn't want to be too loud, and startle the young. Immeadiatly, he saw the baskets beneath her legs. He grinned from ear to ear, a flush sensation welling in his cheeks. It had been just long enough, and almost too long.

Hok'ee tossed a silly grin Yiska's way, studying his face with intent on seeing his first reaction to the baskets.

Vasu' bobbed along towards the destination. "Good to see you too Shadi!"

Trudging through the snow with increased speed, he looked over at Shadi. "I'm sure she's fine!" he assured. He hadn't really thought ill of the situation at all. His mother was imortal in his eyes, and would be till he saw age in her face. However, the fact that his sister tossed the idea of her being okay, made him want to get there faster.

In the clear, a shadow figure, his mother, started to appear. It looked as if she had company. Moving closer, he could see that his father, and Yiska, had already arrived. Vasu gave a light smile, his dad had found his brother after all.

He wasn't close enough to see the baskets...yet..

Hok'ees grin just grew to great lengths as he watched Yiskas reaction. "Mhmm." was his response to everything Yiska might be thinking.

Turning towards Chu, he winked at her with a little lift of his head, turning to look at Vasu and Shadi as they approached.

Vasu stumbled over and then stood close to his family. "So...what's going on? Hey! Yiska!" he hadn't seen the baskets yet, but was glad to see his brother! He looked at the look on Yiskas face, and the wide grin on his fathers. Then, seeing his mothers face, he finally saw the baskets. His mouth formed a sloppy o and his eyebrows raised as high as they could. He looked to the right, then back at his family, all of it... "OooooOoooooh." He got it now. Yes, he felt a little silly for not putting two and two together a whole lot sooner.

Inside the black basket, with the green shaded bottom, the foal listened to all the new voices around him. A fast thud pounded in his ears, as his heart began to race. He had only heard the sound of his mother, and wondered what was going on around him. Pulling into a tight ball, he waited, wanting to hear more of the new voices, but not sure on what to think of them.