The sun was in the middle of the sky. There was no wind in the trees but a noul could still smell the meadows flower and pine needles. It was a sunny warm afternoon that filled the Homewoods with activity and song. It was nice, after being stormy and cold the last few days, to see the sun come out. This was the environment that Dryxel and Twix where happily walking through they to, had needed a brake form the yecky weather.
Much to Dryxel's surprise, him and Twix had gotten along pretty well. Twix still had not talked about how he had come to be abandons and Dryxel did not push the topic. "The young foal will tell me his story when he is ready." Dryxel told himself a number of times. It still greatly angered Dryxel that a Doe or Buck would leave such a healthy foal to fend for himself even if it was the Homewood, there was still plenty of dangers. Shacking his main to clear the thoughts away, Dryxel watch the happy little foal skip just a few paces ahead of him as they made their morning rounds.
Today was different though, today Dryxel need to make a small trip into the ruins. He had not take Twix into the Ruins yet and was not sure he wanted to but he did not want to leave him either. "There has to be a happy middle ground." Dryxel's muse pondered. And then an idea accrued to him. He could take Twix right to the edge of the Homewood and the Ruin. Dryxel did not need to go to far into the Ruins and Twix could still hide in the Homewood but Dryxel could still keep and eye on the foal too. "Yes that would work."
"Ok Twix remember the plan." The happy little foal nodded dutifully. Twix was good that way he knew when to play and when to be serious. "Ok do not go to far. Stay where I can still see you but if any looks strange you hide or run." Dryxel knew the foal knew all this, Twix had been on his own after all. But he could not help but be the father figure he had always been.
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Twix watched his new found caregiver walk off into the Ruins. Dryxel did not need to worry about him but Twix loved that he did. He had been on his own for a while, well not that long but to a foal on your own is to long. Once Dryxel was out of sight, Twix decide he was safe to play around as long as he followed Dryxel's rules.
Before a game could even be started a large Doe with the biggest wings Twix had ever seen appeared before him. "Hello" she said with a kind smile. "My name is Brightheart." Twix had never heard of this doe but he stood in silence watching her as she talked. He still was not sure if she was save of not but nothing gave him the impression that she was not safe. So he just stood and watched. "Well you are quit one." She smiled again. "Because you are a patient and quit one I have a gift for you. I have just recently revived a new familiar. I would like you to care for it." Shock filled Twix's face. "Him? Why him? He was just a foal how could he care for a new familiar?" But she said none of this and simply nodded his acceptance. how could he say no to a grand doe.
turning her head she pulled up and small creature form her back. I was fast asleep as the magnificent doe laid it at Twix's hoofs. Twix looked form the creature to the doe and hoped she would offer some information about the creature but she simple smiled. "I know this creature is in good hoofs." she said and then left him and the creature as she walked back into the Homewood.
Twix stood looking at the sleeping creature for a time. He half excepted it to wake up after being laid on the ground. But it just lay there fast asleep. "Hummm, I wonder what you are?" he question the sleeping creature but no answer was given. "Well I guess you and me are going to best buddies." he continued to talk not sure what else to do and unable to go play, he had a charge to care for now. "I have a new papa too. His name is Dryxel. He found me not to long ago." For the next few hours this is how Twix and the creature interacted, though the creature slept the whole time. That did not seem to affect Twix's chart at the creature in the least.
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