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Vapor condensed into a light mist as a grey colored mare breathed heavily from galloping at top speed away from home. She watched both her breath form in the still chilly air. Though it was almost spring there were still days where the weather was ridiculously cold. But Sienna didn’t mind the cold. After all, she and her siblings were born in the winter. Her red eyes looked into the distance as she tried to hastily spot some sign of being tracked by her mother’s new familiar. Because the young filly didn’t really talk, Horo would always chase her down and act like such a hindrance. But, she did suppose that it was even more bothersome that she acted more or less like a mute.

Sighing to herself, the young filly turned and began to walk the other way. The grass beneath her hooves crunched as the last bits of frost broke beneath her. This is going to be a long day... Sienna thought to herself.

Sienna’s striped face suddenly turned around to look behind her as she thought she heard something streak through the grass like some unknown entity. Staring at the frosted grass, the filly raised one eyebrow and looked on confused as to what was going on. Please don’t be Horo, please don’t be Horo! She kept thinking to herself. Unknowing to Sienna, she was about to bump into the nearby mare as she accidentally continued to walk while looking behind her. Her ears perked up suddenly as she turned her head around in time to see a mare right in front of her. Slightly rearing up a little, Sienna bounded a few steps back to avoid the soquili in front of her, almost tripping up her feet in the process.

As things quieted down a bit, Sienna looked at the mare with her dark red eyes and simply bowed her head with a sheepish face in a gesture of "I'm Sorry". Gah! Oh can I be so clumsy!? The filly shouted to her self in her mind.

The filly was still deeply embarrassed by her actions. Some daughter of a war horse she was… Her mother would have probably been ashamed of her and her inability to notice what was in clearly in front of her. Sheepishly, Sienna listened to what the mare had to say and noticed the unique mane ornament that she possessed but didn’t think about it for too long. At the mare’s latter question, the filly shrugged her stripped shoulders and lightly nodded in reply. Pretty much, the mare got the gist of what was going on.

Dark red eyes watched the mare as she observed not only the area around her but Sienna as well. The young filly wasn’t sure what to make of such a gesture. When she was young, she easily got annoyed and angry at the silliest things. Even today, she couldn’t quite let go of certain grudges that had built up even though it wasn’t really the other’s fault. It was a habit that she was trying to work on. She was going to get around fixing it… Eventually… Listening to the mare’s musical voice, Sienna sighed contently and nodded rather happily in agreement. Her eyes gazed up at the sky, noting the wonderful hue that came with winter.

A thoughtful and rare smile crossed over the filly’s face as she looked at the mare as a reply of sorts to her thoughts on the snow and hooves. Vieno… That’s a nice name, Sienna thought. The filly opened her mouth slightly buy hesitated for a moment. An awkward expression crossed over her face and she started to panic a little bit. How was she going to respond?!

“Her name’s Sienna!” A playful, but well meaning voice rang out from the grass. Red eyes glimmered as a quiet cackle of sorts escaped a brown and white colored wolf who watched the gray filly jump a bit because she was startled. The wolf calmly walked from the grass and looked at the two soquili with a funny smile. “And I’m Horo the Wise at your service Ms. Vieno.” She bowed her head to the palomino mare. “Sorry I startled you,” Horo replied cheekily.

“Oh ho ho…” The she wolf chuckled to herself. Amara’s child always met some interesting characters. “I look forward to the day when you’ll startle me Vieno.” Horo, despite her rather eerie looking eyes, smiled pleasantly at the older mare. “Well, we know each other to a certain extent, although Sei is still trying to get used to me. You see, I’m her mother’s companion and since Sei here doesn’t exactly talk, I end up having to deal with baby sitting and translating duties.”

Sienna grumbled and pouted a bit as the she wolf chattered away quite happily. The filly flattened her ears and stared at the wolf for a long time, as if she were trying to engage the other in a staring contest. She didn’t exactly mind the nickname Sei that her mother had given her but the wolf… well the wolf was a bit too cheeky for her own liking… and the fact that this wolf understood their language so well was also rather odd.

Realizing the air of competition was upon her, Horo suddenly turned to Sienna and looked at the filly with eyes, determined not to lose this little battle that they were having. Silence passed by for a few seconds until finally both wolf and filly blinked at the same time. “Phew! Man… I was SO close to winning!” Horo pouted playfully.

Eerie red eyes gazed over at the elegant mare as the she wolf simply smiled and shrugged. “Well, even though I don’t know Sei all that much, you start to understand her language after a while. She makes obvious gestures when she’s trying to convey something. Like bowing her head down when she’s either sheepish or sorry.” Horo paused for a moment in thought, thinking about something else. “Of course, despite the years that I’ve lived, I don’t know everything… but, more or less, I do know Sienna at least!”

Sienna rolled her dark red eyes in reply to the she wolf. Ugh. Horo can be some annoying at times! She thought to herself. The two were very much like siblings, though neither would admit such a thing. Carefully walking up to the wolf, the filly lowered her head to n** at the wolf’s ear to keep the Horo in check but she did it with a light, playful manner. Turning to look at Vieno again, Sienna smiled at the mare and pointed her head towards the sky again. Dark red eyes watched wispy clouds slowly moved toward the west where the winds carried them.

“Yes, yes,” the wolf replied playfully. “Sei should be grateful for being accompanied by such a wonderful wolf with such a fine tail!” Horo grinned at the mare but took note that one of Sienna’s ears flattened a bit onto her head in a disapproving manner. With a laugh and chuckle, the she wolf let up her ranting. “All right, all right. I joke, I joke!” Horo smirked with an easy going face and decided to look up into the sky along with Sienna and the mare. The sky was certainly wonderful here… but it was very beautiful up in the North as well… The she wolf desired to return to her home in the North, but due to a promise that she made with Sei’s mother, that would have to wait a bit. After all, she was not one to go back on a promise.