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Seraph had escaped from his family in the early morning hours, leaving no one the wiser, not even his siblings as he wandered off to well, wander! His parents were happy enough, but Seraph felt the need to go off by himself, for once. Staying with family was pleasant, but one enjoyed their freedom after all, and Seraph was no different in that regard.

Finding refuge in the shade of the trees, Seraph darted back and forth between the shade and the scorching sun before he reached a large clearing. His legs still a bit wobbly, but Seraph was sure that he'd have it corrected in no time! With a little practice, everything would be fine.

And how fun! In fact, it seemed that Seraph would never see the entire world, if he kept on stumbling into new places. A lone figure, quite oddly colored caught his eye in the lush green of the meadow, as Seraph wandered over. Willing to leave the safe refuge of his shade, he greeted cheerfully, "Hiya!". Being the foal he was, he didn't take into account that what he greeted may not want to be his friend -- but everybody wanted to be friends! Right?

The colt was looking down -- an idea he wasn't acustomed to being the small stature he was. Normally well, he was always looking up at something or someone taller! So it was noticed that he was visily relieved when the other foal stood up to meet eye to eye with him. When the other filly asked about his morning excusion, Seraph was glad to answer, "Exploring, of course!". Seraph looked so proud to be saying that (the poor thing D: ANYWAYS BACK TO RP) with a big smile.

Eyeing her with a watchful eye, he noticed her dark colors with such a shade of yellow hair that he had never seen before, considering his parents were shades of blues, whites, and black. In addition, he looked brimming with curiousity at the thought of why she had wings in the first place. However, all of his thoughts were forgotten when the filly answered why exactly she was out. "Freedom." he nodded with a sage smile, looking all of beyond his young age, which made him look, well, funny!

"Too bad." Seraph had a half frown on his own face, after hearing the other filly's expectations and her feeling of sore disappointment. He could almost understand it. Maybe freedom wasn't all it was made out to be? .. or perhaps it was..? This was a thought that Seraph would have to ponder. "Maybe it's just delayed?" The little colt suggested, with a half smile.

"Oh, his name? His mind blanked out for a brief momennt, until he realized that the other was waiting for his answer. "Seraph!" He answered, just as happily as her. "Pascale, it's a pretty name." He nodded after a few thoughtful moments. "Then we can play together!" Seraph did have his other siblings, but meeting new people was always eventful, and so much more exciting! "Well, that solves the problem of your loneliness and laziness then."

"Afraid?" Seraph glanced over at Pascale, stopped in his track by her words. Taking a longer look at her, he replied, "I guess I should be. I mean, you have wings and stuff! But.." Seraph had to think for another few moments before he could answer. "You don't .. have a scary feeling. You know?" He kicked a small pebble in his path casting his gaze downwards. "But you don't want to bite me, do you?" Seraph confirmed. "If you did so anyways, we're friends already, so you're excused!" It was a gallant gesture for a foal, but Seraph couldn't help but want to wipe the sad look off her face. Nobody wanted to be sad. "Of course I don't mind!"

Now, he was trying to rack his brain for something fun to do at her question. First things, first. "Come on! Lets get out of this sun. If we stay in it any longer, we might melt." He looked mournfully from the sun to himself and Pascale, the sincerity of his voice showing that he did indeed believe in what he was saying. Trotting over to his sanctuary of shade that he had accompanied before, waiting patiently for Pascale to join him.

"Family members?" his eyes moving over to her, he tried to recall his other siblings. "Me too!" He replied in wide-eyed amazement, when he heard of her other siblings. "I have a brother and a sister. We don't look very different though. My mommy is white. My daddy is white. So we're all white too!" His father, Kai and mother, Nixsi seemed nervous at first, Seraph remembered vaguely. Still, they were trying their best.

Startled by the compliment, Seraph could only reply, albeit it with a pleased smile, "Hasn't anybody ever told you that you're the nice one? And No no. My brother and sister never talk. It's fun to have a friend that does! Besides." His mouth bared into a grin. ". Is that what crazy is?" Seraph heard the term before, but no one would explain it to him. How rude!

"That sounds like a good idea." Seraph admitted, partially relieved by the thought that she wouldn't bite him. Not that he'd thought she would, Pascale was proving to be a much better friend than Seraph had ever thought. "We are friends." He confirmed, throwing back his sky colored mane tipped with black.

"Out there..?" Now it was Seraph's turn to think when she tried to explain the odd term. "No, I don't think you're crazy at all! If you talk lots and lots, you'll make many friends like me!" Seraph made light of the term, thinking that friends expanded far and wide. Well, his range did, including the Pascale now. Sometimes, even a rock was a friend .. well, now he wasn't too sure of that. But oh well! It was hardly a topic for a foal to debate whether an inanimate object was a friend or not.

"You can't pick your own family, but thats what makes it interesting!". Seraph chuckled heartily at Pascale's thoughts on her family. "I'd prefer that over a stuffy family any day!"

However, he looked puzzled at the brother trying to imitate his father. That thought had never occured to Seraph, although it may have to his brother Sestos. he didn't know, actually. "That's funny. You should just be you, instead of your father!" Seraph shook his head, disagreeing with Pascale's brother's actions. But what he wanted to do, he could, Seraph leaving the topic alone. "Oh, oh! On fighting, I've learned that its good at long as it doesn't go BOOM! or BAM! Its all good!" Seraph's sound effects added humor to the small colt's words, he himself having a big grin because of it.

"Oh? You don't play? Hmmm." Seraph looked up at the sky, pondering. When he looked back at Pascale, she was already looking down a bit shamedly. "Hey now, don't look so sad. It can't be helped." He said comfortingly to the filly, his black eyes having no trace of censure, or even pity. In fact, he just looked thoughtful. "Lets play .. Find the object! We'll see who gets it the fastest, they get a point if they get it first. and whoever has the most points win!"

(LOL. SORRY FOR THE UNORIGINAL NAME T__T;;;;; Tag, or hide n seek just didn't appeal sad )

"That is certainly true." Seraph chuckled, taking her words at face value. It indeed, was one of the better things in life to be able to choose friends. Sestos and Shiranai was not someone he would have wished for as siblings, initally, but he admitted, he was getting used to them. "But don't worry! I'll always be on your side. After all, thats what a friend does."

His face lit up at the enthusiasm at his game. He had been worried for a second there! He didn't know if Pascale wanted to play or not. So he was sure glad when Pascale agreed, since they could both have fun together!

The proposed suggestion caused Seraph's eyes to widen, as he settled back into thoughtfulness, "A flower?" Seraph took an abashed glace at the field around them. Indeed, a flower would be suitable for their first conquest! Not too easy, and not too difficult, either! "All right then!" Seraph nodded in eager encouragement. "On the count of three then, let's go look!"

"One.... two.... three!" His voice said the last number as loud as it could, before he darted off. "Flower, flower~~" He sung in a sing song voice, bending down, nosing about in hopes of finding the flower he was supposed to find. Um. Well. It had petals, right? Hopefully, Seraph could find it somewhere!

"Of course, I won't give up!" he heard Pascale, crystal clear like glass! Her challenge only made him more motivated, if he wasn't enough already! But sometimes, motivation wasn't all one needed. Well, not in the pursuit of a flower, anyways. Seraph blinked at what surrounded him. Grass, twigs, leaves, and dirt seemed to be the normal objects for today. He began to look doubtful, raising an eyebrow at the lack of flowers in the wide meadow.

As Pascale yelled another warning, about herself this time, Seraph tilted his head, trying to observe. "I think you had better be prepared for something, if not yelling." A grin accompanied his words. Privately, getting dirty was a necessity of such conquest!

She trotted along, reminding Seraph that he needed to get moving too! Standing around wasn't going to do him any good. But maybe the solution to his problem was looking elsewhere in the meadow! Seraph told himself this happily. In a meadow like this, he would have to find something sometime! He trotted over to another part of the meadow with a smile, eyeing everything in his sight critically.

Pascale's shout made Seraph trot over there, to the spot she was motioning at, as quickly as he could. This caused a few stumbles of course! But he found himself face to face with what was, indeed, a white flower. It was standing there, so poised, and elegant, despite it's size. "Does this mean you win already?" Seraph narrowed his eyes, looking somewhat put out. His cheeks had puffed out, wondering if their game was to end so quickly.

"Lets find another one!"

"Yeah!" Seraph said excitedly, nodding somewhat violently to agree with the added challenge. "I bet we'll both find them at the same time!" Seraph probably was competitive .. but not the point of insensitivity. However, he always found himself scolded by his father or mother. Go figure!

But like the filly, the colors were nowhere else to be found. Seraph had gone to the extent of nosing through some weeds to search for a hidden flower. But even that ended up in futile. "Y'know, I thought this would be somewhat easier." He wasn't commenting to anyone in particular, using his hoof to paw mindlessly.

He heard Pascale's question, louder than he thought he would, figuring that they were pretty close. Had he wandered over? Probably. Her wobbly legs didn't escape Seraph, looking sheepish when he realized that he wasn't in much of a better condition. They had overdone it.. but it hadn't seemed like it! Fun made time pass by more quickly, he told himself happily.

Walking over, Seraph putting the mission to find a flower aside. He relaxed, letting himself fall into the soft patches of grass near Pascale. Pulling a tuft of the fine greenery up, he munched on it nonchalantly while he listened to the filly's complaint and questions. "I don't actually know.. Maybe the meadow doesn't want us picking its flowers, so it hid them all." That would explain it very well! If meadows could do that.. but that didn't occur to a foal's simple minded ways of thinking. "And maybe a bit too much exercise? Hopefully, we'll have enough strength to get back!" .. well, if they didn't,that wouldn't be pleasant. Not pleasant at all, Seraph wincing when he thought about it!

"Lets make sure we do get back then."