Yawning Hakumei stirred from her nap, the warmth of the noon sun drifting past the few hazy clouds to caress the young mare's soft blue back. Graceful ears flicked lazily as awareness returned. She rarely stopped for long, but the mare had been on the hoof for days and had decided that this area was a good place to stop briefly to rest. The grassy flat was surrounded by open forest, the rare of the flat backing onto a small cliff not much taller than Hakumei herself with a mini-waterfall streaming down the face to splash into a small but fairly deep pool.
Shaking her head she roused herself from the blissful nap that the sun's warmth had produced and stepped forwards, walking gracefully to the edge of the small pool. Dipping her head, her curly silken mane drifting forwards along her neck, she drank daintily.
Once her thirst was quenched she stepped forwards, walking into the cool clear water, the sides of the pool sloped gradually and provided an easy entrance at the front most section. She wadded deeper, until the water lapped half way up her sides then stopped as it got much deeper right at the base of the small cliff.
Smiling she dipped her head, submerging her muzzle in the sweet water before suddenly swinging her head round, splashing the cool liquid over her back. It felt glorious!
