The morning sun shone on the meadow, beams of sunlight dancing upon the still-wet grass. It was not droplets of dew, but large swathes of slippery grass, soaked through by the last night's storm and churned to mud. A gentle arching rainbow was fading slowly from the sky, a promise of something better to come that was no longer needed now that dawn had arrived.
Some creatures chose to avoid the mud. They didn't want it to get on their coats, or they just didn't like the instability of it beneath their hooves.
Some creatures were still sleeping, finally sleeping now that the thunder clouds had rolled on.
And some creatures... well, at least a particular stallion by the name of Kahana Kei, chose to play in the mud.
His laughter rang out to the sky as he slipped throughout the meadow. It was rare for him to be so exuberant, but he had extra energy pent up from hiding from the storm all night. He had taken a nap yesterday, so he hadn't really needed the extra sleep.
Splattered with mud and laughing, he would appear crazy to those who couldn't hear the note of joy and see his happy expression.
The only thing that would make this day better was a little company!
