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Parvati sighed deeply as she looked out the entrance of the cavern’s tunnel. Well this certainly wouldn’t do as she kicked a little pebble out into the rain. It had been raining all day and the foal was getting pretty sick and tired of it. She wanted to go out and explore—take a break from the training and lectures. Not to mention she had met a little foal and wanted to see if perhaps she could find her again. But there was no way Parvati was going anywhere with it raining outside. She made a face as she kicked another small rock and turned around. Maybe she could find something interesting to do within the safety of the mountain. There were many caverns that had yet to be explored. What a wonderful opportunity! Parvati’s spirits were back up and she trotted inside the mountain with high hopes that there was something to do.

Parvati walked along the corridor with her head dipped down a bit. All she wanted was the sun to come out so that she could go sneak off and see that other foal--Solstice. She wondered if the little filly was already standing out there in the rain. It would be an odd thing to do but the two were having private meetings at the river ever since Parvati had first explored out from the safety of her herd's home. Maybe she should sneak off again...right now? The young filly grimaced as she quickly turned around and was about to run off but saw her Mother--Tiamat moving towards her. Great. Now she was stuck inside..."Mother!" Parvati pulled a fake smile as she trotted off to the mare and softly nuzzled her foreleg.

Parvati gulped quietly as she looked to her Mother. She was pretty sure that the mare hadn’t known about her daughter’s secret meetings with a foal of another herd, but Parvati knew that her Mother had to have known about something. She sighed deeply without shaking the smile from her lips as she gazed up into the mare’s eyes. “Oh, I’m not going anywhere. Just galloping about,” she said with a sweet innocent tone. It was of course a pure lie. Parvati wanted to visit that foal, but the trick now was being able to escape and she knew very well that her Mother wouldn’t let her out of her sight. “In fact there’s nothing to do,” she sulked back with furrowing eyebrows. “It’s raining out there and I’m sick of it. It’s been raining all day. Can’t you change the weather? Can’t anyone here make the sun come out?” Parvati looked around as she flexed out her talons. She really did hate being cooped up within the mountain. “Mother, can we swim? Can our kind swim?” she asked, changing subjects rather quickly as she trotted around her Mother’s body with a little hum escaping from her vocals.

The rain didn’t show any signs of clearing up and the young foal knew very well that her Mother couldn’t alter the weather conditions, so Parvati decided that some exploring within the mountain seemed quite all right. She nodded her head with a flick of her tail before skipping right up to Tiamat with a glorious smile. Parvati enjoyed spending time with her Mother and was glad of the bond that they shared even though the young foal could be quite rebellious. “Lead the way,” Parvati’s smile blossomed as she gently nudged Tiamat’s leg before looking around them. The caverns seemed quite huge and Parvati had only explored in a couple ones—much too scared to venture into some of the deeper, darker tunnels on her own. Her tail flickered in delight and her ears propped forwards as she looked to Tiamat. Perhaps this gloomy day could become quite adventurous!