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Yue Shuang was prancing along the edge of the forest, ducking, dodging, and rolling, just like Ms. Quistis had been teaching her. The blonde unicorn seemed to find it amusing to teach Yue, so the filly milked it for all she could.

The older mare was following, hidden where the filly couldn't see her, taking care not to be seen.... Quistis was still trying to get used to this odd body of hers. But either way, she was keeping an eye on Yue, in case the filly hurt herself. That would be all she needed.... teaching the alicorn to injusre herself.

Selene would have her head.

So the two of them continued, teacher stalking her student.

Yue was prancing innocently, not noticing the dark bodies hurtling towards her. Not until they were almost on top of her, and her body, that had been stretched out just a moment previously, was frozen in wide-eyed fear.

Quistis darted out of the trees. She wouldn't be able to get the filly out of the way, Yue's body had been growing heavier. So instead, she shoved her to the ground and braced herself over the delicate body, bracing herself in case the stallions couldn't stop in time.

Quistis snorted, maintaining her composure as the two stallions went careening. Her eyes glanced over the two disdainfully, and her voice was like ice as she spoke. "And were you watching where you were running until I got in your way?" she asked, and stepped aside. "You wouldn't have trampled me, but you would have hurt a child."

Yue's eyes were still wide and scared as her head peeked up. She could talk about training for battle, and talk about being fearless all she wanted, but the sight of the stallions racing for her had been horrifying.

"I'm sure." the tone of her voice said clearly she believed no such thing. "If you'll also recall, you only stopped when you saw me get in the way... and even then you barely avoided us. Good reflexes there, stallion."

Yue glanced over at the two stallions. One looked familiar, where had she... ooooh, the killing male, who'd killed the creepy bug. "Artemis Entreri, wasn't it?" her voice was clear, and she got to her feet, fluffing out her wings and bowing her head to Quistis in collected thanks. "And... I don't know you, I don't think."

Quistis was used to being disregarded by pigheaded males, and so it didn't disturb her at all, the interaction with the stallion. She glanced over at Rahu, noting the marks on his coat. "I see your companion is your punching bag." she commented. "Do you normally run down fillies and injure your companions?" This Arteis Entrei? fellow seemed to have little regard for anyone.

Yue lifted her head. "I am Yue Shuang." she said, almost haughtily. "Daughter of Selene and Forrest." her icy tones were a careful copy of Quistis', which made the mare blow a breath in annoyance. "And who are you?" Her attention was on Rahu, Artemis having been dismissed as someone known. Boring.

"Quistis Trepe." she said simply, and nosed at Yue Shuang. "Come along now dear. Your mother will have my head if she hears I almost let you get hurt and then didn't haul you back home immediately.

"You can't be Rahu though." Yue's tone was suddenly rather uncertain, childlike for a split second. "Momma said Rahu is a good guy who takes care of little girls who need it. She said you're nice. If you're friends with him..."

A little bell in Yue's head was screaming 'Does not compute! Does not compute!'

"Does that mean you're not a nice man anymore?"

"Yue Shuang!" she said, and nosed more firmly at the filly. "I said come along. Now."

"I want to know!" the filly protested, starting to dart around, but was stopped as Quistis grabbed her mane and tugged gently.

Confusion. So much of it. Yue blinked after Rahu, wondering where she'd gone wrong. After all, she was the one they'd almost stepped on, and here he was acting like it was all her fault?

Quistis sighed. "Yue, come." she said firmly.

Yue turned, trudging off home. Her head was raised high in the air, proud, though she was very upset. Her mother was a lot of things, but liar wasn't in the list. Was Mr. Rahu having a bad day? Or maybe it had been too long since Selene had seen him... people, and Soquili, changed.

Maybe she just wasn't likeable. The two big Soquili she'd met outside of her own teepee certainly seemed to hate her. Even the one she'd wanted so badly to meet... though certainly, she hadn't wanted to meet his hooves first.

She almost said something, but visibly bit her tongue. No need to exacerbate the stuation more. It wasn't her place, and she wasn't the type to press matters. She nodded her head to Artemis. The stallion was a warrior. One she wouldn't mind trying her own skills against. "If you are ever looking for a sparring partner, and the stallion is unavailable-" she inclined her head towards Rahu. "Feel free to seek me out. I'd be glad to try my skills versus yours. I should see the filly home."

All in all.... it had been a bad day, it seemed.