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Akila giggled as she scampered into the forest clearing, clearly pleased with her cleverness. She'd finally managed to slip away from daddy's watchful eye, and now she was going to have some fun! She paused at the edge of the clearing, eyes shining bright as her tail flicked cheerily back and forth. What to do, what to do?

"Auntie Lia is going to be mad at you!" scolded Elu as she trotted confidently across the meadow, her muzzle twisted into a smug grin. "I'm telling her you went across the river!"

Ciq frowned deepily around the bit of water plant he had been nibbling on, the faint traces of damp fur and hair evident on his form. "Oh come on, I didn't even DO anything bad...I was just looking..and sheesh, I'm OLDER than you are. I'm allowed! Diallo said it was ok" The last was a bold-faced lie, but it sounded good at the time...

Elu huffed, shooting her cousin a look that clearly told that she didn't buy it. "Nuh uh. I remember her telling us to not go that far."

In truth, they hadn't. Diallo was nearby, but he had stooped to graze a moment and in that second, Ciq had tromped across the river and into the trees on the other side. After a fair bit of freaking out on Diallo's part, the foal reemerged.

Now the pair walked ahead of their babysitter to avoid a scolding. Diallo sighed and kept a little distance on purpose; he could appreciate their urge to be a little more self-sufficient.

Diallo was certain they'd make it home soon enough, but that apparently didn't seem to be the immediate plan. There were other foals around, one of which was one of his aunts and that meant either Helaku or Olathe had to be nearby. Well, at least maybe he could share the babysitting responsibility with them?

Elu saw her sister coming and grinned, chirping a 'hi' before Ciq ended up being tagged. She darted away as fast as she could, momentarily forgetting what she had been taunting the colt about, and squealed.

Ciq, caught off-guard, stood there in shock a moment before he huffed.
"Hey, wait a minute!" he yelled at the cousin who tagged him, picking up a gallop as fast as he could manage.

Critter raced into the forest clearing not even checking to see if there were any enemies about. He had just managed to sneak away from mother and Varmint. Now if Varmint kept quiet about his disappearance he'd be free for quite sometime.

Diallo took up a spot a fair distance away, just to keep out of the way, and observed the chase mutely.

Ciq charged after Akila, hooves kicking up small dirt clods as he went, and spotted the newcomer with the greenish markings. Hm... New target! He gave a warcry as he leapt at the black colt and tried to tag him.

Elu giggled and spun around, pausing her run since the tiger colt appeared to be going the other way. Ah ha! This should be fun.

He skidded to a halt, causing the other colt's attempt of a tag, to result in a collsion. He got the air knocked out of him and then turned to stare at the other. "Hehe, so sorry about that." Not even realizing, that meant he was it!! No matter, he had heard the call of his da and knew not to keep him waiting. Short was his visit, but fun none the less. "I have to go now, let's play again!" he called out to the blue foal, that had greeted him with her name no doubt, but he had not heard what it was.

Bumbling through the tall grass, Yiska had of course once again snuck away from the safety of his family. His parents had told him not to run off anymore, but the little colt wanted to explore away from his siblings who tended to hinder such plans.

Standing at the top of a grassy hill, he looked down upon an area where it seemed some foals were playing. Well, Yiska wasn't one to throw away the opportunity to meet others.

Letting out a small whinny, he raced down the hill as fast as he could. His spindly legs racing out of control it seemed though he kept his balance this time.