Endless Night [open]

[[Shadow]Taria[Step]]

Night.

This was the time Taria was most comfortable with. The daylight hours were so burdensome, the great light sphere sending endless heat onto the backs. Taria wanted nothing to do with it. The mare scowled at the thought, tearing up a wad of grass with a sort of vengeance.

She had waited, in the dark of the caves she had found, for the night to come. The caves had been cold, drafty. Taria hadn't liked it at all. She had practically flown from the caves when dusk had fallen, shading everything with hues of gold.

It was beautiful.

Taria didn't appreciate beautiful things anymore. Her whole view of the world had been soured with the knowledge of such horrible creatures. It was almost abrupt, her next action. Grass went everywhere as Taria broke into a flat-out gallop, the foliage muffling her hoofbeats. Her tail fluttered out behind her, a proud banner.

Freedom. Taria never wanted it taken away again. She'd been a prisoner for three moons before Rhava had let her out. But, that had been years ago. The mare tossed her head, huffing softly, small puffs of mist forming around her muzzle. Dew was starting to form on the grass, and Taria could feel the cold soaking around her ankles. Brrr.

[Administration]

"I really don't know if those are the poisonous ones." A voice stated somewhere in the pasture.

Under the shadow of a leafless tree was a horse, with his head lowered and staring at a particular spot in the grass thoughtfully.

"White mushrooms aren't supposed to have spots. They aren't, right?" Cougar sighed in frustration. After eating his first poisonous one, he had made an effort to become the most attentive foal at class; but it hadn't mattered. He had NEVER managed to get the mushrooms right, ever.