The young mare snorted a bit nervous about the rows of obvious meat eating teeth that showed when the dragon smiled. It was a bit of an unnerving thing to a horse, especially after having been bit by a tiny scaly little bitey dragon.

Stormy settled in and pawed at the ground snorting once. She was excited to be running with someone for once. Normally those that she met were rather slow and not much in the athletics department. Ears flicked back and forth as they listened to the dragon mark them down. As she said go, Stormy let off with a large burst of speed. Her heavy hooves fell with muffled thuds as she ran forward. She huffed watching as the dragon pulled ahead, at that the young mare dipped her head and poured on more speed her hooves throwing sand up behind her. A bright smile spread across her muzzle, she was actually having fun for once.

Stormy laughed as her body raced forward across the sands toward the cliff. It was so much fun to be racing with this dragon.It was strange, for once she had someone who was faster than her. All of her encounters with other gembound had been that they were slower than her. Fahl an iguana and a worm thing that she had met in the cave of bones.

Stormy raced forward with her hooves carrying her across the sand as she slowly caught up to the dragons rump as they raced over the beach. ”My gosh this is so much fun!”” Stormy cried joyously, loving having someone faster than her to to do this with for once.

@Haven

Haven rumbled deep in her chest as she flew, powerful wings carrying her forward, faster and faster with each stroke, "Yeah!! I love flying- you're nearly there too, if you get going fast enough!"

She laughed and put on a bit more speed, rumbling happily. She let out a roar as she reached the cliff, extending her hind legs and flaring out her talons. She half-crashed half-landed on the side of the cliff, latching on with her claws and talons and quickly flipping around to face Stormy, head bobbing up and down.

"Let's play tag! I'll keep low to the ground and we'll stay close to the beach!", she said, and took off, "I won, so you're it!!"

She giggled and darted ahead, her tail weaving behind her like a ribbon as she swooped and pulled hairpin turns around rocks and driftwood.

@Stormy

The young mare let out a pleased and happy squeal as she raced forward. It was an amazing feeling, the warm wind against her body as she raced over the sands. She wasn’t sure she could catch up entirely to the dragon. She was fast, wonderfully fast! Stormy couldn’t help but be completely thrilled with racing something faster than her. ”This is absolutely wonderful!” Stormy cried cheerfully as she laughed in response to the dragon.

The young mare snorted as she saw the dragon put on more speed. So as the dragon sped up the horse put on the last bit of speed that she had and really bore down. She wasn’t going to beat the dragon, nowhere close but she was at least partially keeping up with her. Not to mention it was actually a lot of fun racing across the sand. As Stormy reached the cliff she pranced to a stop in a circle and came round to face the dragon once more. The horse let out a pleased and happy laugh as she smiled up at the dragon.

The horse looked up at the dragon, her ears twitching once as she listened to the idea of playing tag. She hadn’t ever actually played tag. She had heard of it, but all of her friends were too slow moving to have fun playing such an athletic game. ”Alright! My name's Stormy by the way, I don’t know if I said that!” The horse didn’t remember if she had told the dragon her name or not or if they had just started playing. Either way she was alright with it but felt that her new playmate should at the very least know her name.

The young mare giggled and darted after the dragon though not as agile as the dragon she was smart. As the dragon took a turn she darted around another pillar in an attempt to come out in front of the dragon.

@Haven

Haven laughed and spun around quickly, using one of the cliff edges to grab onto and scuttle across. She lunged over Stormy, head down and tongue blepping out.

"I'm Haven!", she crowed, taking off down the beach again.

She wasn't very fast on foot, so she kept in the air, her tail and legs hanging down as she flew away from Stormy, laughing her butt off. She finally landed and hopped forward a bit to slow down, turning to face Stormy.

"Come and get me!!", she called out, giggling like mad.

Oh this was so much fun!! She hadn't had this much fun in so long, it was amazing!

@Stormy

The young mare smiled brightly as she watched the dragon scuttle over the rocky cliff face. It was an amusing sight to see something move the way she did. As Haven lunged over her head she spun around watching the dragon. She couldn’t help the giggle that left her as she saw the look on Haven’s face. After spending just this little bit of time with Haven that she had, she was beginning to like the dragon. She was actually pretty fun.

She grinned as the dragon crowed her name. It was a pretty name to say the least. ”I like your name!” The young mare called after the dragon. Looking at the dragon closely and watching her fly, she was majestic and beautiful. Stormy found herself in awe of the creature she had met.

The mare raced forward on grey hooves, a bright smile spread on her muzzle as she chased the dragon. She watched as the dragon landed for a moment and poured on more speed as Haven goaded her on. Oh now she was determined to catch the dragon.

Racing forward it would seem that came around just in time and as she did she came nose to nose with Haven and she grinned booping the dragon with her nose. ”Tag!” The mare cried as she raced around the dragon and past her tail. The horse taking off like a rocket as she began to weave her way around a few of the spire of stone.

@Haven

Haven let out a startled noise and then growled playfully, "Oh I see how it is!!"

She bolted after Stormy, snapping at her tail, her lips reaching out as far as they could to no avail. She leapt onto the spires and jumped and climbed between them, chasing after Stormy, her head bobbing down to try and tag her, mouth carefully closed so she'd only boop the horse.

"You're fast!", she said, "And small!"

She leapt ahead and her neck extended, her nose touching Stormy's back, "Got you!"

She scuttled over the pillars and flew off, landing in the water and charging off, hopping forward, easily traversing the surf. "Come and get me!!"

@Stormy

The mare giggled brightly as she raced away with Haven’s words following quickly after her. Yes indeed that was how she was going to play. How better to play than to be sneaky and quick? Besides this was more fun than she had had in a very long time. Her hooves dug deep into the sand, not carrying her as fast as she normally could go.

As she ran the young mare could feel the dragon’s breath on her rump and tail as she attempted to tag her. But each time the slippery mare seemed to be able to make just the right quick turn here and straight where it counted most. I mean knowing how to run for your life was a bonus when being a prey animal. But right now, it was just coming in handy for play.

Stormy laughed brightly and tossed a grin at Haven over her shoulder. ”Thank you!” She called though she wasn’t sure how she felt about being called small, though compared to her new dragon playmate she was quite a bit smaller.

Stormy pranced to a halt laughing as she felt Haven tag her back. She smiled turning around as Haven flew off into the water. Stormy waded into the water up to her neck and snorted. She hadn’t actually ever gone deeper than this before. However she wasn’t about to lose this game, and so she struck out kicking with her legs and holding her head high she chased after Haven. Bravely Stormy made her way through the surf and grinned up at the dragon and nudged her wing, turning around she swam back towards the shore where she felt more sure footed. Though she had to admit swimming was quite fun.

@Haven

Haven snorted in surprise, unsure if the horse could swim or not. She chased after her, charging through the water, her tail thrashing behind her, splashing in the water. Where it bifurcated into its pink fins, water was scooped up, and she threw it forward at Stormy with a laugh.

"You won't get away so easily!", she said, taking flight again and snaking her head forward, a grin crossing her face.

She lunged forward and managed to bump Stormy's flank, before backpedaling in the sand and taking off at a gallop, giggling like mad. She finally scaled one of the cliffs and tucked her tail up, too high to reach.

"Time out!", she cried, panting, "Let me catch my breath!"

She turned upside-down and clung to the cliff face, chest heaving. She pushed off and floated down to the water, taking big gulps of it, as if she was parched. She raised her head and shook droplets off her rough skin, nostrils flaring as her gills opened up to intake more oxygen.

@Stormy

Stormy, the ever determined creature that she was, chased after Haven swimming as fast as her hooves allowed her to propel herself through the water. Stormy let out a determined neigh as she chased after Haven and tagged her. It was so much fun! A bright laugh left Stormy as the water came down and drenched her neck and shoulders. In an attempt to throw water herself the horse bucked forward and back in an attempt to get the dragon wet.

As Stormy ran away through the water and back towards the beach, she felt Haven hot on her hooves. She wasn’t entirely sure how she felt about the sand sticking to her wet legs but for the moment she ignored it. ”I’ll sure try!” The young mare called over her shoulder with a grin.

Stormy squeaked as she felt Haven bump her flank tagging her. The young mare reared up on her back legs turning at the same time and coming down at a gallop Stormy took off after Haven once again. As they raced toward one of the cliff faces she watched Haven scale the rocky face without any trouble at all. Stormy came to a stop prancing for a moment. ”Aw no fair!” The young mare called up at the dragon with a smile. But as she stopped she realized she was getting a bit thirsty. Then Haven called a time out and Stormy nodded with a smile, her side heaving from having ran and swum as hard as she could for so long.

Stormy’s eyes followed Haven as she drifted down to the water to drink, it didn’t take the horse long to follow suit as she dipped her head into the water and began to drink herself, her tail swishing from side to side in the water. Lifting her head she snorted out a mist of water and she looked to Haven with a smile. ”So your mate, how did you meet them? If it’s alright I ask.” The young mare questioned curiously, she had heard of mates and knew what they were however she had never met anyone she had gotten close enough to be like that with.

@Haven

Haven smiled gently, "We met fresh out of our eggs. We learned to fly together, and to speak. He was as amazing then as he is now. I just... adore him. He's my best friend and my partner... everything I've ever wanted."

She looked down and sighed gently, a soft smile on her face, "He's just... amazing. Brash and narcissistic. He speaks his mind and cares a lot about his looks. But I think his ego's been tampered a bit by my own lack of sight. I can't see how amazing he is, so he's desperate to show it in other ways instead. I think I've taught him to be kind and empathetic."

She laughed gently and curled up, "We've built a nest in one of the caves, you know. Up on one of the cliffs, we found a lizard that mesmerizes its prey using frills, but since I can't see, I had to try and snap him out of it. It was... a mess, to say the least."

But he cared so much. He just didn't know how to show it, and that was okay.

@Stormy