Horizongold watched Brightwing as the bay former overstallion hesitated over his answer. The younger stallion waited patiently.

Dusksplash was bored but energetic. His mother had already closed her eyes for the night, but he slipped out from under her wing and trotted off, looking for anyone awake to play with. His big cousin with gold wings was talking with an adult bay stallion, but Dusksplash didn’t think their conversation would be much fun. So he approached the oldest of the three yearlings that were always together, who was for some reason looking up at the darkening sky. Dusksplash grinned and said happily, albeit in a slightly hushed voice, “Watcha doing?”

(Why do you put emojis at the end of the titles now?)

(So that it stand out more in the list of notifications)

( XD. Good idea. )

(Ikr)

Gingerblaze:

The chestnut yearling followed closely behind Moonstream, as the pair flew up to meet the group that had captured the Glacier Herd mare. She was a blood bay, with blue wings, and a defiant look on her face. Gingerblaze wondered what exactly this mare was doing in Flame Herd territory, but she had a feeling that the bay mare would be less then forth coming about that information.

Mistcloud:

Back in Glacier Herd territory, Mistcloud paced back and forth, deeply in thought. Thinking about what was in store for her herd in the future, worried about what it might bring. She tried not to focus on it, but Mistcloud wasn't only worried about Glacier Herd, she was also worried about Silverflame, Pearlsong, and most of all Shadowstar. The silver dapple colt had been acting unusually, especially around his brother and father, and it worried Mistcloud.

(Where’s Wispi? I need her for Brightwing)

( I have no idea )

(Here, here! Sorry!)

Brightwing kept his face serene and forced all emotion out of it. “I was watching over my daughter, in case she was doing something she shouldn’t be. What were you doing?”

Horizongold was tempted to reply along the lines of ‘Weren’t you watching under her, since we were in the air and you were on the ground?’ but he resisted the urge. Instead, he said, “As I mentioned, we were on an adventure to the north. Remember the waterfall on the way to the northern fjord? We went to both of those places.” He then added tactfully, “My apologies for not asking first.”

Emberblaze:

He watched the stars and felt totally peaceful, until he heard a little colt voice. He looked down and flicked his ears toward the noise and saw that it was Horizongold's little cousin and he relaxed and nickered at the friendly colt. "Hello, Dusksplash. I-uh...I was watching the stars, but I don't think you would find that very interesting." he smiled. "So, what did you come to me for?" he asked

Brightwing nodded. “Thank you. Since you have apologized, I will forgive you. But next time, ask.”

(You don’t have any relatives in NY, do you Flamefrost?)

Dusksplash shrugged his wings. “I dunno. I was bored cuz I can’t sleep.”

Horizongold nodded in return. “Thank you as well. It was very fun, so I hope there will be a next time soon. But for now, I’m looking forward to sleep.” He turned and walked away from Brightwing, toward where his parents were lying down to wait for him. Without any words, the three of them closed their eyes for the night.

Emberblaze:

"Ah...well, I know it might seem kinda boring, but watching the stars help me to fall asleep. Wanna try it?"

(No... my great-uncle lives in Pennsylvania and my cousins live in Ohio, Michigan, and Georgia, and my grandmother lives in Florida [not that you need to know any of this]. But none of my relatives live in New York as far as I know.)

“Sure!” Dushsplash whispered. The colt lay down next to Emberblaze and looked up at the clear starry sky, which soon led to dream-filled sleep of Dusksplash flying to where the sky turns black and playing among the stars.

( My cousins USED to live in NY......... )

Breezebelll awoke early in the morning and yawned. She wasn't sure if there was any training today, but she didn't really care. She was careful when standing up, trying not to wake her mother up, btu failed and woke her sister up in the process.

"Breezebell! Be careful! Let mother get her sleep," Redmoon hissed. Breezebell blushed and let out a sheepish smile, then trotted away, Redmoon following.