A leaf falling onto Zenia's flank caused her to startle, moving forwards and stumbling over her own hooves. She barely caught herself from falling over and straightened herself, shaking out her mane. She looked at the group sheepishly, feeling guilty for eavesdropping.

She flattened her ears and spun around, trotting into back into the cover of trees.

Dakota | M: Zenia (indirectly), Versace, Prada, Luna, Hazel | Beta, Open

Dakota nodded her head at Luna. "If you're sure." Then she flattened her ears and turned to Versace. "You, missy, are in trouble. Why were you chasing Luna silly?" When Hazel asked to speak with her, she gave Versace a glare, thanked Prada for his help, and followed the alpha. She heard stumbling and saw a horse wandering back through the woods. Probably back to the rest of the herd. Dakota turned to Hazel, an inquiring look on her face. "What is it?"

Hazel M: Dakota | Alpha, Open

"I was wondering what caused you to run into the forest. If you smelt or saw danger please tell me. But, I'm glad you're ok." Hazel said as she said that, some flies swarmed around her leg and she lashed out.

Dakota | M: Hazel | Beta, Open

"I had sensed something watching me and smelled another horse. I saw a lighter-colored horse running through the woods. The horse wasn't part of our herd. I followed it pretty deep into the woods, but then it just vanished..." Saying it aloud made Dakota sound stupid. A disappearing horse? She had to have been hallucinating. The mare sighed. "But anyways, they seem to be gone now." Dakota's ducked to head a bit lower in embarrassment. What the heck was she doing? She should have just said there was an animal or something. But that sound stupid too. Argh, that whole scenario was stupid. She stamped her foot in frustration and swatted her tail vigorously. Now she bet she seemed like a little brat having a temper-tantrum. She hoped she just seemed agitated by the flies to Hazel. Dakota shook her head. "We are safe, I can assure you that." The mare walked away, heading through the tree line to the rest of the herd. Her pale eyes searched the field. Seeing that all was calm, she dropped her head to graze.

Hazel M: Zenia | Alpha, Open

As Dakota walked away, the mare worried that she had annoyed the beta, but she hoped not. Hazel stared into the forest and saw a glint of eyes. The mystery horse! Hazel cantered over to the edge of the forest but as she came closer, she realised it was just Zenia. "You gave me a fright Zeina!" Hazel exclaimed.

Zenia spun around at the sound of a voice and relaxed when she saw it was Hazel. She relaxed and shot her a cheeky grin, nickering slightly.

"Oh, oops. Sorry." She lowered her head slightly in apology, but the movement caused her to stumble again before catching herself. She snorted in embarrassment and righted herself.