<3 sorry for the delay!
Skye had been walking for a while with Jack, taking it slowly, underneath the trees. The drama from Cercatori d'Arte had calmed down, thank goodness, and she was back on her feet and wandering outside the pack again - she thought that Shawchert could handle a few moments alone, she thought wryly. And maybe not. But if he made another mistake, she'd be there to pick him back up again just like she had the first time. Shaw was her friend and fellow leader, and she wouldn't let him down.
She then heard the sound, the song, of a bird - a cardinal, she recognized. She loved the bright red birds who flitted from tree to tree, stark red in contrast to the white, snowy atmosphere of winter. Tugging on Jack's mane - she still didn't want to ride him yet - she chased the sound, now not having much of a care in the world. She was with her love, Bangle, the pack had calmed down, her horse was actually listening to her for once, and everything was good again - what on Earth could be wrong with this day?
A tree root was what.
In her search for the red bird with the song coming from its beak, Skye had not paid much attention to the ground, and had tripped over a tree root. She yelped as she fell into the snow, face first, and barely broke her fall in time with her hands. Grumbling, she positioned herself so that she was sitting on the root that had tripped her to begin with, rubbing her sore knees. Some perfect day indeed! She looked up at Jack, who was looking down at her. He tossed his mane.
She stood from sitting on the floor and sighed. "Okay, boy, maybe riding you would be better. I'm clumsy today, it seems," she said. After all, what was the point of bringing him here when he would have been content back at home? She wanted to ride him, she did. She was just a bit afraid was all, after that embarrassing incident when her horse had charged straight towards the leader of Dahlia de Mai and had almost run him over.
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