Daw, I can just imagine Denali in his coat and scarf ^__^ Word Count: 353
Pixie grinned and waved back at the pup. As he hopped down the steps, she was slightly jealous of his clothing, which looked much warmer than her raggedy old cloak that was made from a scratchy blanket. “Hey, Denali,” she greeted him. “Nice coat, where’d ya get it?” Hopefully, whoever or wherever he got it from would have more in her size. She was tired of being cold and being forced to stay inside. At least Magic had seemed to brave the night just fine; with any luck, Ehno would be finished with that stable soon and the stallion wouldn’t have to be unprotected from the snow much longer.
“He did?” the blue-gray rider chuckled lightly. “What happened in your dream?” She hadn’t had very good dreams as of late—she didn’t dream much at all, and when she did they were usually nightmares that played over and over again—but maybe Denali had better luck. “The weather isn’t the best I would have hoped for,” she remarked, “but I don’t think it’s going to get that much warmer any time soon. So we might as well begin.” They probably weren’t going to be riding much today anyways; today was all about getting Denali used to being up on a horse and learning how to grab on with his legs.
“Here, come this way,” she directed him, pointing towards a tree stump that she could make out through the light snowfall. It was about fifty yards away from the manor and barely more than the silhouette could be seen, but it was still clearly a tree stump. “First things first—you need to learn how to actually get up on a horse.” Making a short clicking sound that she used to tell Magic to follow her, she began trudging through the snow towards the stump. Looking back every now and then to make sure she could still see Denali, she growled softly as she felt her feet sink to her ankles in the snow. The stallion seemed less bothered by the cold and stayed at her side with no visible or audible complaints.
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