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You close your eyes as the portal carries you from the Main Forest Realm to an inhabitant's territory. A soft wind stirs around you sending the aroma of rain kissed forest to your nostrils. The light falling feeling begins to slow until your feet gently touch solid ground. You open your eyes after a moment and gaze around. The forest floor is littered with thick grass, ferns and moss. The trees seem to whisper as their leaves move with the breeze. The smell of the forest is sweet and you realize there is only a thin, golden slit across the horizon. The sky is still dark with twinkling stars that are slowly fading in the growing light of dawn. You watch as the dark greenery steadily becomes lighter as the sun rises. It's a beautiful sight. Within the trees the shadows are still dark and, tucked behind a wisened white pine, the abyss shifts. You furrow your brow and it feels like eyes have fallen upon you. Curious, you step closer and the darkness moves again. A quiet nicker echoes from the obscurity and an equine head reveals itself before you can take more than two steps. The mare's ears are pinned back as she stares at you with vibrant eyes. A silken, ebony forelock dances over these eyes with every breath of wind. She stands dead still for what seems like eternity. The equine, with her green coat, must be at the very least fourteen hands high. At last, she moves and vanishes back into the shelter of the darkness. You relax and make note to ask Lady Reaper who it is that occupies this part of the forest. As you turn to leave, the beating of hooves sends you whirling around.  The equine creature canters toward you with her leathern wings outstretched. She cathes the wind and soars over you with ease. You watch her land, turn on her heels and trot circles around you before settling. You blink. The mare tosses her head back and whickers playfully which is followed by an equally joyous laugh. The shape of a feline anthro emerges from between the trees. You smile as Lady Reaper tenderly strokes the equine's cheek. "Greetings." She smiles coolly and flags her white, black-striped tail. "I see you've met Dryaad'tiluness? The shadow of these woods that call her, Nymph." The Pony bows her head as she is introduced and her eyes sparkle behind her mane. Lady Reaper's smile broadens as she lovingly gazes at her companion. The mare nickers quietly and nudges the cat-morph's flat palm. "Her dam was a halfbreed, a dragon Saeryian and her sire was an ivory stallion with a mane much like her own." She twirls her fingers with the ebony locks of Nymph's mane and the filly responds with a light bobbing of her head. You admire her a little longer before continuing on.
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