Originally Posted by Tazenhani

There was something absolutely enchanting about the early morning. Perhaps it was the way the dew danced on the grass, like liquid crystals dropped carelessly about an emerald carpet. Perhaps it was how bright and warm the first rays of the sun were, poking up over the horizon, skittering off the great lake and over the grounds of Hogwarts. Perhaps it was because there were only the birds to greet her, and not even the bees had begun to stir. Or, perhaps it was simply because she was going to be the first one to see the creatures that morning.

When she had made her decision the night before, it had been difficult to fall asleep. Tossing and turning, it was at the first crack of dawn that she threw off her bedsheets and on her clothes before booking it down to the the kitchens. There, she quickly gathered what she needed before racing out the door. Shoes were forgotten as were socks. Who needed them on a morning such as this?

Amur slowed to a walk when she got to the barn, not wanting to disturb those animals still slumbering away. She must have looked a right sight though, with a bushel of celery sticking out of one pocket, apples bulging in the other and carrot tops sticking out of her sleeves. She was a woman with a misson!

Or so she told herself. In reality, she was a fourteen year old girl who was already missing her barnyard home.

The nice thing? She was taller now, so she could more easily drape her arms over the stall to the winged horses. Which meant the carrot tops too. Which meant a very wide awake stall of horse-like creatures as they noticed exactly what was hanging before them.

Giggling, Amur held her fingers out straight and turned her arms up, the green leaves of the carrots tickling her wrists as did the nibbling noses of the horses.