"Going out!" shouted the dark girl as she signed leaving at her uncle who nodded absently before he returned to his work. She wasn't planning on going far, just far enough that she could be alone to her thoughts. Perhaps she'd run into some of her friends, but it was unlikely. She spotted Eclipse in the distance and debated whistling for him before doing just that. The buckskin, half-grown colt trotted over to her and nudged her with a velvety nose. She laughed and patted him gently before she pushed him away.
"We're going exploring," she informed him as she patted his cheek. The colt obediently fell into step beside her, occasionally prancing ahead before he returned to her side. When she finally stopped and sat down, he stopped for a minute next to her before going off to graze. She loved being on her lonesome. Her grandmother had returned to the Songstorm Pavillion a year or so ago after her husband's tragic death and so Drifa was constantly surrounded by her uncles and aunts and older cousins. Some of the older girls made fun of her quite often which frustrated her to no end. They mocked her looks, which was really quite annoying. It wasn't her fault she wasn't fair skinned and fair haired. Some of her cousins had quite dark hair themselves.
Of course, when she was younger she handled it by biting whomever was the bully. She had stopped that off when her uncle had turned her over his knee and spanked her while she cried. She was still remembered by some of her cousins for her sharp teeth though. Those were the smart ones; they didn't mock her.
"What should we do today?" she asked Eclipse while signing the word for bored. Her horse snorted at her in response and she rolled her eyes as she flopped down to look at the sky. It was a clear day with large, fluffy clouds.
"I wish I had friends," she mumbled to herself. She had never been exactly social and because of that, she had never had a lot of friends. It didn't mean she didn't want any.
