A soft thud of hooves resounded in Adele's ears. A fellow equine to join her company! The mare silently prayed this being would know of her, or be someone she knew. Maybe the being would step forward to resemble Adele's muscular physique, painted with colors similar to her own! Oh, how lovely it seemed to be reunited with her family. Adele knew they were out there, for she was still meeting with siblings she had never known of before. It's not like they had all vanished..they couldn't do that to each other.
Instead of seeing a heavy-built equine that resembled herself, Adele looked upon a lithe paint accompanied by a chocolate dragon. A surge of excitement was felt from Vera as her milky eyes gazed at the unfamiliar reptile. The ivory dragon had a soft spot for those of her own species as well as their bonded. Adele's emotions mirrored her companion's at the thought. This meant the strange mare knew what it felt like to know the love a companion could bring. In a way, the red and blue mare felt connected to the new equine through the affection of a bond.
The new mare returned Adele's greeting, a soft smile leaping to her blue lips at the words. She was very welcoming, which surprised Adele; considering the fact that for all she knew, the mare was a mere spawn from hell. Adele decided to do her best to show the same amount of warmth with this thought in her mind.
The stranger gasped; Adele decided to contribute this to the fact that she had a much more exotic appearance than this slender paint. She introduced herself as Isi, and her dragon as Adella. "I'm Adele," the red and blue mare spoke tenderly, blue-orange gaze flickering down to the petite dragon that hovered at her shoulder. "This is Vera, my bonded," Adele finished, returning her gaze to Isi.
With a flick of her spiked tail, Vera offered the new pair a toothy grin. Her milky eyes studied them, eager to know more of what these two were all about.
'We should join this pair,' Vera proposed through the bond, shimmering in what little light the threshold provided in Frostfall. Adele was amused by her bonded's words, for they had only just met. Then again, Adele and Vera had no reason to distrust these folk. They had briefly lived in the Foothills once, it's leader being a stallion bonded with a feisty dragon. They had gained Adele's trust, and had brought the pair immense joy. The experience had morphed into another reason to like Isi and Adella.
'Shall we see what becomes of this encounter first, Vera?' Adele responded, studying the mare's spots. If they were to ever become friends, Adele would surely end up asking Isi about her lineage. The slender mare was quite breathtaking, for without the bay patches that littered her body, Isi could easily pass for an angel.
'Since you insist,' Vera purred, milky eyes thoroughly examining the larger dragon.
"Are you new to this land?" Isi asked, her gaze resting upon Adele's flaming mane and tail. The red and blue mare let the stranger do so, she was starting to become used to the looks she got because of it. Even from a distance, Adele did not look like your average equine.
"Not exactly. I believe that my memory was lost, actually. I have met a few other horses that knew of me in this land. I might as well be new here though, for such encounters are few and far between," An airy laugh escaped Adele's blue lips. As depressing as the words might be, they were just the truth. She saw the honest words as what they were and chose to laugh at them, rather than be consumed by the despair they could potentially carry.
"Do you live with a herd?" Adele asked, still smiling. She was all right with the conversation being about her, but she was eager to know more about Isi as well. If their intentions became one and the same, Adele decided she might have to take up Vera's proposition.
As soon as the words had left her lips, another voice joined the gathering. Adele turned to the speaker, surprised to see that he was a heavily bodied paint such as herself. The stallion was accompanied by a dog-like being splashed with hints of garnet here and there upon her coat. The strange stallion seemed relieved at Adele's presence.
'Who is that?' Vera questioned her bonded, milky eyes now shifted to the new pair who had joined their company.
Adele smiled weakly at the stallion, shifting uneasily on her hooves. 'I do not know of him, but he seems to care for me a bit,' the red and blue mare replied, moving her gaze to rest upon the new being. She could hear her heart beating in her ears. Nervousness was what Adele felt. It would be just awful if she were to hurt his feelings because she did not know who this stallion was.
He paused, stared at Isi; at her dragon. The stallion introduced himself as Aaron and his dog-thing as Alanna. At least now Adele knew his name, but she couldn't play it off as if she actually knew who he was.
'This Aaron fellow knows of you, though. Ask him about yourself,' Vera spoke eagerly, rising up in the air only to land on Adele's withers. She shook her scaly back, brushing off what snow had come to perch there before lowering her haunches to almost hide within Adele's flaming mane. Her milky eyes continued to study the events unfolding before her without taking much part in them.
"Excuse me, Aaron? I'm sorry to say this, but I do not know who you are," Adele spoke, an apologetic look crossing her features as she gazed at the new set of strangers. "I - I lost my memory," She added, guilt pouring into the words. Adele did not wish to make the stallion sad as he was just in the middle of being relieved that she was alive, but she could not masquerade as someone she was not anymore.
"But if you will, please do tell me how you know of me!" Adele spoke one more time, know eager as she took a step towards the stallion, her smile growing. The mare decided that she could certainly piece together her future if she was able to find her past.
It was in this moment that Adele noticed a pegasus with a troubled expression crossing her lovely features. She warned them of the danger that lurked in Helovia, only to reassure them that it was a nice place to be. Adele found humor in the fact that the pegasus was almost contradicting herself, but chose to only smile and nod at her words.
The pegasus introduced herself as Alysanne, though she was nervous to be at the threshold, it seemed. Perhaps there actually was a real danger to be found in this land.
"Thank you, Alysanne. I'm Adele," the red and blue mare spoke the words once more, "-and this is Vera. Lead the way to the safe haven of sorts that you know of, please." At the sound of her name, Vera perked up, chirping at the appearance of the new mare. The fact that these horses had practically appeared out of nowhere was startling to Adele. Although she was glad for their company, she hoped they would end this encounter soon and get to the safety of the caves Alysanne had spoken of. They had just met, yes, but the way the pegasus spoke so timidly was genuine.

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ooc: so I wrote a post in response to Isi and I added on to it when people would reply...ended up writing a reply similar to the length of a novel, whoops. Ending the thread here, reply if you wish :)