She picked her way delicately through the snow, over small rocks and under looming branches. She had left her basket in the Falls, for she had no plans to gather herbs. She was adorned with only the flowers in her hair and the leonine tail that swept behind her.

And, of course, the winged reptilian perched upon her poll. He wound a lock of hair around his tail, clutched a vermilion colored flower in his claws. He looked around the forest dreamily, his mind excited and curious, soft and warm against her own cool presence. She would often smile to herself, for no particular reason, just that he was there and he loved her. Well, she assumed he did. She was the one who helped feed him after all, even though she was rather terrible at that.

A rustle amongst the trees, a soft chirp, and then the confusion, questioning mind of Hero lit up. She smiled wider, gaze flicking up, straining to see his black form. 'Swallow, maybe?' She commented, pausing to listen closer to the calls of the birds. But the melody she expected was the not the tune she received. Her brow furrowed, head tilted to one side, flowers and petals dripping from her mane.

She didn't recognize that one. Hero trilled excitedly from his post, winding his tail even more around her mane, clutching the flower close to his breast. He was going to make this an adventure.

The small dragon sprung from his hold on her head, leaving her mane to spiral from his tail, though he kept the flower close. His wings unfurled, flapping hastily in the air, his flight still unsteady due to his young age. But he knew of flight, and practiced often when his bonded was asleep, and sometimes when she was awake, too.

He took off in the direction of the unfamiliar chirping, leaving Agnodice to scramble after him, her dainty legs floundering in the snow. Her hair scattered flowers and petals everywhere, littering the snow, standing out starkly against the pigmented verdant. She leapt after her bonded, following him over fallen trees and branches till he slowed his unsteady flight, landing in the snow, flower still between his claws.

His blue gaze was wide and round, flicking from creature to creature, heavily confused. Agnodice arrived moments later, halting abruptly upon the scene, scattering flowers around the clearing. She was ready to chew Hero out for making her run, for making her chest heave and pant and starting a sheen of cold sweat over her frail bodice. But what she saw made her put that off till later.

"Johnny?" Agnodice panted, her head tilted to one side, leonine tail curled anxiously around her hind legs. It had been a while since she had met the peppermint pony, but his smell and candy hair wasn't one she could easily forget. Her gaze flicked then to the...bird? Dog? Bird-dog thing, seemingly the maker of the unfamiliar chirping. Her brow raised, gaze moving back to Johnny, the small dragon by her hooves mimicking the questioning expression. 

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@Johnny :D

agnodice & herophilos