It had taken a lot of courage on Hana's part to come back to where it had all began. This, now frozen wasteland, still haunted her. This was where her journey in Helovia had started and so far it had not been an entirely pleasant one. She had made so many bad choices you could fill a book with them. The young mare had become stronger from them however. So as her hooves entered the land known as The Threshold, Hana found herself in a reasonable mood. She did not know why she had traveled back to the forest. Maybe it was fate, maybe some unknown force was pushing her towards the meeting that should have happened months ago. Evidently though, she was following this path her hooves making way quickly through the snow. Crunch, crunch, crunch her pace was a quick one, aiming to keep warm in the chilly area.

She paused now as she thought she heard another close by. Was it another, her imagination or a small animal? She was silent now, ruby eyes searching for what had made the disturbance. At first when she did not see anything she assumed that she had imagined the noise. That was more likely than there actually being another pitiful soul freezing out here. She pressed forward again, only this time a little slower not wanting to run into trouble. Her thoughts where settled on her sister's troubled eyes, how haunted she had looked during the herd meeting. Yet at the same time, somewhere Lakota had found hope. Hana had wanted to talk to her sister about it, but then realised that there was someone else out there that was making her sister happy. Doing a better job than what she was. She positively ached with jealousy at the very thought. Who was this stranger and why had Lakota found hope in them? She wanted to meet with this stranger and have a word or two with them.

There was that sound again! Her entire body stopped now. She could hear footsteps, there was definitely someone around, being as quiet as possible. There was someone close to her. She followed the sound until finally someone came into view. The shock of the sight a few meters in front of her made her joints lock up and her head spin. The light coloured coat, the scars and his hair. Everything she recognised yet her mind still did not allow her to believe what she saw. As timid as a llamb, and as quiet as a mouse Hana crept towards her brother. She paused just behind him, wide eyed and still in shock. Her voice was as quiet as a whisper. She had seen this vision, this lie before. "Alleo?" She wanted to touch him, to make sure that he was real this time. He was so close, so real. He did not run away from her like he did in her nightmares. His smell was the same, his body, his looks and as far as she could tell his attitude towards the cold. "Alleo." This time it was not a question. She had finally accepted that he was really here. Tears welled up in her eyes and before she could stop them they were spilling down her cheeks.

"You've finally found me." Her voice was strong and clear now. "You've found us." Sobs racked her chest and she moved closer, and stood directly beside him. Still not quite brave enough to touch him. "Welcome home Alleo, welcome home."