this old world has brought me pain
               but there's hope for me again

The Riptide Isles have never been on the sunset mare's list of places to go, but on this particular day, she finds herself arriving upon the shores of the mainland nearby in high spirits. It seems that it has been no time at all since the herd meeting where she, and several others, were named Earth Medics, but Persephone has embraced the role all the same. In just the short time since the announcement, the mare has found herself growing more cheerful, more outgoing, more energetic - everything she has ever aimed to be. It seems insane that only a year ago, she was lost and alone and afraid within the borders of Helovia. Now she can't imagine herself anywhere else.

Alecto frolics alongside the unicorn, content to stay put for once. The mischievous fox has a penchant for finding trouble, and it is part of the reason why Persephone has brought her so far from home today. In solitude, the pair of them can rest and relax. But their comfortable silence is interrupted by a boisterous call from the opposite shore, and they joins the many others who flock to see its source. The growth of the crowd makes her uncomfortable, and she finds herself wondering if perhaps it might be best for her to simply turn around and go back home. At least there she has only to suffer large groups when a herd meeting is called, and even that is better than this. At least those horses are her family, even if it is only in name.

A bridge appears from boiling waves, and Persephone finds herself half-herded across by the other mostly wingless creatures who have found themselves stuck on the wrong shoreline. She applauds herself, for if this had happened only a moon ago, she might have fallen into a panicked fit and run for home. Now, though, with her newfound position on her shoulders and her newly hatched companion at her side, the sunset mare has found the courage to face whatever comes her way. As long as it isn't too scary, anyway. In any case, she finds herself alongside the colorful form of @Ultima, one of her fellow Medics. With a smile to her herd mate and a polite dip of her head to the elegant creature who has emerged from the waves, Persephone waits in silence.

Persephone