The Academy: here we come; one by one, hoorah.

→ HOLD ME TIGHT ←

The shadows may have hidden Leto from the view of any other passersby but Aian had been hiding herself in the strong, silent walls of the Academy for too long to not notice when someone else was there. A long time ago she had feared these walls so much that she had almost asked Nyota ( her teacher and best friend ) to assign her her objective in the glade—Desreal.

Aian does not know Leto personally nor does she know his heritage but his Fire tells her about him—not important things, but it is something. Something ( not the same something ), however, was slightly familiar about this colt—but she couldn’t quite place it.

Eventually she understood what was familiar about the young colt—he smelled of fire, brimstone, and sand. The Desert. Dion had had this same ’taint’. Would Cheveyo smell this way ( of fire, brimstone, and sand ) when she next saw him? Or would he continue to have that fresh Water scent that had held her at bay? ( Kale had held that scent before she went away.. )

She wondered—did this colt know her son? But this was not the time ( nor the place ) to ask such questions—he obviously had come to seek someone out; whether he knew it or not.

Aian’s golden sunshine like beauty, however, is downcast. The flower twisting and twining into what she had left of a mane ( as they had already been twisting themselves into that white-gold hair with a fervor ). Fear can make an Element do wondrous thing—but this fear was made by a loved one. But Aian had seen Leto in the shade—let us not forget that.

If Aian had been a foal she would have tagged him and said ‘Your it!’ but those days are long gone and so she only moved a few steps toward the shadows, and Leto, looking at both he, and the flowers blooming around him.

Finally, she speaks. “ You smell like sand. “ and what do you smell like Aian? Underneath all of this Earth, all of this Mountain loyalty.. you are bound to the Desert like the cacti within. You heart and soul are in the desert---Leviah.

Born as Jaden, with a twin ( gasp! ). She was Leviah’s before she was ever Andarin’s ( or should I say Wolfrange? ).

“ Can you tell me of the desert? “ Of course she means Ni’Srilan—Leto was not around for Leviah, Lumina or Oreallo.

She seeks to learn as well, and patience? –I’m sure she has some somewhere in there!

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