Phantom Hollow alluvium ii

Silverbirch lifted her head abruptly, nostrils flaring. Here- there- all around her! Glowing lights that disappeared- only to reappear somewhere else!

As her mother moved through the grasses and stirred them with a swish of her tail, the fireflies rose around them. With a shrill whinney, the filly reared and then dashed forward, bounding in circles so that she could see the fireflies as they took flight.