Egg Hunt

The hunt

The morning moons have barely risen above the whispering wood when a shout of protest is heard. For down in the palace garden stood a short pink and purple haired woman along with her buff girlfriend. Both holding brightly color baskets with dried grass in them.

"How- How many did you find, Adora?" Panted out the sparkly princess. She only just started but she has been all over the castle in search.

Adora stood there just looking around intently. "I see one there, Glimmer!" She pointed to the top of the tower on the east side of the hedge. Glimmer popped out and back quickly.

"That makes sixteen. How many do you think she hid?" Glimmer asked as she looked around the yard.

Adora shrugged. "I would have no idea, does your mother do this every year?"

"Yes, and each year I start before dawn because by the time I'm done its midnight. But this year we have the others helping! I hope they are having better luck." Glimmer popped away again and came back with three more. "Always in the same spots at first."

"Then why can't you ever find them all?" Adora asked curiously.

Glimmer shook her head. "I only find around twenty out of the amount she hides each year."

"How many does she hide?" Adora would need a number to estimate the amount of time.

"Again, I have no idea; it has been the same deal each year. For her to know and for me to find out. Once Bow and I didn't find them all and she locked me out of the castle." Glimmer paused as she grabbed five more from a bush. They were camouflage colored. "Ugh this is so annoying!"

"I don't know, it seems like fun." Adora walked over to a stone statue and found one. "It's like great training."

"This isn't training! This is my mother's idea of fun! Her and my father have been at this since I was old enough to walk." Glimmer grunted out. "Let's go back to the training grounds. Maybe we missed some."

Gasping, Adora shouted. "Stables! Check the stables!" And sprinted off towards where Swift Wind and the other horses were. Glimmer right behind her, out of breath.

Stepping inside she saw the multicolored horse chewing on some hay. Adora walked into the area looking around franticly.

"Oh, what's up Adora? Come to look at my magnificent mane?" Swift Wind said as he shook his head.

"Shhh I'm concentrating." Adora said as she squatted down, looking for footprints. "Have you seen any eggs in here?"

Thinking, Swift Wind quickly said "Nope. Unless you mean these?" He gestures over to a pile of apples meant to feed the horses. Inside three red eggs sat there.

"Yes! That's all of the ones hidden in Bright Moon!" Glimmer ran over and grabbed them tossing them into her basket. "Let's go see my mother, she has to give us the list now."

"How do you know twenty-five eggs are all she hid here?" Adora asked as she grabbed an apple and took a bite out of it. Walking of the stables with her girlfriend, she continued to look around for anything colorful.

"Because dad told me how many were here before we left." Glimmer said off handedly. "But he refused to tell me the total."

"Why would he tell you at all? Isn't this some sort of tradition?" Adora wondered as they made their way to the queen.

"Because in the recent years she has gone overboard with the amount of eggs she hides." Passing into the castle they turned left down a hall towards her mother's room. "Ever since dad taught her that coloring the eggs makes it harder to find, she uses weirder spots." Knocking they enter the room.