Time has since moved on from when Niki first stepped in to the Endless Forest, and now he's grown.

In his younger years Niki found little comfort in his friend's playful antics and the many other friendly deer that inhabit the forest. But now that is but a memory of childhood as he is just reaching his full growth strenght of his adulthood.

As Niki now looks upon the forest with new eyes he notes different things than he did when he came. Not only is he looking to play with fawns and adults alike, but he also notes the ever varying amount of females around. some are with more color than the others. Some catch his eye longer than others. And around some he feels so nervous that he swares that his hooves are shaking.

but that's a normal part of growing up, isn't it?

After some time, getting to know a few adults and a very kind female better they made their way over to the pond for a refreshing drink of the water that the rain from earlier had refreshed. Niki took a moment to take himself in. Gone was the light golden brown fawn pelt, and replaced with light brown with some reddish brown stripes instead. On his head he carries a pair of tall pale antlers. And slowly it truly sinks in.

He's not a fawn anymore.