An autumn of vows

When it was time to leave, her elder brother led a horse, its bridle adorned with tassels and silver. He helped his younger sister onto the saddle, and with him walking steadfastly beside her, she began her journey away from her childhood home.

The steed carried her, a splash of red against the boundless green and gold, for a short, symbolic distance. Then, in a seamless blend of epochs, she dismounted and stepped into a wedding car, its windows decorated with flowing ribbons and flowers, ready to carry her the rest of the way to her new life.