Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh.


Chapter 1

My life sucks and it tends not to get any better on some days and on others it's a totally different story. On one particular day during the summer I decided that I would go out for a ride on my horse, Sundance, and see how far we could go today and what we could see before we had to go home and take care of the chores and my siblings. Well we got about more than half way to the crossroads before we had to get home. On our way home we saw a doe and her fawn on the trail as well as a bunny and her brood of babies, a fox with three kits and a couple of baby squirrels. When we got home I had to go wake up my three younger siblings because the fourth was already up and cooking breakfast. My siblings are my sister Mai, who is 15, and my brothers Seto, who is 16, Joey who is 14, and Bakura who is 12. Well I got my sister Mai and the two younger boys, Joey and Bakura, up and sent them to go wash up in the brook behind the house. Then I went out to go put Sundance up in the barn and feed him and the other four horses, as well as feed and milk the cow before I went to the brook myself to wash up before joining the others and Seto at the table to eat breakfast and talk about what we were going to do that day. I asked Seto what we needed for the pantry and the food cellar before we went to town. After that Seto, Mai, and I went out to the barn and saddled the three saddle horses, put the pack saddle on the pack horse and bridle Sundance. Then I sent Mai in to go get Joey and Bakura ready.

When the boys were ready, we set out with Seto on his stallion, Blue leading the pack horse, Shadow, Mai on her mare, Lady, Joey on his gelding, Red, and Bakura and I on my stallion, Sundance. Bakura rides with me because he tends to listen only to Seto and me and not the others, even though Mai can be very scary and because Seto is leading the pack horse. He also likes the two stallions better than the mare and gelding. Bakura doesn't ride by himself because we only have four saddle horses and the pack horse has never been ridden before. Also, Bakura doesn't have his own horse yet. Bakura will get his own horse when he is Joey's age and he will have to pick it out from one of the wild herds that live on the land with us, actually, it will have to pick him for that is how it was with Seto, Mai, Joey, and I and the rest of our family before us. But, I'm the first girl to be chosen by a stallion like Sundance and Joey's horse had to be gelded because Red, Blue, and Sundance didn't get along even though Sundance and Blue get along real well. Our horses have been trained so well that they will not accept anyone other than one of the five of us to ride or get anywhere near them. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Katsuya and I'm also 16. Sundance and Blue chose Seto and me basically at the same time. We were 14 and after that our parents had us working with our new friends from sunup to sundown. We weren't allowed to do much of anything else except strengthen the bond between us and the horses. Also, we also found out through the bonding and training done together that Sundance and Blue were twin brothers actually, just like Seto and I that is why the two of us and our horses are so close.

We are hoping that one of the newer colts will pick Bakura and that Bakura will pick him as well and not one of the older stallions that lead the herds or any of the bachelor colts but being that Bakura is who he is he will probably pick one of the wilder stallions there and that stallion will pick him. Our parents died when Seto and I were only 13 and Mai was 12, Joey was 11, and Bakura was 9. Seto and I have been taking care of each other and the others since then, with Seto and I doing odd jobs for those who need help. When the others got older, I left Mai at home to take care of Joey and Bakura, and Seto and I went to go work in town more often. Seto worked at the Blacksmiths and at the Hotel restaurant and I worked at the General store and at the livery with the horses. The younger kids are now going to school when Seto and I are in town working but for the most part we teach each other and learn from our experiences and our mistakes. In our family all of us, even Bakura, know how to defend ourselves and we know how to handle a gun. We each have a specially made colt pistol that our father made us, each of them have the family brand and our initials on them so that we will get used to them. Our father taught us so that if we are ever in trouble, we would be able to defend ourselves. Our mother taught us to cook, manage our money, and to take care of the house and Seto took to that like fish to water and so did Mai but Joey, Bakura, and I couldn't get the hang of it and would probably do the impossible and burn water, but we can cook simple things and even if it is not all that great it is still eatable. And now that our mom is dead, Seto and Mai cook and Joey, Bakura, and I do most of the work around the farm that our father used to do.