Chapter 1
Summary: Several years after Amy came back from vet school and she finds herself with the most difficult horse she's ever faced. Will she give up or pursue the horse even if it may endanger her? And what has become of her relationship with Ty?
A/N: Hello! Welcome to my first Heartland Fanfic! This is my third story! I've actually been hanging out in the Chrono Crusade area (Under Anime/manga) so…yeah! Hi! I'm HikariKegawaAshi and I will be serving the story to you for the time being! Please tell me your thoughts in reviews. Reviews are awesome Oh and this is based off of the books not TV series. I do not live in Canada even though I'm half Canadian and I didn't buy the series off of eBay…come to think of it…it might be on the internet if people post TV on the internet(besides anime of coarse. Sorry. I'm as what my one friend calls an 'anime freak' haha. :D) *Walks away humming Paint It Black by Rolling Stones*
Disclaimer: Well…my most dreaded part. I…do not…own…Heartland! THERE! You happy now! *runs off with tears marking path*
A young thirty year old woman stepped out of the white farm house. She shivered under her thick winter jacket. She looked around smiling proudly at the farm yard. Snow covered fields surrounded the farm. Some horses grazed happily under their winter blankets while some waited to get hay in the barn. She saw the several training rings hard from the harsh winter wind. The trails were the same.
She walked down the familiar path to the barns double doors. Light streamed in the dark barn as the doors parted to reveal impatient and hungry horses. Amy Flemming walked though the stalls one by one collecting hay nets and buckets. Horses nickered a greeting while some new horses retreated to the back of their stalls in fear. It saddened Amy to see horses so scared of humans. That's why they were at the farm called Heartland. Heartland was for abused and frightened horses to come and heal. Amy and one of the barns many stable hands, Ty, aided her in healing the horses. Some though were boarders that stayed at Heartland.
Amy had left Heartland a few years back to go to Vet school at a nearby collage. That had been several years ago. Now she was the Vet at heartland as well as many other peoples.
Heartland had built up a large reputation after the years. It had been founded by Amy's mother, Marion who died tragically in a car accident when Amy was sixteen. Ever since there Amy has been in charge to take care of the horses with the help of Ty Baldwin. Amy's sister came to live at Heartland from New York to help with the finances and paperwork. Amy's grandfather owned the farm. Amy's Sister, Lou, is married to Scott, Heartlands previous vet. Ty, the head stable hand, has worked at Heartland almost as long as Amy. She used to date him for a while but they broke it off before she left for Vet school. They both are very close but don't date anymore.
Amy began to stuff hay into the hay nets. She filled the water buckets and took them back to the stalls grabbing the feed buckets. She sorted the feed in the buckets and gave them back to the horses who dove muzzle first into the buckets. She smiled and gave each one a pat. She walked out of the barn and smiled seeing an old beat up truck pull up the long driveway. It parked and Ty stepped out. He smiled kindly at her.
"Good morning" he said cheerfully. His breath turned to vapor in the cold air.
"Good morning" Amy said smiling at him.
"Did you get the horses in the barn?" he asked.
"Yep. I was just going out to check the horses in the pasture" she said.
"Ok. Mind if I come?" Ty asked.
"Of coarse not! Common!" she exclaimed. She took his hand and practically drug him to the pastures. She had already given the horses their feed. She went over to the water troughs and broke the ice off the surface. She turned the hose on and stuck it in the water. Seeing that the water was almost out she decided she had a while to check the horses.
Amy loved this time in the morning. At this time no on else seemed to be up. This was her time to spend just with Ty before the other stable hands showed up. She turned to him brushing her long blond hair out of her face with a smile.
"It's especially cold out today" Ty commented.
"Yeah! That makes for a nice winter ride though!" Amy responded. Ty laughed heartily. Amy smiled. She loved to hear him laugh. It meaned everything was right as it should be and that she didn't have to worry.
"Common silly, lets go check the horses" she said. They one by one checked under the horses blankets and gave each of them a peppermint. By the time they were walking back to the water almost all the horses were following them to the gate looking for more treats. Amy and Ty took off running across the shallow snow. They heard the horse's feet on the snow behind them. They turned and saw them trotting after them. Amy and Ty laughed together. She was disappointed when they came to a stop at the gate even though she was exhausted. She stopped the hose just in time and threw it out of the fence.
"We're lucky that wasn't frozen today. It's a pain taking bucket after bucket after bucket…" Ty said.
"Yes I know you hate carrying buckets!" Amy said laughing. Ty blushed slightly and chuckled.
"Common. We have some horses that need to go out." She said. They led some of the horses out. Some had to be left behind. Amy promised them she would take them out for some fresh air later. The sun started to warm up a little by the time the other stable hands arrived. The first one was a girl named Alice.
"Good morning Amy! Good morning Ty!" she exclaimed cheerfully.
"Good morning Alice" Amy and Ty said in unison.
"You guys always sound like twins! It surprises me some times it really does!" Alice said. Amy smiled at the energetic girl.
"Yeah me too" she admitted. Ty smiled.
"Well, I'm gonna get started on the stalls!" Alice exclaimed.
"Ok. We'll help" Amy said. Ty nodded. Amy looked to the farm house as the phone rang.
"I'll help in a few minutes. Excuse me" she said. She ran to the house and went though the door not bothering to take off her barn boots. She picked up the phone.
"Heartland farms. Amy Flemming speaking" she said cheerfully.
"Hello. My name is Stella Red. I was calling about my horse coming to stay at Heartland" a woman's voice said.
"Ok. Boarding or rehabilitation?" she asked.
"Rehabilitation. You see I just rescued a horse at an action. He was going to be sold to slaughter but he had many problems. He was lame in his front left foot and was very thin. I've only had him for a few days and I've had my Farrier and vet out already. The horse is very mean though and tried to bite and kick out." Stella explained. Amy could hear the desperation behind her calm voice.
"Ok. A horse will be leaving at noon today so if you like you can bring him over around two if that is ok?" Amy said.
"Oh that would be great!" Stella said.
"Good. I'll see you then." Amy said.
"Thanks. Bye" Stella said. Amy hung up the phone and made a note for Lou. She walked back out to the barn.
"What was that about?" Ty asked.
"A lady is going to bring her horse here later on today after Ferdinand leaves" Amy explained.
"Oh cool. So what the deal with the horse" Ty asked. Amy saw Alice's head poke out from behind a stall.
"The woman said the horse was aggressive." Amy explained.
"What about our waiting list? This horse doesn't sound as bad as some of the others" Ty said.
"I know I know. But I don't think the horse is aggressive. She said she rescued it from slaughter so I think that it might be frightened, not aggressive" Amy said.
"Oh, I see your point. So when's she coming?" Ty asked.
"Two." Amy said.
"Ok. Good" Ty said. They cleaned out the stalls in silence thinking their own silent thoughts of the new horse. Ty, Amy and Alice all hated horse slaughter. They had had other horses that were supposed to go for slaughter at Heartland before and some had turned out fine but some had been too injured that they had to be put down. They never turned down a horse from slaughter and they were usually a priority. Within the next hour the rest of the stable hands arrived and began to groom horses, exercise them and the chores they were assigned too. Ferdinand left and Ty cleaned out the empty stall. Soon it was soon two when the new horse would come. News spread fast and everyone was waiting.
Well that's it for now! Sorry! Please review! I'm not sure how fast I'll be able to get this out! I'm in the middle of a fan fiction right now! Please read it! There should be a link to it in my profile. It's called 'A New Contract' it's not Heartland though just so you know.
It's been a while since I've read heartland…mmm…two years? I forget how long it's been. Please let me know if I get something wrong. Haha! Anyway thanks for reading!
Ty: Don't forget to review!
Me (HKA): I already said that!
Ty: Well excuse me!
HKA: -_- Hmm…just for that I think I'll have to have you get hurt. *laughs evily*
Ty: Oh no. Not this stuff again.
Amy: Aww! Don't be mean to Ty. He works hard.
HKA: He's a fake character!
Amy: You wouldn't like it if someone said that about you.
HKA: I'm real! There's a BIG difference!
Amy: Fine be a jerk!
HKA: Beef jerky!
Ty: 0_0 Lets go Amy *Amy and Ty leave.*
HKA: Well now that I'm alone…PLEASE TUNE IN FOR NEXT CHAPTER AND DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!
