So this is my first fanfic, and if I get a couple of reviews I'll post another chapter. I really hope you enjoy!!! :D

Its 6:00 in the morning, but I'm up already, tugging on my boots. I grab my hoodie, iPod, and phone and walk into my mom and dads room.

"Mom, I'm going out to ride now." I told my mom. She rolled over and looked at the clock groggily. "Okay Mitchie, but why so early?"

"Mom, it's the first day of fall. Which means pretty leaves, lots of people wanting to ride, and a very hungry Gus. I want to get out early so I don't run into a lot of people while I'm out there. " I told her, desperately hoping that she wouldn't say no.

"Fine, but bring your cell phone."

"Already got it" I said, but she had already fallen back asleep.

I quietly walked down the stairs, and out the door. Pulling out my iPod, I listened to my favorite song as I walked the 3 blocks it took to get to the stables. When I got there I found Gus in the pasture and tied his lead rope to the iron fence surrounding it. Gus is my 15 year-old strawberry roan. I got him as a Christmas present when I was 10, and have had him ever since. He's a big sweetie.

I walked to the trailer, which held about ten people's riding equipment, including mine. As I retrieved my brush, I saw that the space next to mine was holding a bucket of brushes, hoof picks, and such, although the rack where the saddle should be is empty. I guess I have a neighbor now, because that shelf had been empty for all the 5 years that I've been here. I'll make sure to introduce myself later. I thought to myself.

After I had brushed Gus, I saddled him and headed out the gate. After a few minutes of riding on the path that runs through the woods I turned my iPod back on. 15 minutes later we had reached the little clearing where I like to hang out. It's kind of like my special place, and I've never told anyone about it. It's surrounded by trees, which are now changing colors. I tied Gus a tree and went to sit on the sidewalk that lined the pond. I pulled my songbook out of my back pocket and switched off my iPod.

I looked over a song that I had started last week, but the lyrics didn't fit together just right yet. I need a first verse, and something after the second verse, but I'm just coming up on a blank.

Do you know what it's like
To feel so in the dark?
To dream about a life
Where you're the shining star

Even though it seems
Like it's too far away
I have to believe in myself
It's the only way

This is real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me

Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me

But after that, I have no idea! It's so frustrating. Just then, I heard the tell-tale clip-clopping of a horses hooves, and I turned around to see a beautiful black thoroughbred, with a very well-dressed rider on its back. He seemed sort of familiar, maybe he was someone from my old middle school or something. I waved, then turned back to my notebook, figuring he was just passing by. I didn't hear the rider get off of his horse, so when I felt a tap on my shoulder I jumped.

Realizing it was just the boy that was on the horse, I stood up. "Hi. You must be the one who moved into the rack next to mine. I'm Mitchie." I said, extending my hand "Shane." He said.

He shook my hand and then smirked. "But you already knew that" he said. "Should I?" I asked, confused. "You don't know who I am?" he asked, sort of incredulously "wow, you don't get out much, do you?"

Now that made me kind of mad. "As a matter of fact, I do, not that you would know! Now if you would like to tell me why you seem vaguely familiar, you can, or, you can leave me in peace." I said, fuming.

Shane laughed and said "Woah, hold you horses! I'm Shane Grey, lead singer of Connect 3, and ultimate rockstar of the world. And you?"

"Mitchie Torres, high school sophomore, and girl who is leaving." As I said the last part, I turned on my heel and stalked back to Gus. I latched my foot in the saddle and swung onto his back, then cantered away.

'That jerk!' I thought 'Sure, you may be able to chase me away from my secret clearing, but you will never chase me away from my stables. Never.'

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