Chapter 1: Meet the Family
"Good Morning Max" said my sister, Emily, walking past me on the porch with a smile brightening her ivory skin. Her straight shoulder-length brown hair swaying as she passed, and her blue-gray eyes sparkling .Her short blue dress with faded blue jeans under it swaying back and forth as she took her seat next to me. I looked down at my own clothes a bright green top with beat up denim shorts compared to my sister i looked like a truck driver.
"Hey" I sighed. I could never relate to my sisters. Well, maybe that's not the right term considering I'm adopted, and none of us are related. My mom died right after I was born and my dad disappeared when I was 5.I gave up hope that he was coming back when I was adopted at age 8. I never really saw my mother except in pictures.
She was beautiful, long black hair as shiny as glass. On her, her hair looked beautiful on me it just looked dirty. Another feature I always loved about my mom was her emerald eyes. To me my eyes were the same shade of Kermit the frog from the Muppet's.
"Hey guys" My other sister, Annabeth, yelled from the top window "I'll be down in a minute". I felt like the black sheep in the family my sisters were obedient and I'm the bad child in the family always getting into trouble."Hi Em" Annabelle said smiling. Her long blond curly blond hair ,framing her tan face, swishing as she sat next to Emily. She looked beautiful her bright green top with a teal under shirt made her blue eyes pop combined with her clean dark blue jeans just made her look perfect. Something I knew i would never be.
"I'm going to go take Eclipse out for a ride" I mumbled hoping my sisters wouldn't fallow.
"That sounds like a great idea" exclaimed Emily. "I'll go get Clover" she said racing off to tack her horse.
So much for that idea I thought. As I walked into the stalls I could already hear Eclipse bucking and kicking. Eclipse was a good horse she just used to be abused and didn't completely trust everyone. "Hey Eclipse "I whispered stroking her muzzle. She immediately calmed down. "Shhh, it's okay girl It's me, Max." Eclipse nudged me with her black muzzle with what looked like a smile.
"I don't know how you do it, how do you ride a horse that's so…crazy" Annabelle said putting her saddle on Cally her paint horse.
"She's not crazy she's… just been through a lot" I said gently pulling the bridle on Eclipse's nose.
"Right" Annabelle said trotting off on Cally.
"Don't listen to her she's just jealous" I told Eclipse. As I threw the settle on Eclipse's back I heard the sound of gun shots going off in the woods near our house. "Well our neighbors are up" I reported.