A/N-so I decided to attempt another story :D but being as it only my second I will still apologise in advance if it's a bit rubbish. So this one is set before Joey gets sold and has to go off to war.

Disclaimer- I DO NOT own war horse

Chapter 1

Albert's POV

I wake up to the same routine every morning: get up and ready for the day and then down to the family farms barn to see Joey.

I spend every free minute I can with him and groom him because I know how much he enjoys the attention or take him for a ride over the hills and marsh areas or simply just put him out in his small paddock to play and admire him. That's when I'm not doing work on the farm for my dad that is or ploughing the fields, but even ploughing the fields is nicer because Joey's there doing it with me. Who'd of thought a Thoroughbred as a working farm horse? certainly not me, but then again he's Joey and he can do anything.

So every morning I go down to the barn and every morning Joey's doing the same thing. He is always waiting for me, standing by his stable door looking at the barn's main door eagerly awaiting my arrival.

So that is why I never fail to show up, wouldn't want to let him down now would I? So every morning the same thing happens I turn up and because I'm ready for the day I get Joey ready for the day.

It's just like a routine or maybe it could even be considered a ritual, it's always the same.

A/N so yeah, here is the first chapter to ritual but I'm not sure if i should just leave it like this just as a one shot? I'm not that thrilled by it to be perfectly honest and think it's really short but please tell me what you think and hit that review button below but please don't be too harsh and tell me what you think i should do continue with this and try to write another chapter(s) or leave as a one shot?

Until next time, ilovetvandfilm