(A.N. Alright, so here is the sequal to the Aftermath, some of you may be a little upset about the beginning but please reveiw anyways! - Andrea )

Prolougue

April 15th 1970, 1 day after,

I sat down in Darry's armchair with the paper in my hands, my eyes were still red rimmed from crying. I already knew what would be written on the front of the page but I went ahead and read it anyways,

Danielle Curtis, beloved wife and mother, dead in riding accident,

I coverd my mouth but the muffled sobs still escaped my lips, she was gone, all because of me.

Flashback

I was driving Danielle over to work, Delilah was in her lap and we were just talking casualy,

"So how has Snowstorm been latley?" I asked, only taking a quick second to look over at the two, Delilah smiled a little toothless grin and I smiled as I turned back to the road.

"Well, after she spooked at that rabbit on the trail she has had a problem with bolting whenever something scares her, especially in the ring," A look of concern filled my face,

"That can be pretty dangerous, can't it?" She just smiled,

"Don't worry, I have it under controll! I promise!" Soon enough the truck approuched the gravel driveway of the stables, Danielle had gotten offerd a job as the maneger of the place and she just couldn't say no. She carried Delilah outside and put her into the car seat in the back,

"You be a good girl for Daddy okay? Mommy will see you after work," She kissed Delilah on the forehead before walking back over to talk to me,

"Danielle, when we head back to the house we have to start packing, were leaving for Connecticut in a week, I've already got an apartment by the university all set up for us,"

"Alright Pony, I'll see you later babe," She leaned in the window and kissed me before walking to the barn,

"Be carefull!" She waved back,

"I will!" I looked back at Delilah and smiled before backing out of the driveway and heading home.

Later that day

I had left Delilah with Darry and Soda so that I could go pick up Dannielle from work, as the truck crawled up the gravel driveway you could easily tell nobody but Danny had been there today. I quickly parked the truck and headed towards the barn. The barn door had been left out to allow the air to circulate so I just walked right in,

"Danielle? Are you in here?" I took a quick sweep of the barn and the horses nickered quiet, throuty greetings. I quickly saw Snowstorm wasn't in her stall so Danielle was probably out riding. The arena was a short walk into the woods tucked away in a little grove of trees so I started walking. If she wasn't in the ring she was probably out on the trail and I would have to wait for her to get back.

I was halfway to the arena when a small falsh of white inbetween the trees off of the trail caught my attention. Before thinking of doing anything else I whislted and Snowstorm came trotting up to me from in between the trees. Her reins were snapped in half, her saddle was slipped to the side and she was coverd in dirt from the ring. I tried to stay calm as I reached out and took the horses' reins and pulled her along as I ran to the arena and the sight that I saw as soon as I got there I will never be able to remove from my mind.

The first thing that caught my atention was the smashed section of the fence and then if you looked more closley, you saw her, or what was left of her. The horse must have bolted too close to the fence and flipped onto it, crushing Danielle and killing her on impact. I dropped the horses reins and ran over to her, I tried to shake her awake and I cried and cried, asking for a miricle, but she was gone and this time I wouldn't be able to bring her back...

End Of Flashback

I calmed myself enough to read more of what was written about the incedent, I only read small fragments to myself, only to confirm my thoughts,

... Her horse seemed to have bolted and flipped onto the fence, she was dead on impact so there wasn't much pain ...

... Her duaghter hasn't even reached the age of a year, she probably won't remember her at all ...

... Ponyboy Curtis, Danielle's husband, refused to have the horse put down because, "If I kill that horse I'm getting rid of the last thing she saw, the last thing she touched, and the last thing she cared enough about to risk her life to do something with it," ...

... "She died doing what she loved, and I hope that she is still able to ride in heaven, and that she knows were taking good care of her horse and I will always love her no matter what," Were the last words teary eyed Ponyboy told us before turning away and leaving, ...

As I sat there crying I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder, I looked up and saw it was Sodapop, he looked at me for a quick second before kneeling beside me hugging and bawling, we didn't know what else to do at that point. After a while he stood up, wiping his eyes,

"Are you still gonna' head up to Connecticut Pone?" he asked in a nasaly voice form crying, I shook my head,

"With her gone I have nobody to watch the baby while I'm at school," He patted me on the back,

"If you want we can keep her with us until your done with school, alright little bud?" I nodded and walked up into the attic where me and Danielle had both been living, I simply crumpled into a heap on the bed, crying and clutching our wedding photo...