Part one
A girl walked down a narrow, twisting path to her home, a small Ponyta limped behind her.
"Come on, girl, you can make it," she murmured to the Ponyta, comforting it.
"Ande, are you coming in for supper?" a woman, obviously her mother, yelled.
"Not hungry, mom!" the girl, Ande, yelled in reply. As she neared the stable, she started murmuring again, this time to herself, "Stupid brothers, don't they get it? Rosy will never be as strong as their Machamps an' Golums an' Gyrados an'…" She bursted into tears and quickened her pace as much as the injured Ponyta, Rose, let her. She led Rose to an empty stall and let her in. Ande crooned, "I'll be back in a minute, baby girl." She went into a small room off the main aisle and started grabbing stuff. "Let's see, gauze, um, medicine, uh, where is it…" She threw open a tack box and started digging through it, "No, no, darn it, oh, here it is." She added a bandage to the pile of stuff in her arms and ran back to her Ponyta. "Okay, girl," she said softly to Rose. Ande drizzled the medicine on the gauze and looked up at the Ponyta, "This'll probably hurt, girl, okay, here goes." She wraped the gauze around Rose's leg. Rose
snuffled Ande's hair, her intelligent eyes showed no sign of the promised pain. She stood perfectly still, except the twitching of her short ears. "All done."
"Andeline Sanz, get up to the house, NOW." Her oldest brother's voice screamed from the direction of the house.
"I'm comin', just a minute," Ande yelled back. She fed and watered Rose and rubbed her behind her ears, her favorite spot, then ran up to the house.
"Ande, where were you? You made all of us wait."
Ande cut her dad off, " I told mom I wasn't hungry."
"I don't want your excuses. You get up to your room, young lady."
"Fine, don't let me explain. You don't care, as long as the boys leave you enough money to retire then you don't care about me."
"To your room, NOW."
Ande trudged up the stairs to her room, "I'm not going to be here tomorrow, daddy dearest, by that time, I'll be long gone, all the way to… somewhere."
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"Okay, I got everything, I'm leaving, bye Tommy and Joe and Chris and Billie. Bye Mom and Dad. Oh, why do you care?" Ande whispered to herself as she crawled out her bedroom window by her sheets. She snuck to the barn and silently slid open the door. Rose knickered to Ande, knowing it's her. "Shhh, Rose, be quiet," Ande whispered to Rose. She opened the door to the tack room and grabbed a bridle; she tiptoed out and slipped into Rose's stall. Rose stood still as Ande put the headstall over her ears and slipped the bit in her mouth. Ande led her out of the stall and looked at her leg. She decided the leg will be fine. She stepped out of the barn with Rose. She tiptoed through the yard and down the path to the main road, unsure of what to do next.
A girl walked down a narrow, twisting path to her home, a small Ponyta limped behind her.
"Come on, girl, you can make it," she murmured to the Ponyta, comforting it.
"Ande, are you coming in for supper?" a woman, obviously her mother, yelled.
"Not hungry, mom!" the girl, Ande, yelled in reply. As she neared the stable, she started murmuring again, this time to herself, "Stupid brothers, don't they get it? Rosy will never be as strong as their Machamps an' Golums an' Gyrados an'…" She bursted into tears and quickened her pace as much as the injured Ponyta, Rose, let her. She led Rose to an empty stall and let her in. Ande crooned, "I'll be back in a minute, baby girl." She went into a small room off the main aisle and started grabbing stuff. "Let's see, gauze, um, medicine, uh, where is it…" She threw open a tack box and started digging through it, "No, no, darn it, oh, here it is." She added a bandage to the pile of stuff in her arms and ran back to her Ponyta. "Okay, girl," she said softly to Rose. Ande drizzled the medicine on the gauze and looked up at the Ponyta, "This'll probably hurt, girl, okay, here goes." She wraped the gauze around Rose's leg. Rose
snuffled Ande's hair, her intelligent eyes showed no sign of the promised pain. She stood perfectly still, except the twitching of her short ears. "All done."
"Andeline Sanz, get up to the house, NOW." Her oldest brother's voice screamed from the direction of the house.
"I'm comin', just a minute," Ande yelled back. She fed and watered Rose and rubbed her behind her ears, her favorite spot, then ran up to the house.
"Ande, where were you? You made all of us wait."
Ande cut her dad off, " I told mom I wasn't hungry."
"I don't want your excuses. You get up to your room, young lady."
"Fine, don't let me explain. You don't care, as long as the boys leave you enough money to retire then you don't care about me."
"To your room, NOW."
Ande trudged up the stairs to her room, "I'm not going to be here tomorrow, daddy dearest, by that time, I'll be long gone, all the way to… somewhere."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~LATER THAT NIGHT~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Okay, I got everything, I'm leaving, bye Tommy and Joe and Chris and Billie. Bye Mom and Dad. Oh, why do you care?" Ande whispered to herself as she crawled out her bedroom window by her sheets. She snuck to the barn and silently slid open the door. Rose knickered to Ande, knowing it's her. "Shhh, Rose, be quiet," Ande whispered to Rose. She opened the door to the tack room and grabbed a bridle; she tiptoed out and slipped into Rose's stall. Rose stood still as Ande put the headstall over her ears and slipped the bit in her mouth. Ande led her out of the stall and looked at her leg. She decided the leg will be fine. She stepped out of the barn with Rose. She tiptoed through the yard and down the path to the main road, unsure of what to do next.