Haunted by the past
This is my first Heartland fanfic, I just began writing. Please tell me what you think, I can always use the tips!
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Bam ...!Amy sits upright in bed ... It is 4 o'clock, 4 O'CLOCK! And she's awake, just like the last few weeks. She keeps having the same nightmares the one of the accident ...
A few months back
"Good morning Grandpa!," I said cheerfully. "Good morning, why so happy today?" Said Grandpa laughing a little. "Well, today is the last day of school ... and then finally HOLIDAY!, how can I not happy about that? "I said. I quickly grabbed a muffin my grandfather made and went outside. "Do not forget that today you still have school, Amy!" Yells my grandfather.
I live on a farm called Heartland. My mother has a special gift with horses, she understands them. Even though many people call her a horse whisperer, she's not. She just listens to horses, at times when others don't. Our farm consists of a large building with 6 stables, my mother doesn't want to expand. We have 3 horses of other people, the rest is from ourselves. The reason my mother doesn't want to expand is because she wants to focus all her attention to the horse and it doesn't work when she has to take care for thirty horses. Grandpa and I always help around, In the mornings I feed the horses, and ofcourse take care of my own horse, Sundance.
Sundance, is ... stubborn. There is no other way of saying it. He had a hard time when he was little, he was abused, and didn't trust people anymore. My mother and I found him on a horsemarket, no one could come close to him. Actually, he was sold to the butcher. Until I found him, he was incredibly skinny, its moons were matted and his hooves looked horrible. I took my mother to buy him, the butcher gave him for almost nothing, something about dangerous behavior. It took a very long time before I could do anything with him, he attacked me and there were times when my mother also started to think, that he was truely a dangerous horse. Until a year ago ...
(Flashback)
Lou, my older sister, came to visit with her husband, Scott. She told me she was looking for our father, I had never seen him, he left when I was three. Grandpa told me sometimes about him, it turned out that he hit me and my mother. Grandpa found out and then sent him away. And now Lou told me, that she found him and that she wants me to go with her to meet him! I was so angry, sad and scared, I felt so much at once. How could Lou do that?! Did she not know what he did to us?! At that time it was just too much, and I ran outside in the pouring rain.
I immediately went to Sundance, I pulled him out of his stall, and jumped on his back. I ignored the fact that I had never successfully rode him, I kicked my feet into his sides, and we ran. Because of the rain you couldn't see the tears on my cheeks, I kept going and going. Sundance seemed to feel how I felt and finally stopped running. I let myself drift of his back, and hit my arms around his neck. So I stood there for a long time ... When I came back to Sundance, I talked with Lou, explained that that was something I did not want. She was angry, I admit, but did not force me further. Since then Sundance always there for me ...
And with me, I really mean me, still no one can really come close to Sundance without being bitten or kicked, except I. I then came back to Sundance was a horse with a will of its own and not be tamed wild. Since then I ride him bareback and bridle, sometimes I still use a bridle, and I taught him to accept the saddle, but without saddle or bridle is still the finest.
(End flashback)
"Hey, boy, how are you?", I said as I stroked Sundance. I put his halter and bring him to the meadow far, there's his best friend Sugerfoot, a small furry Shetland, already waiting. Sundance after I've put in the meadow I go looking for my mother.
'Maamm!', I call. I hear a response from the feed chamber. If I pass the corner I see my mother coming. "Good morning, Mom, I've already put outside Sundance."
"Good morning, sweetheart." Says Marion. "How are you feeling about your last school day?". Asked my mom.
"Meaning?, No, I can not wait until it's over." She laughs. "Well, if you still feel like, you can have fixed the feed going to do."Says my mom. I sigh and turn around, to make the food ready to go.
After I run, I did a quick shower before school. I'm already late for the bus ... I run out the door while I cry hello, "Bye!"
School was boring, I kept looking at the clock, tick ... tick ... tick ...tick ...
Riingg! Finally the bell, it is far too long last school was over! Emily came running up to me, "Finally it is holiday, I thought I was dying that last hour ..." said Emily. Yes, Emily is always a bit dramatic.
In the bus home, Emily told me about her family in France, they are going to visit her parents. I heard only half of her story, she talks quite a lot ie. So I nodded occasionally.
Finally home, I dumped my backpack at the door and ran to the stables. "Maam!, I'm back home!" I cried. My mother came from the stable of Boris, a Welsh Cob, which is quite anxious. She laughed at my enthusiasm, "you're ready to go I see." She said.
Today was the first day my mother was going to ride Pegasus, the horse that was my fathers. Pegasus is a beautiful horse with a lot of talent but got depressed when my father left. My mother healed him and today we're going to make a trail ride together.
As I brushed Sundance, my mother took Pegasus from the pasture. About 20 minutes later we were ready to leave.
If I had known before that this would be the last time I would see my mother ride... everything would have been different.
I'm sorry for the grammar mistakes, English is not my first language and I'm still learning :) I want to thank .xX, she helped me a lot and writes amazing stories
