CLU - I hope u enjoy this guys, I had a few ideas and I thought I would put them down. Well here ya go! :) Hope u all like and maybe leave a comment? ;)

~ Chapter 1 ~

I was so pissed off with my Step-Mum, she was sending me to another country because she can't be bothered with me anymore but what I think is the real reason she is sending me away is because she doesn't think I have a shot at Finals. If I passed this I would then get a Scholarship at the best Riding School in the world, the one my Father used to own.

I loved it there when I was little, I would run around the many fields and play with the horses while learning everything to know about them, then my Father would help me ride and teach me to jump. I was now the best jumper and rider at the school I was currently at and I was ahead of all the other 15 year old's, I was said to be riding at a professional level.

I was brought out of my thoughts when a black tail came into contact with my face, I was a little stunned but when I blinked a couple of times I was able to see that Spirit was pretty much laughing, well as much as a horse could laugh. I smiled at his face and brushed his hind legs a bit more with the light brown and black brush I had in my hand.

I then patted his rear and ran my hand along his body 'till I was in front of him and looking into his eyes, he then, trying to be cocky, raised his head all the way and stood at his full height. If you could tell he was a lot taller than me, being a Stallion and all. I smiled and shook my head, I patted the bottom of his neck until he nearly smiled at me and lowered his head onto my shoulder and neighed softly.

"I love you to Buddy." I said softly as I rubbed in between his ears. I knew he loved that so I pushed my hand a little harder but I then felt something pulling my white hair slightly, I then tried to step back and away from Spirit but because he had my hair in his mouth I couldn't get very far and had to stop. But when he finally let go of my hair I stood back with my hands on my hips and looked at him for a moment.

Spirit is a muscular buckskin colored horse with a black mane, a dark brown nose, dark black hooves and a black tail with warm brown eyes. I would never change Spirit for the world, he was my baby and he will always be, no matter how much taller than me. My Nanna had given him to me a few years ago and since then every time I had moved Spirit had come with me and every event I had been in he was there and he would never leave my side no matter what.

I smiled at the memory of when I first got him but then turned around so I could refill his grain box, I quickly stepped out of his stall and walked over to the other side of the barn and grabbed an old Milk Bottle that we had cut the top off, and scooped up some grain until the bottle was full and then quickly walked back over to Spirit's stall and opened the wooded door with one hand and closed it behind me. I smiled when he nudged me closer to the food bowl type thing in the corner. I then poured the bottle's content into the bowl and turned around.

"That better?" I asked as I looked him in the eye and he nodded, strange what a horse can understand. I shook my head and moved out-of-the-way of the food and walked over to the stall's door. I put my hand on the top and looked back to Spirit. I smiled at how much he was eating but he must have seen me because I got another whip to the face with his tail. I put my hand on my cheek and laughed to myself. Someone was a little annoyed today. I then walked out of the stall and locked the door to his stall. I looked around the stall and saw his saddle next to it and his Bridle. I quickly put the bottle away and came back over to his stall and picked up his bridal and saddle.

It was a little hard to carry but I was able to get them eventually, I then took a slow walk back to the house where my Step-Mum and Brother were waiting. This was gonna be fun, my Step-Mum hated Spirit but my Step-Brother didn't mind him and sometimes offered to help me so I didn't mind him it's just my 'Mum' that I hated. I smiled to myself as I pushed the back door to the house open, I heard people talking in the kitchen and I assumed that it was my 'Mum' and Brother so I didn't worry as I walked through the kitchen to the stairs and then to my room. I had heard my 'Mum' yelling at me about the Saddle and Bridal but I think I had mumbled something like 'I need them' back to her but wasn't sure.

I chucked the saddle on a wooden pole that came out of the wall near my door and then just put the Bridal on top of it, I was too tired to put it away tonight. I looked out my window and saw how dark it was, yeah maybe should have come in a little earlier, but then when I looked around my room I saw that all I had left to pack was my bed and Spirit. Everything is at my Nanna's where I would be staying 'till I was 18 and could move out but I was so glad I was gonna see her again, I hadn't seen her in years! I then flopped down on my bed and closed my eyes, willing for morning to come sooner.

~+X+~

Ouch, I hurt everywhere, the chairs on the plane where not comfy. I had back pain and, well... pretty much everywhere pain. After hours on a plane I can now say that I am never gonna get on another plane ever again! But I was glad that I was on the way to see my Nanna and I couldn't wait! I was practically jumping in my seat, I hadn't seen her since my father died and that was at least 6 years ago.

I looked out of the window of the black cab that I had called to pick me up at the airport since Nanna couldn't drive so we agreed that she would meet me at her place. I wonder if it had changed at all since I last came here, I thought as I drew on the window that was slightly steamy. I looked at the small doodle on the window and then out of the other window on my other side, the one that hadn't steamed up. When I looked out of it I could see my Nanna's house, I was nearly home.

I felt myself smile and I thought I might split my face in half because of how big my smile was, my Nanna was so close and I would be rid of the damn woman that my Father decided to marry a few years before his death. I then felt and heard the breaks of the cab I was in and I pretty much ripped the seatbelt off and jumped out of the car and ran to the house, my Nanna was just coming out of the front door when I jumped on her and hugged her as tight as I could.

"Hey there girly, haven't seen you in a while." Nanna said into my hair as she hugged me back just as tight, I felt a few tears leak down my face as I hugged her tighter and closed my eyes.

"Hey Nanna." I said with a shaky voice, I heard my Nanna chuckle as I spoke but she then rubbed my back slowly as my shoulders started to shake. I sighed and breathed in slightly before I moved back but still with my hands on her shoulders and hers where over her heart and she looked like she was about to cry.

"Honey, you've grown so much!" She said as her hands moved from her chest to her mouth and then I removed my hands from her shoulders and wiped away the tears that were still leaking down my face and looked Nanna in the eye and tried to stand up a little straighter and tried to talk properly.

"Nanna, I've missed you so much and I never wanted to live with that damned witch, but the law had said that I had to!" I got out in pretty much one breath. I saw my Nanna shake her head and her hands moved away from her mouth and I saw a few tears leak down her face but she quickly wiped them away and put one hand on my shoulder and squeezed it slightly.

"Honey, I know you never liked her but your Father must have loved her if he married her." Nanna said as she stepped aside slightly and let go of my shoulder, she then smiled at me. I smiled back and closed my eyes before stepping into my Nanna's home and so may different emotions swept over me as I opened my eyes and looked around my Nanna's living room, I smiled and spun around slightly. I saw all the pictures of me and my Dad from when I was younger and still living here.

"Remembering home yet?" Nanna said from the other side of the room, when I looked I then realised that I had walked right through the living room and was about to enter the kitchen. When I looked back to Nanna properly she was leaning on the front door with her arms crossed over her chest and had a rather large smile on her face.

"Yeah, I used to love it here." I said as I closed my eyes for a split second and looked at one of the pictures on the fire place, my smile then fell from my face. I could feel tears in my eyes but I pushed them back. I walked slowly closer to the fire place and picked the picture up.

"That's been my favourite picture since you left." Nanna said from behind me, I didn't bother turning around or answering because I couldn't look away from the picture. It was of me, my Dad and Nanna, it was when I was 9, I was on my Dads back and my Dad had his eyes closed and so did I because we were laughing because we were nearly on the floor and then there was my Nanna who was trying to keep both of us up but she was laughing as well and she was falling over but she had one hand on my Dads arm and then her other hand was on my back.

I smiled at the memory of the day the photo was taken and then turned around to face my Nanna.

"You can take it to Cross Academy if you wanna, I got another one in my room." Nanna said before I had the chance to ask, she knows me so well that she always would just make sure I had everything before I even had to ask. I smiled again and hugged her as tight a I could and closed my eyes as I tried to keep back the tears, again.

I pulled away and looked Nanna in the eye and then heard a small yapping sound, Barmy. He was a dog my Nanna had when I was younger and I used to chaise him all day long and I couldn't believe he was still alive. I looked to Nanna and she had a smiled that would make anyone's day and when I turned around I saw a small brown dog running, more like limping, into the living room yapping all the way.

"Barmy, I cant believe your still alive." I said as I looked from Barmy back to Nanna, she smiled and laughed as she walked into the kitchen. When she got to the door by the kitchen she looked back at me and smiled.

"For one, Barmy is very, very old now. And two, do you wanna drink Honey?" Nanna said as she leaned back and looked at me, I shook my head and looked down at the picture in my hand and then down to Barmy, who had curled up by my feet, I then looked back to Nanna but she had moved and was probably in the Kitchen.

"Hey Nanna, is my bedroom still in the same place?!" I shouted to her as I made my way to where the stairs where and stood on the first step. I heard a few muffled noises and then my Nanna shuffled into the hall way and looked up at me and smiled again.

"Yeah, all your old stuff is in the loft and all your stuff that you sent over has been put up and away." Nanna said as she shuffled closer to me and kissed my on the cheek before going back into the kitchen. I smiled and looked back at the picture in my hand, I shook my head with a smile on my face and ran upstairs. When I got to the top I walked down the hall and walked into the second door on the left.

I opened the door slowly, if for the first time, and saw that Nanna was right, everything that I had sent here had been put away and placed in the right places and there was even a suitcase with all of my things in for school. Sadly the school I was going to be going to was a boarding school, so I would have to live on campus but at least they have a stable and my Nanna had already arranged that Spirit stay at school with me.

I smile and lay down on my bed so I could try to get some rest before school, I really didn't wanna leave Nanna again but if I don't go to school then my step-Mum wouldn't let me ride again so I had to go. I smiled and pulled the picture frame up in front of my eyes and looked at it again, the light from my room was shinning on it and I saw the looks on my Dads and Nanna's faces, they were both so happy.

I smiled bitterly and my hand fell down and back to my side, I then looked up to the ceiling and saw the emptiness. I then started to think about my new school and what it would be like, my eyes then closed but my mind slowly started to wander to what I saw that day at the arena...

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