Hello all, I am back!

I am not sure how long this will be. It will be a multi chapter fic with all the characters included.

This takes place a few months after the season seven. With this first chapter serving as an introduction of sorts.

Thanks to The Real TC for all the help!

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing if I did, well I would not be writing this.

Amy Fleming-Borden looked eagerly out the small plane's window as the ground approached and saw her husband Ty standing near his truck. She glanced down at the rings on her finger and smiled. Ty had come to visit her during winter break, spending a month traveling with her and the two had eloped during their time in Paris. They had called home after the fact; Lou had been upset; Tim had been rather unhappy as well, but the rest of her family had wished them congratulations. Amy had been particularly happy to elope. The stress of planning a wedding absent, she had had Soraya come and be their witness, she had bought a white dress and it had been so beautifully simple.

Amy smiled even wider as the plane touched down and slowed to a stop. She had never liked flying— especially after everything that had happened with Ty and Scott and the crash that had nearly killed them. Even after months of flying around Europe, the best part of the flight was when the plane touched the ground.

She had spent nearly four months training and advising Ahmed's team; getting them qualified for the World Equestrian Games that would be held that summer in Normandy. She had not once had the opportunity to return home but she had found that traveling the world with horses and horsey people had made traveling actually fun. She had called Soraya who had joined her, having been dumped by her boyfriend a month prior.

Ahmed's fascination with Amy had not lasted long as he and Soraya had hit it off. The two began dating and had become practically inseparable; Soraya was even returning to Alberta with the team.

Amy turned and looked excitedly at Soraya, who only smiled. She unbuckled her belt and pushed past her teammates to the front of the plane.

As she walked down the steps she found herself moving faster until she was jogging across the spring grass to meet her husband. As the two met and embraced, Amy felt tears well up in her eyes. It was good to be home!

Lou smiled as she looked out the window at her daughters and her husband who were building a tree house in the oak tree that sat outside their new house. They had found the place before Christmas and the couple had fallen in love with the sprawling 250–acre ranch. It sat directly behind Heartland and was accessed by a completely different road making it a short drive or a ten to fifteen minute ride on horseback. The house was two stories with 4 bedrooms and it had a few trees that had been planted years ago that were now tall enough for her oldest daredevil daughter to climb. In the largest they were building a tree house that had three levels. One that was only a few feet off the ground was for Katie, then a second one higher up connected with railed stairs that was actually in the tree. A third level higher up was only for Georgie.

Peter had quit his job two weeks ago. Lou had plans to write another book and had received an advance for the first few chapters. Her first book had not been big in Alberta, but out East and most especially in the U.S., her book had become a best-seller. Her dude ranch had gone from corporate to family getaway overnight. And she would be gone more, so Peter quit the job he hated to stay home. To be home with the girls. She smiled as her phone buzzed with a reminder from Ty that Amy's plane had been early.

Lou turned from the back window and walked out of the bedroom through the house. When her book had taken off, the first thing they wanted to do was to purchase a house. Then Lou and Peter had stumbled upon the ranch, and by the end of the day had an offer in. Two weeks later they were moving out. But suddenly, so was Jack. And now the little house that Lou had grown up in sat empty. She fingered a photo of her and a five-year-old Amy in front of the Heartland Ranch house that was hanging in the hall. Smiling slightly, Heartland was always meant to be Amy's. Heartspring Ranch was their new home.

Jack Bartlett groaned as he dragged a large box in to the small house. He set it in the corner of the empty kitchen and looked around.

"Lisa?" he called.

His wife peeked her head around the corner. "Yea?" she replied.

"Lou wants us. She says Amy's plane is early. Ty is only gonna be able to stall so long."

"Well, it won't be much of a surprise if she gets there before anyone else," Lisa said as she made her way over to Jack.

Jack looked at her. She was dressed in blue jeans and a black tank top. Over that was a plaid shirt she was using as a jacket, though it very obviously was not hers. He personally liked the look but knew Lou would disapprove, considering the number of guests.

"You need to get ready. Lou wants us over ASAP." Lisa shook her head. "All of my nicer clothes are still at Heartland. I will just get ready over there. You know, this one box a day thing is not working for me. We need to move all of our things over. Ty and Amy are going to want their space. They are newlyweds, after all."

"If I recall, so are we."

Lisa smiled and said, "We had the place to ourselves after Lou and the kids left. We are going to leave those two kids alone. So when it is convenient for them, I will be moving my things out. I suggest you do the same. This was your idea in the first place. I was perfectly content to jump between houses."

Jack nodded. "I know. And I like it here; I do." He kissed Lisa's forehead and she smiled. He did like it and he was very glad she had purchased the place. It was a project, and it was keeping her busy, which was in turn keeping her in Hudson and not off in Paris.

The couple strolled out to the car, each lost in thought. Lisa stopped and turned around. "It's a nice house."

Jack encircled her in his arms. "It's a great house." And it was. It was small and rustic. It had treated wood siding with green trim and stone layered the first few feet of the outside walls. The porch wrapped all the way around the house and had flower gardens that lined the walk-way from the house to the drive. It sat in a shaded grove of trees and looked a lot like a rustic mountain cottage. It was very similar to Heartland in many ways and was in fact just across the street!

The house sat on 400 acres of land but had only the house. Lisa had plains to build her new breading facility there having sold Fairfield. Only a few weeks after their wedding, Lisa had been offered a substantial amount of money for Fairfield which had not been on the market at the time. It had been too good to refuse. She had packed up her things, placing some in storage, and the rest such as furniture had gone with the estate.

After a month at Heartland, the opportunity to purchase the ranch across the street had come up. Lisa, who needed a place to start her horse breeding program, had pounced on it with plans to build a barn. Off in a wooded grove of maples sat the small house. In the beginning, Jack and Lisa where going to bounce between houses, but after two weeks of the two going back and forth, Jack broached the idea of making the house a permanent residence. He did like the house. It reminded him a little of Heartland, it being small and quaint and rustic. But at the same time, it was different: it was quite private, and everything that the secretly married couple could ever want. Heartstone, as they had named their property, was quickly becoming home to Jack and Lisa Bartlett.

So that is the first of many chapters. Please review if you want another chapter. I promise there is a plot.

Until next time,

Libby