It was a long dusty trail out in the open, camping out under the starts. You had to be careful of scorpions and rattlesnakes, they won't kill but they can give you a pretty nasty nip. We have risked our lives out here, many of us have lost them. The life is hard and rough. You can suffer from exastion, sun stroke, dehydration, hunger and also hypothermia if you're not warm at night. We both know the story of the old Wild West. It is lonely but as long as we have each other, we'll be fine.
"Wake up Hikaru, the suns up and we need to make a move." I gently nudged my sleeping brother, he rolled over still asleep. "Come on, we need to get this letter back to town, Hikaru wake up!" I shook his shoulder and he rolled back and looked at me, still sleepy but awake. "We got to get moving, the letter needs to reach the Ouran Ranch." Hikaru sat up and looked at me, rubbed his eyes. He looked really tired but he seemed to snap himself awake. He wished me a good morning and went out to check the horses. I had a time to think about the day but I soon followed him out.
I'm Karou, those who know us would have worked that out already, but for those who don't know us or what we're doing, I'll explain. I'm out on the range in the classic time of the Wild West. Me and my brother Hikaru are both part of what is called the Pony Express. We ride up around the towns delivering important messages to the mayors of the towns. Most people do it alone and it takes around 10 days to do the full run. We're lucky to have each other. Most people can't do this job and suffer terribly and as I've mentioned, many die. But as were as close as brothers could be, especially twin brothers, we look after each other. We also can keep each other company as working means long rides and longer days. We're coming up to the Ouran Ranch, a little side town with only a few people in it, but they are very welcoming to us, most towns regard us as outcasts which we are. But at Ouran, we get greeted with open arms by the guy who runs the town, Sheriff Tamaki. He stays there with his adopted daughter Haruhi. I'll tell you more about them when we get there. Now I've got to check on food as I'm sorting out breakfast.
"Long nights watch again, I hope we get to Ouran soon." Hikaru said as I handed him his breakfast. He is out of the two of us the older twin, so he's slightly more in charge but I let his personality as it suits him to be the leader and it suits mine to have a leader, but we are equal in each other's eyes.
"Must of been, I nearly didn't get you up." I joked, we both laughed. Its fun being together as we like the same things and share the same sense of humour.
"How long we got until we reach Ouran?" Hikaru asked as we'd finished out meal.
"A few hours, max." I replied. Hikaru nodded his head and went to saddle his horse. Our horses are twins as well, they are both strong horses, with light brown coats and long black hair. We got them both when we started the job, they for some reason were really stubborn when it came to splitting them up for riders, because of this they were kept as a pair. When we came to getting horses we chose these ones. Because me and Hikaru are never apart, these were the perfect choice. We have helped them out at times and they have returned the favour.
