Pen Pal
Chapter 2
Stevie
Mean while:
I was shoveling hay into Bell's stall when Carol and Lisa my two best friends came running up to me.
"You won't guess this!" exclaimed Lisa.
"We got Pen Pals!" Carol said.
"And they are from America!" Lisa added.
"Tomorrow we will be assigned too them." Commented Carol.
"The only bad part is that-" Lisa was cut off.
"-it will take two to three weeks for them to receive and send back" Carol finished.
"Wow! Did you guys practice that or something?" I finally asked. Then we started to laugh.
"Hey! Let's go on a Hack!" Lisa piped up from the laughter. Carol went to her stall on the right of Bell's and Lisa went to the left. We where all tacked up in no time and where heading out to the trail when I saw Liam and Phil.
"Phil!" he looked over and rolled his eyes.
"Is he ok?" Carol asked.
"Ya, he's usually glad to see us." Lisa said. I looked at Lisa in regard to her comment.
"Usually?" Stevie asked.
"Umm..." Carol said in her 'most not wanting to know what she is about too say Umm...'
"No don't say anything!" I shouted. Bell reared in shock and bolted. There was a tall and wide gate ahead of us and Bell was ready to leap I closed my eyes. I Felt like I was floating for just a second and then we landed with a thud on the other side. Bell continued to gallop onward dogging trees and rocks. Flying over fallen trees and logs. It seamed like forever holding on for dear life, but she soon she slowed down to a small clearing with a little cottage near the edge of the forest and there was a small stream flowing on one side with a little barn placed on another side. There was a little fire in the middle of the clearing with logs around it.
"Wow." I couldn't think of anything else to say of such a cute little place. I jumped off of Bell and tied her up to a tree so I could look around. The barn was empty from what I could see. The cottage was unlocked but the windows filled with dust. I knocked on the door. No one answered. I went in. As I walked in I was in this little living room with a couch and a rocking chair. I continued into the kitchen where there was a table and three chairs in the corner. Along the wall were a stove, fridge, microwave and pantry. There was a window on another side and above it was a small sign that said:
Here is are home,
Faith, Charity, and Hope,
Fun for all,
And all for Fun!
I reached for it to get a closer look but it slipped out of my hands and fell onto the floor and I noticed something on the back. Picking it up I read:
Faith is for knowing the cottage will be safe,
Charity is for every thing we had put into this cottage,
And Hope is for not giving up when,
Build the cottage.
No one will ever know how we lived or died.
"Died? How on earth could they write this if they where dead?" I placed the sign back and then I heard laughter outside and I ran to see two girls around my horse. There was another on Bell.
"Who are you?" I asked trying to sound brave. They did not turn to look not call back. They continued to laugh and pet Bell. I started to walk forward.
"Who are we?" they said in harmony.
"Yes, who are you?" I said. They still would not look at me.
"We are-" One girl on the ground said.
"What we-" The other girl that was on the ground continued
"Are." The girl on Bell finished.
"And this is are horse." They said together.
"No, she's mine. That's my Bell."
"Bell?" They said together, "Bell is more a ghost than alive. She is..." they paused and looked at me then disappeared. "Boo!" They screamed as they reappeared right in front me.
"Ah!" I screamed falling back into tall grass closing my eyes and hoping that they would not hurt me then I heard a faint giggle then it was gone.
"We will be back." I heard them one last time, "Good day..."
When I opened them I was laying on the couch in the Pine hollow.
"Hey she's awake!" I heard Carols voice.
"Are you ok? You took quite a nasty fall" came Lisa's voice.
"Stevie?" It was my twin brother. How did he get here? "You ok?"
I sat up and looked at every one. "I- I'm A bit shocked."
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