Sorry really short chapter but i'm doing the chapters in days so ... yeah. chapter 3 is gonna be epic...ish ... in my opinion ... (i'm so tired that i dont even know what i'm writing so ...yeah)
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The wind had died down. It was dawn and yet I was still following the horses' scents. Their scents were getting stronger which meant that they would hopefully be nearby. I got to the top of yet another grassy hill next to yet another grassy valley. These marshes just went on and on and on.
Looking behind me I realised just how far away from home I was. I couldn't even see the house from way back here. All I could see was marshland. Sighing I turned and scanned the area. Then I saw them, all three of them grazing together in the valley. Changing into my human form, I walked down into the valley.
"Where have you lot been?" I said as I reached them.
They looked calm now as they lifted their heads and nickered softly to me. I reached my hand out and stroked Tiny's star under her forelock. I took her reigns, along with Noah's. Noah was Ismay's pony. Hopefully Harry would just follow us and thankfully he did.
Date: Sunday, 4th August
Time: 9:09 pm
Nine bloody pm! That's when I got home with the three ponies. And I was not in a good mood. While I'd been leading the horses back I realised that Livvy still had my phone so I had no clue what had happened to Rosie while she was in surgery. I was also extraordinarily hungry.
I hadn't had dinner on Saturday and I had not had breakfast, lunch or dinner today. I felt like I could eat a whole flock of sheep! But I knew I couldn't, I was also very sleepy and felt like I was going to collapse.
I filled up the horses' haynets, filled up their waters, un-tacked them and brushed them down before rugging them up and going inside. This took at least an hour. Actually I was so tired I wasn't even sure how long it took.
Date: Sunday, 4th August
Time: 10:40 am
I stared at the clock in disbelief. How had it taken me so long just to do that. Perhaps I should call Rosie's parents now. I was about to pick up the phone when my stomach let out a huge rumble that came complete with a pain in my stomach.
I bunged two ready meals into the microwave and drank two cups of milk before my home phone rang.
"Hello," I said sleepily.
"Hey Lucy, I've been trying to get through to you for hours. Are you okay?" I recognised the voice to be Rosie's mother.
"Yeah, I've been trying to find the horses," I replied.
"Oh, did you find them?" she asked.
"Yeah, eventually," I answered.
"Good, Rosie will be relieved. I just wanted to tell you that she's going to stay in hospital for a week before they'll release her to us," she said.
"Okay, send her my love," I said.
"Will do. Take care."
"Bye."
"Bye" she said.
At that moment the microwave pinged. I ate the two ready meals.
I heard the front door open and close. Dad walked into the kitchen with big bags under his eyes. I probably had bags under my eyes too but I didn't even care.
"Are you okay?" I asked him cautiously.
He looked up from where he was now filling up the kettle with water.
"Yeah, what about you. I haven't seen you since last night, did you go running?" he asked.
"You could say that. I was out looking for those horses," I explained.
"Oh. Did you find them?" he asked.
I nodded and placed my head on my hands. Then I suddenly noticed that something or rather someone was missing.
"Dad, where's Mysie?" I asked.
"Oh shit. I left her outside," he said as he jogged to the front door and whistled loudly.
A few minutes later the big grey deerhound came trotting in through the door. I gave her a cuddle before Dad said that he was going to bed. He asked me to feed Mysie and so I did. Walking back into the kitchen I could see that Dad had left his coffee on the side. It was still steaming and so I took it up to him and as soon as I had, I felt so sleepy that I might fall over. I collapsed on my bed and instantly fell into a very deep sleep.