Rain looked back when she heard the bang. She saw Spirit was ok and was talking to some big black horse. She looked forward and saw they had already dragged Esperanza in shelter with all the other horses. She looked at Buck who was following very closely to Rain. She licked his face to asure him that everything was going to be alright, even though she wasn't so certain herself. She followed Esperanza into the shaded area. The other horses greeted them.
"Hello there, welcome to the stables. My names Riley." A brown horse with a black mane and tail told them. Since Esperanza was to scared from never being this close to a two-legged before, Rain decided to answer.
"Hi, I'm Rain this is my son Buck, and that is my mother in-law Esperanza. My mate is still out there with the two-leggeds, his name is Spirit. We just came from the Cimarron. Well, we were actually taken from the Cimarron."
"Cimarron? It sounds familiar but I can't think of it. Anyway, if you got any questions just ask, and by the way the creatures you call two-leggeds are really called humans. You may not like it but they always win. They think they own everything. I was wild once, but that didn't last long. They took me here and took control of me. I knocked 3 humans off before they broke me, but the all time record is 12. Lightning did that he's the number one horse on the ranch. Well actually his name is Strider but the humans call him Lightning."
"Well, I bet you that the record will be broken. As stubborn as Spirit is, no human will ever get comfortable on his back."
"Wait a minute did you say Strider?" Esperanza bursted.
"Well to reply to Rain, I highly doubt Spirit will brake the record and yah I did say Strider."
"What does he look like?" she was almost yelling now. Rain was desperate to yell at his reply about Spirit, but she was worried Esperanza would snap at her for interrupting.
"Well, he's a big black stallion, no white marks, and he's the general's horse."
Esperanza stayed quiet. Rain was now worried.
"Esperanza? What is it? Do you know him or something.?"
"Well, it could be my, no never mind its not possible."
Rain understood there was something she did not want to tell her so she did not question her. She just realized that Buck was no longer by her side. She looked around to find him. She found him talking to a chestnut stallion who later she found out was named Comet and a palomino mare named Sandy. Rain was greeted by both. She found herself rambling about the how she met Spirit and how she was taken from her new home. A loud scream and several laughing horses made Rain turn to look at what was going on. She saw Spirit tied in between two poles and a human running away from Spirit. When she noticed what had happened, she couldn't help but laugh. She noticed Buck couldn't hold back either. The man who was grooming Spirit had got himself branded.