Author's Notes: Part 10 of our amazing adventure! Whoo! That was pretty fast huh? Well I managed to catch up but it may go a bit slower since the holidays are coming and school is picking up but I'll write more in spare time. Enjoy!
They soon came back to RS and Sally look out the barn's door. The Arabian mare could hear Mater and Lightning talking. She smiled and rolled her eyes, backing into the barn. Mater was trotting up and you could their conversation "Tomorrow night we can go look for the ghost light!" Lightning wasn't so thrilled "I can't wait Mater..." Mater nodded "Oh I'm telling ya...oh boy you gotta admit that was funnn nnn" Lightning looked down a bit nervously "Oh yeah...yeah..." Mater caught his look and decided to change the subject "Well we better get you back to the impound pasture..." Lightning stammered a little "You know a-actually Sally's gonna let me stay at the barn..." Mater smirked "oh get cozy in the barn is we?" He chuckled and Lightning looked back kinda shocked "Oh c-No no are you kidding? Besides she can't stand me..." He scoffed a lil "And I don't like her to honest..." Mater smiled and rolled his eyes knowing that was far from the truth "Yeah you probably right..." Lightning glanced at Mater then continued walking straight. The sorrel QH moves over to the side a bit "Hey look there's Miss Sally..." Lightning jumped a bit excitedly looked around "What where?" Mater laughed seeing how Lightning fell for it "Your in love with Miss sally..." The TB sighed and had an annoyed look "No I'm not..."
As the two argued about Lightning "liking" Sally, the gray Arabian looked out a barn window. Back outside Mater soon started walking backwards chanting "Your in love with Miss Sally, your in love with Miss Sally..." Lightning looked at Mater sarcastically "Ok that's real mature Mater...Real grown up..." He soon started saying Lightning loved Sally which kinda got on the rookie horse's nerves "Mater...Mater enough..." The QH chuckled still walking backwards. Lightning looked at Mater with an eyebrow raised a bit "Will you stop that?" Mater looked confused "Stop what?" He moves his head towards Mater going backwards "That walking backwards stuff it's creeping me out...Your gonna fall or something..." Mater stopped "Fall? Shoot I'm the best backwards walker..." He raised his eyebrows a bit "just watch this right here lover boy..." Mater soon started trot quickly backwards near the trees and barn. This made Lightning worried "What are you doing..? Watch out..." He cringed a lil "Mater...Mater!" The sorrel QH was whinnying happily and soon went around a tree. Lightning chuckled "He's nuts!" Mater so walked backwards quickly up "No need to watch where I'm going..." He turned around fast and soon was facing Lightning smirking "Just need to know where I been..." Lightning backed up then looked at Mater excitedly and amazed "Woah-ho that was incredible! How'd you do that?" Mater just flicked his ears "listenin and practice...when ya get time I'll teach ya if ya want..." Lightning chuckled and turned around "yeah maybe I'll use it in my big race..." The sorrel QH walked up a lil curious "What's' so important about this race of yours anyway...? Lightning stopped fast and gasped a lil. He turned around to face Mater "It's not just a race...we're talking about the Derby Cup...I've been dreaming about it my whole life! I'll be the first rookie in history ever to win it" He started to walk back to the barn "And when I do we're talking big new sponsors, private trailers...no more Konic polisher, no more dusty old horses..." Mater looked at Lightning a little upset at that "What's wrong with dusty old horses?" Lightning cringed and looked at Mater knowing his mistake "Oh I don't mean you Mater I mean other old horses you know? Not like you I like you…" Mater lowered his head down a bit "Ah it's ok buddy…" He then looked up at Lightning with a hopeful look "Hey do you think one day I can get ride in one of them trailers? I mean I've always wanted to ride in one of them fancy trailers…" Lightning who didn't take much promising agreed "yeah, yeah, yeah sure, sure…" Mater soon got excited "You mean it?" Lightning smirked "Oh yeah anything you say…" Mater smiled "I knew it…I knowed I made a good choice!" Lightning looked at Mater confused "In what?" Mater paused a second "My best friend…" Lightning's eyes widen some then smiled, which Mater returned. Mater started to walk trots backward around Lightning "see ya tomorrow buddy! Mcqueen and Sally laying beneath a tree K-I-S-S-something, something T…" Lightning chuckled and tried to walk backwards but swerved to the side "Woah, woah, woah…"
He chuckled again and backed into the barn "Stable one…stable one…" He soon saw it "Ah number one…huh this is nice…" He walked in the stall and looked around. Sally soon trotted up "Hey hotshot…" Lightning jumped yelping and Sally yelped too stepping back a little. She chuckled nervous "I'm sorry…" Lightning regained his composure and talked a little quick "Woah-ho you scared me…you got be careful I-…" She soon thew in something "I scared myself scaring you scaring me…" Lightning took a step back "I mean I wasn't like scared scared…I was more…" Sally agreed then changed the subject "Just I overheard you talking to Mater…" Lightning jumped a little "When j-just now? W-what what did ya hear…?" Sally moved her ears a bit "Oh just something about a trailer ride…" Lightning soon relaxed "Oh yeah…yeah he got kick out of that didn't he?" Sally looked at him with a curious but somewhat serious look "Did you mean it?" Lightning looked at Sally confused "What?" She rolled her eyes a little "That you'll get him a ride…" Lightning shrugged "Oh who knows I mean first things first I gotta get out of there and make the race…" He started to back into his stall. Sally gave him a skeptical look "Uh-huh…you know…Mater trusts you…" Lightning looked down a little seeing that right now Mater was his only friend right now "Yeah…Ok…" He started to go back in and Sally stopped him "Did you mean that?" Lightning raised an eyebrow "What?" Sally looked at him "Was it just a yeah…ok…, or yeah ok or y-yeah o-ok…?" Lightning sighed a lil "Look I'm exhausted it's kinda been a long day…" Sally lowered her head "yeah..ok…night…" She walked off sadly and Lightning cringed feeling terrible "Hey…thank-you…" Sally stopped and backs up to face the TB "What did you just say?" Lightning's eyes sort of shifted to the side and he paw the ground a lil "You know thanks for letting me stay here….It's nice to be out of the impound and this…it's great…" He gave a small smile "G'night" Sally smiled back "G'night…" She trotted off pleased and Lightning shut the door and soon fell asleep.