Amy tossed and turned in her sleep, images invaded her mind of the day she had just had, she shot up from her sleep to see the sun was beginning to rise. She had risen before her alarm was due to go off so she simply pulled the plug out. Amy decided she had to tell Ty, not all of it but some at least, she would tell him about the horse and the horse only. She made herself decent and stared in the mirror, blinked a few times before leaving the room. She checked on Amber to see her sleeping soundly and shut the door before she headed to the barn. Spartan nickered and she smiled, deciding to get some of the morning chores out of the way as soon as possible.
Amy had fed all the horses and started to clean some of the stalls when Badger came in. Amy still found it strange to have Badger around, he had been absent from Heartland for so long but whatever he had done during that time had obviously been for the better.
"Is Mallory around?" Badger asked with his hands in his pockets.
"I think she might have gone home last night because I haven't seen her and if she did she won't be here for at least another hour or so", Amy answered as she closed Magician's stall.
"Okay, thanks", Badger answered as he left the barn.
Amy thought about time, she was going to be nineteen next month, she felt so old. Katie was eighteen months old now and Amber was three weeks. Ty had recently turned twenty-two and Amy realised that time went by faster than she wanted it to.
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Ashley hadn't been able to sleep and kept thinking about her baby and when she would be moving in with her husband, she smiled in her bed and felt a warm fuzzy feeling. She walked downstairs and grabbed a sandwich before she checked the time, it was still fairly early but obviously her mother had already been up as she had left a plate wrapped in cling wrap leftin the fridge with some bacon and eggs and a note that said, 'Wouldn't wake you, enjoy your breakfast '
Ashley smiled and eagerly ate the meal before she walked outside to see the horses and Caleb who was already there, she was glad that her stomach hadn't screamed and run off after she ate the eggs and she felt light and bubbly, until she thought about Amber, she now wanted to ask Caleb if the found her.
"They found her last night, Amber that is", He told Ashley and she hugged him, a wave of relief washing over her, "The police station handed her over to Amy when they found her."
"Hey, do you know if Blair is taking back that mare and foal?" Ashley asked, she didn't know why the thought popped into her mind, "Because I heard that the foal was rejected by the mare."
"I'm not sure, why?" Caleb asked as he placed his hands on her hips.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe you know, when we move to our new place we might want to put a few horses on it", Ashley said with a smirk.
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Mallory finished her breakfast and headed over to Heartland, Badger had sent her a text saying that they found Katie and she was so relieved that they had. She couldn't wait to go and see Badger, she was going to ask him out on a date again tonight and hopefully it would work off better this time, without kidnappings and such.
She arrived at Heartland and went to go see Copper, he whinnied when he saw his friend and she smiled back at him before tending to his morning regime. She gave him some tonics in his food, not that he was ill physically or mentally but Mallory gave him them occasionally just to keep him a happy horse, she went around to find Badger and found him nursing Penelope's foal.
"Hey Badger", Mallory said, "Wanna try going out again tonight? Unless something else manages to go wrong."
"Yeah sure, I mean surely after last night tonight will be fine", Badger said as he got up from his kneeling position and walked over to the gate where Mallory was with the bottle containing milk in hand.
"You never know, there might be a black hole that could suddenly develop out of nowhere and just envelop all of Heartland", Mallory answered with a smirk.
"Yes, because that just happens all the time doesn't it?" Badger replied sarcastically.
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Lou answered the phone, she was hoping it was not another call about the law suit, she had had enough of them in the past week to keep her going for the next month.
"Hello, Heartland Ranch, Healing Horses Healing Hearts, Lou speaking", She was beginning to feel like a robot.
"Yes, Lou, it's Georgia here", Lou's lawyer responded, "I just wanted to know about the other horses that you had taken on for work prior to refusing the offer that Julian made."
"We took about two or three other horses that required only light work and only had simple problems, and they were all sent back at least one or two weeks prior to Amy having her baby, And we took them on a month before, Julian had tried scheduling an appointment a week before and Amy said she would inspect the horse if she was feeling up to it, obviously she didn't know she would give birth about a month early."
"Okay, thanks, that's all we need, oh and your chances are looking good Lou, I have to go now but I'll get back to you within the next week maybe", Georgia told her.
"Yeah sure", Lou said as she hung up, "I swear if I had a dollar for every phone call I've had about this law suit I would be a millionaire by now."
"Yeah well, at the rate those lawyers are charging us that wouldn't be such a bad thing", Peter said looking at all the bills for the lawyers just as the phone rang again, Jack sat across from Peter drinking a cup of coffee reading through the news.
"I swear, if it's them again…", Lou trailed off before answering, "Hello, Heartland Ranch, healing horses healing hearts, Lou speaking."
"Hi Lou, it's Ashley here, I just want to know if Blair is planning on keeping the mare and her foal", Ashley asked.
"I'm not sure, I'll go see Amy and I'll get back to you maybe today or tomorrow", Lou told Ashley.
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"Ty, I need to tell you something", Amy said to Ty as they walked along the property, they were a couple of hundred metres from the barn now, a decent distance away from everyone else.
"Yeah?" Ty asked as he grabbed her hand when Lou suddenly approached them.
"Amy, can I ask you something, I'm not interrupting anything am I?" Lou asked as she dragged her feet through the long grass.
"No, no, it's fine, you don't mind Ty?" Amy asked, looking into his eyes.
"No, of course not", Ty replied.
"Have you spoken to Blair lately about Penelope and her foal?" Lou queried as they all headed back to Heartland.
"No, actually I probably should sometime soon", Amy said, seemingly deep in thought, looking down at her feet.
"Yeah, because we have someone who would like the mare and foal if Blair should choose not to keep it", Lou told them, Amy seemed surprised and Lou answered their non-verbal question, "Ashley wanted to take the mare and her foal so would you be able to talk to Blair sometime soon so I can let Ashley know."
"Yeah, sure I'll talk to her", Amy said with a light smile, about to walk into the barn.
"Thanks", Lou said before hugging her sister and walking off into the house, Amy and Ty continued into the barn to go see the foal.
"So, what was it you were going to tell me before Lou came?" Ty asked, Mallory and Badger had left the young horse by now and were sitting on the front of the house.
"Oh, it's about yesterday", Amy started.
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Cliffhangers! Okay, so one chapter left guys! Yay! Then I can start on the next fanfic in the series and it's going to be epic (of course) Please leave me reviews and I bet you can't wait to hear what Amy has to say. Also, if you absolutely love Heartland and horses (like me!) then you'll love this horse sim game I made, please go and check it out: .com