A/N: Here's another one. I couldn't get the image of the horse out of my head so i needed to write it down in a story. so yeah. Enjoy...

Charlie.

The sky thundered, flashing, ripping light through the sky. I span around, wondering where I was. A derelict field what it seemed to look like. I felt the first drop, then another, then another. It wasn't long before it was pouring down. My strangely long hair was dripping down my shoulders, it was the first time I looked down to see I was wearing a white dress, plain and simple yet.. It seemed so precious to me. Picking it up, I began to run into the night, screaming for anyone to answer.

It wasn't long before I could see shadows. Hope rose in my heart, I began to run towards them but they were just a herd of horses, galloping away from the storm. Foolishly I ran straight into the middle of the herd, looking around frantically as the horses dodged this way and that to avoid me. I heard a frantic neigh from behind me. Spinning around I caught sight of a massive stallion. White. His eyes were wide with panic, he seemed normal until lightening flashed. His eyes were red, blood slowly trickling from them, he was covered in gashes, deep cuts, blood running from them too. The horse reared in panic as thunder crashed, I fell to the ground, screaming as the horse came down on top of me.

Shooting up I opened my eyes. Hyperventilating I felt my cheeks. Tears fell from my eyes. Jason was next to me, "Charlie, are you alright?"

"Y-yeah.." I replied through short breaths, "Bad dream.." I whispered back, burying my head into his shoulder, wrapping my hand around my growing stomach. "Don't .. leave me.." I cried slowly into his shoulder. Jason began to pull the both of us back to lie down. "Shh. It's alright baby. It's alright, I'm here, I'm not leaving you, I never will." He assured me, putting his hand on my own which was wrapped around my tummy. "We are a family, now and always."

It wasn't long before I was asleep again. Everything went dark, the thunder rose up again. The rain. The horse returned. As if he was haunting me.

Jason

I felt her tense in my arms. Slowly I began to stroke her hair, kissing her head. "It's okay Charlotte. It's okay. I'm here. I'm not leaving. I'll protect you." I whispered to her constantly. She stayed tense for several minutes before letting out a sigh, relaxing into my chest. I smiled a little. Kissing her head, closing my eyes as I did so, gently putting a hand against Charlie's stomach, against the unborn child inside her, our child. Our little boy which we'd found out. Jamie. We'd decided on his name already.

I brushed my hair away from my face as I lay, with my beautiful Charlie against me. Unwilling to fall asleep in case she had another nightmare. I didn't want her to have nightmares, it meant she was hurting. I never wanted her to hurt again. I would let her hurt again. Not after what Caleb had tried to do. Not after almost losing Jamie. As I rested my head against the headboard of the bed I thought back to that time…

Somehow, Caleb had found out about Charlie and I. Luckily I had managed to become an apprentice at the local vets so we had an income coming in. It wasn't much but we were living. We had managed to rent out a small apartment. We were getting by.

One night, Caleb banged on our door. He was drunk but sober enough to know what he was doing. I remember the murderous look he had in his eyes as he set them on Charlie for the first time. His eyes slowly lowered to the small bump showing from her top. "You.. You blanker slag!" he bellowed, charging towards her, fists clenched. The image was vivid. I remember myself, seeing red, leaping on my big brother, tackling him to the ground, punching him with full force in the face, "DON'T.. YOU.. EVER.. CALL.. HER.. THAT.. AGAIN!" As soon as I saw blood I stopped, jumping up, I dragged Caleb to the door, anger and adrenaline still pulsing through me. Literally I threw my sibling out of the door way. "You dare come back. You dare say or do anything to hurt my family, so help me god I will kill you." I growled at him, too quiet for Charlie to hear but loud enough for him to. I watched my brother scrabble up from the ground, spitting out blood, giving me the deadliest look he'd ever given me, "Look what you reduced yourself to. You could have done so much better than a blanker brother. See ya round." He smirked at me before walking away, like a dog with his tail between his legs.

Spinning around I looked at Charlie. One arm was wrapped around her stomach, the other covering her mouth. She was clearly shaking with fear, her eyes were fixed on me. "I'm sorry you had to see that…" I said to her quietly, turning away from her I began to walk into the bedroom. I was stopped when I felt shaking arms wrap around me from behind. "Th-thank you.." she whispered to me. I turned slowly to her. Hugging her as tightly as I could, "I will never let him touch you. Or our child. I promise you. Never." I said, taking a hold of her and looking into her eyes seriously.

That memory stuck in my mind to this day. The fear in her eyes. I never wanted to see that again, it was a horrible feeling that would not go away from several days, maybe even months. It still haunts me. That kind of fear is not healthy. I love her too much to see her upset, in pain or afraid.. But it was like.. She was afraid of me.. Not my brother. I shuddered at the thought, her being afraid of me would mean the end of me. I couldn't live with myself if she was afraid of me, afraid to be near me, to be touched by me…