"Where am I?" Frida found herself alone in an endless void. "Manny! Andrea! T.J!"

She saw a glowing light moving in the mist of the darkness. She walked to it and tried to make out what it was, it was a woman. She looked to be in her late thirties with long dark brown hair and tan skin. She was very beautiful. She seemed to have some heavenly light radiating off of her.

"Hey!" She called. "Wait!"

She stopped and looked at Frida, her eyes were brown and had a glint of joy.

"Who are you?" Frida asked.

The woman smiled and walked toward her. She gently placed her hands on Frida's shoulders and planted a kiss on Frida's forehead.

"When he sees this kiss he'll know you're good." She said. "He won't hurt you."

"Who?"

But she didn't answer she just walked away from her and toward the mist of darkness but not before looking back to give her some advice.

"Sometimes a gentle touch can do more than a strong claw."

Frida woke up to find herself back in Andrea's tree home sleeping on a cot.

"Good you're awake." Andrea said.

Her friends were eating pomegranates for breakfast. Andrea tossed her one, once they had eaten they continued on through the forest. During the whole walk Frida couldn't help but think about her dream. Who was that woman? What exactly was that kiss supposed to protect her from? And what did she mean by a gentle touch doing more than a strong claw?

"Hey angel eyes you dead or something?" Manny asked. "You've been awfully quiet."

"Yeah I'm just thinking."

"About what?"

"A dream I had last night."

"What was it about?"

"A woman who told me something important."

"What?"

"Shh!" Andrea hushed.

"What is it?" T.J said.

"We're near where the aura root grows."

"Okay then let's get it."

"Wait a minute. It's protected by the silver stallion."

"The what?"

"The sliver stallion. A holy horse with a wild spirit, he was once a peaceful creature til humans tried to capture him for money or prize. Then a demon caught him and forced him to guard the root, he kept him chained up and abused him. Now he attacks anyone who comes near."

Andrea led them to a patch of land with root growing in. It was surrounded by a fence and a sliver horse was chained up inside.

"He's beautiful." Frida said.

"Oh he's beautiful alright and cold hearted. He'd kill you in a heartbeat." Andrea said.

"I'm sure we can handle a horse." Manny said.

"How hard can it be? He is chained up." T.J said.

But as soon as they set foot in the area the horse angrily charged after the two boys and began to kick them and try to stomp on them.

"Ow! Hey! Stop it!" Manny said.

"Let go of my shirt!" T.J said as the horse began pulling on it with his mouth.

"I warned you." Andrea said.

Manny transformed in his spirit form and tried to wrestle him, now had Manny been a full fledged demon or spirit he might have succeeded but the horse threw him off.

"This is so embarrassing." Manny groaned.

"Frida! Try and shoot him!" T.J suggested.

Frida pulled out her bow and arrow and made her aim but before she fired the words of the woman from her dream last night rang through her head.

"Sometimes a gentle touch can do more than a strong claw."

Was she talking about the horse? She put her weapon down and slowly walked toward the angry animal.

"Easy boy." She said softly. "Calm down."

"Frida what the hell are you doing?!" Manny shouted.

The horse got off him and T.J then charged straight toward her, she froze but the animal stopped when a small light glowed on her forehead. He looked at her skeptically.

"Easy boy. It's okay, just calm down." She raised her hand up. "I'm not going to hurt you." He sniffed her and then nuzzled her palm, she smiled and stroked him. "That's it. Good boy."

"Um are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Mannny asked his friends.

"I think Attila the hun horse just became Frida's new pet." T.J answered.

"Oh you poor thing. Did those mean boys scare you?" Frida asked. The horse nodded. "They did? Oh well they're just a bunch of stupid bullies."

"Excuse me?!" Manny said.

"We're the bullies?!" T.J said. "He just tried to kill us!"

"Only because he thought you guys were going to hurt him." She looked at the chain holding him. "Andrea give me your spear."

Andrea handed it to her and she used it to break the chain holding him. The minute he was free he took off running.

"Well that's one problem solved." Andrea said. "Let's get the root."

Just as they were about to gather some they heard a loud boom and turned to see a group of people led by one of the largest and scariest looking bulls in the world coming toward them. He stopped and looked into the fence then changed into a man.

"Who freed my horse?!" He demanded. "Who?!"

"Who the hell are you?!" Manny asked.

"Senor Sinestro! And this is my posse! How dare you free my greatest prize!" He shouted.

"Well how dare you abuse and imprison that poor creature!" Frida retorted. "If anyone should be chained up it should be you!"

He glared at the girl.

"Silence wench! Because of you all I have lost my-" Then he noticed the book in T.J's hand. "The book! That's mine! Give it to me!"

"Not on your life!" T.J shouted.

He angrily pulled a tree out of the ground and flung it toward him. T.J ducked and it missed, he turned back into a bull and darted after him.

"Run! T.J! Run!" Andrea called.

He did as she said and ran like his life was on the line which it was.

"T.J! Throw it to me!" Andrea called.

"Go long!" He threw the book toward her, she caught it and ran. He then went after her, luckily Andrea was way faster than he was but she couldn't run forever.

"Hey! I'm open!" Manny called.

Andrea threw the book, Manny caught it and ran into the fence. The demonic bull foolowed him and had his men close the gate.

"So you wanna a bull fight do you?" He gave the book to Frida "Hold this for me please Princesa, I'm an expert at this."

"Don't call me Princesa!" Frida cried in annoyance.

He then removed his red bandanna which he waved around. "Torro! Torro!"

Sinestro puffed and charged for him with his nostrils flaring. Manny jumped out of the way.

"Ole!"

The posse cheered and clapped. The bull tried again but again he missed. "Ole!" He tried another time but ended up running smack into a tree and getting his horns stuck. "Ole!"

"I'll kill you!"

5 seconds later...

Manny had him hogtied and stood on top of him in a victory pose. The posse applauded again and the women threw roses at his feet while screaming excitedly. Manny bowed respectfully.

"Thank you, thank you, gracias." He blew kisses to the crowd. The girls shrieked and fainted. He picked up one of the roses on the ground and threw it to Frida.

"Oh brother." She sighed.

The bull changed back into Senor Sinestro. He lunged for Frida. "Give me that book!"

"Frida!" Manny cried.

Sergio was this close to crushing her when he was roughly kicked by the silver horse sending him flying into the fence.

"Good boy!" Frida said hugging his neck.

"You varmits!" He got out of the fence and his posse loaded him up onto a metal horse. Then they rode off into the trees with him shouting back. "This isn't over! I'll be back! And I'll get that book or my name's not Sergio the bull demon!"

T.J collapsed at these words. That was Sergio, the man who killed his father and destroyed his home. The man he had promised his father he would protect the book from at all costs. The man he hated with every fiber of his body.

"T.J are you okay?" Manny asked.

"Let me at him!" He shouted running in their direction.

"Hey! Wait!" Manny grabbed him and held him tight.

"Let me go! I'll kill him! I'll kill him!"

"Calm down."

"No! Damn you Sergio! Damn you to hell!"

"Who?" Andrea asked.

"Sergio! The bastard who killed my father and my people!" T.J said. "As God as my witness I swear that I will avenge my father and kill him!"

"Whoa! Relax." Manny said. "Look why don't you calm down and we'll get the aura root."

T.J sat down and took a deep breath while the others gathered the root, he meditated until he was calm. Once they had enough the horse agreed to take them back home. It didn't take as long as before because they weren't walking.

"You know I think you should have a name." Frida said. "How about Felipe?"

The horse nodded.

"Frida you're not seriously thinking of keeping him are you?" Manny asked.

"Don't be silly, Felipe is a wild horse. He's not meant to be kept, he's meant to be free." Once they reached the end of the woods they got off if him. "Goodbye Felipe, thanks for everything."

Felipe nuzzled Frida and went off into the woods.

"So Andrea where will you be staying?" Frida asked.

"I don't know."

"You can stay with me." T.J suggested.

"I'd rather sleep in the woods."

"Look you'll have a private room that you can lock and I'll give you the key. I promise."

"You sure?"

"Yes."

...

"Uncle Luiz?" T.J called as he and Andrea entered his house. "Are you here? You should know that my uncle is a little...off."

"What do you mean?"

"Well-"

Suddenly he was grabbed by a buff man who body slammed him on the floor and pinned him.

"State your name and business!"

"Uncle Luiz it's me!"

"State your name fool!"

"Tulio Julian the second!" He shouted.

"What's your business?!"

"You can't be serious!"

"State your business before I break you in half!" He locked him in choke hold.

"I'm your nephew! I live here!" He choked.

"Oh hi T. J." He got off of him.

"Andrea this is my uncle. Luiz Vincenzo Pepe Harris, one of Miracle City's best pro wrestler and a war veteran." He said.

"Nice to meet you." The buff man said shaking her hand. "Now if you'll excuse me I need to work out."

He walked into his gym room and closed the door.

"Uncle Luiz wait!" T.J said opening the door.

"You can't see me!" Luiz said.

"Yes I can Uncle Luiz, this isn't the war and you're not in camouflage."

"Alright what do you want?"

"The key to the guest room."

"Here." He gave it to him. "Now don't disturb me!"

He slammed the door.

"Is he okay?" Andrea asked.

"While he was on the battlefield a bomb went off next to his head. He lived but once and awhile he'll have these insanity moments best to steer clear of him when that happens."