Nearing the border, Amy and Ty stop off to get Dani a passport.

"You don't have to do this." Dani whispers standing in line with Ty and Amy.

"We want to." Amy smiles.

"Do you have any I.D, Danielle?" Ty asks making Dani shake her head.

"That will change soon." Amy strokes Dani's straight hair.

After getting Dani everything she needs to cross the border, Dani is terrified. She knows she has to do this, but it's hard leaving her home.

"We won't let anything happen to you." Ty wraps his arm around Dani's shoulders carefully. Jumping, Dani inhales and exhales through her nose to calm herself. At the border, they pull up to the gate and Ty does what he has to before driving away, "Welcome to Canada, Danielle."

Looking out the window, Dani is beyond scared. What if their family doesn't like her? What if she messes up and Ty and Amy won't help her anymore?

"What's wrong, Danielle?" Amy asks looks at Dani who has tears falling. Pulling over, Ty puts the truck in park.

"Danielle?" Ty whispers as Dani starts to sob. Looking at each other, Amy and Ty are worried, "Come here, Honey." Opening his arms, Dani immediately hides her face in his coat holding onto him.

Gently rubbing Dani's back, Amy sighs.

"Do you want us to turn around?" Amy asks, "And find you a new home?"

"I don't know what I want." Dani admits sobbing.

"Would you like to go home? The one here?" Ty wonders gently running his fingers through Dani's light brown hair.

"What if no one likes me?" Dani frowns, her chin shaking.

"Hey, I accepted their visitors and their friends, why can't they accept you?" Amy shrugs her shoulders, "It's not their call."

"Will they kick me out?"

"Amy and I will fight them on that." Ty steps in reassuring.

"We support you, Danielle." Amy smiles sadly, "We are always behind you."

"Will you two leave me?" Dani whimpers.

"Never." Ty and Amy speak as one. Wiping her eyes on her sleeve, Amy gently encourages Dani into her arms so Ty can begin the four and a half hour drive to their home, outside of Calgary by three hours.

Telling Dani all out her work on the horses in the past, Ty laughs and informs Dani that Amy is a 'horse whisperer' and he is her personal vet, sort of. He's still in school for it but he has a job as a vet with Amy's family friend, Scott.

"Wow." Dani whispers looking at Amy in surprise, "That's amazing."

"Ty tells me he is going to get you into Star Wars." Amy starts smiling. Watching Dani nod, Amy continues, "Would you like me to teach you to ride a horse?"

"Really!" Dani asks with excitement in her voice, "But what about if they don't like me?" Dani frowns.

"Don't worry about that, Danielle. Amy will help. She got me to ride and I was horrible." Ty laughs at the memory. Telling Dani the memory, Dani giggles but listens closely.

"May I ask a question?" Dani wonders in a quiet voice.

"Of course." Amy answers.

"How old are you two?"

"I'm nineteen turning twenty in a few weeks. Ty is twenty-two." Watching Dani nod, Amy whispers something to Dani making her giggle.

"And here comes the secrets." Ty chuckles.

"You were not even aware of someone's crush on you?" Dani giggles.

"Maybe." Ty laughs, "I knew about three months after knowing her."

All throughout the drive, Ty and Amy fill Dani in on Amy's family and their friends Caleb and Scott.

"Wow. How am I going to remember their names?" Dani stares out of the front window in surprise.

"Hey, don't worry about that." Ty speaks softly as Amy listens but pretends to sleep, "How about you wake Amy? We will be at Heartland in a few minutes."

Nodding, Dani turns to Amy and whispers her name rubbing her arm. Pretending to groan, Amy rubs her eyes and sits up.

"We are almost at Heartland." Dani whispers nervously.

"Thank you." Amy smiles before kissing Dani's cheek.

Driving down at long driveway, Ty circles before putting the truck into park.

"Wow." Dani gasps looking around in shock.

"You'll get used to it." Amy grins.

"Sure." Opening the door, Amy and Dani climb out, "What about our things?" Dani asks as Amy starts to walk away.

"We can leave them here." Ty answers walking over to Amy and wraps his arm around her.

"Okay." Closing the door, Dani jogs over to them. Taking Dani's hand, Amy leads the way with Ty. Climbing the steps before opening the door, they hear shouting.

Flinching and backing away, Dani slips on ice before falling into the snowdrift.

"Danielle!" Amy gasps as Ty hurries over and pulls Dani out.

"I'm not going in there." Dani whimpers as tears start to fall in fear. Holding Dani to him, Ty looks to Amy.

"I'll be right back." Walking to Dani, Amy kisses her forehead before heading inside. Soon, Amy comes back out with the other people following, "Everyone, this is Danielle. Danielle, this is my sister Lou, my friend Mallory, my dad Tim, my grandpa Jack, Lou's husband Peter, and Lou's daughter Katie." Amy introduces moving so she is next to Dani and Ty.

Scared, Dani looks down so she isn't looking anyone in the eye.

"Where is she staying? Why is she here?" Lou asks gently.

"Long story short, she's staying here and Ty and I know why but we won't share until Danielle is ready." Amy answers.

"We have a full house, Amy."

"She can share my room." Amy crosses her arms leaving no room for arguing.

"Whatever." Walking away, Lou shakes her head disagreeing about this decision.

"Grandpa, what do you think?" Amy asks softly.

"It's your choice. It's your room." Jack states, "I don't like how you leave for the States for two weeks and return with a kid."

"She needs Ty and I, Grandpa."

"Jack, Danielle needs us. She," Ty starts but pauses looking down at Dani, "She has no one."

"She's an orphan?" Peter whispers making Amy and Ty nod, "No one at all? No parents, siblings?"

"She has a sister, but we don't know where to find her." Amy sighs sadly.

"How old is your sister, Danielle?" Peter wonders looking at Dani. Looking up at him, Dani gasps and buries herself in Ty's embrace.

"Shh, shh, I got you." Ty frowns holding Dani to him tighter. Moving to Dani, Dani feels Amy's lips on her head.

"You're safe now." Amy speaks softly. Watching everyone split up silently, Amy takes Dani from Ty so he can unload the truck.

Taking Dani to her bedroom, the two girls remove their boots and coats before Dani hurries over to Ty and takes a bag from him.

"Thank you, Danielle." Ty smiles as Amy takes the other, "Thanks, Amy." Arriving to Amy's room, Dani looks around in surprise.

"You like?" Amy asks setting the bag on her bed before taking the one Dani has.

"Yeah." Dani whispers in awe.

"Amy?" Turning around, Dani spots Mallory.

"Yes, Mallory?" Amy answers.

"Jack wants to speak to you and Ty alone, with Tim, Lou and Peter."

"Okay." Amy nods before turning to Dani who is pale, "Mallory, could you show Danielle the horses?"

"Sure." Mallory agrees, "Follow me, Danielle."

"You're okay." Amy squats down before Dani, "She won't hurt you."

'Promise?' Dani mouths.

"I promise."

Nodding, Dani moves slowly but follows Mallory. Getting her coat and boots on, Dani follows Mallory to the barn. There, Mallory stops at the door.

"And this is where I leave you. I have to go home." Mallory speaks in a know-it-all attitude. Nodding, Dani heads inside as Mallory leaves. Getting drawn to a certain horse, Dani looks up at him with a tiny smile.

"Hi, boy." Dani whispers in a greeting. Pulling a hay bale to her, Dani steps up onto it. Leaning on the stall door, Dani watches the horse with fascination. Not knowing how long she is like that, just watching and paying attention, she doesn't hear someone come in.

"His name is Copper." Looking to the left, Dani spots Lou, Amy's sister. Not saying anything, Dani is ready to bolt if needed, "Listen, Danielle, you shouldn't be here. I'm not saying this to hurt you, but we have a lot of stuff going on. Adding you to the works, will be too much. You will get hurt."

Breathing heavily, Dani fights the tears. Lou continues.

"It is best if you left. I can take you into Calgary and have you put into the foster care system."

Hearing this, Dani's eyes widen. Jumping off the bale of hay, Dani bolts. It's all she knows. Running away from the barn and the house, Dani waits until she is in the woods to break down. At the sound of running water, Dani stops at the edge. The stream isn't too deep, but it goes up to Dani's waist. Stepping into it, Dani moves to cross it. In the deepest part of the stream, Dani loses her footing and falls in completely.

"Danielle!" Dani hears from under the water. Her foot is caught in the rocks making it hard for her to get back up to get air.

Feeling someone grab her coat's sleeve they pull her up. Holding her in place, the person gets her foot uncaught.

Setting her on the land, Dani tries to get her breathing back to normal. Suddenly remembering what Lou said, Dani gets up. Just about to run, someone grabs her from behind.

"Shh, I got you." Dani hears Mallory's voice.

Turning to Mallory, tears fall. Mallory saved her.

"Jack called saying you were missing." Mallory informs her, "I better call and tell them I found you."

"No." Dani whimpers.

"Why not?" Mallory looks at Dani in surprise.

"No one cares about me. I'm a waste of space."

"We are going back, Danielle." Mallory states in a hard tone of voice making Dani jump and move away, but Mallory doesn't let go.

"Let me go." Dani struggles.

"We are going back, Danielle. We are going to talk to them."

"No!"

"Yes. Now get up on Copper." Realizing that the horse, Copper, is there with them, Dani stares at him scared.

Breaking away, Dani rushes into the stream. In the deep water, Mallory reaches Dani and grabs her leg. Pulling Dani back, Dani falls and kicks her foot out. Turning, Dani looks over her shoulder to see Mallory holding her mouth.

"You bitch!" Mallory roars. Grabbing Dani again, Mallory drags her out and forces Dani to Copper, "Get up right now." Shaking her head, Mallory lifts Dani up. Once on top, Mallory climbs up and makes sure Dani is in front of her, trapped.

Making Copper move, Dani gasps and holds on tightly to the saddle. Leaving the woods, Mallory gets Copper to pick up the pace.

Arriving to Heartland, Dani realizes that she left the property, barely. Feeling the cold wind cut through her, Dani shivers.

"You are going to get both of us sick." Mallory mutters shivering as well.

"You could have left me." Dani whispers.

"Amy and Ty care about you, Kid. They are my friends. Besides, I wasn't going to let you drown."

Arriving to the house, Mallory and Dani find Jack pacing back and forth on the deck.

"Oh thank gosh." Jack whispers to himself before hurrying over to them.

"Careful, she'll run." Mallory warns Jack as he helps Dani down. Holding Dani to him, Mallory climbs off Copper. Tying him up, Mallory leads them into the warm house.

Struggling, Dani is scared on what will happen to her.

"Mallory, call the others." Jack orders.

"No 'please'?"

"Just do it."

"Okay." Shrugging her shoulders, Mallory uses the house phone and calls everyone. Once everyone is at the house, Dani is next to the fire with Mallory, both shivering with blankets around them. Well, Mallory has the blankets, Dani refuses to use them. With her knees to her chest and face hidden, Dani hears running feet.

"Danielle?" Peeking up, Dani spots Amy's terrified face. Sighing in relief, Amy moves over to her swiftly, and hugs her, "Let's get you changed. Mallory, you can borrow my clothes."

Following Mallory and Amy, Dani has her head down. The only way she knows she is going to Amy's room is because Amy has her hand in her cold one. After changing, Dani yawns showing she is tired. Waiting for Mallory to leave, Amy pulls Dani into a hug.

"You scared me." Amy admits, "Why did you run away?"

"I'm a waste of space." Dani frowns with tears in her eyes.

"Sweetie, you aren't." Amy argues, "Why do you think you are?"

"You and your family have too much going on. I'm just," Dani trails off.

"Danielle, all families are busy and have a lot going on. Who said that to you anyways?"

"The tall brunette woman." Dani sighs.

"Lou? My sister?" Watching Dani nod, Amy sighs herself, "I'll be right back."

"No!" Dani gasps grabbing Amy's hand tightly.

"Shh, I'm right here." Amy calms Dani slightly. Holding Dani to her, Amy is furious. Hearing Dani start to sob, Amy holds her tighter whispering comforting words, "Let's go get Ty and say goodnight."

"Okay." Dani sniffles.

Heading out to the living room, everyone including Mallory is sitting there.

"Ty," Amy starts to only have Dani hold onto her tighter, "Let's sit with Ty." Sitting down next to Ty, Ty pulls Dani onto his lap. As Dani hides her face in Ty's neck, Amy gently takes her hand, "Lou, why did you say those things to Danielle?"

"They are true." Lou states, "We have too much going on and she,"

"She needs Amy and I, Lou." Ty steps in, "She needs a family. People who care about her, and would never leave her."

"You two are too young to care for her. You both are barely adults." Peter jumps in defending Lou's choice of words.

"I don't care." Amy shakes her head, "Danielle needs us."

"Exactly." Ty agrees with Amy. Getting up without another word, Ty and Dani head to Amy's room. There, Ty and Dani sit down on the bed waiting for Amy, she doesn't arrive.

Lying down on the bed together, Ty lets Dani cuddle into him.

"Thank you." Dani whispers.

"Anything for you." Ty smiles stroking Dani's damp hair. Closing her tried eyes, Dani falls asleep with Ty following.

A few hours later after fighting with her family, Amy walks in and closes her door. Joining Ty and Dani in her bed, Dani is in the middle.

"Everything okay?" Ty whispers to Amy.

"They'll warm up to Danielle. It will take time. I refuse to have her leave because of them." Amy speaks softly.

"Good." Ty nods rolling onto his side slowly and careful not to wake the nine-year-old.

"How is she?" Amy asks her fiancé.

"Okay. Scared but okay." Lying on her back, Amy feels Dani shift until her head rests on her chest.

"Seems like she likes you." Ty jokes.

"She likes you too, Ty." Amy laughs quietly. Listening to Dani's soft breaths, Ty and Amy soon fall asleep.