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That night, Annie's sleep was fitful. She dreamed of her home, her parents, and their hands. She was in a dark room, pain filling her, voices jeered at her in her head. It was hard to breath. The pain was unbearable. It wouldn't stop. She was going to die, slowly and torturouse. She knew it.

She woke up in a cold sweat. She wondered what time it was and looked out the window. The sun was coming up. "I guess I will go down to the barns, ride Pita. That's one person I can always count on, Pita." She hastily got dressed and walked out into the doors. Suddenly she remembered something-she had absolutely no clue as of how to get to the stables. she walked around mindlessly for a while until she ran into a woman, who seemed to be cleaning.

"um, excuse me but you wouldn't happen to know how to get to the stables, would you?" the woman hastily gave Annie some directions. She didn't remember them and there for spent the next hour trying to find where she was going. Finally she arrived at the barns. Where another problem surfaced. There were quite a few barns. "shit" she muttered under her breath. So she walked in and started wondering the aisles trying to find Pita. Lucky for her, he was in what seemed to be the main barn.

"you'd think they would have a directory for this place!" she exclaimed to the gelding. "this is worse than the mall!"

"your out early" a voice coming from the next stall called out.

"yah, well, I would have been here earlier cept I got lost and it took an hour to find my way here!" Daine laughed.

"it will get easier, eventually. So, you going for a ride?"

"yah, its cool this time in the morning. Um, do you know where my tack is?" Daine showed the younger girl where to find the strange tack. As Annie pulled out Pita, she noticed Daine leading out a small grey pony. The woman seemed to be deep in conversation with the mare, who was also eyeing a feed bin. She smiled to herself, inhaling the deep horsey scent of the stable. It was the one place she felt safe. "the only place" she told herself.

Daine watched the girl trot and canter Pita around. She was a very good rider, but her riding style, like her tack, was something Daine had never seen before. As she stood on cloud near the fence watching the girl, she heard a familier female voice behind her.

"who's that?" Daine turned to Onua.

"his names Pita, he's new. He and his rider somehow traveled through time. He sure is a beauty, isn't he." Onua laughed.

"I was talking about the girl, but horse, human, same thing."

"her name's Annie. I don't know much about her. She seems nice, and animals love her."

Annie noticed the two woman talking by the fence and rode over.

"hi" she said to the unfamiliar woman. She looked up.

"oh, hello, I was just watching you. I'm Onua. I help out with the Queens Riders."

"what's that?" Onua and Daine looked at each other and explained to the girl.

"hrm, interesting. Well, I'm going to put up Pita. Nice to meet ya Onua. Bye." And with that she walked up. Onua looked at Daine.

"there's something about that girl. I cant place it, but there's something to her."

"I thought the same thing" replied Daine. "I will ask her horse, he seems to love her."

A/N: well, that's all for tonight folks. Lol. I hoped you liked my chapters tonight. Please tell me what you think! I need reviews. 2 more to 5! Lol. REVIEW y'all! Thanks for those who have. Hope ya like my updates.

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