A/N: thanks for all the reviews guys! I promise, soon I will try to get
this story a bit happier. I do have some ideas. Also, eventually I might
actually add some romance, although I'm kinda afraid to after my few feeble
attempts. Lol. Also, soon I will have action and more of a plot! I wont be
able to update til Sunday though, I have to go to some wedding. Lol. Well,
enjoy and remember to review.
Emily
Disclaimer: nope, not mine. Sadly.
Annie leaned up against a stall. She needed to think and be alone. The tears now fell freely as she put her face in her hands. She had been in this position so many times before, at home. Coming to the one place she was safe after a bad beating and just crying all alone. Something softly tickled the top of her head. She looked up into the gentle, caring, concerned brown eyes of Pita. She reached up and scratched his nose. Pita then turned around, butt facing Annie. This caused Annie to laugh as she stood up and started scratching the big bay's rump. "you know, if I didn't know you, I would think you turning your back to me meant you hated me." Pita Nickered in amusement. Footsteps echoed through the barn aisles as horses stuck their heads out to greet the newcomer. Annie looked up to see Daine and the tall dude, Numair, she thought. That's his name. Both looked concerned.
"hello. Feeling better?" Daine's voice was kind. Annie wiped her eyes and forced on a smile.
"Yeah." The three sat in silence for a while, the only sound was Annie scratching Pita's rump.
"Um, I know that this might not be the most appropriate time for this question, but do you think that that girl would be interested in learning more about her gift and how to use it?" Daine glared at her lover. Annie looked at him strangely.
"What's this 'gift?' is it like, something special or what?" it was quickly explained to her by Numair. "Oh. Well, that's weird. Anyways, I don't know about Kala. Maybe if I was with her she would be ok. You can talk to her." The stable went quiet again, the humans all lost in their own thoughts. The silence was interrupted by a loud bang as Lady, the small chestnut Annie had ridden the other day kicked her stall in irritation.
: What? Daine asked in mind speech and out loud.
: You silly two leggers weren't paying any attention to me. Now, get over here. I have an itch that you need to fix: Daine Translated for the humans, causing Annie to laugh.
Later that Day.
Kala's door opened and three people stepped in. she recognized Annie, but there was a Woman and an extremely tall man that she did not recognize. She smiled weakly at the three. "Hi."
"Hey Kala! Feeling better? This is Daine and Numair." She motioned to the man and woman, who smiled at her. "Numair would like to help you with your magic or gift or whatever you call it. I told him he could talk to you as long as I'm here to. Is that ok."
Kala paled a bit. She felt she could trust Annie, but she didn't know about the other two, although their names were familiar. The last time she had trusted a 'teacher', well, she shuddered at the memory. But still, Annie and the other lady were going to be in the room. She aught to just talk to him. So she found herself saying "yes." The man grinned and sat down. Numair reintroduced him self and Annie remembered where she had heard his name. "I have heard of you." She thought out loud. "At the, the mans house, I heard him talking with some others." She was interrupted my Numair.
"Who was this man, who claimed to be a teacher?" Kala swallowed and allowed herself to say the name that would haunt her forever.
"Trent Retord."
"I know him. That little..." Daine put a hand on Numair's shoulder, trying to calm him down. The man did. "Well, what did he say?"
"I heard him talking about you two a few years back, about, well, you know, how he thought it was sad that you were so desperate you needed to bed a common girl." She blushed as Numair and Daine just laughed. Annie just sat confused.
"What do you mean?" she asked, confused at what was so funny.
"We got a lot of comments like that when we became lovers, for the age difference and the fact we were teacher and student before." Daine explained to Annie.
"Oh, ok then." She shook her head and put a strange expression on her face. She sat staring into outer space during the rest of the time. When Numair was done, she got up and walked with Daine and Numair out the door. Daine then took the girl aside.
"Um, Annie, a lot of people aren't happy about how you're dressing here. Can you come to the riders dresser so you can maybe wear some more, um, appropriate clothing."
"Huh?"
"Just follow me." Daine let her down a few halls to a small room, occupied by a large woman. Clothing was neatly piled in the room. Annie eyed it wearily.
"What exactly do you plan on putting on Me."?
"Just normal things, like what most the woman wear. Basically the same kind of thing I'm wearing."
Annie's eyes grew. "Nuh-uh. Nope, aint no way."
"Why? Its probably more comfortable." The fat lady and Daine were trying to heard the girl into the room. Annie Balked and turned around.
"YOU CAN TAKE MY FREEDOM BUT YOU WILL NEVER TAKE MY JEANS!" Annie took off like a bat out of hell. She probably would have been able to go pretty far, except she slipped on the floors.
THUMP "OUCH! DAMN WALL!"
A/N: I hope you liked. See, look, its not all angst! Lol. I didn't much care for some of this chapter, but o well. I liked the ending. Lol. Well, remember to review!
Emily
Emily
Disclaimer: nope, not mine. Sadly.
Annie leaned up against a stall. She needed to think and be alone. The tears now fell freely as she put her face in her hands. She had been in this position so many times before, at home. Coming to the one place she was safe after a bad beating and just crying all alone. Something softly tickled the top of her head. She looked up into the gentle, caring, concerned brown eyes of Pita. She reached up and scratched his nose. Pita then turned around, butt facing Annie. This caused Annie to laugh as she stood up and started scratching the big bay's rump. "you know, if I didn't know you, I would think you turning your back to me meant you hated me." Pita Nickered in amusement. Footsteps echoed through the barn aisles as horses stuck their heads out to greet the newcomer. Annie looked up to see Daine and the tall dude, Numair, she thought. That's his name. Both looked concerned.
"hello. Feeling better?" Daine's voice was kind. Annie wiped her eyes and forced on a smile.
"Yeah." The three sat in silence for a while, the only sound was Annie scratching Pita's rump.
"Um, I know that this might not be the most appropriate time for this question, but do you think that that girl would be interested in learning more about her gift and how to use it?" Daine glared at her lover. Annie looked at him strangely.
"What's this 'gift?' is it like, something special or what?" it was quickly explained to her by Numair. "Oh. Well, that's weird. Anyways, I don't know about Kala. Maybe if I was with her she would be ok. You can talk to her." The stable went quiet again, the humans all lost in their own thoughts. The silence was interrupted by a loud bang as Lady, the small chestnut Annie had ridden the other day kicked her stall in irritation.
: What? Daine asked in mind speech and out loud.
: You silly two leggers weren't paying any attention to me. Now, get over here. I have an itch that you need to fix: Daine Translated for the humans, causing Annie to laugh.
Later that Day.
Kala's door opened and three people stepped in. she recognized Annie, but there was a Woman and an extremely tall man that she did not recognize. She smiled weakly at the three. "Hi."
"Hey Kala! Feeling better? This is Daine and Numair." She motioned to the man and woman, who smiled at her. "Numair would like to help you with your magic or gift or whatever you call it. I told him he could talk to you as long as I'm here to. Is that ok."
Kala paled a bit. She felt she could trust Annie, but she didn't know about the other two, although their names were familiar. The last time she had trusted a 'teacher', well, she shuddered at the memory. But still, Annie and the other lady were going to be in the room. She aught to just talk to him. So she found herself saying "yes." The man grinned and sat down. Numair reintroduced him self and Annie remembered where she had heard his name. "I have heard of you." She thought out loud. "At the, the mans house, I heard him talking with some others." She was interrupted my Numair.
"Who was this man, who claimed to be a teacher?" Kala swallowed and allowed herself to say the name that would haunt her forever.
"Trent Retord."
"I know him. That little..." Daine put a hand on Numair's shoulder, trying to calm him down. The man did. "Well, what did he say?"
"I heard him talking about you two a few years back, about, well, you know, how he thought it was sad that you were so desperate you needed to bed a common girl." She blushed as Numair and Daine just laughed. Annie just sat confused.
"What do you mean?" she asked, confused at what was so funny.
"We got a lot of comments like that when we became lovers, for the age difference and the fact we were teacher and student before." Daine explained to Annie.
"Oh, ok then." She shook her head and put a strange expression on her face. She sat staring into outer space during the rest of the time. When Numair was done, she got up and walked with Daine and Numair out the door. Daine then took the girl aside.
"Um, Annie, a lot of people aren't happy about how you're dressing here. Can you come to the riders dresser so you can maybe wear some more, um, appropriate clothing."
"Huh?"
"Just follow me." Daine let her down a few halls to a small room, occupied by a large woman. Clothing was neatly piled in the room. Annie eyed it wearily.
"What exactly do you plan on putting on Me."?
"Just normal things, like what most the woman wear. Basically the same kind of thing I'm wearing."
Annie's eyes grew. "Nuh-uh. Nope, aint no way."
"Why? Its probably more comfortable." The fat lady and Daine were trying to heard the girl into the room. Annie Balked and turned around.
"YOU CAN TAKE MY FREEDOM BUT YOU WILL NEVER TAKE MY JEANS!" Annie took off like a bat out of hell. She probably would have been able to go pretty far, except she slipped on the floors.
THUMP "OUCH! DAMN WALL!"
A/N: I hope you liked. See, look, its not all angst! Lol. I didn't much care for some of this chapter, but o well. I liked the ending. Lol. Well, remember to review!
Emily