A/N: Ha! New chapter!! After a couple of months, but that is NOT the point!! Okay, so, here you go!

Patch sped through the woods, dodging every tree that came his way. Ruthie held on for dear life and stayed ducked low as the wind whipped past her and her eyes began to water.

"We've gotta save her!" Stevie shouted as she dug her heels into Belle's side. Belle sprang into motion, sensing the urgency in her voice. Prancer and Starlight soon followed. They went crashing through the trees with the rain blinding their eyes.

Eventually, the rain began to let up and the sun appeared. Stevie, Carol, and Lisa looked at their surroundings, only to find that they were simply in a forest.

"Ruthie, Patch!" the girls cried in unison. All of a sudden, Carol let out a loud whistle followed by a shrug.

"Sometimes it works in the field," Carol explained sheepishly. Then, the girls heard pounding hoof beats. Hey looked to the right and saw Patch cantering towards them with a disheveled Ruthie on his back. Patch slowed down to a walk and stopped right next to Belle. Ruthie slid out of his saddle and sat down on a nearby tree root.

"That was a wild ride!" Ruthie exclaimed. There were a few scratches on her face and a rather large superficial gash above her right eyebrow, but she seemed fine other than that. Patch, on the other hand was another story. There were small scrapes all over his legs, but what worried the girls the most was the he was favoring his right foreleg.

Stevie hopped of Belle and went to check Patch. She took the hoof pick out of her back pocket hoping he had just picked up a stone and hadn't bruised the frog in his foot. She sighed with relief as she dug out the dirt and wound up wit h a small, smooth stone.

Ruthie stood up, dusted herself off, which only caused the mud to rub in further, and began to walk Parch around. After making sure he was not limping, Stevie gave her a leg up and then put her own foot in the stirrup and swung on to Belle's back.

Lisa looked around a little and decided that they should turn to the left. After a little bit of frustration and back tracking, the girls found the main trail and began to journey back to the barn.

A/N: This is short, I know, I know, but I already wrote chapter four and I'm going to type it as soon as I have time today. So, please review and no flames! :)