"Hey! Where are you taking me?" I asked Phantom, as though she was going to respond to me. She just kept on running, and she picked up her speed after I talked to her. I just sat there, holding onto her neck really tight, scared of falling off of her.
"Can you slow down!" I hollered to her, but she just kept on running, and I could hear her hoofs hitting the floor really hard. I could hear her breathing hard too, but she just kept on running fast, as though someone was chasing her, but when I turned around, there was nothing there. I could feel the air hitting my face really fast, and it was getting cold, especially this late in the evening, when it was already getting cold as it was. Soon, her pace slowed down to a gallop, as we ran along a road. It wasn't a main road obviously, because there wasn't any cars as of yet, but she was taking me somewhere.
She was on the road now, and the sound of her hoofs hitting the pavement sounded cool, but I soon forgot about that, when a car actually did come, and it was heading right for us. I closed my eyes, and when I heard the car driving past, I opened them, and we were just fine. I must have made us intangible from being scared.
"You need to be careful," I sighed, relieved that I was still alive. Why hadn't I thought about actually making us intangible though? I guess it was a good thing that I 'accidentally' went intangible, or else we would have both been dead. I was still confused as to wear she was taking me, and I looked at our surroundings, and all it was, was a road out in the middle of nowhere, that stretched out as far as I could see with absolutely nothing around it except woods.
She soon slowed down to a steady gallop, probably because she was getting tired, or because she decided there was no point in running so fast. I didn't know where she was taking me, or why, but I had to get back to Vlad's, or else he would kill Sam. I didn't even want to think of that, but for now, I was going to just let the horse take me wherever she was leading me, but then return later.
"You are really weird, you know that? Although, I guess I can't say I am all that normal when I am talking to a horse, but you get my point, if you know what I am saying,"
The horse then nodded it's head up and down, and I was shocked, to the point where I let go, and fell off of her, and landed flat on my back on the ground. It hurt like hell, and I totally forgot about the horse nodding it's head for the moment. When she returned, she leaned her head down, so that I could grab ahold of her, and when I did, she lifted me back up off the ground. I stiffly brushed myself off, and she just looked at me, and I returned her glance.
"You know what… You are truly weird," I said, ignoring my aching back, and she leaned down for me to climb back on top of her.
"Promise me you won't let me fall again?" I asked her, and she shook her head from left to right.
"That makes me feel a lot safer on you!" I teased, and climbed back onto her, and she turned around, and just trotted now, as though she didn't want me to get hurt if I was to fall off again, or either she could care less if I got hurt, and she was just enjoying the walk. It was dark out, so it wasn't very easy to see things around me, even though even if I tried to see things, all it was, was woods all the way around us, so there wasn't much to think about seeing.
"Look, I need to get back to Sam, or else Vlad will kill her you know," I told her finally, after what seemed like hours of walking, and I was starting to get cold.
She shook her head from left to right, and then she turned into the woods.
"Wait a minute, where are you taking me? I don't want to go into the woods! You will get us lost!" But all she did in reply, was shook her head saying 'no' since all she could do was say yes or no. At least she was smart enough to know what I was talking about, but I wished she could talk. I just sighed, and continued on, since there really wasn't much I was going to do about it.
We continued on for what seemed like hours, and my eyes were getting heavy, and I could feel myself start to fall asleep because of the slow, steady pace we were going at. Phantom didn't mind going on though, but I was really tired, and I had no idea what time it was. The only thing that was keeping me awake, was the fact that I was so cold, I was shivering. We weren't in the warmest place in the world, and I was freezing. Phantom soon just stopped walking, and she leaned down, telling me to get off. I got off of her, and she laid down. I was deciding she wanted to sleep, so I laid down up against her, curled up in a ball to try and stay warm. It didn't take much for me to fall asleep though, but when I woke up, it was still dark out, and I could feel Phantom breathing on me.
"What do you want," I mumbled, and I swiped at her, but she just opened her mouth, and grabbed ahold of me by the shirt, and lifted me up off the ground.
"Hey! Do you mind?" I asked her, fully awake now, and she knelt down again.
"I don't feel like it, let me get some more sleep!" I yelled at her, being grouchy from only getting a little bit of sleep. She didn't seem to mind it though, because she once again grabbed me with her mouth, and threw me onto her back, and then she stood up, and began to run fast, probably knowing it was the only way to get me to hold on, and not fall asleep. It was still freezing out, and with the wind blowing on me, it felt as though I was going to freeze up at any moment now. The trees were going by briskly, and they were just a blur to my eyes as she went through the trees swiftly. It was amazing how easily she could dodge the trees rushing towards us, and how fast we were moving. I was still puzzled though as to where she was leading me, but I was guessing she found it important, because she just kept on going. But the reason she woke me wasn't because she wanted to get a move on, I think something had scared her, because she was pushing her hardest to run, and she would look behind her every so often, so out of curiosity, I looked behind too, and it was Sasha, on her horse.
How did she know where we were, and why did she care so much about finding me? Her horse and her seemed to be falling behind slowly though, because Phantom was extremely athletic, and she could move faster than Sasha horse by a long shot. Also, Sasha's horse was slowed down due to the fact that it needed to be able to dodge the trees, while Phantom just kept on running and dodging the trees as though it was nothing.
I kept my head turned, so that I could see how far behind us Sasha was, and I realized, she had somehow caught up, and Phantom too realized it, and I realized, that Phantom was going through the trees! That wasn't my fright that allowed us to go through the trees, Phantom was a halfa too! No wonder why she had the name, I should have found that out a long time ago…
But, she wasn't the only one though, because Sasha's horse was also going through the trees, and she was catching up fast, because Phantom was slowing down slightly, probably because she was getting worn out from running so fast, so far. Sasha on the other hand, was being smart, and kept her horse at a fast pace, but not to fast to the point where she was wearing the horse out, so she could keep the same pace. I couldn't control my horse though, so it was Phantom that had made the mistake. Phantom all the sudden jumped, but kept her feet moving and we were soon in the air, but she was still running. Sasha on the other hand, stayed on the ground, which meant that her horse wasn't really going through the trees, it was just her.
I looked below me, and thought about how lucky I was that I had been able to escape from her, but of course, she was following me, but why was Vlad still chasing me, when he had Sam?
"Phantom, why are they still chasing us?" I asked her, and she just shook her head up and down, as though I was asking a question.
"I wish you could talk. Why are they chasing us when they have Sam?"
She shook her head from left to right, as though saying no.
"What are you
saying, they don't have Sam?"
She shook her head up and down…
Ok, this was a little short, but hey, I thought I would leave you at that. The next Chapter is going to have some mixed feelings, some happy and some sad.