Phantom continued to walk, and we soon ended up on a dirt path. When she was walking, dirt flew up in clouds because she was dragging her feet in an effortless manner. Obviously, she wasn't caring about someone behind us anymore, because she wasn't moving fast at all. She had probably worn herself out, or either she didn't want to waste any energy, unless it was an emergency. I was still puzzled, because it seemed as though according to her, Sam wasn't with Vlad. But then how was Sam there that whole time?

I started to fall asleep, due to the sleep shortage. My eyes were heavy, and they would close, but then as soon as I realized I was falling off of Phantom, I would wake back up again, and the same thing would happen over and over again.

When I started to drift asleep though, the next time, I popped up, and saw a village in front of me. I sat up straight, and looked at the village, and rubbed my eyes to see if I was seeing things. Of course, I wasn't, but what was this place? They were cabins, and there were only five of them. They looked like actual cabins though, built from wood, and they were pretty cool looking. That is what I had wanted to live in, was a cabin in the woods, instead of living in the city. Of course, I wouldn't know Sam, or Tucker, or anyone that I know except my family if I lived out in the woods.

"Where are we?" I asked Phantom, and she headed for the cabin towards the back, and entered it. I saw Sam in there, and Sam ran up to me.

"How did you get here?" I asked her, without even really paying attention to the fact that I was back with her.

"Phantom took me here," she replied, and she rubbed Phantom's forehead.

"But… how?"

"She came and got me, and we got here really fast, I don't know how she did it. I didn't think it was that far from Vlad's house," she admitted.

"Really? It took us a couple of days to get here. It can't be to close to Vlad's, or he would get here really easily."

"Yeah, I know, but Phantom has this place well hidden, and so do the people that live here."

"There are people that live here?"
"Well, one person, because you can rent these cabins."

"How do people find their way here?"
"I don't know," Sam shrugged, and she went behind me, and hopped up onto Phantom behind me.

"What are you doing?" I asked her.

"We're going for a ride," she smiled, and phantom took off, as though she knew what we wanted, or what Sam wanted.

Sam clutched onto my stomach, and leaned up against my back, because she needed something to hold onto with Phantom's high speeds. My stomach got stiff, because it felt weird with her touching my stomach, but then I relaxed after a few minutes, realizing that after all, it was only Sam. Ok, not ONLY Sam, but you know what I mean.

We went alongside a river, and I stared at it. The water was sparkling under the sunlight, and it looked really pretty, and it seemed nice to know I was in a good place. I turned my head to look back at Sam, and she smiled at me.

"Nice around here, isn't it?" She asked me. I smiled back at her, "Yeah, nice to be away from all the trouble."

"Definitely that," she laughed.

Phantom came to a sudden stop, and she knelt down to let us off under a big tree. The wind was blowing Sam's hair, and mine, and she placed her hands up to the side of her face to hold her hair back. We sat under the tree, which was right in front of the water. I removed my shoes, and stuffed my socks inside of them, and placed my feet into the cold water. I didn't care that it was cold though, the rushing water felt good. Sam did the same thing and we sat there next to each other. She stuck her hand on top of mine, and we both looked at each other. I smiled at her, and she returned the smile.

"There is nothing like hanging out with you, in peace," I told her, relieved that I was no longer in Vlad's control, and I even forgot about him for a while.

"Same here," she said, and I looked into her eyes, and she looked back into mine. Phantom then walked up beside me, and nudged the side of my head, so that my mouth pressed up against Sam, and we both closed our eyes, and kissed.

"Thanks for the help," I told Phantom after we had broken apart from our bind. Phantom neighed, and I pet her head. Of course, I was joking, I didn't need her help, and she knew it too, but she probably felt as though she was helping in some way or another.

Sam and I got up though, and hopped back on Phantom, because we didn't want to sit there all day. Phantom was running fast. Sam and I were just enjoying the ride though, and it felt good to have Sam sitting behind me now.

Phantom started to slow down, and we came up to a bridge, and Phantom was hesitant of crossing it. I looked uneasily at it too, because it didn't look very sturdy, especially for a horse to be crossing, with two people on it's back. Under the bridge, was a huge drop off, and the river below looked like just a drop of water from the distance. Phantom went right on ahead though, and she stuck one hoof on the bridge, and I grasped her neck hard. She could sense my fear, and stepped back. I could feel Sam's nails digging into my stomach too.

"Phantom, not such a good idea," I told the horse, and she looked behind us, and I realized Sasha was there, which meant Phantom was ready to do stupid things. She started to run, and I heard the bridge snap and then blackness…

Ok, short, but that was a good place to stop it, or I thought it was at least. Suspenseful! 5 reviews for me to continue please 