OMG its been so long, I'm so sorry I plum forgot! Oh well, I hope yall forgive me. Heres the next chapter.

Disclaimer:see chapter one

It seemed like a thousand forevers. Julie sat on the ground picking the grass as the horses grazed. She heard much rustling in the woods, and she thought she could hear whispers. Thats when the horses spooked, and ran from her.

"Come back! Hasufel! Arod! Wait!" She ran after them but it was no use.

For no apparent reason she started to cry. Her legs collasped and she layed on her side crying. She wanted so much to be with Mavrick again. Then she started to think about why she had left home.

"I can't stand to look at you, leave my sight!" Her foster mother yelled at her.

Julie turned to leave, apparently she wasn't going fast enough cause her foster mother pushed her. Julie lost her balence and her face slamed into the door frame. Blood flowed from her nose, it was all over the kicthen floor and on the door.

"Look at the mess you have made Julie! You clean it up right now before it dries and stains!"

Julie ran to the bathroom for a wet rag to put on her nose. She locked the door and sat on the toilet holding her nose. She could hear the foot falls of the middle aged woman as she came towards the door then started to bang on it.

"What are you doing?" She barked.

Julie's eyes filled with tears.

"Its my birthday," Julie entered the living room.

"So,"

"Can you take me to the store, my teacher gave me some money to buy a gift," Julie couldn't wait to get to the tack store.

"No. Can't you see I'm busy! How much did she give you?"

"Twenty dollars, can we bake a cake then?"

"No, you'll get the dishes dirty,"

"I washed them any way so whats it matter?"

"I said no, now go play with your horse or something,"

Julie went into the kicthen and took out two twenkies from the cabnet and went out to the barn, Mavrick was in the pasture. She went out to the pasture and called him. He ran up to her with something in his mouth. It was white daisy.

'I don't partisipate in birthdays, so I don't know what gifts are to be given, but I found this and thought of you,'

Julie took it, tears welled up in her eyes she threw her arms around his neck.

"It lovely, but you know its not the best gift I've ever gotten,"

'Oh, well what was the best gift?' His voice sounded hurt.

"You," She smiled and opened the twenkies. "happy birthday to me,"

'I hope we share many more together,'

"Me too, She fed him one of the cream filled cakes and she ate the other.

Julie felt warm breath on her and a nudge.

'Julie?'

"Mavrick!" She jumped up and flung her arms around him. "I'm so glad to see you, I missed you so much!"

'I watched you to whole time, I wasn't sure if I could trust them. But I would have been ready to fight if they hurt you,'

"Theres no need to fear them, they are nice,"

'Where are they?'

"They went searching for their friends in there, Aragorn didn't want me to go with them. He didn't want me to get hurt."

'Ah, the tall one with dark hair,'

"Yeah. Their friends were taken by them, and they were killed by these men on horses, and now they are in there. I do not know the whole story. Aragorn said there are somethings that were better not told right now. I don't think he trusts me fully yet."

'It doesn't matter, we can go now that we're together,'

"I don't want to just leave them without saying good bye,"

'OK'

"Hey can I ask you something?"

'Go a head,'

"How come you won't show me your horn?"

'I can't'

"Why?"

'I just can't, just don't worry about that. It doesn't matter. He turned his head from her. I don't like to talk about it.'

"Ok, I won't ask no more,"

Julie sat down, her feet were killing her from running for two days. She could hear Mavrick eating grass, the sound relaxed her cause she knew she was safe with him. She drifted off to sleep. She woke up when she felt Mavrick nudge her.

"What?"

'Its your friends, they aren't on this side of the woods any more, and theres someone else with them. I heard him whistle, then a stallion called to him. We must go.'

Julie got up and got on him. They galloped to where they saw the four standing before a white stallion, Hasufel, and Arod.

"Aragorn, look," Legolas pointed toward the hill.

"She wasn't lying about her horse," Aragorn said.

"A friend of yours?" Gandalf questioned.

"Yes," Aragorn answered.

Mavrick galloped up to them and stopped.

"I told you I had a horse," Julie said mockingly, Mavrick whished his tail, tossed his head and grunted at her.

"I am sorry we did not believe you Julie," Aragorn spoke for the others.

"I see your horses came back aswell, they ran away after hearing something in the woods and spooked," Julie pointed to the woods.

"I'm sorry to intrude, but we must be on our way," Gandalf interupted.

They got on the horses and galloped away.