Heart of a Mustang

Chapter 2

Your One of Us Now

Disclaimer: I do not own Spirit.

AN: Hey everyone! I took your advice and used more detailed terms and checked my spelling. I went over it 5 times to see if it was perfect and I think it I did the best I could. I really hope you like this chapter. And if I get some good feedback, I'll keep writing but if I still don't seem ready to write a story, I'll stop. So give comments, I don't care what they say.
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As the seasons changed, the little fillies and colts of the Cimmeron herd grew in size. They were now wandering further away from their mothers to go and explore. Rain was particularly watchful of her new foal. Liberty, or Libby as they called her, had other plans. She wanted to explore the world beyond her mother's side. She wanted to know what was out there.

"Mom, can I please go play with the other foals?" Libby asked her mother. Rain picked her head up from grazing at looked at her filly. Her dark brown eyes so full of curiosity and wonder, just waiting to see the world. She knew she couldn't always have her by her side. She was too much like her father.

Rain let out a deep breath and said " Alright, but don't get into any trouble."

Libby nuzzled her mother and "Thanks mom!" Then she ran down the hillside down to where the other fillies and colts were playing. When she got there, a colt stopped here in her tracks. He was a dark grey colt with a strong built and very muscular for his age. He also had dark jet-black mane, just like Libby's. He had white stockings going up his legs, but had no markings on his head. His ears were pinned back and he had a mad expression on his face.

"Who are you and what do you want?" he demanded.

" Well, I'm Libby, and I wanted to play with you guys. It's not all that fun standing with your mom all day." She replied with a big smiled.

The grey colt snorted and said " Did you hear that Milo? She wants to play with us." Behind the grey colt, came a dull, dirt colored colt with a star marking on his head. He had the same build as the grey colt, but wasn't as muscular. His dark brown mane was thick and looked all tangled up. As he walked up next to the grey colt, he looked at Libby.

" Well Flint, were going to have to see if she can past our challenge." Milo said with a wide, but disturbing grin on his face. Then two fillies trotted beside Milo and Flint.

One of them was the same buckskin color as Libby, but instead of having jet-black mane, had a honey colored mane. She had a light sunburst colored blaze on her face that went down her forehead and on to her nostril. She had the same colored stockings as well. The other filly was a hard tree bark brown and had no stockings. She didn't have a speck of white on her except for her mane. Her white mane was thin and smooth and it blew in the wind like the leaves in fall.

" Stop being such pushovers, that's all you two ever do." Said the buckskinned filly in an annoyed voice. "You two don't even care what her name is and I bet that Misty agrees with me."

The white manned filly walked over to the side of the buckskinned filly and said " Tara's right, all you two ever do is act like a couple of nitwits." Behind Tara, Libby giggled at the remarks the fillies were calling the colts.

" What are you laughing at?" asked Flint in a mad voice. " You still have to take our challenge. I'm warning you, its not going to be easy."

"Well, ok what's this so called "difficult challenge"? Libby said sarcastically. Before Flint could answer this, Tara spoke up.

" What my dim-witted half brother wants you to do is beat Milo in a race." She said. "Milo thinks he's fast like father but, he's not all that he saids he is." Libby thought about it for a second or two and realized she wasn't gonna let down a challenge.

" Ok, I'll do it." Libby said in a determined voice. She walked over to where Milo was standing and lined up exactly next to him. Flint, Tara, and Misty were standing in a line on the side of where the two foals were going to race.

" Alright, what you have to do is run to that big tree over there," Flint looked over at the tree, "and run back before the other does. Are you ready?" Libby lowered her head and stared at the tree. She heard her heart beating rapidly in her chest. She looked at Milo who was staring at the tree as well. Libby smiled and nodded.

" Ready? Set? Go!" Flint screamed.

Libby pushed her hooves into the ground and ran. She put all her body weight forward and gave it everything she had. Running was the most natural thing for her and so she had no problem going at top speed from the very beginning. She loved the feeling of the wind in her mane when she was running. She didn't even dare look at where Milo was, she just keep her eye on the tree. She wanted to go faster so she ran harder with all her might. When she got to the tree, she turned around as quickly as she could and ran. I know I can do this Libby thought, I can't lose I just can't. Her heart was beating so hard that she could feel it though her whole body. She finally saw Flint, Misty and Tara in the distance. She gave every bit of energy she had in her body to her legs and ran hard. She ran right through the finish line at her fastest speed. Then she slowed down to catch her breath.

" You did it!" Misty said walking up to Libby with a huge smile on her face. Libby smiled back, still breathing hard. She looked over at where Flint was and saw that Milo was just getting back from the race. She laughed to herself and walked over to the other foals with Misty. She looked at Milo's sweaty face, which had a look of disappointment and then to Flint's. He had a look of disbelieve on his face, which made Libby smile.

" Well, I guess you're the fastest one in our group now." Milo said to Libby smiling.

Libby smiled widned even more as she said " you mean I'm in the group now?" Flint came up to Libby's side smiled.

"Yea Libby, you one of us now."

AN: Well, what do you think? Ok give me comments so I can see if anything is wrong or if I'm doing ok!