Spirit undid all of the bolts on the stable doors and set Summer, Lightning and Strider free.
"Let's go, quick before anyone sees us!" Spirit whispered.
The others followed him to the gates, which were locked.
"Funny, they were open a minute ago, I came through them!" Spirit said, looking confused.
"Well, well mustang! We meet again!" A familiar voice called behind him.
Spirit turned his head, and there stood Murphy.
"Oh, it's only Murphy!" Spirit laughed.
"Only Murphy?" Strider replied. "He's the toughest guy here! You don't want to be messing with him!"
"I think the correct phrase is 'he doesn't want to be messing with me' if you can remember!" Spirit answered, giving his slyest look.
Strider rolled his eyes.
"How could I forget? But he's a lot tougher now!"
Spirit laughed, "yeah right! Watch this!" He spun round and headed for Murphy in a gallop.
"DAD, NO! DON'T BE STUPID!" Summer cried.
Spirit was headed straight for Murphy, who now looked frightened.
Just as Spirit approached him, a rope was thrown round his neck, and he was pulled backwards.
"Hello, mustang. You might not remember me!" The soldier said nastily.
Spirit didn't recognise him. Then again, too many riders had tried to break him in, how was he supposed to remember?
Spirit reared up, and neighed to Strider, Summer and Lightning.
Strider whinnied angrily, and flung himself forward. He jumped on top of the soldier, and pinned him down, injuring him badly.
"Stay away from my son!" He growled.
The soldier looked like he was in pain, and Strider noticed fear in his eyes.
Strider released the soldier and walked towards Spirit, then he removed the rope from Spirit's neck.
Several other men came to the soldier's rescue.
"Let them go!" One of the men cried.
"The horse spoke!" The soldier cried, wincing with pain.
"I know, animals like that should be kept wild!" Another man replied, opening up the gates.
Spirit released the bolts of the stables, and set all the other horses free.
In no time at all, Spirit, Strider, Summer and Lightning were all galloping back to the Cimarron herd.
"How's mum?" Summer asked Spirit.
"She's fine. She's really missed you." Spirit replied.
"What about Grandma?" Summer questioned.
"She's fine too. She has been missing you aswell!" Spirit answered, as he trotted the last few paces to the hill on the Cimarron.
Summer reared up and neighed.
A sea of faces turned to face her, and before she knew it, the whole herd was galloping forward to greet her.
Belle came up to Summer.
Summer pinned her ears back, not knowing what to expect.
"I've missed you Summer, when you left, I felt awful about how I treated you. I'm sorry"
Summer smiled to herself, right now, she felt like she was the happiest mare in the world.