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"No. Dream. DREAM!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. She just continued running. Ice looked at her, and then she looked at me. She walked over.
"Magick, don't worry about Dream. She practically killed herself when you were gone. The entire herd was worried, we all thought you had been captured. That's why we came. Phantom was the one who originally wanted to go, but then Angel decided to go, and eventually the whole herd, even your aunt and cousins, were in. Dream and I drove each other and Angel crazy talking about how we thought you were captured. Finally, we all left, and, if your aunt hadn't piped up, I don't think we would have stopped and found you." I just stared at her.
"Ice, do you still love me?" I saw a flicker of confusion in her eyes before she forced a smile.
"Of course I do, Magick." She leaned against me, and all seemed right in the world. Her warm body was all I needed to take away any pain in my life....
Then I saw him. Pierce. He was looking right at her with pure hatred in his eyes.
"And Pierce?" I asked her slowly. Her head turned in slow motion, and I could see that there was something she was going to tell me, whether she wanted to or not.
"Um... Magick... about Pierce..."
"Yes?" I asked, wishing she would hurry up and tell me so I could heal faster, if I ever could, that is.
"He's my cousin. His father is my mother's brother. I never saw my uncle, but he remembers seeing my mother. Magick, you may think I was falling in love with him, but I'm not. He's family, and he's so funny. He doesn't like you much, though. Magick... god this feels like déjà vu, but... Pierce was talking about a battle."
"Oh god," I said. I was looking down at Pierce, and as soon as he saw this, he was up the hill and in my face, his eyes burning with a fury I had never seen before, even when Slate was my main enemy. I was very honestly scared of Pierce. He was strong, muscular, and he was three years old. He could easily have ripped a two year old into a million pieces with one hoof... if that two year old wasn't me. This battle was not going to be like the other battles I'd had... well, the one with Slate. This was serious. I was ready to fight in a second. I jumped back, my ears pressed flat against my head, and we both reared. We charged each other, and in a blind fury I ran at the white thing in front of me and bit it. Hard. But... the .shriek I heard was not from a male... it was from a female. My eyes immediately unclouded and I looked at the horse in front of me. Ice's beautiful white coat was already drenched in blood and more was coming fast. I watched in horror as the white filly fell to the ground. While I stared at her, a huge weight was thrown upon me, and Pierce was clawing off patches of my gray skin. He didn't care that his own cousin was bleeding, dying. All he wanted to do was fight, fight until the death... mine or his. This battle was fierce... and I wasn't sure if either one of us would come out alive.
A/N Hope you likes this chapter... April Fools! HAHA. OK, I'm done now.
I was back in Pierce's face before he knew what was happening. He fell back, and I grabbed my chance. I grabbed his neck in my teeth and began kicking him as many times as I could before he redeemed himself. He did so quickly, but not before he had many long gashes on his back and legs. He rammed hard into my neck, and sank his teeth in deep. Our feet were on the ground, so I reared, throwing him off. He flew five yards away, a distance regained. He was lying on his back. He looked already dead. The scent of his blood filled my nostrils, and it made me sick. I backed away, and ran over to Ice, my back to Pierce's body.
Bad idea.
Very bad idea.
He was up and over to me before I could realize that Ice was dying. He knocked me over. I was quickly back on my sore, bloody legs, but this bought him time. His hooves connected with my already bashed up right leg, and a sickening crack echoed throughout the meadow. As my back hit the sweet grass that I loved to dearly I thought "I'm going to die."
My eyes flew open, and a world of white was around me. A lot of clicks and beeps filled my ears. My eyes focused, and I began thrashing around. Two two-leggers came up to me. One of them (a female, I think), began talking to me.
"Hey, boy. Shh, it's okay." She turned to the other one. "Mack, get this horse sedated." He left, and returned with a long pointy thing with a pretty liquid inside. He moved to my rear, gliding his hands over my smooth coat the whole way so I knew where he was. I felt a sharp prick in my hock, and a horrible tightness around the prick. I began to feel sleepy, but I didn't fall asleep. As I was in this dreamlike state, thoughts began to fill my mind. I had been fighting Pierce... ICE! Was Ice okay? Oh, dear lord, if Ice isn't okay I'd like to die, please! I- my eyes locked on her. She was lying down in a room separate from mine. There were all these little things sticking out of her body, and I felt hatred at myself for ever having hurt her. I bowed my head, and continued looking around. I could see a large, horse-like body under a sheet. I stepped forward to nudge the sheet with my nose, and then whinnied in surprise. I looked down at my leg. There was a large, hard thing on it and it hurt. I was hardly aware of it when one of the two-leggers (the one called Mack) stepped up and pulled the cover back, revealing Pierce's lifeless body. My body became paralyzed with shock. I bowed my head. I gingerly tried stepping on my leg again. It wasn't so bad when I expected the pain. It wasn't pain, exactly, it was just a pang that made me jump and sent a shiver down my spine. Mack saw this, and yelled. the female ran in. Mack took hold of the thing on my head (I hadn't even known anything was there!) and he led me outside slowly. I began to get frisky when he kept stopping. I wanted out! But... when we got out, I wish I had never woken up.
My entire herd was there. Mack was looking at me expectantly. I thought maybe he wanted to see me run and interact with my herd.
But I just stood there and hung my head. I was ashamed. My entire herd had been caught! It made me sick to see Dream and Angel trotting around like they'd been tame their whole lives. Slate, Copper, and Phantom (to my surprise) were standing in a corner. Poison and my aunt were standing together, watching the twins play. I felt a sharp snap on my rear, and I began to walk slowly around. When I reached the fence separating the herd from me, all movement stopped. Angel and Dream stopped midstep, and put their hooves down. Poison and my aunt closed their mouths, and the twins stopped rolling. They just stood. And stared at me. I looked back at the humans. They, too, were just staring. I began to walk but the awkward silence ensued. A very shrill whinny from inside the building took the humans away, leaving me there alone. Everyone was watching me closely, except my aunt Moonshine who looked beat. I walked over to her.
"Aunt Moonshine, I'm so sorry! I-" She shook her head.
"My name is not Moonshine anymore. It's Sunglow. The twins are Devilray and Dark Rose." Poison walked over.
"I'm now Toxin. Angel is Cocoa, Dream is Memory, Slate is Black Magick, Phantom is Popcorn, Copper is Cooper."
"And Ice?" I asked quietly.
"Pearl... but they don't think she will be pulling through." She whispered the last part. I hung my head.
"What happened? I mean... why are we here? I should have died out there." A smile crossed her normally serious face.
"Black Magick saved us. He ran and ran and ran.. right into the arms of humans. He gave them a run for their money... right back to the herd. Pierce was put down this morning, he attacked a man. You and Pearl were in pretty bad shape. They took us all, and we didn't fight... Black Magick's orders."
"So... he got you caught?"
"Yes."
"Do I have a new name?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"Final Wish."
"Why do Slate and I have double names?"
"Slate is fast, he proved that. And they know you can either race or show. The rest of us are going to be sold or become lesson horses."
"Do you know who goes where?"
"Yes."
"Well?" She sighed.
"I'm going to be sold, Sunglow is going to become a lesson horse, the twins will be sold, Memory is going to be sold, Popcorn is going to become a lesson horse, Cocoa will be sold and Cooper will be a lesson horse. Black Magick will also be sold, and so will you. When you heal."
"What about Ice?"
"PEARL will stay here for now, she may never be the same. Another thing..." she trailed off.
"What?"
"They are going to geld Cooper and Popcorn."
"Huh?"
"Geld them... they can't sire foals. Humans don't use stallions for lesson horses, and they aren't good enough to compete."
"But Slate and I?"
"Staying stallions."
"And what's with Dream and Angel? Why are they so happy?"
"They're already sold to the same famous stable that turns out excellent show horses."
"Do you know where you're going?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
"Same stable."
"And the fillies?"
"Racing stable."
"Slate?"
"Same stable."
"Me?"
"No one's been allowed to see you yet." I was shaking by now. This was too much to handle. I turned around to see a very tired looking Ice at the end of a rope. A weak smile crossed her face and I heard Poison gasp. I took a step towards her and she took a step towards me. We couldn't restrain ourselves any longer and we ran. I ignored my leg, which miraculously didn't hurt one bit. It actually felt better than when I was home.
Home.
Ice and I stopped and whuffed noses about a million times. I snuffled her soft white mane with my nose. The humans came up and took her rope. They led her over to our herd.
"ICE!" Slate yelled.
"It's Pearl," Dream snapped at him.
"Yes, little miss goody-two-shoes tame pony," he spat back. She glared at him. Two of the humans walked up and attached ropes to Dream and Angel. They were led inside and, five minutes later, they came back out with stuff all over their bodies (A/N the tack :-D) and the humans on their backs. They honestly acted like they had always been tame. I watched as they were led into a ring. The rider on Dream's back gently nudged her side and Dream jumped into a beautiful canter. The rider led her around the ring a few times before heading her at a jump and making her go a little faster.
"Poison, they're-"
"Toxin."
"Whatever. Poison, that human is going to kill Dream!"
"Number one, Wish, Memory's rider's name is Ingrid. Number two, Memory is a very skilled jumper. Watch." I turned my head and watched Dream sail easily over a three foot jump.
"Po- Toxin, how long have we been here?"
"Six months." More humans came and took my herd away. One human came up to me. I was led back inside, and stuff was put on my back, and my face. It was uncomfortable and I hated it. Then a huge weight fell on top of my back and I went nuts. I began to run as fast as I could around the place I was in. The weight on my back lifted, and I could only feel it on my neck. HA, I thought, I'M RUNNING THEM OFF MY BACK! But when I finally stopped, the weight fell on my back again. A man was leaning on a slab of wood, and he looked very happy. He walked in, and offered his limb to the thing on my back. It jumped off, and I could see that it was a human.
"Final Wish, this is Danielle. She will be your rider. She will respect you as long as you cooperate."
Cooperate.
With a HUMAN??
Not with my lines.
I was staying a stallion, and there wasn't a thing anyone could do to stop me.
"No. Dream. DREAM!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. She just continued running. Ice looked at her, and then she looked at me. She walked over.
"Magick, don't worry about Dream. She practically killed herself when you were gone. The entire herd was worried, we all thought you had been captured. That's why we came. Phantom was the one who originally wanted to go, but then Angel decided to go, and eventually the whole herd, even your aunt and cousins, were in. Dream and I drove each other and Angel crazy talking about how we thought you were captured. Finally, we all left, and, if your aunt hadn't piped up, I don't think we would have stopped and found you." I just stared at her.
"Ice, do you still love me?" I saw a flicker of confusion in her eyes before she forced a smile.
"Of course I do, Magick." She leaned against me, and all seemed right in the world. Her warm body was all I needed to take away any pain in my life....
Then I saw him. Pierce. He was looking right at her with pure hatred in his eyes.
"And Pierce?" I asked her slowly. Her head turned in slow motion, and I could see that there was something she was going to tell me, whether she wanted to or not.
"Um... Magick... about Pierce..."
"Yes?" I asked, wishing she would hurry up and tell me so I could heal faster, if I ever could, that is.
"He's my cousin. His father is my mother's brother. I never saw my uncle, but he remembers seeing my mother. Magick, you may think I was falling in love with him, but I'm not. He's family, and he's so funny. He doesn't like you much, though. Magick... god this feels like déjà vu, but... Pierce was talking about a battle."
"Oh god," I said. I was looking down at Pierce, and as soon as he saw this, he was up the hill and in my face, his eyes burning with a fury I had never seen before, even when Slate was my main enemy. I was very honestly scared of Pierce. He was strong, muscular, and he was three years old. He could easily have ripped a two year old into a million pieces with one hoof... if that two year old wasn't me. This battle was not going to be like the other battles I'd had... well, the one with Slate. This was serious. I was ready to fight in a second. I jumped back, my ears pressed flat against my head, and we both reared. We charged each other, and in a blind fury I ran at the white thing in front of me and bit it. Hard. But... the .shriek I heard was not from a male... it was from a female. My eyes immediately unclouded and I looked at the horse in front of me. Ice's beautiful white coat was already drenched in blood and more was coming fast. I watched in horror as the white filly fell to the ground. While I stared at her, a huge weight was thrown upon me, and Pierce was clawing off patches of my gray skin. He didn't care that his own cousin was bleeding, dying. All he wanted to do was fight, fight until the death... mine or his. This battle was fierce... and I wasn't sure if either one of us would come out alive.
A/N Hope you likes this chapter... April Fools! HAHA. OK, I'm done now.
I was back in Pierce's face before he knew what was happening. He fell back, and I grabbed my chance. I grabbed his neck in my teeth and began kicking him as many times as I could before he redeemed himself. He did so quickly, but not before he had many long gashes on his back and legs. He rammed hard into my neck, and sank his teeth in deep. Our feet were on the ground, so I reared, throwing him off. He flew five yards away, a distance regained. He was lying on his back. He looked already dead. The scent of his blood filled my nostrils, and it made me sick. I backed away, and ran over to Ice, my back to Pierce's body.
Bad idea.
Very bad idea.
He was up and over to me before I could realize that Ice was dying. He knocked me over. I was quickly back on my sore, bloody legs, but this bought him time. His hooves connected with my already bashed up right leg, and a sickening crack echoed throughout the meadow. As my back hit the sweet grass that I loved to dearly I thought "I'm going to die."
My eyes flew open, and a world of white was around me. A lot of clicks and beeps filled my ears. My eyes focused, and I began thrashing around. Two two-leggers came up to me. One of them (a female, I think), began talking to me.
"Hey, boy. Shh, it's okay." She turned to the other one. "Mack, get this horse sedated." He left, and returned with a long pointy thing with a pretty liquid inside. He moved to my rear, gliding his hands over my smooth coat the whole way so I knew where he was. I felt a sharp prick in my hock, and a horrible tightness around the prick. I began to feel sleepy, but I didn't fall asleep. As I was in this dreamlike state, thoughts began to fill my mind. I had been fighting Pierce... ICE! Was Ice okay? Oh, dear lord, if Ice isn't okay I'd like to die, please! I- my eyes locked on her. She was lying down in a room separate from mine. There were all these little things sticking out of her body, and I felt hatred at myself for ever having hurt her. I bowed my head, and continued looking around. I could see a large, horse-like body under a sheet. I stepped forward to nudge the sheet with my nose, and then whinnied in surprise. I looked down at my leg. There was a large, hard thing on it and it hurt. I was hardly aware of it when one of the two-leggers (the one called Mack) stepped up and pulled the cover back, revealing Pierce's lifeless body. My body became paralyzed with shock. I bowed my head. I gingerly tried stepping on my leg again. It wasn't so bad when I expected the pain. It wasn't pain, exactly, it was just a pang that made me jump and sent a shiver down my spine. Mack saw this, and yelled. the female ran in. Mack took hold of the thing on my head (I hadn't even known anything was there!) and he led me outside slowly. I began to get frisky when he kept stopping. I wanted out! But... when we got out, I wish I had never woken up.
My entire herd was there. Mack was looking at me expectantly. I thought maybe he wanted to see me run and interact with my herd.
But I just stood there and hung my head. I was ashamed. My entire herd had been caught! It made me sick to see Dream and Angel trotting around like they'd been tame their whole lives. Slate, Copper, and Phantom (to my surprise) were standing in a corner. Poison and my aunt were standing together, watching the twins play. I felt a sharp snap on my rear, and I began to walk slowly around. When I reached the fence separating the herd from me, all movement stopped. Angel and Dream stopped midstep, and put their hooves down. Poison and my aunt closed their mouths, and the twins stopped rolling. They just stood. And stared at me. I looked back at the humans. They, too, were just staring. I began to walk but the awkward silence ensued. A very shrill whinny from inside the building took the humans away, leaving me there alone. Everyone was watching me closely, except my aunt Moonshine who looked beat. I walked over to her.
"Aunt Moonshine, I'm so sorry! I-" She shook her head.
"My name is not Moonshine anymore. It's Sunglow. The twins are Devilray and Dark Rose." Poison walked over.
"I'm now Toxin. Angel is Cocoa, Dream is Memory, Slate is Black Magick, Phantom is Popcorn, Copper is Cooper."
"And Ice?" I asked quietly.
"Pearl... but they don't think she will be pulling through." She whispered the last part. I hung my head.
"What happened? I mean... why are we here? I should have died out there." A smile crossed her normally serious face.
"Black Magick saved us. He ran and ran and ran.. right into the arms of humans. He gave them a run for their money... right back to the herd. Pierce was put down this morning, he attacked a man. You and Pearl were in pretty bad shape. They took us all, and we didn't fight... Black Magick's orders."
"So... he got you caught?"
"Yes."
"Do I have a new name?"
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"Final Wish."
"Why do Slate and I have double names?"
"Slate is fast, he proved that. And they know you can either race or show. The rest of us are going to be sold or become lesson horses."
"Do you know who goes where?"
"Yes."
"Well?" She sighed.
"I'm going to be sold, Sunglow is going to become a lesson horse, the twins will be sold, Memory is going to be sold, Popcorn is going to become a lesson horse, Cocoa will be sold and Cooper will be a lesson horse. Black Magick will also be sold, and so will you. When you heal."
"What about Ice?"
"PEARL will stay here for now, she may never be the same. Another thing..." she trailed off.
"What?"
"They are going to geld Cooper and Popcorn."
"Huh?"
"Geld them... they can't sire foals. Humans don't use stallions for lesson horses, and they aren't good enough to compete."
"But Slate and I?"
"Staying stallions."
"And what's with Dream and Angel? Why are they so happy?"
"They're already sold to the same famous stable that turns out excellent show horses."
"Do you know where you're going?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
"Same stable."
"And the fillies?"
"Racing stable."
"Slate?"
"Same stable."
"Me?"
"No one's been allowed to see you yet." I was shaking by now. This was too much to handle. I turned around to see a very tired looking Ice at the end of a rope. A weak smile crossed her face and I heard Poison gasp. I took a step towards her and she took a step towards me. We couldn't restrain ourselves any longer and we ran. I ignored my leg, which miraculously didn't hurt one bit. It actually felt better than when I was home.
Home.
Ice and I stopped and whuffed noses about a million times. I snuffled her soft white mane with my nose. The humans came up and took her rope. They led her over to our herd.
"ICE!" Slate yelled.
"It's Pearl," Dream snapped at him.
"Yes, little miss goody-two-shoes tame pony," he spat back. She glared at him. Two of the humans walked up and attached ropes to Dream and Angel. They were led inside and, five minutes later, they came back out with stuff all over their bodies (A/N the tack :-D) and the humans on their backs. They honestly acted like they had always been tame. I watched as they were led into a ring. The rider on Dream's back gently nudged her side and Dream jumped into a beautiful canter. The rider led her around the ring a few times before heading her at a jump and making her go a little faster.
"Poison, they're-"
"Toxin."
"Whatever. Poison, that human is going to kill Dream!"
"Number one, Wish, Memory's rider's name is Ingrid. Number two, Memory is a very skilled jumper. Watch." I turned my head and watched Dream sail easily over a three foot jump.
"Po- Toxin, how long have we been here?"
"Six months." More humans came and took my herd away. One human came up to me. I was led back inside, and stuff was put on my back, and my face. It was uncomfortable and I hated it. Then a huge weight fell on top of my back and I went nuts. I began to run as fast as I could around the place I was in. The weight on my back lifted, and I could only feel it on my neck. HA, I thought, I'M RUNNING THEM OFF MY BACK! But when I finally stopped, the weight fell on my back again. A man was leaning on a slab of wood, and he looked very happy. He walked in, and offered his limb to the thing on my back. It jumped off, and I could see that it was a human.
"Final Wish, this is Danielle. She will be your rider. She will respect you as long as you cooperate."
Cooperate.
With a HUMAN??
Not with my lines.
I was staying a stallion, and there wasn't a thing anyone could do to stop me.