The sun beamed down on my back as I grazed happily with my new friends, Silver Mist, Feather and Golddust.
I had lived with them for a fortnight now, and I felt relieved that they were so friendly, unlike my old herd.
Red, the roan stallion had allowed his brother to take over the herd. Red was a bay roan, but his brother was a blue roan. It was strange really-I never saw their parents so I didn't know that they were literally brothers. The blue roan was called Dark Mane. He was far nastier than Red, and often tried to attack me.
I shuddered as I thought back to those times.
Silver Mist suddenly snorted in astonishment and threw her head high.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
She sniffed the air. "I can sense something. I think it's humans…" Her ears flickered backwards and forwards as she listened.
Golddust and Feather exchanged worried glances, then looking at me.
"Sadie?"
I listened hard and heard pounding hooves in the distance and shouts.
They were humans-on horseback!
"Run!" I cried, turning and galloping as fast as I could.
The other three mares followed me, but no matter how fast we ran, the humans on horseback followed us.
As we galloped, we saw various other herds of horses in the distance galloping away, too.
Then we saw the horses with riders following them. There were loads of them!
As we sped through the woods, I felt something slip over my head and pull me back.
The same happened to my friends.
We had been caught!
I knew exactly what to do. I went mad; bucking and squealing and kicking out. It was no use.
Eventually we gave up fighting and were led away to who knows where…
Art least I was with my friends.
We would be okay…
