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Firefly-Crystal Tears, I don't know yet, they might and might not, I haven't really thought about that yet.
Glitter Trail
By Solo Rider
Chapter Two
"Watch out!" Jake yelled, but he didn't have to worry. Automatically, Sam ducked, even though the filly was nowhere near her. Ace snorted loudly and stepped back, tossing his head.
The filly ran a little ways, bucking every now and then, and then she slid to a stop, dust spraying everywhere. Looking at Sam and Jake, the filly sighed, as if she was waiting for them.
"I swear that she wants us to follow her." Sam stammered, a little frightened still. Brushing the dust off of his black Stetson, Jake nodded.
"And we'll do that, because I doubt either of us will be able to catch her again. Now hurry up and saddle-up Ace!"
In ten minutes, the bay filly was leading Jake and Sam over the bridge, across the highway and onto War Drum Flats. The filly was loping, fast. Ace and Star nearly had to gallop to keep up.
"She must have racing blood in her." Jake called to Sam. Sam nodded. She didn't feel like talking. She was just enjoying being on Ace is wild country. Though she was afraid no one would find the filly's owner.
"Uh-oh, looks like trouble." Jake said. Sam looked at him, and then looked at where he was pointing. The Phantom was standing behind a bunch of bushes, his ears pricked forward. But he wasn't watching Sam, he was watching the filly.
With a loud ringing neigh, Phantom trotted forward towards the filly. Immediately, the filly laid her ears back and snapped at the stallion. She raised a hind hoof in warning, daring him to come closer. The Phantom looked surprised. His mares never acted like this.
With a low nicker, the Phantom tried to romance the filly. The filly just snorted loudly and kept trotting forward, totally ignoring the great silver stallion. Suddenly, the Phantom was all stallion. He nipped the filly on the back, trying to drive her to his secret valley. But in one swift moment, the filly kicked out with both hind legs, getting the Phantom square in the chest.
The great stallion looked shocked. With a shake of his head, he reared and took off. Before he disappeared, he looked back at the filly, as if promising her he would be back. The filly laid her ears flat against her head.
"Phantom's never had that happen before." Jake said. Sam nodded and stared in amazement at the filly. She'd never seen a mare kick the stallion before.
Soon they were out of sight of the road, and the filly was trotting with newfound energy. She neighed, and in the distance, a horse neighed back. Ace pricked his ears forward and whinnied loudly. A horse whinnied back.
"Think that's just mustangs?" Sam asked. Jake shrugged, but he didn't speak. Sam bit her lip. In a way, she hoped it was mustangs, she loved seeing mustangs, but she also hoped it was a rider with some good news.
It was a rider, but a new one. A boy, about the same age of Jake, was on a beautiful bay Paint Horse stallion. When the filly saw the rider, she whinnied loudly and galloped to the horse and rider. The stallion whinnied loudly, and the pair touched noses, nuzzling each other.
"Where did you find her?" The boy asked, his voice white. Sam hesitated before answering.
"She came to my ranch, all saddled up and everything. Are you her owner?" She asked, not bothering to introduce herself since the boy hadn't. The boy shook his head.
"No, my sister owns her, but I can't find my sister." He said. Jake was studying the boy's horse.
"There's several people out looking for her, you want to come with us?" Jake asked. Sam looked at him, shocked. Jake was never this friendly to people he just met, in fact, he was never this friendly! The boy looked surprised too, but he nodded.
"Sure, but Socks will probably lead us right to Katiy. Oh, by the way, I'm Alan." The boy said. "And this is Socks and Target."
"I'm Sam, and this is Jake. This little guy is Ace, and she's Star." Sam said, rubbing Ace's neck. Star nickered softly, as if introducing herself to the stallion.
"Where's the last place you saw your sister?" Jake asked, starting to get impatient. Alan thought for a moment.
"We were racing each other and a herd of mustangs. Socks is faster then Target, so Target was behind, and Socks and that stud were having a speed duel. Our other horses were lagging behind, so I stopped so they could catch up. When I looked back, Katiy and Socks were gone, and so was that stud. Only his mares were there." He said. At the word "mustang" Sam's head whipped up. Was he talking about the Phantom?
"What colour was the mustang stud?" She asked, her voice wobbling a bit. Was there a chance the Phantom was the reason the girl was missing.
"He was as black as night with a roan mare, and a bay mare with a black foal." Alan said. Sam sighed in the relief.
"That's New Moon than." Sam said, looking at Jake. Jake nodded.
"We were racing back there a bit when she disappeared." Alan said. He stopped talking and stared at Socks.
"What happened to her? She wasn't like that before!" He said. It took Sam a moment to realize he was talking about the scratches. Sam shrugged.
"That's how she was when she showed up at my ranch. My dad unsaddled her and put her in a corral, but she got out when I was taking Ace out." She said. Alan shook his head.
"That's Socks for you, she's got an attitude problem." He said. With a worried look, he looked around.
"Let's get going." He said. Sam and Jake nodded. With a snort, Socks took off at a fast lope again.
They hadn't been riding for long when they heard a girl's voice from behind a big clump of bushes. Along with the voice, Sam could her hoof beats.
"You should've run you silly horse! They could've gotten you! I guess we're both lucky than." The girl said. Socks ears pricked forward and she started galloping. She disappeared behind the bushes and neighed loudly.
"Socks! What are you doing here? Where's your saddle and bridle?" The girl cried, sounding surprised.
"Katiy, is that you?" Alan asked. A few seconds later, a blonde girl peered around the bush. She smiled and ran over to them, Socks right behind her.
"Alan! How did you find me?" She cried.
"Socks led us to you." He said. Katiy smiled and turned to Socks and hugged the filly. Socks snorted softly and rested her head on Katiy's shoulder. Her body shook as she shied in relief.
"What happened, why did you end up way over here and Socks all scratched up?" Alan said. Katiy was silent for moment, but when she turned back to look at Alan, there were tears in her eyes.
"They're here. They're here in Nevada."