AN: Nicky's chapter about what happened to her when her horse bolted. It deals with death, and I actual cried while writing some of this.

I last saw Cat clinging onto Nessie for dear life. It was only minutes after that that I lost control of my own pony. Leana dove into the thick of the fight, flying right pass Rhett who was fighting with a redcoat. I tried to call out only to have my voice over powered by the sound of gun fire. Ahead of me were five redcoats.

"Halt in the name of the king," yelled out an officer.

"Leana stop please," I screamed. She didn't listen though.

I heard a gunshot. Leana and I went down. Leana was screaming in terror trying to get back to her feet. I had luckily fallen away from her, but I quickly got up and crawled towards her. Trying to calm her I looked at the men who had shot her. Blood was rushing out of her chest were they had shot her. I was covered in blood in a matter of minutes.

"End the pony's life and grab the girl," yelled out the commander, "And you two head towards the ravine and try to find any other Scots that got away."

Two soldiers headed towards the woods and I noticed it was in the direction Cat had gone. One man of the three men left strode forward and lifted his rifle aiming at Leana.

"NOOOO," I screamed, but before the gun could go off I heard a great roar.

Behind me Rhett came charging through the chaos and shot down the man with the rifle. Behind him came Iwan and other Scots. The last two tried to escape but to no avail they were shot down. And in the darkest corner of my soul I was glad they were shot down.

Rhett jumped off his pony and came barreling towards us.

"I'm sorry I tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen and they just shot at us," I cried. I hadn't noticed that I had been crying. Leana was struggling less now. She was now just nickering, crying for someone to help her.

"Don't worry love," Rhett choked back tears, "I'm here to help yah. You won't feel any more pain."

He pulled out his pistol. I was sobbing now. He fired one shot and Leana breathed no more. The tears didn't stop. Though through them I saw Rhett and Iwan walk up to a Scots and ask him why the bloody hell he attacked when he saw civilians in the area. There was a lot of arguing.

"Fuck you," I heard Rhett say as he walked back towards me. "Come love let us get you away from this place." Picking up my pack with one hand he put his other arm around me.

"What about Cat? I saw two redcoats go in the direction she rode in," I said through little sobs.

"Don't worry lassie. I'll go look for her," answered Iwan though he looked somewhat worried. He said something to Rhett and then jumped on his pony and rode in the direction that Cat went.

After Rhett tied on my pack he lifted me onto his pony and hopped up in front of me. As we headed off I took one more look at Leana left in the road where she had been shot down. She hadn't deserved to die. She had been in the wrong place at the wrong time. And even though I had known her for a day and a half I had become attached to her. She was sweet and stubborn at times reminding me of my horse Bluey in the future.

I wanted to go home. I didn't like it here. The tears began again.