Mia woke up gasping for air. She looked around the room she was in, it seemed so familiar... That's when she noticed that she was sleeping on the ground! There was no bed in this strange room. She stood up and looked around again, what was it about this room? She pushed her silky hair out of her face and then looked at what she was wearing...A dress.
"OH MY GOD!" She screamed out while tearing the first layer of the dress off. A person ran into the room, rather quickly.
"What's going on in here Missy?!" The squeaky voice asked.
Mia turned around to see that it was the nice old lady that owned the house. She frowned and glared at her. She pointed at the remaining parts of the fancy pink and purple dress she had on, "What the heck is this?!" Mia asked furious.
The old lady's eyes widened, "What have you done to your dress Z...Mia?!" She snapped.
"What does it look like. Ugh! Why is this on me anyways?! Huh!?"
"Now calm down Missy, you look nice in it. I put your other clothes out in the wash. You only have to where it until our guest leaves. Now, good thing that was your nightgown, instead of your royal dress." She opened a little wooden door, painted pink but the paint was peeling off so it looked white, to reveal a walk in closet filled with dresses of all types. Mia's jaw dropped.
"Oh, come on...You know what? I'm leaving this wretched place this instant!" She held her dress up, for she wouldn't trip on it, in her left hand and with her right hand she waved a rude good-bye to the old lady. Mia stomped out the room.
The old lady smiled evilly and waited for it.
"OH MY FREAKING GOD! WHERE'S MY DANG CAR?!" Mia yelled so loud that it could be heard around the whole area. She stared at the beautiful brown horse in front of her. The horse was bordered with a creamy white near the hooves and on the mane and tail. It took it's front right hoof and scraped the ground, throwing grass up into the air. When it looked up and saw Mia it nuzzled her cheek, like it knew her pretty well. Mia patted the horses nuzzle, "Uh...Good horsey...Um..." She mumbled.
"Darling, what car are you talking about?" The Old Lady asked while appearing out of nowhere.
Mia's face turned red, "What car?! WHAT CAR?!" She put a hand over her heart like she was hurt. She then calmed herself down and her once red angry face turned a purplish pale. She had looked around and saw everything was different, the paved street that had brought her here was now a dirt path and there were trees everywhere instead of the emptiness like before. The old house looked decently new and it wasn't even painted yet. That word, yet, it hit Mia like a million-pound train, she went flying. Right away she uttered some word.
The horse's ear pricked up while she said it.
"Pardon?" The Old Lady asked, who now that Mia looked at it looked same age as her father.
Mia blinked once or twice then she looked down at her hand on her heart, which seemed to stop beating. She slammed the other hand over it and her face turned many colors. She finally whispered in a quiet tone of a sweet innocent girl, "Epona?" She tried to breath in but just couldn't, and she started wheezing air. She closed her eyes while tears fell, she didn't know what was wrong with her, what was wrong with her?! She shot her eyes opened and fell backwards to the uncut grass. The horse neighed and reared up.
The somewhat Old Lady chuckled, "Putting on a show for our guest, Deary?" She turned to a young man standing behind her, he looked about ten. She beckoned him to come near and gathered the startled Epona.
The boy walked slowly forward, his eyes locked on Mia. He tripped on a rock and fell face first into the ground. He slowly got up.
"Daniel, hon, being clumsy today?" The somewhat Old Lady asked in a teasing manner.
"I'm sorry Ma..." The boy's scratchy voice replied.
"There's nothing to be sorry for." She replied while glaring at him, in a disciplining way.
Daniel lowered his eyes to the ground, but they quickly glanced at Mia. Poor Mia. "What happened to her, Ma?" He asked curiously, not daring to look up at his mother.
She didn't reply.
"I mean, she looks lifeless, is she okay? I don't think she is breathing!" He knelt down beside her and took her wrist to find a pulse.
The Old Lady showed a look of disgust, "Daniel, what did I tell you?"
Daniel ignored her and sighed of relief, "She's breathing..." He said in a small tone while looking at her lifeless face, just then her eyes shot open.
"Hello...?" She quickly said while blushing a little, she watched the young boy snatch his hand away from hers and stand up. The boy merely nodded,
"Hi."
Daniel
As I walked merely to the woods I got stopped by some talking. Being my curious self I sneaked over to the voices, one I could identify as my Ma's. The other voice, which I did not know, sounded gentle and sweet. It was so soft though, I had to listen well for I could hear. I hid behind my Ma's rose bush and eavesdropped on the rest of the conversation. When I heard a THUMP! I tripped over the rose bush to my Ma. The mysterious voice I heard was from a young lady, merely a girl, with the prettiest hair I ever seen...What am I saying?! She's at least five years older than me, probably more! I can't think she is pretty...But she was...Ugh, forget it. Anyways, I was still looking at her when a stone tripped me and I fell face first into the dirt. I got up slowly, still examining the girl, when I noticed she was passed out with her two hands over her heart, had she had a heart attack? No, no it couldn't have been that...Maybe something else, or maybe my looks scared her, I was just playing with the pigs...Great. I heard my Ma say something and I just said sorry, like I always do, not really paying attention. I didn't want to stop focusing on the girl, she was like a mystery inside me wanting to be opened. I wondered what her name was, she looked like a Zel...I always liked that name, maybe I should call her Zel, no...I shall call her whatever she likes. I heard Ma snap at me and saw her staring at me through the corner of my eye, I knew what she was thinking. I wanted to tell Ma that I wanted to be Zel's friend, but she specifically told me not to. I lowered my gaze to the prickly grass that was poking my little legs, but somehow it got back to Zel...Or whatever her name was. I couldn't hold it in anymore and asked Ma what happened to Zel. Before she answered me, if she would, I started babbling everything that came out of my mouth...Oops...I then sat down beside her and checked for a pulse by her wrist. Her soft tan skin took me by surprise, Ma's skin wasn't even that soft! I felt a pulse but didn't let go of her hand since I was "lost in thought". I heard Ma snap at me again, but I didn't care, I don't remember what happened next but I remember Zel waking up to see me staring at her. I was so embaressed. I snapped my hand back to my sides and felt my face get warm. I heard her voice ring in my head as bells would during the Holidays, as she greeted me. I nodded at first, as every man should and would do, but then I smiled and greeted her back. There were so many questions I wanted to ask her, but before I could do anything Ma's hand, rough compared to Zel's, grabbed my ear and pulled me into the house. What a way to meet my new friend...
Mia
The boy was young, but something about him cheered my depressing mood up. I laughed to myself as I saw the somewhat Old Lady drag him away by his ear, which I noticed had a little blue earring. I slowly got up and looked at my hand, it hurt so bad that I through my other one over it, if it "protect" it. I looked at it, nothing was there except some dirt, which was probably from the boy holding my hand. I noticed that I was blushing when I felt a glass jug hit my head and shatter, knocking me out. Before I completely passed out I swore I heard a evil laughter, someone screaming, and a horse running away...
I woke up back on my "floor-bed" and gasped for air. I finally calmed myself down then stood up, something was different...I felt different. I walked over to the mirror above the dresser when I had to stand on my tiptoes to see my reflection. I stuck my hands out in front of me to see then chubby and littler than normal...Oh god no...
