Well here it is! finally! i'm so sorry it took so long, but its here now; better late than never! by the way, thank you so so much to all my reviewers! you are all fantastic, and i owe you all a bag of straw berry bon bons!

"SAM!" Jake yelled, and, without thinking twice, ran after the herd. They were soon swallowed up by the inky darkness, along with Sam.

"SAM!" Jake repeated, running as fast as he could. His ears strained to hear hoof beats, or Sam yelling back, and his eyes were trained on the floor, following the herd's tracks. But the sound of the herd was becoming fainter and fainter when he noticed their tracks had changed...

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Sam was clinging desperately to the makeshift reins, and Jesse's mane. All around her were wild, wild horses; that hadn't seemed to notice that they had a human in their presence.

Soon, Sam's sobs quietened when she realised she was in no immediate, desperate danger. Just hold. The words Jake had told her when she had asked what to do if her horse bolted. Don't panic. If you panic, so will your horse, and it'll just run more.

Sam, breathed in, and concentrated on her seat, so she wouldn't fall off. Sit deeply. Grip with your legs.

That's when it hit her. I'm running with a wild herd of horses. A wild herd of horses. And it feels...what's that word again? Ah, exhilarating! She let out a whoop, and started laughing. For one, she was galloping. She didn't think she could do it. Second of all, she hadn't, and wasn't going to fall off. Thirdly, she was with wild horses!

Jesse was tiring though. He hadn't got the stamina of a wild horse, and was doing well with just keeping up! After all, he was only a little pony! Sam noticed that they were falling to the back of the herd, and Jesse was slowing to a canter. The wild horses were veering to the left, but Jesse was still trotting straight on. He finally slowed to a walk, and the wild horses disappeared entirely. Jesse stopped by a big boulder, breathing hard. Sam felt herself sliding off, and quickly dismounted so she didn't fall and hurt herself. Her legs buckled under her anyway though. After all, she was only 6, and had just been galloping with a wild herd of horses, and gripping on to Jesse so she wouldn't fall off.7

She sat down against the boulder. Jesse stood, puffing beside her. But what now? She thought; she had no idea where she was, it was dark, and she could hear coyotes. She was totally lost and she was scared now.

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"Sam!" Jake continued to call. Then he noticed the tracks had changed. They had veered off to the left, but there was a solitary set off hoof prints still going in the same direction. Jake knelt down. His tracking skills were already blooming. This set of prints was smaller than that of the herds. Jesse. Sam...

Jake took off following the smaller hoof prints.

"SAM!" he continued to yell. After a few minutes of so running, he saw dark shapes ahead, and faint crying.

"Sam?" he yelled, slowing down; he didn't want to scare Jesse, if it was Jesse.

"J...Jake?" A small, scared, wavering voice responded.

"Sam!" Jake called, in relief. He got closer, and saw Jesse, who was breathing fast. A shadow shot out of the darkness, and collided with him though.

"Ouff," was the sound Jake made when all the wind was knocked out of him by a small, sobbing Sam, who was hugging his as if there were no tomorrow.

"Jake! I was so scared! I mean when Jesse stopped, and I had no idea where I was and it was dark and I could hear coyotes and I didn't know how to get back but it's ok now cos' you found me," She informed him in one breath. Jake didn't really know what to do, so just hugged her back.

"Are you ok Sam? Not hurt? What happened?" He asked, ferverently hoping she would stop crying. Louise really does deserve more credit for stopping Sam crying... he thought to himself.

"No, I'm fine. I was scared at first when Jesse bolted but then remembered what you said when a horse bolted so I stopped panicking and sat deep and gripped with my legs and held on tight so I wouldn't fall off and then when I realised I wasn't going to fall off it was really fun and I understand what exhilarating means now cos' that what it was exhilarating I mean I was running with a herd of wild horses wild horses Jake but then Jesse got tired and slowed down and the herd went off in a different direction but Jesse didn't and stopped and I felt myself slipping so I dismounted so I wouldn't hurt myself but that's good right? I mean I wasn't going to fall off while we were galloping like I always thought I was just going to fall off at the end I don't know why maybe because I was tired? Anyway that when I got scared and then you found me!" she hugged him tighter. Miraculously, she only said this I a couple off breaths. Breaths however were what Jake was short of because Sam was hugging him so hard.

"Sam," He said, breathlessly.

"mmmhhhh?" she answered. She had stopped crying when she realised that you couldn't cry and talk in one breath at the same time. Jake loosened her grip around him.

"Can we go home now?" Sam asked, "you know the way home don't you? 'Cos I don't!" She looked worried. Don't start crying again, please don't start crying again! Jake prayed.

"Jesse Does," Jake hoped anyway. He vaulted up on Jesse.

"JAKE!" Sam screamed. Jake didn't know if she screamed at him because she thought he was going to leave her, or because she still didn't want him on Jesse, even if he had just rescued her. The second reason probably. He thought, before pulling Sam up in front of him.

"Oh," Sam murmured. Yep, the second one, Jake confirmed. He put his arms either side of her and griped the reins, so she couldn't slide off of Jesses already slippery bareback. She's already done enough tonight.

"Home, Jesse," Jake commanded, giving Jesse his head.

"What if he doesn't know the way back?" Sam asked, tiredly and worriedly.

"We follow the hoof prints that you and the herd made," Jake reassured her.

"Oh," Sam registered.

Even though neither of them would admit it, they both concluded that their war of Sam's new horse was over, and both of them had won.

so there you go! dont forget to tell me what you think of it because it is the last chapter and REVIEW! i love reviews! it gives me motivation, and motivation to write more! i plan to write a epilogue...