AN Hi, guys. How's it going? A big thank you to everyone who reviewed, and even more so to the ones who reminded me that there were in fact horses whose names were mentioned in the book. I'm combining the names, though, because I couldn't decide which one to use. Here's the chapter I've made you all wait so long for.

Will

"Shit," I mutter under my breath as I turn from the horse and run down a big hill. Some way down, I trip over a root, sending myself tumbling down the hill. The horse seems to trip over it as well, seeing as he trips and tumbles with me. I laugh as I go down, finding this situation hilarious for some reason. It is kind of funny, though, if you think about it. A horse with no rider following me? That's hilarious.

When I near the bottom of the hill, I see it ends in a cliff. "Crap!" I try to grab on to the grass to stop my descent, but it's too wet with the early morning dew. I see a tree hanging over the cliff. It's pretty close to me, and I hope I can reach it. When I'm almost to the edge, I start reaching towards the tree. I'm able to latch onto one of the branches, and I swing myself up on top of the tree. Unfortunately, the horse slides right on top of the tree, and gets up in an instant. I laugh out loud hysterically. This is one weird horse.

CRACK!

What was that? I share a worried and curious look with the horse, as weird as that may sound. The horse makes a weird noise and starts walking - or whatever horses do - towards me. I slowly back up, then I hear it again.

CRACK!

I share another look with the horse. It starts toward me again, then -

CRACK!

The tree breaks underneath us, and we plunge downwards. The horse keeps making noise and snapping at me, still persistent on getting me. The crown falls out of my hand, and I reach for it, but it falls far faster than me. A few seconds later, I find myself at the bottom of the cliff. Surprisingly, I don't die. I laugh so hard it hurts. Thank God for bushes.

I hear the horse snort and snap back to attention. I search around frantically for the crown. If I don't find it and hide soon, the horse will find me. This is a really messed up horse, and I'm pretty convinced it'll rip my head off or something if it finds me.

I see a glint in a nearby tree. Walking closer, I see it's the crown. The only bad part is that it's up high, and the horse will probably find me in the tree. The horse snorts again, but this time it's a little farther away. Oh, thank you, kind Lord!

I scramble up the tree toward the crown. Just as I reach it, I hear the horse coming through a nearby patch of bushes. I curse under my breath as I try to think of something. I'm running out of time, so the only option that'll give me a chance is to climb higher up.

I'm pretty high up in the tree when the horse bursts through the bushes. It's nose is barely inches from the ground, and it's sniffing like a dog. This horse just gets weirder and weirder. It follows it's scent trail past the tree and disappears into the forest.

I jump down from the tree and start backing up. I feel vines behind me, but they're not connected to anything. I turn and pull them aside to find a beautiful meadow. There's a small pond with lilly pads floating in it. Everywhere I look, there's grass or flowers, and there are even some bushes and shrubs lining the rock wall surrounding the wondrous beauty. The thing that stands out the most is the freakishly tall tower right in the middle of the meadow. It's a simple tower made of purple bricks, lighter at the bottom, darker at the top. The lighter purple is just a bunch of bricks going up, forming the base; the lighter purple is the roof and the top room. There appears to be no way to get inside, but there's a window at the top, and when you're a thief, you learn to climb anything.

The climb was trickier than I thought, and once I was inside, I felt satisfied that I made it up. Also a little out of breath. After I'm done panting, I straighten up and look around. It's very simple, like a poor person's house would look. I think it's the simplicity that makes it so beautif-

FTWAANG!

AN Sorry if it's too short, I just really needed to finish. I went into a huge writer's block phase, and I had my first period, finally. Sorry, you probably didn't need to know that. Anywho, I hope you liked it. If you noticed anything wrong or have any suggestions, please let me know. Remember, constructive criticism is always welcome. Who doesn't want to know how they can improve? Peace out, girl scout!