Cy pants hard as she runs down the trail. If she's late one more time Holly will kill her. Holly, better known as Mrs.Swinson, the owner of the Rocky Top Ranch and stables. Rocky Top is a large horse ranch that hosts lessons, but it's mainly a rescue and rehabilitation ranch for abused and neglected horses. Cy and Nash have worked at RTR for four summers now, but now it's Cy's first summer alone. With each being so good with the horses Holly had even gave the pair each a horse to call their own.
As soon as Cy got to the stables she ran in, a long legged silver roan filly she had named Corona nickered to her. "Not now Core. I need to work on Sparks today." Sparks was a small black mustang mare with a bad attitude. She had been abused with an electric cattle prod during her long eight years of life.
"Poor baby, Sparks pulled a muscle yesterday. I actually was hoping you would work Vixen and Charming today. And then maybe you could give Holywood a bit of exercise? He's stopped eating again and I'm hoping a job will do him good." Cy jumped slightly when Holly first started speaking, that woman always seemed to apear out of thin air, and by the end Cy is shaking her head madly. "I-im sure Logan would love to take a crack at Hollywood. " She shoved Nash's beloved horse off onto the 13 year old boy who had been the stables groom for the past two years, Logan also was Holly's nefew. "No way. That demon only ever liked you. " Holly's honey voice was even sweeter as she felt Cy's loss. Mrs.Swinson had taken the two under her wings and kept them out of trouble, she even had Nash calling her his aunt at one point. If anyone felt her pain it was the own Shawnee woman beside her.
Cy worked away, pulling the two Halflinger lovers from their shared stall. Vixen and Charming had been a wagon pulling team until an accident had happened. The pair and their 80 year old owner had been hit by a car. After the owner died from her injuries the couple never recovered. Cy's task was to get them to no longer fear the wagon. Nash had gotten them to finally except their harnesses and work together again. Cy knew Holly was trying to get her to work and grieve by giving her Nash's old projects.
*Flashback*
"Race ya!"
"Aww Cy no fair! You've got the Appaloosa filly and I have the old nag!"
Cy looked back to see Nash atop Holly's ex race horse, a beautiful brown bay gelding named Bunny. Bunny was about 17 and moved so slow you couldn't even imagine him in the winner circle of any race, except maybe an eating one. Cy laughed as she kicked Corona even faster along the ridge. The young horse's long legs ate up the ground. Corona was only three at the time, having been given to Cy as a weaning, abandoned by her mother. Cy raised her with the help of Holly. Eventually they had her broke to ride at age two. Nash usually rode which ever new drag in Holly had. Though right then all there had been were a few field ornaments and a Shetland. That left only Bunny to be ridden.
*dirty little girl don't care about her reputation. Goes hard goes fast and-*
Cy cut off her ring tone by answering the call. "Hey girly get your boy back here I've got a suprise for him. " Holly quickly shot out before she hung up.
When they got back to the barn Holly was standing by a man and he trailer. "Hey loves. Jacob here has a stud that is a bit too much for him. Nash will you help Jacob get him out? Cy hold the door tie your two rides up to the hitch." Cy and Nash quickly obeyed. Nash and Jacob hopped into the trailer and immediately banging and neighing ensues. After about 10 seconds a large stocky white stud leapt from the trailer, dragging Nash and Jacob behind. The stud kicked out and almost clipped Nash in the jaw, but with a narrow dodge Nash avoided it. Holly let out a booming laugh. " gonna be a handful isn't he Nash?" Nash just nodded but didn't speak as he struggled to hold the white stud in check. "Good cause he's yours. " Holly anounced. With that Nash's focus slipped and the stud jerked his chain, he quickly fell and was drug a few feet. Seeing a body on the ground the stud reared up and lashed out, almost stepping on Nash when he was on his way down. When Nash stood he smirked at the demon horse. "His name is the Hollywood Hunk. He's an AQHA stud." "Hollywood..." Nash whispered. And with that one word it all began.
For the next ten months Cy worked all the rescue cases alone as Nash spent every waking moment with Hollywood.
*end flashback*
As she stood before the white stud every memory of those 10 months flashed before her eyes. Hollywood bared his teeth and shrunk back into his stall. Even though he was a vicious horse he usually lunged, Not threaten and pull back. She watched as he looked around, searching for his favorite and bonded human. When he couldn't find his person his head lowered and he seemed to grieve. It was clear to Cy that these horses knew when things happened, cause even without being told Hollywood knew Nash was gone.
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In the round pen Cy used the lunge line to tire Hollywood out. She wasn't ready to ride Nash's horse just yet. Hollywood bucked and lunged at Cy, only a flick of the whip kept him from trying to kill her. But eventually he got brave and charged Cy. Knocking her to the ground. Gasping for breath Cy got one look at Hollywood before his hind hoof clipped her cheek. A resounding crack could been heard. With a burst of rage Cy jumped to her feet and cried out in rage to the pissed off stallion "He left us you idiot! US! He left you and me both! I don't understand what you want me to do!" She screamed. This outburst took the last of Cy's energy. When she crumpled to her knees she bawled into her hands. It felt like no time at all before she felt a large velvet soft head rest itself on her shoulder. Cy stood and buried her face in his mane. And they cried together.
