-Authors note:
Sorry I haven't been writing these ast few days but I am just a bit overstimulated with all the school work and all the social things I had going on the few days/weeks. I am only just now calming a bit down from it and I will try to get more chapters out in all if my stories. I still have a few chapters for this story and my Lily story in my notebook but I haven't had the energy yet to copy them down onto here. I hope yall enjoy this horsey chapter.
Ember
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"Mom, can I just sleep with the horses? You know how gentle they are." "Ember..." I hear my mim say in a stern voice. "But mom-" "No buts Em, you do as I say." "I HATE YOU!!"
I run upto my room and I slam the door and the second its closed I break down into tears. I just want some comfort from them. She doesn't understand how they heal me. When I'm with them all my wories wash away, all the pain I have is gone, I relax when I touch them, the feeling is just undescribeable. I try to dry my tears but they just keep flowing. Fucking grow up Ember! I'm not a child anymore, stop crying. I can't be such a baby. I try to stop the tears but I can't. I stand up and look down my window, I'm not that far above the shed. I open the window and jump on the shed. I climb down it and I sneak to the field.
It's dark but I don't turn on the lights, no one can know I'm out here. I have so much anger, sadness and anxiety build up but it all fades away once I stand in the field, this is my place. I secretly tack up Raven and I jump on him, ready to ride all of my problems away. "Let's go girl." I say as I let her galop away and jump over the gate. We go into the forest and the wind in my hair feels amazing. I let the reins hang around her neck and I hold my arms up feeling the freedom, I only feel this free when I ride. Every other thought than Raven is gone, she's all I need to think about right now. How she takes me through the forrest so effortless, how her mane flutter trhough the wind, how fast her galop is, and how free she makes me feel.
I don't care where we're going, as long as it is away from home it's fine. "Good girl Raven." I stroke and pet her neck before I slow her down to a trot. Then I make her walk and I just lay down leaning on her neck.
Not long after I made her walk we're back at my place, I don't want to be there though. I want to turn her around but she doesn't let me. "Raven stop this! I don't want to be here!" I scream whisper but she doesn't listen. I just want to ride away to a land far away where I won't have all of those issues I have now. Reluctanly I let her take me to the field. I take her tack off and Stella and Gloria are already asleep. I lean on Gloria and look upto the sky. I remember everything Lily has told me about all the stars, constalations and galaxy's out there and It's so pretty I can't help but stare at it. I felt like I was laying there for ages looking up at the sky, not wanting to fall asleep. If I did I already know how pissed my mom would be.
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I open my eyes and I realise I have fallen asleep leaning on Gloria. Oh fuck! My mom is absolutely going to kill me if she finds out! I stand up fast but also gentle so I don't wake the horses but it's too late, my mom is already looking out if my window. I'm absolutely dead now, goodbye to my freedom, goodbye to my lovely horses, goodbye to my friends, goodbye to any chance I had on a social life and goodbye to Alex.
I see my mom furiously walking outside towards me with my dad following her, trying to calm her down. "Autumn, listen to me!" He says as he finally pulls her to a stop. I give up on trying to safe myself since she has already caught me redhanded so I lay down with the horses again.
My mom could not be stopped for long and she is now walking past the gate. "Ember Knight! This is not how we behave!" She yells at me and then she geabs me by my arm to help me get up. In the process of me standing up she has woken Gloria up who directly comes to a stand. "Mom stop it!" I try to let her let go of my arm but it doesn't work. "Darling, hear her out." "No, she has deliberatly gone against what I said!" "Mom just shut up!"
I- I just shouted at my mom to shut up. Fuck how stupid can I be?! I will never leave the house again because of what I just did!
"Ember Knight, go to your room, right now." She lets go of my arm and I walk to the house wih my head hanging low. Gloria follows me up to the gate but I stop her. "I'm sorry girl."
Autumn
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"Winter, I told her yesterday to not slesp with the horses! You kniw how dangerous it is with Roger still roaming around!" I sigh, why won't they get my point? "I know my love but I also understand her point of view." "Winter-" "No Autumn, listen." I sigh and he continues. "You know how a teen has a lot of things going on at that young age and for her the horses are an escape of it all. Whenever she is with them she forgets about everything that isn't them. She knows they'll keep her safe because they are her safe space." I never saw it like that but now I do understand her point.
I knock on her door but I hear nothing so I knock again, still nothing. Usually she always says no or something so I just go in. "HELL FUCKING NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS!" Winter hears my screams and he runs upstairs. "You let go of Ember right now or you will regret it!" I shout. "Why would I? I bet she is a way bigger disgrace to you than you were to me since I heard the way you were just shouting at her." "Let go of my angel!" I shout as I kick him. At this point Winter runs in and he grabs his arms as I grab the gin my dad had pointed at Ember.
Winter frees Ember and I tell her to go to the horses since she doesn't want to see this. I take that rat to the basement so I don't cause any trauma for Ember. Once in the basement I shoot him in his head, we've finally won.
-Authors note:
I really wasn't planning on doing the end but it just came to me so I did it. Also I wasn't planning on doing such a long chapter but yeah, I did really enjoy writing it.
