The Yard.

Chapter 1

I awoke in a sweat of panic, with the sheets sticking to me I attempted to get out of bed, my legs felt like they were made of lead, I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and attempted to flex my muscles, it took more effort than I thought to loosen the muscles in my legs, I ran my hands up and down my right leg as to aid them in loosening but it wasn’t until I ran my hands down my left leg had I paused half way through my mini examination, upon feeling it, it felt like three lines all parallel to themselves but I vaguely remember anything which I did which could have caused it to happen, I decided to shower quickly and get ready, I sat down at my dresser to do my hair and sat and thought about last night and the dream I had, I have been having that dream for a couple of weeks now but never thought anything of it as it seemed really petty to let it get to me, then it dawned on me, could the mysterious scratches on my left leg be anything to do with the dreams I keep having, I dismissed the absurd idea and continued to get ready, each stroke reminded me of the claw marks on my leg which kept weirding me out so I wise fully decided to hurry up and leave, I threw on a light blue wolf print top with long sleeves and a pair of dark washed flare jeans and a pair of flat ankle high black boots and to finish it all off a nice blue jem to wear around my neck, I’m not that bothered about my appearance that much as long as I look nice and tidy I’m happy. I wouldn't say that I’m the most gorgeous girl a guy would run around after. I’m 5ft 5, quite slim a few curves here and there but I’m not the one to flaunt it off, I have piercing green eyes with a mid- long deep auburn hair, which is most of the time up and out of the way as I tend to dress practical.   it was a Saturday so I had no college or anything to be worried about, so I packed my gear into a satchel and continued to the car, yes I was nearly 18 and could do almost anything but not without being checked upon by my mother dearest, I had almost escaped out the front door when I heard my mother shouting at me

"Kyra, where you going?" typical old mum always asking where I’m going, it’s not like she didn't trust me, she did but I think she always liked to know where I was, I chuckled to myself and replied loud enough for her to hear me,

"Up to the yard mum!" her response was quick

"what time you going to be back!?" but mine was quicker as I use it most of the time

 "don’t know mum but I will text you if anything changes" I walk out of the door before anything else could be said, asked or whatever else she could think of, I tossed my keys up and down in the air whilst walking to the car parked down the road, silently making a mental list of what I had to do... muck out.... feed....water...exercise....brush down..... by the time I had made a metal list of things to do I was already half way to the yard where keano was stabled, the journey to the yard was bland and boring but hey what do you expect when you live 5-10 min away from the yard, the yard was situated right next to a hotel sort of place which had a sports facility situated next to it for the guests to use so the road leading to the yard was regularly used, pulling through the gates of the yard made me think back to the horrid dream I kept having but I still couldn't make any sense of same dream, same ending every time it annoys me. I drove past the school and turned right at the next available spot, I pulled in facing the opposite sports centre. I turned the engine off and just sat there, the dream still playing in my mind. I pushed it to the darkest part of my mind and continued to exit the car upon doing so I looped my arm through my satchel and pulled it out with me, I left the car as it was as I felt no need to lock it.

I casually walked over to the stable to where Keano was placed to be greeted by his familiar face, he was a deep auburn body colour with black mane and tail, which thinned out to a white shade at the tips, which tended to match his unusual blue eyes he was a gorgeous stallion which everyone wanted, I fell in love with him when he was just a foal and still am in love with him now, he may be a lot bigger but he is still my little baby,  at 15 hands 3 he was a good height for jumping and boy was he good at it,  his stable was one of 5, three faced the leisure centre whilst the other two faced the rest of the yard. On the same side as Keano was stabled was a  17 hand horse called Tommy he was huge next to me never mind next to one of my friends, he was mostly a black colour with light colours showing through here and there to break up his overwhelming height and brought much joy to his owner. I played around with Keano’s mane for a bit while his head was stuck through the top part of the door, last night’s dream was still playing tricks on my mind which made me hesitant at first but quickly told myself to get a grip and went to collect the head collar from the shed on the other side, I swiped the key off the hook on my way, approaching the corner I greeted the mare and foal, Ruby was a beautiful white colour with blue eyes also, she had recently become a mother again she is the proud mother of a young Colt called Odin, he’s got the longest legs around which is quite unfortunate for him as his legs tend to get in the way of him getting to food, he’s currently a light chestnut brown and white but looks like he is going to become a darker brown when he grows up.