Race With the Wind

Chapter 20

I feel great after yesterdays western-birthday-gallop. Muffin is quite a cool pony. He's nice to chat to. He's a very friendly gelding. I wake up to Sarah pouring my feed into my feed bowl. It's a hot mash! I get up quickly and I pace over to the feed bowl. I dive into my feed. I devour the whole feed in a minute. Sarah gives me hay. I eat my hay. It's not as good as feed though. The hay has my mouth bone dry. I drink from the automatic drinker. Once I finish drinking water, I hear the slight buzz of the drinker as it refills the drinker. I'm amused by the way it works. Sarah takes us all out to the field to graze. ''Right Scooter. Serious training is starting today. We have The Curragh Races coming up. We have to be ready. Leona is helping. Be on your best behaviour. We will practice the recovery of your stamina and jumping. While we train, Sean will fix your stable''. Sarah says seriously. She opens the gate and I take off at full speed. I gallop down to Sam and Glic. Muffin, Cara and Kandy are with them too. I slow up once I reach them. ''Hey guys!''. I say happily. Cara looks at me coldly. What's going on? She has hatred in her eyes. I see fear in Kandy's eyes. ''Are you guys all right? You look shaken up?''. I ask quietly. ''Are WE all right? Scooter! Are you all right! What was that two nights ago. You scared the crap out of Kandy. We all sleep you know! We have respect for one another too! Kicking a wall? A wall? I heard of talking to a wall. Not kicking and disrespecting Sarah's property. Are you possessed or something! You woke the entire yard up! You scared Kandy. She wouldn't sleep for the rest of the night. You are a bad influence, Scooter. Not just to Kandy. To all of us!''. Cara shouts hostile. Her teeth baring. Ears pinned back flat on her neck. Sweat showing in her dapple grey coat. I stand shocked. I look at everyone. Cara put on a show. Sir and Blacky walk up. Both staring at me. I look at Glic. Glic looks back at me. I see no hate. I don't see anything. Is Glic with them in this. They don't understand the crap I just went through. ''Yeah Scooter. I did tell you thst you were pissed. Not that pissed!''. Sir says loudly. ''Yeah! An old horse needs sleep!''. Blacky groans. I look at Kandy. ''I thought you were better Scooter?''. Kandy says scared. She turns and walks away from me. Blacky and Sir walk away from me. ''You should have won that race Scooter. Dolanstown is broke. Remember! This all wouldn't have happened if you won that race! You better pull your socks up. Press the 'grow up' button!''. Cara says angrily. ''Be quiet Cara! You don't understand. I don't care. Leave me alone! My life is worse now that you bulldozed in stupidly''. I shout back. I stare at Cara. I think of what I just said. In seconds I feel teeth sinking into my neck. I neigh out in pain. The pain is like a knife. A sharp butcher's knife sinking into my flesh. Cara releases her sharp teeth from my neck. I see why. Glic is standing in between us. Glic's teeth baring. She shouldered Cara hard. She came in like a recking ball. She took her out. Cara stands panting in shock. She stares at Glic coldly.''That is disrespectful to Sarah's property! Get out of  here Cara! Give the filly a break! Go calm down. Take a chill pill!''. Glic says clearly. Cara stands up tall. ''You're both no better! Come on Muffin!''. She orders. Muffin stands opposite of her. He stares into her eyes. He looks over at me. I squint in pain. The cut doesn't feel deep. I can't tell. I stare at Muffin. ''I'm sorry Cara. That is not how you treat a friend. Look at what you got back. I never seen such a fight. Go look after Kandy. I need to see if Scooter is all right''. He says calmly to her. Cara is confused. She is surprised that her partner Muffin won't tag along with her. She frowns at us all. ''Ridiculous!''. She shouts. She storms off down the field to Kandy. Glic comes up to me. ''Let me see''. Se says soothly. I let her look at my wound. She wipes all the running blood away, using her muzzle. I squint in pain. This cut hurts like hell. It's like my neck is on fire. Glic gently wipes her wet muzzle all over the wound. She wets her muzzle using the outside drinkers. ''That should do. Sarah will notice once she takes you in''. Glic says proud of her work. ''Thanks Glic''. I say teary eyed. ''Come on. Let's go for a walk. Tell me everything''. Glic says quietly. I nod. We start to walk away from the other horses. We walk up to the apple tree. Glic lies down in the shade. I lie down opposite of her. ''Scooter. Are you sure you're all right?''. Glic asks quietly. I burst out in tears. ''I don't understand Glic! I just lost it. My life isn't going good at the moment! The shady man! The race! Sarah or myself is either in trouble! And now this!''. I cry. I want my mother! I miss her! I want her to protect me! I want to see her! I miss her comforting voice! I miss us being together every night! She is always looking out for me! I want to know where she is? I'm so sorry Glic! I just lost it that night. My mind is mixed up! I'm confused! No one is here to look after me like my mother''. I say angrily. I'm standing up now. I'm tense. I close my eyes. ''I just don't like the way I have to solve the puzzles around me''. I whisper with my eyes closed. I open them and Glic is standing there in front of me. Face to face. ''Scooter. I'm always here for you. I understand. You're not used to independent. You want your mother to help you. Scooter you have friends. I'm right here. Just forget about of what happened there a few minutes ago. Cara is sensitive. Scooter whenever your in need of someone to talk to, I'm here, Sam is here and Muffin is here. That's what friends are for''. Glic says softly. I sniffle. I can't help it. I tKe one step to Glic and I hug her. She is the friend I've always wanted. She is always there for me. ''Scooter I love you. I mean that. You're the best thing that ever happened to Dolanstown. You got Sarah back to herself again. You're not an influence. You're a hero Scooter''. Glic says. I pull myself away from her. ''You're small Scooter. You are one mighty horse though''. She says standing tall. I stand tall too. ''You are saving our home Scooter''. She whispers. She walks down to Sam. I stand under the tree. I see Sarah at the fence. I walk up to her and she notices my wound. ''Scooter. It looks like you had a little friendship breakdown. Lets get some iodine on that''. She says. The iodine idea really hurt. Once the liquid touch my wound it stung badly. Sarah grooms me and prepares to tack me up. I don't need a day off just because of a little bite wound. I have the race of my life coming up.

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