Race With the Wind

Chapter 46

I stand as the truck slowly comes to a stop. I look out the small side window. We are here. I see Aintree's huge stands. Aintree's stands, stand high into the sky. I look at the truck parked beside us. It's not The Sky Princess's truck. I manage to look behind me but there is a huge silver horse truck blocking the way. I here metal bang at the ramp of the truck and the door opens. The light greets me by straining my eyes. We were travelling for a while. Sarah walks in and she unties the leadrope. I have my light green rug on me and travelling boots. I walk cautiously down the ramp and as soon as all fours hit the ground I stand tall. I look around for the truck. I sniff the air too. "Good girl, Scooter", Sarah coos. She ties me up on the side of the horse truck. She takes off my travelling boots and rug. Leona hops out of the truck with the grooming kit. They start grooming me and clipping my mane and tail. "Leona, I think I'm going to leave her mane a bit long. I like to hold onto it. There's no need on plaiting it", Sarah says. "Okay, that's fine Sarah. Will I leave her tail long or cut it short?", Leona asks. "It's going to need a hunting horse's cut", Sarah answers. I don't want it to be cut shorter. "This will stop it from getting tangled in the hurdles." Sarah explains. Leona cuts my tail until it is about as long from my dock to my hock. I snort slowly. I relax as the girls pretty me up for the race. I feel my nerves getting at me. My front legs start shaking and my bottom lip starts shaking. I can't stop it. "Oh Scooter! You look nervous", Sarah says. She hovers her hands in the air. Her fingers are shaking. She comes over and pats me. "Everything will be okay. Today is all about you", she says to me. "All about you?! Today is my chance to win!", a familiar voice says. Sarah jumps. She looks under my stomach to see who it is. She smiles and waves. "Hi!", she says in Miranda's same squeaky voice. "Don't start with me now Doc!", she says angrily. Her team of 'friends' are here. Sarah is underneath me down on her hunkers. "What did I do?", Sarah says calmly with a smile. Miranda looks at us two coldly. She looks at me. I pin my ears back flat to my neck. "She looks good. But not physically. You better hope she is fit enough for the race", Miranda says. She walks over to me and puts her hand up to pet me. I keep my ears pinned back more. "She's a moody grump. Don't you think?", Miranda says as she stares coldly into my eyes. "No, she just seen you", Leona says as she steps out of the truck. "Hello stranger", Leona says to Miranda,"Have you come back to give Sarah another beatin' or is she too strong for you to handle", she continues. "No! She and her horse are to slow!", Miranda growls, "I just wanted to come on over and say good luck". Miranda says. "Thank you!", Leona says. "No, I just wanted to say good luck because I'm gonna beat both you're asses!", Miranda says with a cat like grin. Sarah scrunches up her nose when she frowns. She looks like a wolf about to attack an animal in it's territory. "What's wrong Sarah? Cat's got your tongue?", Miranda says smirking. "Yes and it gave it to you with the amount of talking your doing at the moment", Sarah says calmly. Leona grins and says,"I think it gave it back to Sarah". Miranda looks at the two girls who are now standing side by side with their arms crossed and eyebrows cocked. Miranda shows fury. She walks up to Sarah,"Listen you little brat! This is my win today! You get in my way, I'll take you out of it!", she whispers to Sarah face. "You are going down!", Miranda whispers loudly again. "Miranda, like I said to you about a year ago", Sarah walks up and whispers in her ear,"you are going down the scoreboard". Miranda hits Sarah on her bad shoulder and Sarah winces in pain. Leona immediately takes over and gives Miranda a hit on the chest. "Next time it will be your face!", Leona shouts. Miranda walks away feeling the pain on the top of her chest. Leona shakes her hand as she stalks Miranda and her crew, who are walking down the truck park. I look at Sarah who is clutching her shoulder. Leona walks up and looks at it. "Don't race today Sarah. That girl has a plan up her sleeve and it is looking nasty. Your shoulder looks bad too. Is it okay?", Leona says worried. "It hurts! She knew that I hurt it badly and it is still not in good shape!", Sarah says frustrated. She walks over to me "I'm going to make a deal with her, Scooter", Sarah says.

Sarah's P.O.V

My shoulder hurts badly. It feels like a hammer hit it and my whole shoulder just shattered to pieces. It probably did. We are walking to Miranda's truck. I clutch my shoulder. It is bruised and feels swollen. I see Miranda standing outside of the truck. She is giving orders to someone. We walk closer and closer. She turns around and a smirk shows up on her face. "Come back for more?", she asks as she starts cracking her fingers. "No, but how about a deal?", I say looking into her eyes closely. Miranda hesitates for a few seconds. "Okay, I'm listening", she says as she crosses her arms. "Alright then. If you win this," I say shakily. I pause for a moment,"I'll give you Scooter", I say with my eyes shut. "Sarah what are you doing?", Leona says harshly. I put my hand up. "I'll give you the one horse I love dearly if you win this race", I say as I fight back the tears well. Miranda smiles. She knows that Scooter is fast and strong. "What if you win?", Miranda says. I look at Leona and Leona takes over. "If Sarah wins the race", Leona says as she eyes at Miranda's high-tech truck. "We swap trucks", Leona says smiling. I smile too. All Leona wants is to travel in a truck that is a baby blue in colour , is high-tech with a dining room that extends out of the sides of the truck and that it has it's own satellite. She wants to travel in style that I like. Miranda thinks again. She puts out her hand to shake. I extend out my good and we shake each others own hands. Together we say 'deal'. I walk away from that truck and I hear Miranda telling Mr.Hughes about out deal. She bailed him out of jail. Her father is loaded. Of course she would. Leona puts her hand on my good shoulder. "That is some deal Sarah. You are stupid like your father. You really think you will win?", Leona says. "I just don't know", I say as I stare into the ground. I'm doing this to show how much I love Scooter. That is how much I love her. We are going to race to save my mother's farm and for Scooter to stay with me until the day she dies. That is how much I love her.
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Sorry about the wait guys. I'm in the middle of writing this on my holidays. Never got much time to write because of the hot weather and the amount of activities. There is also no internet in the place I'm staying so I have to upload this chapter when I get home.
Sorry about the wait again.
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
I'll see ya's in the next chapter!
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