When Sam is sent of to a summer camp she finds it is full of horses. She is not particularly fond of horses but she can stand them. She starts to realize that this is a camp for the kids who have stolen and are depressed and all of that. She had jus...
I jumped into the car and watched all of the scenery pass. I had finally landed in Wyoming to go to that stupid ranch. I had packed all of my clothes and stuff I needed that morning. The flight took off at 12 and it is about 6 now. A stable hand from the ranch had picked me up so I could get there. I guess I wasn't really looking just more of thinking when he suddenly slammed on the brakes. I flew forward and almost hit my head on the dashboard but stopped my self with my arms. "What the hell was that for" I said loudly. He pointed over to the barbed wire fence was on the side of the road. And what is saw shocked me it was a horse tangled all up I went on autopilot out of instinct and jumped out of truck "Get the wire cutters "I yelled after he just looked there really shocked about what I did. He suddenly sprang into action and I ran over to the horse. He was a Beautiful and all black I quickly figured out the breed to be friesian. He started to thrash even more because of my approach. I slowed and whispered sweet little nothings like it'll be okay and i'm not gonna hurt you. He seemed to calm down a little and then Carter finally got back with the wire cutters. He didn't seem to like him so I took the cutters from him and he said " Don't hurt yourself pretty little girl". "If you knew why I was here you wouldn't be saying that" I growled. I turned back to the horse and started to cut the wires with ease. He walked away to get his phone and call someone for a trailer. I finally cut the last wire and he tried to stand up so I helped him. I inspected him and he didn't have to many cuts just real shallow ones so he would be okay. Carter came back up to us but the horse who I decided to call Cannon started to pull against the rope I had around his neck. He tried to rear but I held him down and gently kicked his back leg. He pinned his ears and showed his teeth to him. "Just give it to me he doesn't like you" I told him and he handed me the halter. I held it up to Cannons head and he didn't react just twitched an ear in annoyance. I quickly and expertly put it around his head. I realized what I just done without the adrenaline I didn't have the confidence or strength anymore. I just touched a horse I had vowed to never do this again for Storm I had promised and I just broke it. I shoved the lead rope into Carters hand and backed away with wide eyes and filled with fear. I turned and ran into the brush sitting behind a bush rocking back an forth crying and whispering to myself he's gonna die he's gonna die.
We were riding into the ring today Storm had been acting up and would hardly listen he was going slower and wasn't eating or drinking. I thought it had just been from all the excitement but when I touched him he would back away and snap at me of me being me I thought that he was just playing like he sometimes did. I led him out of the cross ties all saddled and ready for the show. We entered the ring and were going around the last barrel when he suddenly started bucking and doing everything he could to get me off I eventually fell off but he kept going. He reared and went to the point to wear he fell on his back he rolled trying to get u I tried to get to him but the show helpers held me back while tears streamed down my face. He ended up smacking into the left barrel and hitting his head really hard. He jumped up really he fell back down with his neck underneath him. I finally managed to break out of their hold and ran to him but knew it was to late that was when something broke inside me and I was never the same again if I hadn't been so dumb he would still be alive I still have nightmares about it sometimes.
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I snapped out of my thoughts when a warm hand was placed on my shoulder. I looked up to see Carter. "What do you want" I growled as he sat down next to me. "Well I-I just wanted to see if y-you were okay ya know since you ran off and everything. So are you?" he asked stuttering. " Wouldn't you like to know" I snapped and stood up pushing past him. I came back to pounding on the trailer doors and loud terrified neighing. I took a deep breath and got back in the truck slamming the door. Sometime later Carter had come back his hair a mess and a few cuts on his arms. I felt a little guilty for being so mean it wasn't his fault it's just a sore spot for me. He started up the truck and we started to drive down the road again. About 20 minutes later we arrived to an old ranch I saw the arch and the sign on it. Rumbling Waters Ranch it said there was a motto underneath but he drove to fast for me to read it in time. The first thing I noticed down the drive way was an old country style ranch house it was painted white and had a big wrap around deck on the bottom. We continued to drive down the path witch led us to a huge barn the barn doors were open so I could see inside. I looked down to see many stalls some had horses sticking their heads out and some doors were open. He stopped the truck near the barn and we got out. Two people came out of the house a boy and a woman. The boy looked to be about my age and the woman looked about in her 40's or 50's. The boy came up to me and I got a better look at him he had black hair and was about 6'2. I looked at his eyes and saw that they were bright blue. He was walking up and extended his hand out to me. I looked at it then back up to his face. He dropped his hand and smiled. "Hi i'm Mason and you are?" he asked. "Do you work here to? Were are all the other kids?" I asked while trying to keep a blank face. "Well Carter here works here and She" he said pointing to the woman " is the boss her name is Sarah but we call her ma'm. " He stated with a grin showing of his cute dimples. "So what doe we do now?" I asked Carter who stood there with his jaw clenched. "Wouldn't you like to know?" he snapped and walked away towards the barn.
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