Phantom Trip

Not tame, befriend

Maddey. Did i already show you Maddie? I feel like I did but I kinda checked.

"Aauuuuuuugggh." Melissa threw an arm over her face.

Chelsea huffed and looked at the girl laying on hay boredly. "I told you, you should go and do something else. You don't have to stay here."

Melissa shook her head. "Forget about it. I'm not leaving you with that beast."

"And stop calling him that!" Chelsea crossed her arms. She looked back through the bars. "Don't listen to her, Blackjack. You're no beast. You're beautiful."

Blackjack ruffled his wings in annoyance. What is it with all these cages? Why wouldn't they let him go? He needed to go back to his master! He needed OUT!

Chelsea started in surprise when the alicorn suddenly went crazy and banged against the wall. It neighed and stretched its wings as if trying to fly out.

"Calm down, Blackie! Calm down!!"

The horse was either deaf or ignored her as he trotted in circles, panicked.

Chelsea scowled. "He's getting claustrophobic! We need to let him out."

Melissa snorted and lifted her arm. "Horses don't get claustrophobic."

"Yeah they do."

"And you better not even think about letting that thing out again. He'll just fly away and destroy everything in his path."

Chelsea pursed her lips. She glanced at Blackjack, who's trot had diminished to a walk. He shook his mane.

The brown haired girl leaned over the waist tall wood that covered the bars. She sighed. How was she going to do this. Tame the untameable.

She dug through the backpack she had gotten from Mr. Fenton and brought out some sugar cubes. Perfect! All horses loved sugar cubes.

She reached out her hand to the horse. "Hey Blackjack. Come here boy. Look what I have. Some delicioussss sugar cuuuuubes."

Melissa looked on warily. "His name is Nightmare, I heard. He's not going to come when you call him Blackjack."

Melissa frowned at the redhead. "I am not calling him the name that stupid tin can gave him. He deserves much more."

As she looked at Melissa, Chelsea didn't notice the alicorn approach her. She heard a shuffle and looked back with a gasp.

There he stood. She felt like she could stand on her tipy toes, reach out and touch him.

She stood frozen as he looked at her. He sniffed the cubes on her still stretched out hand and looked back at her.

He grunted and turned, leaving a crestfallen Chelsea.

"Awww. He almost ate them. What kind of horse doesn't like sugar cubes."

Melissa watched wide eyed. "Why aren't you happy!! That's the most you've gotten out of him in all the time we've been here!!! He was so close."

The other hung her arm. "Yeah but what if it's all I get outa him."

Melissa huffed. "Be happy he didn't blast your arm off. I think you're growing on him."

Chelsea immediately brightened up. "REALLY?!"

Melissa hummed and lay back down. She slung the arm back over her eyes. "Now be careful not to destroy what you just build up."

Chelsea grinned and retracted her arm. Her eyes wandered to the door. Dora had locked it and given them the key...

Melissa was not looking. Blackjack was on the other side of the stable.