The wild spirit of the mountains

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

4 months later.

We try to stay away from trouble but it just came to us. We got into more fights with Dust and honey became a close friend and all the other foals trust us and not Dust but they still eat and sleep with him. He is super jealous and angry. Whenever he can he trys to bite or kick us. And now that were getting older it gets more serious. We are now 6 months old and don't need our mothers milk any more. On one of the last days of hot summer we experience the man.

Maximus takes us to the little gully by echo rock. Hail and I play fight testing our skills on each other but never hurting one and another. Maximus was the first to detect danger. He let's out a warning neigh. That echoes through the valley. Luna and Honeys mum Rose and hails mum Bambi come running to our sides.

"Stay close" the say urgently. Maximus neighs something to my mother. Before she gently nips me and we start galloping away, while Maximus takes the herd the other way. I gallop my next to my mother with hail by my side. All bush trained we can gallop silently and quickly through the bush. We hear the mans distant whip cracks as he chases the other horses. Luna leads us to the main river of the mountains, cracker back and we start trekking up it. We were all worried about Maximus and the herd especially the mares were. As night falls we hear a loud distant neigh from Maximus. We sigh in relief and gallop over to him. As we reach him in the fading sun he sniffs us all to make sure were safe.

"My sons" he says to hail and I. "the next season is going to be fighting for ground I want you to watching and learning". We nod in agreement and gallop back to the rest of the herd. Hail, honey and I trot around the herd and ask all the other foals what happen.

Dust was extremely angry.

"You see guys, spiritus is no leader. he and his mother cowardly ran off and left out us all in danger" he says hissing and coming closer, but I stand my ground.

"How well do you know this area, Dust" I mock.

"Every rock and tree" he says.

"But we've only be here for the sunset" I say. I walk up to one of the foals as sniff noses with her. Cherry her name was. Dust comes hurtling towards me with fury. I quickly jump back missing his blow.

"I bet you couldn't even catch me let alone touch me" I mock and laugh before cantering off with a fuming Dust behind me.

He was foolish, in a few seconds I will be invisible. I tread heavily so he can here me and keep up. As the night closes around us I quickly silent my steps and jump to the side. Dust slows down as he can know longer see or hear me.

"Where are you!" he snorts and paws the ground. I quickly jump forward and bite his neck, he squeals and try's to kick me but I'm already gone and heading back to the herd, leaving a lost Dust behind.

As I enter back into the herd, I meet hail and mum.

"Don't tell me you left him stranded in the bush" Luna says

"He asked for it" i say defensively.

She laughs "you shouldn't be asking for trouble. when you are older Maximus or I won't be their to protect you and I'm afraid it will be a fight of death between you to they way you torment him"

"Go on and get him" she says.

I canter over to the bush.

"Dust this way" I neigh to him.

Not long and he comes running out, humiliated. he gives a half hearted kick towards me before going back to the group of foals.

Hail and I were different, we liked to adventure while the tiers just graze and sleep. Our mothers know that we are lone wolves and only have each other for now and never will be accepted to graze near other herds their will always be fights for it.