Lilly

Mission: Get Abigail to Safety

I look at Dusk with a very sad expression, "G-General is dead?"

Dusk neighed sadly, "Yes, one of the trees fell under the wind of the tornado right on top of his torso...he was a stubborn old fool...but...he was a good man...I should have listened to him more..."

I barked, "Dusk...is there any reigns and a saddle anywhere? You know what I'm about to ask right?"

Dusk just snickered, "How can I not? One managed to survive, General said it was under the collapsed shed under some tarp."

I barked at Abigail, as I rushed over to the collapsed shed and dug to get to the tarp slightly tugging at it, Abigail slowly came over and removed some wood, she was pretty strong by her age, even Dusk helped move some with merely his snout. Abigail reached for the saddle and reigns as she slowly went to Dusk as she put it on him, and she slowly hopped on. She had her backpack clipped together and she grabbed the reigns tightly looking around, "W-Where do I go? The bridge is cut off form anyone getting here..."

I then noticed the album, the cabin! I barked and was on my hind and jumped and nosed the album edge a couple of times and Abigail then pulled out the album with the idea I had in mind. She smiles, "Grandpa's cabin! Its Northwest of here! B-But I don't have a compass...."

I then rushed down into the basement, "Dusk, stay there!"

Dusk neighed, "What are you getting?!"

I came up with a compass in my mouth, "From the basement, the shelf tipped over a bit and some more survival items were in there...especially the compass."

I then got on my hind legs as Abigail laid on Dusk's back in order to reach it from my mouth, she got it and she smiled back at me, "Good girl!! Alright...north.... we are facing northeast....." She then pointed to her left, "That way!"

She slowly shook the reigns, Dusk neighed I then spoke up, "It's alright, she is just giving you the signal to walk in a kind manor.."

Dusk was silent then trotted along, into the wilderness around...and our journey begins.