The Moon's Treasure (girlxgirl)

Chapter 1: A new beginning

Sometimes life can be cruel,
It can take away the one thing you love most.
It makes you watch it die, slowly.
And it lasts forever...
Days, weeks, months, years...
At some point you give up on life,
Thinking, it will never get better.
But, the truth is,
You never know what is hiding behind the corner.
In my case...
What life had for me was amazing.
And even after all the pain,
I found happiness.

Belle's POV:

I observed my surroundings carefully as the car sped through the trees, surrounding the road. This was a strange place, it was nothing like I had imagined. It was beautiful, and green, the nature seemed so untouched by human kind. But at the same time, I didn't want to be here. It had just been a day since I had arrived here and I already missed my old home. It wasn't as if my old home was good, in fact, it was pretty horrible, but it was what I had known all my life. All my memories and experiences were left there, miles and miles away from me; and I am just left here, in this unknown town, with distant people, and nothing to call home.

My mother and I used to live in England; I had spent my whole life in the same old town, and never really knew anything else but home. All my life it was always the same people, the same school and the same surroundings. I felt so out of place here. The worst part was, it was all the way across the ocean, in the United States. I don't know what made my mother want to move to a small town in Nothern California, but I guess she thought this place would be good for me. We moved in a small town, not too far from a bigger city. However, it was surrouded by gorgeous nature that was absolutely beautiful. I have to admit, my mother did choose a good place for me, but I still hated it.

But, moving wasn't the worst thing; not only that, but also, my mother had signed me up to spend my last few weeks of summer, helping out and riding in a nearby horse farm. Don't get me wrong, I loved horses. In fact, they had been my everything all my life. I grew up with them, and we used to own horses back in England. Sadly, two years ago everything changed and I haven't gone near horses since; honestly I don't want to. I didn't want to go to that farm or have anything to do with it. I was afraid of what was yet to come but I knew my mother wouldn't listen to what I had to say. I knew she was just trying to help me, but I was already too damaged for help.

As I thought about that, I reached into my pocket and took out a pack of cigarrettes. I caught my mother giving me a disapproving look with the corner of my eye, but I just ignored it. I had been smoking for more than a year now, so she had gotten used to it. And honestly, I didn't really care about what she had to say. The sad thing is, I used to be so close to my mother all my life; but shit happens and sometimes, there is nothing you can do about it.

"You should really quit that, you know how bad it is for you." My mother said, as I took the first drag from my cigarrette. I decided that I didn't really want to talk to her right now, it wasn't a good idea; I was just going to say something to upset her. "Belle, I know you don't want to be here and you don't want to go to that farm, but trust me with this okay. I know that this will be good for you." She added after I didn't say anything, but that just agrivated me.

"And how would you know? This is not going to change anything. This whole moving shit is not going to change anything. I already hate the place." I lashed out. Inside, I regretted it. I hated lashing out at my mother, but that was what pain had done to me for the past two years; and she understood that... I hoped.

After a few awkward seconds, I realised we were getting closer to the farm my mother was taking me to. In the near distance, a really tall sign appeared that read out 'Rose's Horse Farm' in big wooden letters. We drove underneath the big sign and carried on ahead. After a few rows of trees, an absolutely beautiful place appeared. Everything was so green and there were flowers everywhere. Everything looked handmade and made of wood or stone. There was a really big wooden house with a few tables, nicely placed on the outside and decorated with flowers. On the right of the house, there was a small place with a sign over it saying 'Cafe and Bar' and with more tables on the outside. The interesting thing was the horses. They were not in a stable or tied up anywhere. In fact, they were all let loose on the big green field around the house, and were grazing peacefully, from time to time enjoying the company of one of the guests. I thought that it was beautful, but I couldn't bare to look at the horses, and instead focused my attention elsewhere. I noticed that there was a small stable located on the other side of the massive field, and next to it, there was a small riding arena. Right by it's side, there was a simple shelter, with two horses underneath it, hiding from the sun. Sincerely, I had never seen such an amazing place before, but it still hurt being here.