The Struggle

Welcome to Tennessee

"Honey, we're here!!!" Ms. Jones said with a huge grin on her face. 

Aleyah forced her eyes open, looking around. Outside her car she saw dozens of horses, all grazing on the tall grass that surrounded them. She saw lots of horses, ranging from morgans to perterons. One caught her eye in particular, beautiful dark bay with black socks. He had a tongue sticking out, he seemed identical to Amber's horse, Pokey. She stared for until she couldn't stand it anymore. She blinked once and he was gone. Her hands flew up to her eyes to rub them, trying to see if she could somehow coax him back into her eyesight. He was gone, and so was Amber.

Soon they arrived at their home. You could definetly tell it was in Tennessee. It had so much acreage that they could own a farm and still have room. It was late at night, so they decided to start unpacking the boxes in the morning. They ate a light dinner and then tried to get some sleep in a new home and a new state. 

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"Dreamer!" Aleyah whisper yelled. She tried kissy noises to see if she could find him in the pitch black of the night. It was midnight and Aleyah had tried to sleep, but decided that she wasn't going to, so she just stopped trying. She snuck out of the house and into the back paddock where they had put Dreamer into. 

She saw a sillouhette of a horse moving toward her, automatically her eyebrows furrowed because that wasnt the familiar dappled grey she should've seen. What she did see was the familiar dark bay with the white socks. 

"Pokey?" She whispered to herself.

Then the sillouhette came closer and she saw the familiar dappled grey trotting happily toward her. A grin made its way to her face. Dreamer nickers to her once he finally reaches her. Aleyah smiles when she says, "we're going for a ride." 

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"You know what this place reminds me of?" Aleyah said to Dreamer. 

Dreamer snorts in response.

"Our place," Aleyah retorts. "It's missing something though..." She knew what it was, but she didnt want to admit it. She looked down at Dreamer, but he looked like he knew.

"Well, I'm tired, the sun is starting to rise, i better get back 'home'" She said putting air quotes around 'home'.

So thats what they did, they went home, and they both got a little better sleep that night.