For the Love of Netty

TEN

Netty's POV
Squid and I began to pack up for a week's travel. We were both nervous, in case we couldn't find him within a week. We'd be kicked out!
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But I was positive that we'd find him in time. Squid finally finished helping me pack, and he smiled. "We will get Tom back, Netty. And we won't get kicked out in the process. We should leave now, since my stuff is already packed. Stampy's waiting for us at the world's edge."
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I lifted my bags up, and fifteen minutes later, we had all said our goodbyes and stood at the edge of the world. "If you're not back in a week, just stay out there," Stampy said bitterly, and I nodded. "Alright then. We will be back in a week, with Tom." Squid and I immediately walked into the world, feeling the strange sensation of crossing over two worlds.
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It was beautiful.
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Woods surrounded the edges, and a small village was nearby. "You think we'll find Tom?" Squid asked, walking through the tall grass to the village's nearest building. "Possibly. Only one way to find out," I said, running after him. We approached the nearest villager, and he turned to us, a scowl coming to his face.
"More humans," he muttered, and I frowned. "More humans? Were there others?" The villager nodded. "Yes. A usual one, and a new one; an Indian, he was."
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I gasped, and Squid grinned. "Where did they go? We kinda need to find them." The villager pointed towards the south, towards the plains. "That way. Something about 'heading to new lands' or something of the sorts." I turned to Squid and broke into a grin.
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"He's here."
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Squid nodded, and thanked the villager. "We'll come back around, in a few days, when we get them back." The villager sighed, handing us some bread. "Take this for the road. Free of charge, just don't bug me when you return." I smiled, taking the bread. "Thank you. And we won't." Squid laughed and thanked the villager.
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Together, we ran away from the villager, and suddenly, a herd of horses were seen in the field, grazing happily. I turned to Squid. "Let's tame one so our luggage can't slow us down. Dibs on the spotted one!" I ran up the dark spotted horse and petted it gently. I hopped on its back as Squid began to approach a pure black one.
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After a few moments, I was thrown off of the horse, while Squid's horse ran around wildly in an attempt to get him off. The horse and I both turned around to see the sight, and the horse stomped his hoof on the ground, as if it was laughing. I hopped up again and petted the horse as it trotted around.
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Finally, the horse stopped trotting around, and love hearts appeared from it. "Yes! It's tamed! Squid do we have any saddles?" He nodded, riding his horse over to me and handing me a saddle. "She's tamed, as you can clearly see," he boasted, moving the reins of his horse around a bit. I smirked, placing the saddle on my horse and running around on it. "You're not the only one."
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Squid's face dropped, and I giggled. "Don't be so sad. Now we can put the luggage on the saddles and lighten our load!" He nodded, attaching his bags to the saddle. "So what are we naming them? We can't call them it all the time," I pointed out, petting the horse's mane affectionately.
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"Mine's Shadow, I know that much. What about yours? I say it looks like a giant cookie," Squid said, petting his horse. I squealed. "Cookie! That's the perfect name!" Shadow trotted off to the north, and Cookie immediately followed after.
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"Let's find Tom!" I cheered, making Cookie run beside Shadow. Squid smirked at me and made his horse run faster. Cookie, wanting to race apparently, ran beside of Shadow, even passing him up.
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And the race was on.