It's a beautiful day to be riding today, I thought to myself as Philip, my horse, and I galloped down the trail. We were riding in the woods behind my house. It's a quiet place where we live, we live in the countryside of Northern Pennsylvania. I remember the first time I tried to ride Philip a few years ago, I fell off and when I started to tear up, Philip nudged me with his wet nose. That tickled and made me feel better. Philip and I are just going on the normal morning routine, with a different route, when all of a sudden, Philip stopped dead in his tracks.
"Philip, what's wrong? You never stop like that."
I got down and looked into his eyes. He looked like he'd just seen a ghost. I tried to comfort him as I got back onto the saddle and rode back home.
I ate breakfast and remembered I would be home alone that day. I went to my bedroom when I heard a horse whinie in the woods, I thought of nothing but Philip, even if I could have sworn I had put him in the stables before I came in. I ran downstairs and into the woods, not knowing what I would see.
As I got to the spot I thought I heard the horse neigh, I saw Philip, laying there motionless. Dead. That's all I could think about. Philip is dead. I crouched down next to his head and started to cry. Philip was my horse since I was a little girl. I got him from my grandma when I was 6, that was 9 years ago, and my grandma is dead. My grandma had died when I was 10. Philip and I have been through so much, it was heartbreaking to find out he had been killed. I stopped crying and in the distance, I heard howling, then running.
I ran not knowing what else to do. I was now in my bedroom closet, hiding from whatever killed Philip.
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The Wolf
WerewolfLucy's just a normal girl, with a normal, but great life. Until she starts high school. When she starts high school, her world turns upside down. Her best friend and pet horse died, she finds out the high school bully is her brother, and she learns...
