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Country Riding IIII (T.H.)

Maya rose early that morning it was 4 am, she had been up since half three, she slipped her shoes on before heading out and grabbing her horse, she had finished all of her chores by half 4, she grabbed her horse and swung herself up, grabbing her rifle she reloaded her gun, grabbing her hat off the table and she set out, her grandparents were still asleep, she looked up the road, none of the lights were on, that was a good sign.

She set across the field and walked towards the wood, she looked behind her, seeing no-one, she carried on, into the wood, the sun was slowly starting to beam through the trees, she shot her rifle a couple of times, hitting the targets she had set up when she was 12.

As Tom woke up, he looked at his watch, 5:30am, he had been awake for 45 minuets but finally decided to get up, he got washed and got dressed, he saw how Maya looked yesterday, her face quavered but then went back to being emotionless when Mick said something about her dad, Tamzin had told them that she said they had a day off today, but he just wanted to see her, work with her, he could tell she wasn't okay, but Tamzin told him to leave her be, it was the best anyone could do, she would deal with it on her own.

Once he was dressed, he walked down the stairs and started making breakfast for them all, it was about 7 in the morning when they all came down the stairs, dressed and ready, they all ate, all of them still confused on what had really happened last night.

"I get we've got a day off but i'm going doing something" Jake said standing up

They all agreed with him, however when they got down, they saw that everything was done, they was all looking round when the old woman came round the corner, Maya's granny, Edith.

"She's already gone" she told them

"Wait, gone where?" Jake asked her

"She rose early this morning and set out on her horse, don't worry she'll be back for dinner, don't fret, she always does this when she needs to clean her head" She told them calmly

The boys decided to help around since they needed to do something, so they fixed up some old pens the horses used to stay in, but now it belonged to the chickens, they cleaned up the horse manure.

There was still no sign of Maya, it was now approaching 6pm and they had just finished dinner and cleaned up, this was when Granny started getting worried, she'd usually be back by now, where was she

"She's grown, she knows how to protect herself, she'll be here soon and when she does, don't tell her off, she's 22, she's a grown woman"

"But she's still my granddaughter" She told her husband

After an hour of getting even more worried, Tom stood up

"I'm going looking for her, for all we know, she could be dead" he told them,

"Ill go with you" Harry said as he stood up, but before they could leave, they heard the back door open.

Maya walked in, placing her rifle down by the door, leaning it against the wall

"Where the hell have you been?!" Her granny shouted coming through the door, in a panicked state

"In the woods, where else, i stopped off to see Mary, see how she was doing, i just lost track of time" she said as if it was no big deal

Tom spotted something, her shirt, it was sowed back together, and the way she held herself, she was hurt, but he decided not to question it, not yet anyway

"We're just glad your okay" Jake said, hugging her, as did the others, Tom last

"Tamzin told us what Mick did, and the punch you gave him was worth while" Her grandpa told her hugging her

"Yeah, well he deserved it" she told them with a small chuckle.

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Maya had gotten back at about 4pm, 3 hours, they had no idea that she was just next door, when she had left Mary's, she was riding through the wood until one of the hunter came out, they had been seen round for the past couple of days and were moving out that night, moving on to a different wood, that was then they heard the horse, thinking it was something else, shot, they shot her!

She quickly hurried down the field on the horse and rushed inside of her house, grabbing the first aid kit, she managed to get it stitched together, luckily the bullet came out easily, she wrapped the bandage around her torso before sowing her shirt back together, even though it was covered in blood, she managed to get it washed out, before slipping it back on, she grabbed her rifle, taking some painkillers, and walking towards the back of the house, she walked in, her Granny yelling in panic, the lads looked worried, why they was, she had no idea

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That night they all sat inside listening to some old stories that Maya was told as a child, she had grown tired, she had fallen asleep in the chair, the warmth of the crackling fire, the sound of her grandpa's voice.

It was about midnight when they decided to call it a night, that was when they saw Edith knock her husband's arm and nod in the direction of the chair, they looked over to see Maya, fast asleep

"Let her sleep, she's been up since around 4 this morning" He whispered, he stood up and grabbed a blanket, covering her body, he kissed her head before they all left the room, Tom would have to question her about what happened in that wood tomorrow.