Run with the Wild Horses

Chapter 1

The alarm on my phone starts buzzing. I sit up rapidly, alarmed by the sudden noise, but then I remember it all. Tonight I am leaving. I am going somewhere, somewhere far away, running with the wild horses, free at last.

I was adopted by my step mother as an infant. I don't remember having real parents, and every time I try to know more about them, my step mother starts yelling at me.

"It's none of your business Alison! Stop asking questions!"

Well, isn't it my business? They are MY parents after all. Meanwhile I spend my days sitting in our tiny cottage, watching the wild horses running in the meadows nearby. Oh how I've always dreamed of being like them. Always accompanied by others, running free with no boundaries.

My step mother is very strict. I am the one who does all the work around the house. I do the laundry, some of the cooking, the cleaning, even some yard work. And no, I don't get any pay. Everything has to be done exactly right or I will get grounded. It's just how it works. I have no company or friends except my step mother who doesn't count, and pets of course are not allowed. My life is plain and boring... But that is all about to change.

I look at the time on my phone, 3:30am exactly. It was time to get going! I crawled out of bed as quietly as I could, and tip-toed to my closet. I found my jean shorts and slipped them on, along with my blue tank top. I pulled my long blonde hair into a high ponytail, and slipped on my favorite white converse. I was excited to finally get to wear them. I rummaged through my closet, and dug out my bag that I had packed two weeks before, my toiletry bag, and my backpack, each filled with necessities for the trip. The bag has all the clothes I would need, my toiletry bag has my shampoo, tooth brush and paste, hair ties, hair brush, etc. And lastly my backpack is filled with random things like a phone charger (I'm not really sure how I'm going to use it), water and food, ear buds, my little digital camera, gum, and a bunch of other miscellaneous things.

I looked in the mirror and realized that this was it. I was leaving! I feel butterflies start to swirl around in my stomach like a little tornado. Questions start clogging up my brain.

"What if step mother catches me trying to escape?"

"What if I meet danger along the way?"

"What if I get seriously lost?"

But I shove those thoughts out of my brain and replace them with determined thoughts to leave the life I am in, and begin a new one. I want to run with the wild horses, gallop on their backs into a world undiscovered, maybe if I find the city I could find my parents! I don't know what I'm in for, but whatever it is, I am ready.

★Authors Note: So, that's a wrap for the first chapter of this book, Run with the Wild Horses! This is my first book I have ever written on here, so sorry for any errors and mistakes. I don't have a draft for this book, I randomly started it in school, so I hope it doesn't get confusing. :) Anyways thanks for reading and I hope you guys will enjoy this book! More action in the next chapter hopefully. Please comment what you think!★