The Lost Ponderosa

Part Eight-Reunite

As the stars hung low in the early evening sky, Crusade watched as his uncle happily loaded extra blankets out from the horses pack bags. Kintsugi tilted his head in curiosity,
"What's he doing?"

"He's securing your new made saddles. I mainly go bear back, but a horse blanket serves my grip better. So when I get tired, I pack on a blanket to hold onto.
Because y'all are new to riding I presume it's better you use my tired method as a normal riding procedure."

Kintsugi let out noise signifying he now understood. Caspian. On the other hand was not very aware of anything having to do with imposter tools. Usually, he had everything at his disposal, but this imposter service was new to him.
Iroquois chuckled padding the newly saddled horses. A paint mare, and another stallion pinto.
Caspian took the submissive stallion, who cow towed to the painted mare.
Crusade boosted Kintsugi onto his horse. Kintsugi happily gripped onto the rope harness he was thrown.

Caspian still on the other hand, fumbled with the tethering rope. As Aditsan padded his horse to begin Caspian shook in his rain boots. So they began the ten mile trek back to the ranch house.
On the journey there was lots of Caspian falling, laughter, encouragement, and an all around joyful tone hung around the group as they journeyed on.

Violet suddenly felt the train slam, she was awoken from her nighttimes.
Rosemary sleepily snored.
She grasped the sights out the window seeing train had struck a saguaro cactus.
It looked blown, almost ripped out of the track by the whipping winds by the other day. Violet groaned getting out of her seat as did a few other passengers.
She snuck her noisy suitcase from out under the table. Quickly, wandering outside, Violet pulled out a cigarette with a box of matches. Still thinking about Arion.
She couldn't help everyone.
But this case had really struck a cord in her heart.
It was pitiful and pathetic that she was mourning over someone who she had only known for two days.
However, the lingering sense of connection kept her mind visiting the accident.
Arion was another generation of her.
Another person who had tried to leave everything behind in pursuit of a new beginning. Another one failed by their own plan.

As they reached the ranch, Caspian sighed in relief. But Kintsugi kept his head looking to the tracks almost sniffing the sweat scent of coal. They had been here.
He pulled off the tether rope off of his hand.

"Kintsugi?"
Crusade asked back from the front feeling their rope smack his heels.

"The train! It's close."
Kintsugi snapped the rope like whip against the ground spooking his horse to run along the tracks.
Crusade huffed chasing after him.

"Violet!"
Kintsugi gasped. Jumping away from hit seeing her silhouette.
She turned just in time to see the flash that was Kintsugi.
Kintsugi hurled himself into Violet. So violently fast it it knocked her back onto the ground. She felt the horrible impact of her back being cracked by the hugging force. Violet held him closely, ignoring the smashing pain in her back. Kintsugi sobbed, tears raining down on his freckled cheeks.
She smiled ruffling his hair,
"Your alive."

Kintsugi nodded holding Violet so hard her hands went white. He kept on sobbing as Violet ran her hands through his hair.
Crusade smiled on his horse, seeing them embrace each other. He knew deep inside, that Kintsugi had finally found his family. Maybe, there would be a time in the future where he could be in his life. Yet, not now.
Kintsugi needed a motherly supporter not a loner of brother. Crusade closed his eyes, letting a tear run down his cheek.

Rosemary grumbled, wandering out of the train looking for Violet. Instead she caught sight of Caspian. Caspian.

"You idiot.."
She hissed in her mind as her legs barreled towards Caspian. Caspian opened his arms, welcoming Rosemary in his arms.
Her nose leaked a flowing gush of snot, Rosemary was horrid ugly crier. Finding Caspian just brought all of it out.
"Don't you ever," Rosemary hiccuped in between her weeps. "Leave me again you stubborn little.."

"Glad to see you too Rosemary."
Caspian smiled.

So by the time the night ended everything was well,
Kintsugi went off with Violet to go live in Nevada until he was old enough to carve his own path.
Rosemary and Caspian went back to their lives in Oregon, and Rosemary began to send letters to Violet.
Crusade and Iroquois, began work on their reservation.
The rest is up to the future.