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It was hard to sleep that night, tossing and turning in the stable beds, staring at Harry's face as he somehow was able to sleep that night.
You sighed, tossing the covers off and shoving on your boots, walking outside the Riverside stable to check on your horses.
(h/n) and mercury(Harry's Horse) grazed the grass, (h/n) head popping up as you approached, she let out a soft snort and trotted over to you, nuzzling her muzzle into your head, nickering happily.
"hey girl" you muttered softly, smiling up at the large mare.
Mercury looked at you, ears twitching before going back to eating the grass. You sighed, leaning into (h/n) side and gazing up at the stars, millions of thoughts running through your mind.
How were you going to do this? Was this really happening?
How would you protect Harry?
You rubbed your face, willing your mind to leave you alone.
"come on girl" you sighed, placing your hand on (h/n)s neck and leading her over to the stable where your riding gear was "let's go for a ride huh?" she let out a small nicker, eagerly hoofing the ground as she waited for you to saddle her up as you grabbed your gear.
You checked your watch, nodding at the time "Harry shouldn't be up till 6 so we have four hours to kill" you muttered, pocketing your phone and lifting yourself onto (h/n), kicking your heels into her side, setting her off in a trot "we won't go too far though" you sighed, rolling your neck, feeling the hilt of your blade hit the back of your skull gently.
You snapped (h/n) reins, setting her off in a lope (loose canter/run for anyone who doesn't know horse terms) towards the west path of the stable, letting her follow the trail.
You noted a couple of monster camps as you rode by, but the monsters inside didn't seem to pay attention to you, dancing around their fires and "talking" amongst each other.
You ignored them and continued into the forest path, you grunted as a rock soared over your head, looking to your left you spotted an octopus-like creature popping out of the ground and spitting a large rock at you.
Instinctively you grabbed your shield and braced yourself, your arm swang out as it inched close to you and hit the rock with a loud ring of metal, shooting it back at the creature and killing it, grimacing as it let out a loud squeal, it then disappeared in a poof of purple and black smoke.
"ugly little thing" you muttered, attaching your shield on your back and nudging (h/n) forward again, the mare snorting and leading off in a lope again.
Minutes later you finally left the forest, sighing as you spotted two pig-like monsters riding horses, one had a bow and the other had a large wooded bat thing with spikes. "come on (h/n)" you muttered "let's see if we can outrun em hm?" (h/n) nickered and took off in a gallop at the kick of your heels. The red pig-beast noticed you and started screaming, forcing the poor horse it was on to chase after you and (h/n), swinging its bat in the air.
