A Touch Of Fancy (Ydris x reader)

~Chapter 1~

//This will be less of a short story, since this might get long.//

//This chapter will be much shorter than the others, so sorry about that//

//Also English isn't my first language, so sorry about any errors//

//Updates every Thursday, if not more often//

   It had taken a lot of courage for you to leave the comfy house that you had shared with your parents and finally moving out to your own apartment. Jorvik city seemed just the place where you could start your own life. Something about the bustling streets and overly friendly people, was strangely comforting. But when you saw an advertisement on the jorvik times about a horse for sale around Moorland, packing your bags and leaving your old room-mates behind to chase your dream seemed like a brilliant idea. Ever since you were just a child, horses and riding always seemed to just suck you into their magical depths. Not a single thought of hesitasion flashed your mind, when you had taken everything you had known for almost two years and left for the green hills of Jorvik. Now that you had stepped out the barely working dull green buss on the closest stop to Moorland, it hit you that you hadn't booked a place for you to stay. Not having a place to stay while planning to buy a gorgeous horse and staying around the stable in Moorland, was not a good thing. Nonetheless, you turned to the road heading towards the small stable, keeping your head up high. You would make the best out of this unplanned situation, or at least you would try your best to. Your phone chimed, a message from your friend reminding you to take as many pictures as you physically could. Rolling your eyes, you snapped a quick selfie in front of the gates of Fort Pinta, before heading back down the cobblestone road to the other nearby stables.

   The second you saw the beautiful steed standing next to your instructor Justin, you knew you had made the right choice. It proudly held its head up high, taking short graceful steps towards you. You reached your gloved hand to pet its soft head. The horses coat was a bright dapple grey, with an almost white mane that had been cut short and uneven. You only half listened to Justins explanations about what kind of place the mare had been in previously, while the mare in question rubbed its muzzle at your clothed shoulder. The cute girl had been raised in a breeding farm, and when she had not shown the traits they wanted from her, she was sold forward to anyone willing to pay enough. A few bad homes later, where they had cut her mane quite crudely, she had ended up in Moorland just a few weeks prior. Justin had named her Lumi, in reference to her snowy coat. You were absolutely in love, jumping lightly from leg to leg, ready to ride this beauty in the nearby forests. The boy chuckled, handing you the mares papers. The horse was officially yours.

    Not once in your life had you unpacked your belongings so quickly. The stable girl, Maya, laughed while watching you run around placing all of the equipment you had brought with you. Lumi stared at you from her stall, clearly waiting for her human to calm their ass down. "You know you can buy the stuff you don't have from the shops around the stable". Mayas words made you stop, almost dropping the light tan saddle you were holding. "Oh yea, Forgot". You placed the saddle in your saddling room, picking a darker toned tan saddle and bringing it with you to your horses stall. The other girl in the room followed not far behind you, holding a matching brown bridle and a light baby pink saddle pad. Lumi turned her head in disgust after setting her eyes on the pink monstrosity. You raised a brow. Maya seemed to catch on quicker than you, and brought out an another saddle pad of the same size, only this time pure white. Your steed seemed to calm down significantly, clearly pleased at the new outfit choice. You laughed. "I guess Lumi is fashion conscious, huh?" the stable girl with you laughed at that as well, helping you dress your new friend in the tack it had accepted.

   Weeks passed by and you could not be happier by your horses side, even when your eyes struggled to keep open and the world would began to spin. You'd gotten used to this, suffering similar symptoms back at home. Nightmares had always plagued your dreams, to such amount that you could barely sleep at all. Having tried almost everything that was supposed to help during your time living with your parents, you had all but given up on the idea on getting a goodnights sleep. That was until three weeks after your move to Moorland stables. During one far too hot summer night, while you were sleeping in an empty stall next to Lumi, wrapped in many layers of warm blankets and hay, everything changed. This dream would be like no other you had ever seen, a dream that would change all of the ones that would come after it.