The Life Of A Horse

Chapter 16

I let them lead me away without fighting. There is no point in wasting energy that doesn't get you anything. They lead us to trailer. We stand in silence for over 15 minutes. When they put down then ramp they come in and lead us to some barn. To my surprise there aren't any stalls and they don't tie us to anywhere. But then I get it... Breeding barn...

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I know to they won't let us out until we breed. I nudge Magic. "They want us to breed." He looks at me and then says, "They are gonna keep us in here until we do. And there isn't a way out." I sigh and understand where he is getting at. "Can we please wait though?" "Yeah," he answers. This is gonna be one long day.

A FEW HOURS LATER

There aren't any windows but there is a little light that is a peeking through a hole in the wall. It is night so there is no longer any light. I suddenly notice something white through the hole. I put my eye to see through. "Princess!" I whisper.

She looks at me terrified and then when she noticed me through the hole she comes closer. "Dakota? Why are you in there? Isn't that a..." "Yeah they want us to breed and I don't think they will let us out until we do." She thinks for a moment then says, "I have a plan but I'm afraid you won't like it."

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"What is it?" "You guys breed and then when they take you out and are leading you wherever they want you I will kick one of them and then he should fall down and then you or Magic kicks the other and then we can get away. But it will have to be perfect timing." I think about and then I decide it's for the best. But if I have a foal I have no idea what I will do with it.

I nod and she smiles. "Ok I have to go. See you soon. I will be sleeping in those woods so don't worry about me not seeing you or anything." I nod and she walks away. I will tell Magic the plan when he wakes up.

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"Magic, wake up," I say after I wake up. He jumps and then he sees me. "What?" "Princess came last night and she has a plan." I then proceed to tell him the whole plan. He nods a few times and then we put the plan in action...

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After we are done we hear the door open. They bring us food and water. This is the food that stops is from changing but, knowing that it doesn't last forever, I hungrily eat it. When we are done eating they leave. They are talking about their plan. "After she has the foal should we sell her or the foal?" "It depends." "Ok well let's ship them down to Kentucky in a few days," I freeze and try to listen but they are gone now.

We HAVE to get out now. Our plan HAS to work or else this is how we will be for the rest of our life. I see Princess walking back to the hole. I tell her what we heard and she nods. She gasps after walking toward the door. "What?" I ask. "I am so stupid! I could have just changed into Ashley and then undone this lock." "Don't tell me I'm gonna have a foal because you weren't smart enough to think!"

She sighs and then I hear crackling there is a clanging and the door opens. "Hurry up guys! They are coming!" She whisper shouts. She quickly changes back and we gallop away. I am surprised I can control my anger but that doesn't mean I'm not angry. I sigh, this is going to be a lot harder to run away now.

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We have been galloping for about 20 minutes when I decide to stop. They watch me and then I quickly try to become Sasha. I almost curse out loud. I walk over to Magic. "Check for trackers," I say. They nod and Princess turns into Ashley. She checks everywhere and then checks us. "We're good? Why couldn't you change?" I try to answer but she can't understand when she is a person. "Wait, hold on." She changes and then I tell her. "Some sort of food." She nods and we continue our great journey back to home. Which I haven't decided if it is the herd or the stables.