Running Out Of Time.

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All Was Still and Quiet.Wind blew through the empty stalls,and through the empty round pen,runway,and medows.Not one horse was there.

A loud violent neigh broke the still quietness.Bangging could be heard miles around,as a truck back up the trail to the round pen.A tall man got out of the truck and walked around to open the trail gate.He grabbed a rope and looked at the man with the beard.Tell me when to turn'em loose.he said.The man with the beard nodded.Turn'em out.He said ready to close the gate to the round pen as soon as the horse ran in.The tall man yaked the rope that pulled the lach that opened the trailer door.

The trailed door swung wide open...but nothing came out.Deep inside it peered a throroughbred stallion,blacker than night,with white marking on his legs and face.The STallion waited awhile,thinking they would leave.Then he took a big lunge out of the trailer and bolted into the round pen bucking and stomping wildly.He jerked his head into the air neighing wilder than anything ever heard,while he ran.The man closed the gate quickly and chaned it.He then watched the stallion gallop as the other man parked the truck and trailer somewhere else.With him,we can catch all the wild horses we want.he smiled.

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K N I G H T
Running Out Of Time

The Black stallion pinned his ears back and rammed the gate.The man fell backwards to the ground.Dont worry you will be tamed soon enough...soon enough...he said getting up.He bought this horse as a tamed horse..but from the looks of it he wasnt tamed.Maybe he didnt want to be sold,or maybe he wanted to be wild.

The tall man opened the gate to the run way and grabbed a whip.He poped the whip at the horse,making him run round and round,then cut him off,making him go into the run way.Once he was in he closed the gate to the run way,then closed the gate to the small fenced in area.

The stallion neighed wildly,and bucked while he ran round the pen.He reared up at the man and turned fast into the run way.He slid to a stop in the stall and peered out,watching them.Once them left he walked into the small pen,a few blades of grass here and there...but other than that it was nothing but dirt.

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Running Out Of Time

3 months later.Knight woke that morning to nothing but a bucket of water,a few blades of grass and a bucket of mush and a few bites of hay.He hated it here.He was starving.He walked out ot the small area and looked around,were there any other horses here or was it just him?

A tall man walked over to the gate and opened it,then opened the gate to the run way.He grabbed a whipp and popped it at the black stud untill he ran into the round pen,then closed the gates.

Knight pinned his ears back and bucked wildly into the round pen.He neighed as he ran round and round.After 4 hours pasted he slowed to a stop.He looked around and snortted loudly as one of the men came near him with a rope.

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D R E A M E R
Galloping For My Life..

I couldn't find a place in the Wild sadly enough...I've given up on it. Might as well go back to civilization....Stupid humans. I still hate them for taking me off the track...Oh well...I walked up the dirt road and right up to one of the human creatures. Surely enough...He put a rope around my neck and led me into a small, muddy corral...This was going to be great...not.

- My Wildest Dreams

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Knight's ears flew forward in smelling another horse.He looked in the other direction seeing a spotted mare.He gave a neigh to her and reared up a bit.He was pull back by a rope...he just had to see who it was...He pinned his ears back and bucked wildly.He yanked and pulled and tugged,and bucked,trying to free himself of the rope.But no use,the man had pulled the rope around the post.He grabbed the whip and poped it at him making him run as fast as he could..err would go..

Knight ran round and round,bucking and stomping and snortting and snarling.He ran pretty fast but not as fast as he would normally go.He jerked his head in the air neighing to the spotted mare once again.The tall man ran the horse till he was drinched in sweat then reeled him in towards the post and tied him good and tight.He then slipped a hauklted on his face,and took a bit and placed it in his mouth,and snapped it the haulter,this would remind him of what a bit was and what it could do and how it tasted.

Then the men ran him more and more then reeled him back in and took the bit off and turned him into his small pen.Wont be long now..one of the men said.

Knight shook his black pelt and laid down in the dust and rolled.He stood up and shook his coat.He looked at the spotted mare and neighed, his ears flickering.

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D R E A M E R
Galloping For My Life..

I saw the stallion being beaten by the human creatures, but he looked strong enough. He was. I could tell he was a fighter...I pranced around the muddy pen, seeing how much space I had..Oh boy..It wasn't enough for me....I sighed, pausing every now and again to look up at the sky. Once the stallion in the other pen caught my attention I stopped and flickered my ears. I leaned my head over the wooden fence that separated us and nickered softly.

- My Wildest Dreams

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Knight flickered his ears and stretched out his black and white nose out to hers sniffing her.He jerked he head back and shook his head.His dirty white stocked legs moved toward the fence,and stopped a few feet from the fence.He stood there staring at the mare woundering who she was..Hello...His deep voice trailed off.

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Galloping For My Life..

I shied away from the stallion, but kept close. His deep voice overwhelmed me...I couldn't believe it...So...unusual...I flickered my ears, Hello I said, my sing song voice filling the air between us. I shied away another step backwards and thought for a moment. This horse looked familar somehow...I've seen him before....I just don't know where though.

- My Wildest Dreams

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Knight shook his head and leaped sideways pacing to the other side of the small pen.He eyes her for awhile then paced back to the fence.He reached his neck over the fence and stretched his nose out to take in her scent.He jerked his head back and bodded it up and down.Dont Be scared...His deep voice trailed off.His dark brown eyes eyed her for awhile.They Call me Sun's Dark Knight.But just call me Knight.He said with no emotion on his face.

A tall man wlaked into the stall and shut the door,so the orse wouldnt hurt him.He gave him some hay,water and a special kind of feed that would keep him in the racing shape,then opened the door up and went on to Dreamer's stall,and did the same only he wasnt sure what kind of feed to give her.Hey.What kind of feed do you want me to feed this mare?He asked the other man.

Knight pinned his ears back at the humans,and snortted loudly.He looked at Dreamer again and flickered his ears.She looked familar...He thought and thought,but couldnt remember.Where could he have met here?who was she?Was she at the track?He swished his tail and thought more.Had they raced against each other before?He didnt remeber racing against her...corse he hardly paid any of the horses any attion.He didnt know,but he did know he had seen her before...

The man finally got an anwser and fed the mare then began walking back to the cabbin.Wont be long now..He will go from Triple Crown Winner to a galloping tornado in horse wrangling.. the man laughed as he entered his house.

Knight pinned his ears back again.Horse wrangling?He hated the words.He wanted back on the track,or to aleast be wild and free,where he could run all he wanted.

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Galloping For My Life..

I knew that name...I stepped backwards even farther, pinning my ears back in saddness. I knew this stallion....I knew he looked familar! Flashbacks of that day on the track raced through my mind. My eyes flashed every where, making me dizzy. I kept backing away until my hind end hit the other side of the corral, which wasn't that far. My body swayed with my confusion and I nearly fell down, but caught myself in the act. I looked up at him. I-I know you... I said, trying to find my voice better. I haven't talked to anyone in so long it feels like there wasn't a need for a voice. Your rider smacked me when we were side by side. That crop hurt like crazy against my flank. Made me stumble... My rider got hurt and so did I.... I said, my breathing starting to speed up. This was that same horse that same rider that had made me stumble...Made me lose my eyesight...This is just grand! Now I have to live right next to him...Or maybe not so...I have been in jumping competions before...

- My Wildest Dreams

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Knight flickered his ears,rembering who she was now.Oh...I'm sorry.he said backing away.He looked at the ground then looked back up at her.I didnt know my rider did that..I'm really sorry.he said,walking into the dark stall.He had no idea what happened that day...all he knew was the mare fell.He thought about while he stood in the dark corner,untill he fell asleep.

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Galloping For My Life..

I didn't mean to make him feel bad. So maybe I over exagerated...It wasn't his fault it was his rider's. I sighed, not even bothering to go in the stall. I was so use to sleeping under the stars now...I walked slowly to the far corner of my corral and laid down in the mud. I looked up at the stars and wished that my stupid mind wouldn't be so stupid and cruel sometimes. I should've stayed in Sunherd...I tucked my muzzle close to my chest and dozed off.

When I woke up...I felt miserable. I didn't even feel like getting up, so I just laid down on my side and blew out a breath of air I've been holding. It's such a strange thing they way I am. I wish my other eye did go out so I would be dead now....Stupid eyes. I might as well poke it out, then the humans shoot me or something. They don't even know I'm blind in one eye..They probably don't know anything about the rooky Appaloosa Filly who won lots and lots of races and never gave up....They should just shoot me now, while I lie here in this mudhole of a corral.

- My Wildest Dreams

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Running Out Of Time

Knight eat what little food and drank what little water he had then walked out side.He stuck his head over the fence and whinnied to Dreamer.Morning.his deep voice greeted.He bodded his black head up and down and did a slight rear.

one of the men came out of the cabin with a lasso.He opened the gate to Knight's pen and walked in,closing it behind him.He looked at the black stallion and sighed.Alright boy,dont give me any troulbe or i'll give ya the old lasso.he said to him.He grabbed the lead and walked up to the stallion nice and calm like,and snapped the lead onto his haulter.He spied the spotted mare laying down and frowned.Hey!Come check on this mare in here!he shouted to the other man,then pulled on the lead.

Knight pinned his ears back and waited for the man to snap the lead.He stood there not moving an ich while the man pulled on the lead.He wasnt going anywhere today...or so he thought..

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Galloping For My Life..

I heard the human looking and shouting at me. I didn't know exactly what he was saying, but I knew I didn't want them to touch me. I jumped up quickly and threw my head up in the air, kicking my legs out and nickering playfully. I pranced around the small, muddy corral for a bit, then stopped beside Knight. Good morning I said, then pranced around again.

- My Wildest Dreams

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Running Out Of Time

Knight nickered to the spotted mare,but kept his ears pinned.He reared up and yanked backwards,making the human fall flat on his face.He laughed and paced around the small pen.Stupid humans.he said laughing.

The man stood up and dusted himself off.He glared at the stallion then grabbed the lasso hetwrirled it around and round then flung it at his head.He missed sevral times.His eyes grew big as the horse ran right at him.He quickly turned and ran,but too late the horse had flung him into the air.He stood up and wobbled and looked around.Stupid stallion.he growled.He through the lasso around his neck and took his straight to the corral.

Knight pinned his ears again and ran towards the human flinging him in the air.He laughed and and pranced around.He asnortted as the human through tthe lasso around hids neck and foreced him intot he corral...