January Story Contest

Sky & Rox Bad Dream  Part #1
By-Howrselovr123 & Vanilla

Age-12

I sighed in happiness stroking away my tears. I had just finished 'Black Beauty' and it was AMAZING! All that excitement for one little horse. I sat up and jumped off my bed and gently put my dog-eared paperback with my other horsy novels, like My Friend Flicka, Seabiscut, National Velvet, Misty of Chincoteague,The Black Stallion and King of the Wind, which sat on a shelf by themselves in my horse covered room.
 
I was born into a horsy family which most horse-crazy kids aren't and well I was lucky. My Mum owns a riding school and we have 8 ponies and 9 horses which we use in the school. Then we have 4 breeding mares one being Donna Wind my Mums fancy riding horse and a breeding mare. My older brother Dunstan who's 13 has his horse an athletic chestnut Show Jumper named High Flyer. Dunstan and Fly are local celebrities in our small town. Being the BEST show jumpers winning almost all of our towns small local competitions.
 
I didn't have my own horse (yet) as mum had a rule of being 12/13 before she brought us a horse and I was 11 but I rode one of the riding school ponies. A grey dappled mare named Safari but she was a favourite with the riding school kids and she was a well schooled pony and that meant she was used a lot for lessons. So when she was being used I rode a bay gelding who was quite green and was only 7yrs old. I was quite small on him but we trusted each other so we were perfect for each other. He was called Rox who was my other fave he was better at Jumping and flat riding than Safari who was a great games pony and rushed the high jumps while Rox was more showy.
 
I should probably explain about my history and stuff. Well I'm 11, I have black curly hair and dark blue eyes. I've been riding before I could walk but I had mainly learned about horse care and how to read horses emotions. Well me and Dunstan use that skill on people and we can read their eyes and see what their thinking and stuff it can really freak people out.  
 
Me and Dunstan loved holidays best as most of the riders went on holiday and mum hired school students to help out during the holidays, which meant me and Dunstan got the holidays to ride all the time without having to catch, groom or help tack up the other horses and ponies. We both didn't mind this but Dunstan wanted to do more training with Fly and I wanted to go in another competition with Safari or Rox this summer and wanted to train as well. Tomorrow was Monday the first day of the summer holidays and I was glad. I soon fell asleep wondering what we would do tomorrow.
 
 We cantered on approaching the last jump, about a metre-10. The Buskin lifted her legs up high and sprang upwards off her powerful legs. It felt like flying but when you fly you have to land and we did that but instead of landing gently and cantering away, I heard a crash as she brought her back legs down and twisted, falling down. I felt myself flying with the force and landed head first in the sand a few meters away. I got a mouthful of sand but didn't feel any pain but you don't in dreams. Than everything went black. I felt myself drifting up and saw the Buskin lying there trying to get up I saw someone with a white coat and a large needle with medicine in it! I knew what was happening and tried to scream stop! But I couldn't I couldn't talk I couldn't move. I moved my eyes away and saw a rider on the ground she was lying scarily still and people were all around her. I soon realised it was me! I tried to move but I couldn't. All I could do was drift up I saw both me and the Buskin lying motionless and finally screamed.
 
 "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH" I woke up with a scream and a fright and sat up. Sweaty and scared I sat up in bed crying. Peppa my ginger coloured cat who had been sleeping right next to my head put his nose on mine, I smiled weakly at him and scratched his chin. I soon stopped sobbing and sniffed.  I sighed my third bad dream in over a week. I looked at my alarm 6:04. It was freaky my bad dreams always left me awake and scared at 6:04.
 
 I got up and had a shower glad for the chance to wash all the memories of bad dreams away. I ran downstairs taking them 2 at a time and pulling my black curls into a ponytail. Unfortunately running down stairs and doing your hair do not go together and I slipped on the 3rd to last! Mum walked in and laughed at me lying on the ground and I couldn't help it I laughed too.
 
 After eating my breakfast I helped Dunstan muck out the stalls before the helpers came. A few stalls later Mum walked in the barn with 1 girl and 2 boys in tow. Mum introduced us. There was May who was 14, Jack and and Will who were both 13. Mum took them on a tour and Dunstan tacked up Fly. I checked the register in the Tack room Safari was being used so I was riding Rox. Rox was beginning to become a definite favourite. Mum always made sure I had either Rox or Safari to ride. Mum walked in giving our helpers a quick tour of the barn. "Ah Skyla, Glad I caught you before you took off." She paused, "You can have Rox for the whole holidays, he's too advanced for our younger riders and most of our advanced riders are moving on to hacks. The usual riders have gone on holiday too." She smiled "That okay." She said. I nodded stunned. She turned to go, May smiled at me and followed Mum out.

 Me and Rox were racing against Dunstan and Fly over a small cross-country course we had set up. Me and Rox flew over the high log set up at about 90cm 3 lengths ahead. It felt like flying but when you fly you have to land I felt my self stiffen as we leaped over the log, remembering my dream I saw me lying like that I saw the horse. I felt sick I slipped and fell with a sickening crunch just like my dream...
 
Keep a look out for Sky & Rox  Part 2  of the  Bad Dream