Horses Fly Like the Wind

I looked around me. I was flying. Maxy galloped across the sky with huge brown wings each side of him. I was amazed and I gave a nervous laugh. I looked below me, I could see villages and cities. The people were rushing around, they looked like tiny dots from my height. I looked behind me and saw the palace getting smaller and smaller.

Birds flew beside me and Maxy, I had a feeling they were thinking we weren’t meant to be up here.

I soon saw this forest come up underneath Maxy and I. We flew down into a clearing, Maxy must of been thirsty since he went straight to a stream an quenched his thirst.

I heard my stomach grumble and ate a sandwich. The sky was getting darker by the minute. I hadn’t realized how long I had been gone for. It had seemed only a few minutes. 

“Maxy, lets go home now, boy.” 

He then opened his great wings an took off, up into the darkening sky. The flight back to the stables was as magical as the flight from it. 

Rick was the only one at the stables when Maxy landed. I looked at his face and he didn’t seemed bothered that one of his horses could fly, and that freaked me out a bit. I ran to him when I got off Maxy and cried into his shirt. The trip had overwhelmed me and I needed to cry to let out my fear, shock, amazement and everything else I was feeling.

He seemed to understand that I was in shock and sat me down and gave me some water from his bottle. I finished it off and stared at him.

Red creeped up his neck and covered his cheeks and ears.

“Rick?” “Yeah Sophie?”

 I looked at him weirdly and he looked away from me.

“Why aren’t you shocked about Maxy having wings and landing right in front of the stable?” I asked curiously. “Because I already knew.” 

Rick looked at me nervously and I felt myself blush. “Sophie, do you know how your grand father said before he passed away that angels came down to Earth every now and again to keep order” I stared at Rick.

“yeah, but he became a bit crazy before he died. What he was saying was crazy to.” Sophie said.

“No it wasn’t Sophie, most of what he said was true. He was just shocked at some of the things he found out and he was yelled at and called mad so he drank a lot and that made people think it was the alcohol talking.” replied Rick. “I know a main story he said. He had tried to help Maxy but he was old and he couldn’t do it. He found out the story about Maxy and he told me, but I didn’t listen just like everyone else I thought he was a mad drunk. But after he died Maxy showed me himself, who he really is or was. Thats when I believed in your grand father. Do you want to know the story?”

“Yeah I guess” I replied. I was totally and utterly confused where the conversation was going. What did my grandfather have to do with Maxy?

“One day, a long time ago. There was a magician. He met an angel. He knew if he made the angel his servant he could have ever lasting power. The power in the end overwhelmed him and then consumed him. He died only a few weeks after having all this power. He wasn’t meant to have the power and his body and mind couldn’t support it. Since he had made the angel his servant when he died the angel was stuck on earth. In the form of a horse. Our horse. Maxy. He is stuck in a form which is not his own and he is stuck on earth until the right person with the right amount of power releases him.” 

I looked at Rick weirdly and then I looked at Maxy, he trotted over to me and nuzzled me and I had a feeling he was telling me that it was true.

I walked back to the castle confused and happy. I wanted to hear more about the angel who was now in the form of a horse. 

I went to my small room and got ready for bed. I had already missed dinner so I was to miss out. But luckily I still had my soda and a sandwich which I ate in my room.

I then laid down and stared at my room thinking about what Rick had told me. It seemed  impossible, but there it was right in front of me. Shining a light right in my eye saying here I am, I know you can see me, now all you have to do is believe me. I fell to sleep dreaming about Maxy and Rick and flying up high in the sky and swooping down low and going to fantastic places I’ve never been before and seeing things no one else as seen.

I woke up around midnight and I wondered how Rick knew my grand father and the thought puzzled me for a bit but then I gave way to sleep once more and fell back into a sleep full of wonderful dreams with flying horses, Rick, Maxy, mermaids, unicorns and these magical creatures.

I woke up to the sound of yelling outside. My aunt was yelling at someone. I crept up to the door and looked out the crack. I could see my aunt and Rick standing near my door in the hallway. He looked annoyed and she looked furious.

“How could you let that happen? We had a deal! No one was to know! Especially Sophie! She could set it free. That horse is mine. I found it so it is mine.” My aunt yelled. I was surprised at what she said but I couldn’t look away and stop listening.

“I would fire you but you could tell someone. I guess blood will spill today. If you try to run something will happen to Sophie. I don’t care that she’s my brothers daughter. So don’t you think about running off on me.” I watched her stomp off and looked at Rick, I saw his face drain. He looked so pale and sick. I ran out and hugged him. He sank to the floor leaning against the wall and I was worried that he was sick and that he could need to go to hospital. I half dragged him, half helped him walk to my room. 

“We need to leave, we can’t stay here. She practically said she would kill you and me.” I said really worried. 

“I don’t want to die” Sophie said cringing. Rick laughed at me, I was acting like a spoilt brat but then who wouldn’t act spoilt about wanting to keep their lives? It is one of the most important and precious thing on earth.

I ran to my wardrobe and got out a bag and started packing my clothes into it and important things I needed. I then went into the bathroom and grabbed my toothbrush and toothpaste and different medicines and band aids for if Rick or myself was to get hurt when we ran away. I didn’t want to stay in a place where I could get killed. Thats not silly right? I mean I heard what she said. She said ‘I guess blood will get spilt today. If you try to run away Sophie will be in danger. I don’t care who she is. So don’t you think about running off on me.’ Or something like that.

I saw Rick watching me from my bed, but I didn’t care. I was leaving this place and taking him with me. We were both threatened so we should both leave. Is it me or does this sound like some sort of weird story?

“Rick we need to go to the kitchen to get some provisions so we won’t starve of no food and drinks. Do you think you could get us in there?” Rick nodded and looked down at the ground. I felt sorry for him, I was scared and I wasn’t even the one that was yelled at. I also wasn’t the one who would have to pay with their life if we were found out. Or was i? I grew more scared thinking about it so I made myself stop thinking and put the bag I had packed under my bed and grabbed an empty bag to fill with food and drinks.

When we got to the kitchen I went straight to the fridge and put Sodas in the bag and any other important foods we should take, I then went to the cupboard and took out chips, fruits, chocolate, bottles of water, and everything I could find that we would be able to eat for a few days and such.

I heard someone walking towards the kitchen and freaked out. I ran to the other door and heard footsteps coming from that door to. ‘IM TRAPPED!’ I screamed in my mind. I hid myself in a cupboard and hoped the people that were coming would be quick and not find me. I would get into a lot of trouble for stealing food.

I heard the footsteps get closer and closer, I was wondering where Rick was since he was supposedly on guard outside so I could take the food.

“Hey Rosey, kitchen out of bounds right now. A cleaning group went in before and told me to tell everyone not to go in there for at least another 3 hours. Just to make sure the floors are dry.” Rick called. I guess he knew his voice would carry and who ever was on the other side wouldn’t go into the kitchen.

I didn’t think it had worked since I heard the steps getting closer and closer. But I remembered how I had put water on the floor on the opposite side to where Rick was standing. The steps stopped then I heard them going away from me.

I sighed in relief. That was a close call. At least we had made precautions and had a good excuse for people not to come in here while we, well actually me stole food.

When the bag was full I ran to the stables which is where we had our other bags. I was sure that it would be to heavy for Maxy but Rick told me he had amazing strength although he never showed it because he didn’t want anything bad to happen.

I attached all the bags onto the saddle on Maxy and he acted as if he couldn’t even feel it. He probably wasn’t acting though.

“Do you think we should bring some tools or extra things for Maxy, Rick?” “nah, we should be fine, but maybe bring another bag of food for him and another bottle of water for him” Rick replied. I went to get them and on the way back I saw my Aunt running from the castle with guards holding guns at the stables. I raced back to where Rick was.

“Hurry, hurry, my Aunt is coming and the guards have guns. We gotta go now” I screamed. I was scared out of my mind. I didn’t want to be shot. You would be scared to if your aunt and her guards were holding guns and could shoot at you at any minute as soon as you got into range. Rick climbed onto Maxy and pulled me up behind him and we took off. Maxy seemed to know we were in danger so he kept moving from side to side to make it harder for anything to shoot at us. We went straight up into the sky and wind and clouds. It would of been beautiful to look at but my eyes were shut tightly and I was holding on to Rick with all my life, scared to fall off or be shot down. 

A million thoughts went through my mind as I flew through the sky with my eyes closed. Some were about my parents, some were about my pets at home, some were about my awesome friends back at my castle. I thought of how I would miss them if I died here. If I got killed under my Aunts orders. I wondered what my parents would do and think. They would probably be devastated and my aunt would probably make up something. I felt sick, would my aunt really murder someone to get what she wants to keep a secret? To become the heir to the throne? Was it all really worth someone dying more then one person dying? Just so she can have her own way? I don’t think its right and one day I’m going to put a stop to her and the way she treats everyone around her. 

I don’t know how long we had been flying but all of a sudden Rick said ohhhhhh in amazement. “What, what is it? What are you ohhhhhhhhing at?” I asked, It wasn’t fair that he could see everything and I got to see his back! 

“It’s, it’s some kind of place in the sky. It’s weird. It looks like clouds but it’s not.” he said, he seemed confused but in awe at what he was seeing. All of a sudden the clouds around me started turning into things, like clouds that looked like trees turned into forests right in front of me. Everything became colourful and alive. I was shocked. Maxy landed in a paddock which only a few minutes before had been clouds and Rick got off.
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