Life as a Horse Whisperer

The day she told me was cold and quiet. while i lay alseep in my bed she opens the door. i secretly opened my eyes and saw her. beautiful and young my mother kissed me and put a note on my night stand. she closed the door and left. minutes later i awoke to firey flames outside my window. "SAM!" i thought. i got my pants on and my boots and rushed out my bedroom door, akaking my twin sister Brooke. i dashed as fast as i could down stairs and out side. flames embalmbed the whole barn. i stared to cry. tears streamed down my face as i darted toward the barn. Brooke came screaming out the backdoor after me.

"Katie no!" she ran after me and grabbed my sleeve as i pulled toward the barn.
"The Fire Department are on their way." i fell to the ground in tears roaring my heart out. Brooke sat next to me as we watched the barn be sprayed with water. sirens and lights flashed in every direction and i stood back as a Fire men said "get back into the house and call your mother!" then at that instant i remembered. the note. i ran upstares while Brooke talked to the Fire man. i ran into my room and looked at the note. it read:

"Katie,

I am going away for a while. take care of your sister.

I love you"


i bent down on my knees and cried. Brooked ran to me and read the note. she stood up and sat on my bed.
"She is really gone huh?" Brooke took the note and ripped it into three peices and threw it on the ground. i stood and sat next to her on the bed. we sat and cried untill the Fireman came in. he told us it was ok to go out side and then he left.




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We packed up all our things and went to Grammy's house. She didn't live far away. Opening the door i saw her happy, smiling face. she glowed like the sun and welcomed anything in her path.
"It is good to see you Grammy" i hugged her and she kissed me on my cheek. Brooke walked in and we set our things down.
"thirsty?" Grammy walked to the kitchen taking out a glass and filling it with water.
"No thanks" Brooke took her bag and went into the room down the hall.
"Thank you for letting us stay here." i said following Brooke.
"Oh it is my pleasure" She said walking back to the couch.
"I'm just gunna go outside" i said heading toward the door. I walked down the pathway toward the parking lot and run up the hill. it was centered in the middle of the sidewalk. i remember falling down this hill with her. i dozed off into the tree tops and clouds.

Remembering Sam i went for a walk around the condos next door. you couldn't really get lost, since there was nothing to get lost in. the place was small and a woman walking her small Mutt walked by smiling at me. i smiled back and kept walking.
"Kathryn"
"What...who is there?" i turned and looked back. the lady was gone and all i heard was the wind in the trees. I kept walking hoping it wouldn't happen again. Finally I made it far enough untill the sound became very loud. I turned and looked back a small rock lay next to my foot. i Picked it up and looked at it. Taking in what i saw, i noticed writing.
"Ka...t..h..ryn" it spelled.I dropped the rock and ran back to Grammy's condo as fast as i could. crying i felt scared and worried someone was stalking me. i ran up the stares and opened the front door. Grammy and Brooke were sitting on the couch. They looked up at me with bewilderment.
"What is wrong dear?" Grammy stood up and put her hand on my shoulder.
"OH nothing sorry, there was just...ah...rain cloud, and i didn't want to get rained on." Brooke snuck a peek out the window.
"where...i don't see any clouds?" i stuck my toung out at Brooke and went to my room. I closed the door and fell on the soft, quilted bed.

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That night i had a dream, it was like no other, it felt so real. i awake to Brooke shaking me.
"KATIE! wake up.." she left the room. obviously Grammy sent her in to wake me up cause i heard Grammy talking to Brooke about what she had just done. i sat up and rubbed my eyes. i put my shirt and jeans on and went to the kitchen.
"Morning'" i took the plate of waffles on the counter and walked outside. i ate them on the padio. then i remembered the dream. It was of Sam. he had come back and i was riding him. then mom came out of the woods and we rode off into the ocean, which was kinda creepy. i picked the plate off of the seat next to me and went inside.
"Grammy can we go back to the house today?"
"Why sure, let me just clean up" Grammy turned and went back to the kitchen after picking up my plate.
"oh we are going to your mother's friends house before we can stop at the house...ok?" Grammy said. I looked at Brooke and she nodded.
"yeah...ok"
We were in the car when they started happening. i started seeing Sam. just randomly. I missed him so much. I had to find him and my mother. when we arrived it looked familiar. a big old redish barn on the right with a small paddock on the left with a field behind it. a lady stepped out of the barn and greeted us when we came out of the car.
"Hi i am Mary" she shook my hand then Brookes.
"I am Katie and this is Brooke" Brooke nodded and then gave me the look like saying "i can talk for myself". we followed Mary into the Barn where a dapple mare stood alone and quiet in a stall. a few stalls down was Stevie. a dark bay Quarter horse that i had ridden before...somewhere. i walked to Stevie he came right up to me and nudged my hand. i petted his forelock and rubbed his large head.
"Thats Stevie and the Mare over here is Belle" Mary said picking up a halter.
"Belle really?" Grammy asked as she wondered the barn looking at the mare blankly.
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I stared at Grammy. she looked at the mare like she had known it her whole life. i looked back at Brooke, she didn't seem to interested about the horses. she wasnt so crazy about them as i was. I went up to Stevie and patted his muzzle.
"um...mary" i asked slowly. Mary turned around and looked at me.
"yes dear?" she walked toward me. i looked down.
"uh, mom's gone....she left Brooke and me". Mary gave a stunned look as she watched Brooke start to cry. She grabbed me by the shoulder and Brooke on the other side of her came closer toward Mary.
"Oh you poor girls! if there is anything you need just come see your Aunt Mary".
as i heard her say "Aunt" i started to back away.
"your our aunt?" i exclaimed.
"why yes, didn't your mother ever mention me?" i looked out toward the paddock.
"but...how? mom never said anything about her?" i said in my head. then as i looked out toward the field beyond the paddock i saw a horse. it glared at me then darted off into the woods. i looked back at the stable where Grammy, Brooke and Mary where. they were talking and so i snuck off out into the field to check out the horse.
"i could have sworn it was a horse." i said to myself again. then as i crept into the woods, i heard the voice again. This time i wasn't afraid. i knew i needed to find out where it was comming from. Then as i passed a rather large Oak tree i saw something in the corner of my eye.