The sun began to peak above the horizon. Alexia felt like her eyelids were as heavy as stone. She wondered how Chestnut was doing. She glanced at the brown filly. Then, when she saw that Chestnut was tired too, she said, "We'll stop before noon, Chestnut. Just a bit longer. We need to find some shelter. It looks like it might rain or snow soon." Alexia looked at the sky and saw some dark gray clouds gathering above the little group.
Suddenly, Chestnut whinnied and reared up, spilling the load that she was carrying. Alexia jumped up in surprise. She said a few soothing words to the young horse before she realized that Puff had shot out of her arms the moment that Chestnut reared. Alexia left the horse's side and began calling Puff's name and frantically looking underneath rock crevasses and bushes. Finally, after a minuet or two, Puff came out from his hiding spot that had lay somewhere to the west. And, as Alexia scooped up Puff in her arms, she saw it; a shape in the distance rapidly closing in on the trio. She squinted, trying to make out what it was. Then, she saw. A pack of wild dogs!
Alexia gasped. She snatched up the bags and ran over to Chestnut. "I'm so sorry, girl. I know that it's going to be hard but--" she glanced at the wild dog pack "we need to go, now!" Chestnut knelt down and gazed at Alexia with liquid brown eyes. Alexia got the felling that the horse understood and swung her leg over the side of Chestnut's back. Chestnut stood up and darted forward.
Alexia felt a cool breeze whip at her hair. The sound of Chestnut's hooves on the rocky ground. Then, Puff meowed. Alexia turned around and saw that the wild dogs were very close. She led Chestnut over to a bush but, right before they crashed into the brambles, Alexia pulled the horse over to the left of the bush. They rode like this for awhile, twisting and turning in different directions. After some time, they had lost the wild dogs.
Alexia pulled Chestnut to a stop. It was already past midday, and the filly was very tiered after outrunning the wild dogs. They had stopped in a cave. It was long and dark but, it provided good shelter from the snow. There was already a white dusting on the grass. Alexia turned her attention back to her friends. Chestnut was laying down with her right flank leaning on the side of the wall of stone. Puff was standing beside Alexia, purring and rubbing against her legs. Alexia sat down and pet him. Soon, her eyes closed and she gave way to sleep.
-KittyLover8
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