Chapter Five
Jane sighed heavily and slumped into the seat of the car.
Once the taxi started moving, everything outside turned into one big moving blur. She, Jessie, and her mom were all looking around out the windows for their horses, but they were nowhere to be found. They were just gone.
Later that afternoon, Jane scrambled up the stairs and desperately tried to keep herself from crying. She leapt onto her bed and crawled over onto her side.
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"Come on Jane, I'm sure they're fine," Jessie tried to convince her as he sat down on Daniel's bed beside hers. "They get nervous sometimes and run off. They know their way back here." He pointed out. But Jane didn't respond.
Jessie sighed and laid down on his back, staring up at the ceiling. Jane wasn't sure how he was staying so calm.
That creepy old lady must have taken them! She thought to herself angrily. What does she want from us?
The country had always been Jane's home. It was where she felt safe, loved, protected, never afraid. But that all changed when Victoria moved in nearby.
Jane turned around to face Jessie and grunted. "I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight." Her expression went dull.
Jessie grinned at her and she could tell he was going to try to tell some sort of a joke to lighten the mood. "Which do you think is worse? Insomnia, or Victoria?"
Jane covered her mouth as she started to laugh. "Definitely Victoria on so many levels," she giggled but suddenly froze as she heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
With a swoosh, the door flew open and slammed against the wall- making Jane's ears hurt.
Daniel came in with an evil grin. He was wearing one of his old Halloween costumes- he was dressed as a knight with a long wooden sword at his side. "Behold! I am knight Daniel!" he cried in a dramatic voice while running over to his bed and thumping Jessie's head with his sword.
"Ouch! What am I, the dragon or something?" Jessie laughed.
Daniel didn't answer his question. "Get off my bed!"
Jessie's eyes widened and he turned to look at Jane.
"No!" Jane yelled at Daniel. "Go sleep in Jessie's bed tonight."
Daniel dropped his sword on the floor and gave her a disappointed look. "I'm telling mom!" he shouted while hopping off the bed and taking off out the door.
Jane could hear his loud thumping footsteps slowly disappearing downstairs along with a door slam.
With a scoff, Jane sat up. "Sorry about him," she muttered. "Same old Daniel. It's fine." Jessie chuckled in response.
He turned off the lamp and the two laid down on their beds, slowly closing their eyes until they drifted off to sleep.
The sky faded into a dark pink and purple color as the sun began to set below the horizon, turning the land dark.
Jane was so scared.
Speckle... Rusty... where did they go?
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To be continued...
Well that's all my daughter has written so far. :grin: What do y'all think?
Hopefully she'll play the game and write up some more soon. Thanks for reading! <3