by Violet Inkpen | My name was Sissy. I was born on a beautiful island, where the grass grew up to your chest (or your nose if you were a foal), where the sea could always be heard in the distance, where the sandy beaches were pure and untainted, and where life was perfect…

by Westerngirl | The sounds of nickers, screeches, and screaming filled the air. It was unbearable. I tried to get them to run but they wouldn’t. Horses were loyal and they would never leave another member of the herd in trouble…

by Toppyrocks | The noise started softly, like rain hitting the ground. Then it grew to sound like a distant thunder, then, a roar that filled the air for miles around. Suddenly a giant mass of brown, black and white came over the ridge. The mass was a group of terrified mustangs, running for their life…

by Violet Inkpen | Amy leaned against the fence and watched the mustangs trotting around the pen, ears flat. Jimmy was to her left and Sue at her right. Sarah was arguing with her aunt, who worked for the BLM…

by Findabhair Blacksgote | Fiala wandered along miserably. She ignored the birdsong and even the wildflowers. Afternoon came all too quickly…

by Findabhair Blacksgote | Finally they reached the alpine meadows of the Kaialarnii mountains. Now it was only a matter of finding a herd of the Nightmares…

by Findabhair Blacksgote | Not really to Fiala’s surprise, Professor Neron proved to be extremely adept at storming up and down the rolling hills on their way to the Kaialarnii mountains, and talking all the way…

by Findabhair Blacksgote | After a lengthy and heated discussion involving a lot of yelling between Jan and Professor Neron (who had a very large lung capacity, it seemed)…

by Findabhair Blacksgote | Fiala studied the professor carefully. He seemed to be nothing more than a cheerful old dotard, but she saw in the shrewd blue eyes keen intelligence, and heard the hidden sharpness in his voice…

by Findabhair Blacksgote | The next morning, their trip to the academy began. The innkeeper was all too happy to tell them of it’s location, and the five of them were soon on their way. They left Ava at the stables for safety’s sake…