My Place chapter 2

I was dreaming of the meadow and my Jestor, the most beautiful mare in the world. Then suddenly I got the feeling I was being watched. Then I heard something walk over and stand near me. I woke up in time to see something run into a couple of bushes.1

“Who is in the bushes? Come out and show your face.”2

Then a girl dirty and ragged steps out. Even if she was filthy she had beautiful blue eyes and perfect skin. Her hair was I dark brown and messy as if she was running for a long time. She is about my age and my height.3

“Oh! It is another human. What is your name?”4

“My name is Catherine. What is yours?”5

“I’m Tyler. How did you get here? I haven’t seen another human for 4 years.”6

“The deer said something about an amethyst brought me.”7

“Strange I was told that it was in a part of a wood that nobody goes to.”8

“It is. I was running away from home. That is how I found it.”9

She talks softly but boldly at the same time. Her eyes are so beautiful. Why can’t I take my eyes off of her? She was frail but had signs of hard work. Then I remembered my manners.10

“Would you like to come to my house? I probably have an outfit you could wear and you can clean up.”11

“Oh that would be wonderful. Just so you know I don’t wear boy clothes.”12

“Don’t worry. When my mom died I kept her clothes.”13

“Oh.”14

“This is the way to my house.”15

I lead her down twisting trails across a vast river. We climbed several hills went over a lake. I could tell she was tiring but there was nothing I could do. We were almost there when she stopped.16

“I need to take a break.”17

“Ok. I’m use to this walk so it doesn’t bother me.”18

“How did you get here?”19

I was shocked by the question and didn’t know how to reply. I was born here. My parents came here and died here. Nobody has ever asked me questions like these.20

“I was born here.”21

“Oh you are so lucky. I would love to live here where every thing is so peaceful. And animals can talk.”22

“I did always did love living here just there was no other humans. It is getting dark we should start walking again.”23

“Ok. Lets go. I can hardly wait to get cleaned up.”24

So down a hill I started with Catherine behind. I picked up the past not wanting to get stuck in the dark.She followed me quietly till I could take it no longer. I tried to think of an appropriate question to ask.25

“What is your family like?”26

“Mean, hateful, big, and poor.”27

“What do you mean?”28

“I get blamed for everything because I’m hated in my family. My parents treat me like a dirty rag. They pay more attention to my brothers and sisters. Stuff like that.”29

“How many brothers and sisters do you have?”30

“6 older brothers and 2 older sisters. I’m the baby of the family.”31

“So most of your brothers have their own family.”32

“Yeah and they brought their family back home. We have my family and 4 other families.”33

“Oh. I see why you ran a way.”34

“That is only part of it.”35

“Well it is better than being all alone.”36

“I don’t know. I love being alone. Plus you have all these animals.”37

“they can be pretty annoying sometimes.”38

“I can believe that. Hey Tyler tell me about this place.”39

So I told her from as far back as a could remember all about this land. I told her my favorite places to go and my best friends. She liked the idea of talking to animals and having them as best friends. 40