Will she ever be tamed?

[Harley]

Name: Extreme Nightmare
Nickname: Extreme or Nightmare, prefers Nightmare
Age: 2
Gender: Mare
Breed: Mixed breeds
Personality: Find out
History: Well... shes always been wild and hopes to stay like that...
Marking: see pic
Pelt color: See pic
Mane and Tail: See pic
Eyes: Fierce brown
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One moment I was running with my herd. All of us neighing in joy and tossing our heads. The next moment, panic and horror as two legs aimed and roped us. Most of us made it out. All except some foals and... me.

I reared as they dragged me along. The two legs just pulled harder. Acting as if I was calming down, I waited for a while before spinning around and snapping the rope. Neighing in victory, I took of at full speed. They soon caught up. I knocked a rider of his horse quickly and rammed the horse our of the way. "Get that god damn horse!" A two leg yelled. The one who yelled spun his rope around, and before I could move, it was around my neck. "Get her legs too!" He yelled at the others. I neighed in anger and reared at him. The other two legs took this as an advantage and threw their ropes around my thin fronts leg and pulled me to the ground. Scrambling to my feet I charged one of the horses whose rider held a rope. he sidestepped and yanked my head towards him, since he was the one who had the rope that had my neck in its grip.

I was forced to follow them until we approached a large metal thing on wheels. One stallion that was leading me smirked and said it was called a "Trailer". All I did was turn my head way and ignore him. "Tie her feet down!" The leader two leg yelled. They led me into the trailer and tied my feet to the wooden planks, which had metal loops coming out of them. They spread my legs so I could keep my balance. Then they tied my head firmly to a hold and shut the door.

After about a hour of traveling, we reached a building.My ears picked up calls and terrified neighs. i tried to stop in my tracks but more two legs dragged me through the door. I waited behind a smelly rotten wood door as someone bought a draft stallion. A two leg led me in the door into a bright dirt ring with people in bleachers all around. Me and the people were seperated with a tall chain link fence. The two leg quickly undid my ropes and ran off. I sensed his fear. Shaking my head I charged a person that was to close to the fence. He scrambled back into the bleachers.

"a hundred!" I voice called from somewhere inside the bustling group of people.

"Two hundred!" Another voice topped the other.

I was very frightened. Confused. And Mad.

[Harley]

-Anyone- -Please-

[Man O' War Lover]

Hay who bout I use my character Ray?

[Harley]

Sure thanks

[Man O' War Lover]

It had been a long day and I sat in the bleacher's silently. My father raised Quarter racer's and owned a small ranch. It was nothing specle but I liked it. The acution's where done selling there Quarter Horses. The ranch now had two new yearling's a bay and a handsome chestnut filly. But the room seemed more empty now and the chain fence that made the sale's ring had no horse. I waited. Mostly horse trader's stayed for the cheap stalk of rang pony's that where brought through. My father left me alone to watch the rang pony sale. Even though I was old enough to drive we would all leave together with the new horses. But then I saw the bay two-year-old filly being lead into the ring, well more like forced. At first evrey thing seemed OK. They got the ropes off her but then suddenly she charged toured the chain fence and then back at the closest person near her. Of course the handaler's ran from her. I got down the bleacher's and went to stand at the chain fence. She ran out into the center of the arena and the horse trader's started to bid. Sudenly she ran right in my direction. Evrey one laghed when I quickly made my way back to the bleacher's right before she turned away from the fence. I turned and watched from the top of the bleacher's as she ran. Her large dark eye's looked sad and scared but also lite with fire and anger. I felt my pocet to see If I had the money I had broght with me. I had planed getting that gelding paint that was in the sales forum but somthing changed my mind.
I recanized Jim Hall's from blue creek ranch I did not like him no one did and he just bid a hundred on the filly. My voice echoed through out the room as I called "Two hundred!" Some people looked back at me as if I was crazy but I could not let the mare go home with Hall's. I felt someone grabed my arm. It was dad but I ignored him. "Coem on son let's go home son." he said his eye's not leaving the arena. The bid went to three hundred raised by Hall's. I sliped from dad's grip and called out three hundred a fifty. The room was quiet but Hall's shook his head. I waited untill the gravel fell. The filly had just been sold for $350.

We waited out side for the bay. Dad was working up a storm about the buy but my uncle Allen changed the subject with the two new yearling's we had gotten. But dad like alway's carred on about the filly. "What are we going to do with her any way, how do we get her in the trailer she will tear it apart?" I flinched at the shouting but as people passed by he quieted down and sat down on the neches out side with us. "She'd make a good cattle horse, got strong leg's and good leg's." said Allen. I smiled a little. Dad scofted "cattle horse, good cattle horse." he mutterd. "She an't going to be a cattle pony if she act's like that at home!" It was more like a fact than just an angry outburst. "What you going to name her?" asked Allen who looked at me. I had not thought about it......

[Harley]

I looked all around the arena, ears back as I was sold. Other horses chuckled as I reared and bucked in the hallway and hit my head, making myself dizzy. The trailer up ahead was spinning, but looked welcoming. I lifted one strong leg into it and pulled the rest of me in with it. The human tied my lead to the ring on the side and didn't bother with my hooves. As I lowered my head, my eye lids fell, I felt a headache coming on and wanted to be asleep when it came.

[Man O' War Lover]

I wanted to lead the mare myself but my uncle and dad would not let me they got her up the ramp but she pretty much took theme with her as she went into the trailer. I walked up the ramp and watched Allen tie her lead line. "She OK?" I asked. Allen noded. "May teach her a lesson not to throw her head around like that or rear up. We will take care of the scar when we get home." Allen and dad ran down the ramp. We closed the door's and went to get into the truck. I sat in the back. It would be a good hour before we got to Willow Hill Ranch. I turned around in my seat to see the horse trailer threw the back window.

Hour later...

The long dirt road had two large pastures on each side. The brood mare pasture with the long legged foal's and the other with the colt's and filly's. There where seprate pastures to mostly for the yearling's and stallion's and mare's. There was a traning track for the Quarter Racer's and the traning barn was small but had a good number of horses. "We will keep her in the yearling barn." dad said. Surprised Allen raised his brow's. I looked at the pasture on our left with the two and three-year-old's. There where 5 bay's, 3 black's, 2 brown's, 4 gray's, 3 chestnut's, and one palamino. Texis Twist was the largest gray, the palamino was Yellow Jacket, the small chuby black was Cinder's Cloud. I had helped break those three.

The truck came to a stop before the yearling barn. Most of the yearling's were out in the pasture. There was a gagaly chestnut colt called Forever Ember the only one in the whole barn at the moment he had pulled a tenden. God know's how. I got out of the truck even berfor it came to a stop. There was a large barn where the cattle horses where kept. I looked at Allen. "Why don't we keep her over there?" I asked. He shruged and glanced over at Dad. We went to the back ove the trailer and opend the door's and lowerd the ramp. I went inside to un tie her. She looked tierd and worn out in the eye's. She moved away but I placed my hand on her neck and spok soflty. Taking the lead I tride to lead her from the trailer. The yearling's where waiting there turn. "Know behave your self, you dont want to go back there agian do you? Be good for dad or he will send you back even if it was my money." I talked to her quietly hoping she would be good just a little......

[Harley]

When the trailer stopped I didn't pay it much mind. But when blinding sunlight broke through the door I neighed and snorted at the boy. "Let me go back to the wild!" I neigh, though I knew he couldn't understand me. When he pulled, I acted innocent and followed, but when we where out in the open, I reared and struck at the boy, missing him on purpose. I come back down to the ground with a thud and toss my head angrily.

[Man O' War Lover]

I let the lead line slip threw my finger's as she went up but grabed it agian as she came back down. I tried to dodge the strik of steal hooves. She missed but for a moment it seemed like she ment to, trying to warn me to stay back and keep my distance. I tuged gently on the lead line talking to her softly as she whinned. Forever Ember nickerd as I lead the filly into the barn. The gangly colt strtched his head over the stall door. Dad was not shore if Forever Ember would be a racer or roping horse. He was quite big boned but skinny in a way, no matter how much we feed him. (If you want Ember can end up beeing freind's with Nightmare) He had not filled out just yet. He was allready 15 hand's though. The filly seemed curius of Forever Ember, who nickerd to her. "Say hi to your new stable mate." I said smiling to Ember. His dark chestnut coat glistend in the sun light as he moved about his stall. I lead the filly to the stall next to him and opend the door. I placed my hand on her shoulder as i lead her into the stall with fresh beding. I cliped the lead line off the ring on her halter and left the stall to get a grooming box. Her coat was dirty and needed cleaning.....

(Forever Ember)

"Hay filly you." I helld my head over the stall door. "What's your name mine is Forever Ember but you can call me Ember." I smiled. I relaxed my hind hoof in a easy way my eye lid's drooped heavy with sleep. But I kept my sleepy looking face held over the stall door. "You will like Ray and Allen, I hardly see his dad but he's mostly out of town, where you from?"

[Harley]

(Sounds good)

"Why should I tell you?" I snort and turn away from him, though I watched him with my head slightly turned. "The wild." I say vacantly and strike at the wall with my hoof. My black tail flicked around in annoyance as I turned again and pushed against the door. "Let me out of here!" I neigh angrily and rear, coming down on the the door, not really doing much damage. Them turned my head towards him, "I will never like humans." I say and put my head down. My brown coat was filthy and it itched, I flicked flys away and kicked at the flies on my belly. "I can't believe you let humans touch and handle you." I snort with disgust.

[Man O' War Lover]

"I like human's very much." I said in dafence. "They have taken care of me since berth. If you look at it this way, if human's left us alone like we wanted theme they would see they had no use for us and get ride of us all. Would you like that to happen?" I frowned. "Well it is like they are my heard, my family, and I have plenty of freedome." I smiled a little. "If you keep banging on the door like that you will only get splinter's they built the barn's them selv's, very sturdy, and if I do say so my self, very cozy and warm. I like barn's I can stay out of the cold. What did you say your name was agian?" I stopped and saw Ray coming toured us with a grooming box. I backed into my stall and out of sight....

Ray-

I walked up to her stall. "Be good." I smiled a little and opend the stall door puting th grooming box down on the floor. "If you want to go outside then be good and let me clean you up." I grabed the lead line in the grooming box and looked at her coat. It was hard to tell if she was just a bay or blood bay with all the dirt. I took hold of her halter and cliped the lead lin on. She backed a little but I tuged gently on the lead to get her out onto the isle to clip on the cross ties.....

[Harley]

I reared as he clipped the lead on. I ignored the horses statements and question. When I hit the ground, dust billowed around my feet and I tossed my head. "Let me go ignorant human!" I neigh angrily. Then I turned my head to the horse. "Call me Nightmare." I say numbly and nip at Ray, and pull my head back.

[Man O' War Lover]

Ray-

I ignored her pined ear's and bare teeth. I cliped the cross ties on and grabed the cury comb. Evrey strok of the curry comb sent dust and dirt and hair in the air. Ember sneezed loudly sending the hay he was eating out of his mouth. Looking at him he blinked a few times. I laughed a little and grabed a body brush. After I went over her coat it started to look better. I untangled her black main and tail. I brushed threw it.

Ember-

"Great name. I alway's like mine. But they may give you somthing difrent. You will like the ranch, it's got lot's of wide open spaces and pasture. And there are plenty of filly's and mare's hear for you to talk to." I watched as Ray picked Nightmare's hoof up. I waited to see what would happen...

Ray-
"Your hooves need to be cliped and filed down." I said taking a hoof pick and started to pry all the dirt, mud, grass, and pebels out of her packed feet. At first I thought she would try to tug her foot away from me but it was going good so far.....

[Harley]

"I will escape." I say and pin my ears at the boy. When he takes my hoof, after a minute I kick back, bending his finger backwards. "They will let me out of here." i say and kick at the boy again. "'you'll see." I turn my eye to my coat and they go wide in surprise. "They made me look tame!" I neigh in rage and try to rear, but it is impossible.

[Man O' War Lover]

Ember- "Calm down please Nightmare?" I watched as she reard.

Ray-

I reached up and grabed her halter with good hand to bring her back down. "Easy girl." My uncle came running in confused with all the comotion going on. He helped by grabing her halter to. We tried to talk to her and Allen uncliped the cross ties and cliped the halter on. He pulled her over to her stall. A couple of the ranch hand's came running in. Ember started to kick and start up a fuss. Dad was staning in the door way watching as we closed the stall door on the filly's face.

Ember- "Hay!" I said staning close to my stall wall. "Calm down they will let you out soon." I stood concernd waiting for her to calm down.....

[Harley]

"I snorted at the male holding my halter. "I will not calm down!" I neigh as they shut the the door on my face. "They took me from my home! I was going to be lead mare soon! Mother must be so worried..." I say angrily, then trailed off... "I want to go home." I say sadly and turn away from every thing.

[Man O' War Lover]

Ember-

I knew she was sad and I nikerd to her softly. "Come on Nightmare if you cry then I will. Pleaser dont be sad. I could help maybe I could find a way to get you out of hear. Ray did not take you away though he was just helping you get away from all those bad people that wanted to hurt you." I knew what I was saying, I was going to help her escape!

Ray-

Ember whinned to the filly for atlest half an hour before evrey thing was settled down I walked over to her stall. "What is wrong with you?" I said quietly. I watched her for a moment before leaving to go get the other two and three year old's in the barn....

[Harley]

"Why would you cry?" I ask, my eyes piercing him. "Why would snooty tame horses like yourself want to help a scruff like me?" I didn't mean it, I was just in a bad mood. My ears went back and my eyes closed and I flinched, obviously showing I didn't mean it. My tail flicked, showing the start of my season coming on.

[Man O' War Lover]

"Beacuse I know how you feel. I was taken from my dam as a little foal, just six month's old. Just a baby." I stopped to think of it "When the human's cliped a lead line on mother's halter and lead her out of the stall. At first we both thought she was going to be taken for her daily groom in the barn isle. But instead I watched as she was lead out of the barn and taken to the back pasture. I did not eat for a whole day. All the other's called for there mother's as I layed in the straw and was quiet and still. I had been bought and taken hear. I stood still "That's why Nightmare, I know what your going through. I want to help please try to get along with the human's for just a while, I will soon have you out of hear." I stoped to se Yellow Jacket beeing lead into the barn by Ray.

Yellow Jacket-

I raised my head and my muzzle curled into a smile. "So your the little filly causing all the trouble nice to meet you kid." Ray had me stop as he opend my stall. He lead me inside and uncliped the lead line. I turned in my stall to look over the door at the filly. "Good to have new horses around to poke fun at." I laughed jokeing.

Ember- I rolled my eye's he thought he was sooooo funnnny! "Nightmare this is Yellow Jacket." I said loud and slowly. If I was a human I would flex my fenger's while making the V sine or was it peace sin?

Yellow Jacket-

My booming laugh echoed in the barn. "Hay it's not my fault you are named safter a girl..... Amber!" I laughed. "Amber that's a good one!"

Ember-

"It's Embeeerrr.....Ember, not Amber we'v been over this a thousand times Yellow Jacket." I said looking at his handsom golden face......

(Yellow Jacket is realy nice just flurty and try's to make people laugh, he can have a good atatued most of the time but does not like jerk's or bully's. He stand's his ground and is brave. He is a palamino quarter horse and soon to be race horse, and can be any one's big brother or freind.....)

Yellow Jacket-
"Hay kid nice name very rymey." I said looking at the pretty bay filly.

Ember-

"There's no such thing as the word Rymey just rym." I said in a bored tone. "And it's not rymey it's just what's the word I know there's a word for it?" I thought hard. "Conjuntion!" I said happly. "I think." I said quietly.

Yellow Jacket-
"Where you from kid?"

[Harley]

I look over at Ember, "Ember, you don't have to. Infact, I think you are the only one to of offered. Being the only horse I have met here." I say as a new horse is brought in.

When YellowJacket asks my name I nip his nose and turn away from him, teasing him with my scent. "I think you should of been named Amber... And your name... You are a coat that humans wear and is yellow?" I ask in snap/joke kind of way. "A ember is a burning coal of some sort, which describes him perfectly." Then flick my tail again. "The wild, if one more horse asks me that again I will take my anger out on someone! And You jacket are at the top of my list."

[Man O' War Lover]

Ember-

"Thank you Nightmare atlest some one agreas with me, good one to Amber does go with his coat." I chukle begening to like this little filly more and more.

Yellow Jacket-

I laugh "Well, well look's like we have a snippy filly on our hand's or hoov's." I look at her. "I will watch out you do bite so I will be watching you." I laugh a turned my rump facing the door to drink from the water bucket....

[Harley]

"Just wait until I get out of here Jacket." I snort and bite his rump quite hard, then flicking my scent around and sighing. "My mother would of liked to Ember." I say and sniff the hay, but snort and turn away to the water bucket. Despite my thirst I ignored it and sighed.

[Man O' War Lover]

Texis Twist- Large gray colt.

I was lead in by Ray seeing the new mare and Jacket's golden rump and Ember's start stripe that stood out so well. "Hay evrey one. What's up?" Ray lead me into my stall, I turned to face Ember and the filly. "Hi my name is Texis Twist but you can call me Tex most people around hear do." Yellow Jacket stretched his head over his stall door. "Hay kid them twin's been nice to you."

Ember-
I turned my head that I held over my stall door to look inside Nightmare's stall. "The twin's are mean, only Yellow Jacket can keep theme in line." I exsplained.

Yellow Jacket-

"I have tried to teatch those two a lesson but they just dont lissen." I sighed. "Silly yearling's."

Texis Twist-
"Hay you the new filly?" I asked looking across the isle at the bay. I was in the stall next to Yellow Jacket when the bay filly and Ember where across from us in there stall's next to each other.

(Texis Twist is nice, pretty tall and broad he is a handsome silver gray with some dapples on him, he was a pink star snip on his muzzle and big brown eye's. He likes the barn does not strik you as the kind of horse that does not like work but he realy does not, but he will do any thing for his human's, and freind's.)

[Harley]

"Ember..." II say shyly, "When a mare is elected for lead mare... their name changes" I look around and sniff the air for a moment. "The dam always gets to choose the name. And she wanted it to be Gypsy. But it wont matter now." My head turned to the new colt. "Call me Nightmare, or Gypsy, whatever suits you." I say sadly and gnaw the water bucket a bit. "What's it to ya?"

[Man O' War Lover]

Texis Twist-

"Just wanted to know. Im Texis Twist it's very nice to meet you."

(very sorry I did not post back we got a new conpouter but it took forever our old one just crashed for no reason don't even know why it did just happend so I could not get on horse island but I'm back now very sorry this is so short trying to get use to the key board it's all funny and very wide it's starting to ger on my nerves, any way... )

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