It is officially 2011! So as I promised at the end of my last story… The sequel. I must thank my beta FivelFleurHavens. And remember review! If you have a suggestion for the next chapter or another story just send me a message.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, zip, nada, nichts, rien, (that's still nothing)
NOTE: This is a sequel to "Past and Present" so in case you have not read it here is a brief summary.
Jack and Lisa got married. Lou and Peter moved back to Hudson and in to Lisa's old house. Tim sold Lighting Dexter back to Lisa. Lisa tells Jack that she used to be a joke. Lisa and Amy where stocked by Liam whom his actions left Lisa blind and slowly regaining her sight.
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Amy Fleming stood in the barn with her boyfriend Ty watching the new horse; the buckskin was frantically kicking the stall and snorting.
"So the old owner clams she is wild." Amy said as the mare lunged at her with bared teeth.
Ty nodded his head, "Mrs. Cample clams that her father never touched the horse, and that she was found at the back of the ranch. Since she has no papers Mrs. Cample doesn't want her, so once we have her tamed down we can re-home her."
"Well she's defiantly not a mustang, I would have to say Quarter Horse, maybe 17 or 18 years old Those scars all over her say that she's had a rough life." Amy shook her head, "She'll have a hard time trusting us or anyone, since she has been uprooted from her home and moved a few thousand miles and then less than a month later she was brought here." The horse bared her teeth and lunged at Amy again, "Easy girl. Easy."
Mallory came in to the barn, "Amy, Ty. Lunch is ready." The horse snorted and then kicked the stall, Mallory jumped. "What's her problem?"
Amy shook her head, "I don't know, but I am going to find out."
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Amy, Ty, and Mallory walked through the kitchen door, "Grandpa? Lisa?" Amy called.
Lisa walked in to the kitchen, "Jack is still working on the gate at the dude ranch. He came in a little while ago grumbling about one of the horses pushing on it. I doubt he'll be eating lunch with us."
Amy smiled, "No probably not. What is for lunch?"
"Fish sandwiches." Lisa turned to walk back to the dining room. She tripped on a rug but caught herself before she fell flat on her face. "Didn't see that there."
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"I'm going to take some food out to grandpa. Do you want to come?" Amy asked Lisa.
Lisa shook her head, "No, I've got dishes to do."
"Okay. Ty do you want to drive?" Amy asked
"Yep." Ty said as he headed towed the door, Amy grabbed the food and followed him out the door.
Amy sat in Ty's truck thinking about the new horse. "What are we going to call her?"
"Who?"
"The new mare she has to have a name. We can't keep calling her 'her' can we?"
"I suppose your right but I can't think of a good name for her. The only words that come to mind would not work as names."
Amy looked at him, "Like?"
"Angry, Troublesome, and Misfortunate, um…" Ty trailed off.
"That's it! It's a little strange but how about Colère?"
"Co what?" Ty looked at Amy.
"Colère, it's French for anger." Amy said.
"Oh."
"Yeah, those hours in French class paid off."
Ty put his truck in park, "Oh no."
Amy looked up, "What?"
"Jack looks really mad."
"Oh." Amy got out of the truck, "Grandpa what's wrong?"
"I got the gate fixed then I turned around to see that horse," Jack motioned towards the bay in the paddock. "Walking the fence. I've got better things to do than fix the same fence."
"I'll work with him. He's probably just bored since the dude ranch is slacking."
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That night the entire family sat at the table eating dinner. "So Amy, what's with the new horse that almost bit my arm off when I walked in the barn?" Jack looked at Amy questionably.
"Oh her yes, um, she's a rescue kind of. Her old owner gave her to us to re-home, after I figure her out. Her owner clams she's wild but it's not possible. She's a quarter horse but she was found running on the back of a ranch in the states."
"Is she dangerous?"
"Grandpa, she's only been here a day. I'm going to let her settle in before I work with her."
"What is her name?" Lou asked.
Ty laughed, "Some French word."
"Colère." Amy supplied
Lisa looked at Amy, "Anger."
Malory couldn't resist but to speak up. "I saw her today. Angry is not the word. I think she's simply crazy."
Ty nudged Amy, "How do you say crazy horse in French?"
"Cheval fou." Lisa said.
"Okay, so how about if we name her Cheval. Since she's so crazy."
"Horse?" Lisa looked at Ty.
"No crazy."
"Cheval is horse." Lou said.
"Fou is crazy." Mallory added.
"Why did you say horse before crazy?" Ty looked at Lisa.
"Well in some languages the ad- Never mind it would take a little while to explain. The point is that in this case crazy will go after horse."
"Does everyone here know French but me?" Ty looked around the table.
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"We never did decide on a name." Amy said as they cleaned up dinner.
"I vote crazy." Mallory said.
"Yeah, I have to agree with her for once." Ty grabbed his arm when Mallory playfully slugged him. "Ow!"
"She sounds crazy to me." Lou said.
"No horse is crazy but if that's what everyone wants to call her then Fou it is." Amy said.
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Thanks for reading. I love constructive criticism so don't be shy of hitting that little review button. I will upload the next chapter the end of January or the first February.