A short little entry, as I am now back in school and have other things to write. This is about Cassie, my Maple Heights girl.
The Prompt: Your character in your WIP buys a pet. What does he buy? What does he name it? Have them interact. What happens?
"Thanks, Mom, I'll see you later!" Cassie waved as her mother drove away, and she walked over to the stables where her new brown mare was kept.
"Hi, Lottie!" she grinned as she pet her horse's velvet nose. The horse whinnied and sniffed all over her hand.
Cassie laughed. "I don't have any treats for you yet, girl. Maybe after we go riding, huh?"
The horse neighed as if to comply. Cassie opened the stall and started saddling her up. Cassie had never dreamed she'd be able to have a horse of her very own. One of the few books she had enjoyed reading was Black Beauty. She loved the majestic look of horses, especially how their manes flowed in the wind as they galloped. Cassie even had a portrait of wild horse running in her room. That's what appealed to her most, a horse's freedom. Perhaps that's why she named the mare, Charlotte, which she heard meant freedom.
Cassie had begged her parents for riding lessons when she was ten, and since she was already playing tennis and softball, they agreed. Ever since that first time when her instructor had allowed her to run with her horse, she fell in love with that moment of flying through the air, the freedom that nothing controlled her and no one could hurt her. It was Cassie's sanctuary from her parents fighting and her friends being mean. This was before Cassie was a Christian. After she had been saved, Cassie still loved to escape on a horse, but it wasn't her only way of solving problems. She could have fun with the thrill of galloping too.
By this time, Lottie was saddled. Cassie steadied herself on the saddle and swung her long leg over. She held the reigns tightly and leaned near the mare's ear.
"Let's go, girl."
With a click of the reigns, Lottie took off with a gallop, flying across the green field, with Cassie grinning from ear to ear.
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