Within my grasp

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ok soo i finished this 2 days ago but then changed up the weather and i had to go fix my picture and story so it all good wit me i like it better now.

and it took me forever to finish cause of my stupid exams!

ok so not much more to say other then STORY TIME

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I loaded my stuff into my trailer for the fox hunt hosted by . I was going through my list of things, "saddle, bridle, blanket, brushes, saddle pad, Jem(dog), Boh (dog), 19th century clothing, riding boots…. Ahh what am I missing if I don’t get going soon I am going to be late…" that’s when Zach came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder "Horse, is that what your missing?" I turned around to see him holding Writhe Wrath 's lead rope. "Yea that could be it.." I said wile laughing. I took Writhy's lead from him and lead him up on to the trailer with Zack's help. "Now I think that is it" I said when I turned to Zach. "Wanna help me load the rest in the truck?" he smiled "of course what is your best friend for hahaha."Jem, Boh come here you to, "they ran over", hello there are you to ready to hunt some fox, and I know you guys love to, my little hunting dog." I rubbed their heads. That’s when I saw little brown body running up behind them and I smiled. It made little yelps and barks at the mention of fox." Haha that my little hunter. Come here girl, come here Scout" she ran up, I loved my new puppy she was about 8 weeks old, brand new and she was doing her best to keep up with the big dogs, it was quite cute. "Aww who's my little hunter" I tickled her belly and she yelped. I put her back on the ground and saw her try to hop into my truck with the other dogs. I picked her back up "I am sorry Scout but you can't come on this one you to little" she whined. "And no whining, cause you get to spend your time here with Zach. On cue Zach walked over and took the puppy from me. "Come on girl you get to help me pack up Meghan's stuff." He and the dog walked over to the back of the truck I laughed. A few minutes later everything was packed, dogs were in the car, Scout was in the house and I hugged Zach goodbye and I was off. We arrived at Dark Lake stable late in the evening; I unloaded Writhy and went to bed.

The next morning I woke up and unloaded the rest of my stuff and began to brush Writhy. "Ready for a good fox hunt boy", He nodded his head "yea that a good boy." I started tacking him up, "ok check list, saddle, bridle, saddle pad, saddle bags, Scout….Scout! what are you doing in my saddle bag?.......Zach……you are so getting it when I get back I am gonna….." that's when a horn went off to signal that the fox had been let go and was on the run. "Shoot I have 10 minutes to get finished." I quickly finished tacking up, that's also when a light rain began to patter to the ground. "Oh wonderful and me without a raincoat. Hahaha" I had everything together. "Come on Jem, Boh, keep close can't have you two running off and getting trampled by another horse. And Scout you can come I can't leave you here, this will give you a taste of the hunt wont it." I picked her up off the ground and mounted writhy from the ground with the young pup in my hand. "You can sit in my saddle bag but you can move got that Scout" I gave her a small glare. She yipped and I smiled "ok." I latched the bag closed with enough room for her to pop her head out which she did, it was quite cute.

The race had been going for almost two hours and in those two hours the rain fell a lot harder and thunderstorm was looming in the sky, and distant thunder could be heard. " I pated Writhy neck, "I am now really wishing I had brought an extra hair tie cause losing my last one screwed me over good, my hair is a mess and its stuck to my neck. And I finally remembered what I forgot my helmet." He neighed in response. I looked over my head and heard a loud rumble of thunder it made me jump, but my bombproof writhy continued to walk through the forest. "Good boy" I patted his neck. I watched Boh and Jem sniffing out Bloodsong & Hrim's trail. We had seen no sign of the fox and it seemed no one else had because I have seen many groups of people and horse wandering about with no sign of a fox. I looked up at the sky again thought the trees it had stated getting darker that could not be a good sign.

Another few hours passed and still no sign. I looked down at Scout. " Hey girl you doing ok in there" she yelped in excitement. "Ok" I patted her head. "So anyone else here starting to think that the fox just does not exist haha." We were out in the open field. I looked about the wind had picked up and the sky had turned to night yet it was only mid-afternoon, the rain pelted us all, the dog sniffed about with no luck. That when Boh howled I looked down he and Jem were running I the direction of the wood. "Go writhe, come on fallow them." We galloped after them.

We had been searching the woods for 20 minutes. "Are you sure your sniffers ok Boh? Maybe you smelled a squirrel or duck…" that when I heard clicking of hooves in the forest ground. I looked about and saw the butt of a horse running though the woods and this butt had fox tails on it. "Ha, Boh Jem, stay on her trail, I cantered behind them, we were gaining ground on the chestnut horse, and soon we were out in open field again. I checked the weather is had only gotten worse the rain was coming down in blinding droves and the wind was picking up. We fallowed on her tail, we had gained more ground I was a length behind and then I was half a length, there was a pasture fence coming up. "You got this one boy" I yelled though the rain. He gained some more speed. Bloodsong & Hrim jumped the fence we were on their tails and jumped a second later, Writhy took the jump big ad I leaned forward and I touched the soaked fox blanket with my dripping fingers when suddenly I heard something that no one wanted to hear.

We both landed our jumps and continued our chase of cat and mouse, behind me I heard a freight train, and I tuned my head and saw a huge twister, coming up behind us. It was about a mile away. I knew our situation was going downhill and fast. I forgot the chase and urged Withy a little more "come on boy just a little more. We need to warn them "we were beside Bloodsong & Hrim" I saw a look in her eyes of aww shoot she got me, but I made no lunge fort the blanket. "Hrim, we got ourselves a tornado on or heel and it moving fast." The tornado was about ¾ a mile away now. She turned and saw the tornado gaining on us. She nodded "we need a shelter do you know of any?" we galloped in tune, into the woods on the other side on the pasture. There were no recommended safe places near where we were so we galloped through the forest till we saw a small cave, it was not the ruined labyrinth but it was still a cave which is shelter. We dismounted out horses and ran into the small shelter, there was just enough room for 2 horses, 2 dogs, 2 people and a puppy. We could hear the freight train of a tornado terrorizing the woods. It tore the woods to pieces, we heard the cracking and splintering of wood, soon id passed back in to the open field. We waited another 10 minutes before coming out of the small cave. Both the horses were quite spooked and we were not much better out selves. "ok so umm I'll give you head start, so get going before I chase you for those tails again" I laughed, Hrim mounted Bloodsong and galloped off I watched her till she was out of sight. "That close, that close I touched the darn thing, I was so close, darn you weather, darn you. It was within my grasp" I shouted at the sky and sat on the ground. Boh and Jem trotted up to me and Boh jumped up on me and put his bug black paws on my shoulders pushing me to flat to the ground. I looked up and saw writhy and the dog looking down at me. "I know, I'll get up" I stood. "Come on, let go after her again it had been about 10 minutes that should be enough headway for her. I hear a small yelp from my saddle bag. I smiled. I walked Writhy out of the cave. "What a good boy you are, you getting a nice reward when we get back." I mounted him and back we ran into the pouring rain in the same direction Bloodsong & Hrim had run, we began out chase once more.

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yea a bit on the long side but i had to add in a lot to go along with the new weather.

ummm yea that everythin i think

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TOOLS USED
Adobe Photoshop CS3; Toshiba tablet
Estimated time:like 3 days i blame exams though
reff: [link] - writhy
[link] - bloodsong
[link] - scout
[link] - boh
and i lost jem link i need to go fins it on Google.
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ART / horse (c) me
hirm and bloodsogn (c)
reff (c) [link] - writhy
[link] - bloodsong
[link] - scout
[link] - boh
and i lost jem link i need to go fins it on Google.
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DO NOT!!!!!!!!!
take this drawing belongs to the respective owner me.

no flaming please