The Love Species          

Though as Tayula slept..something happened..she was having a dream about being turned into a horse. She shook and shook then she was fine,but she felt heavier and colder. She opened her eyes and it was morning. Though she squinted and found herself on the outskirts of her barn and she got up not thinking about last night. She sighed and opened her eyes once more. She felt higher off the ground. She sighed once more as she remembered last nights events and she walked to a little stream and lowered her head, eyes closed she slowly took a drink of the cool water. Then she opened her eyes. She gasped when she saw what she was looking at. "I'ma..a..horse?" She wondered as she looked in the stream. She was a paint. Her cheek was a red and she was a silver. She gasped and walked towards the entrance of the farm. she would walk in and shock everyone...

  To Be Continued......

Tayula quickened her pace to a trot and trotted down the old dirt path towards her barn. She could hear her name being called by Scott, her owner. She sighed as she started to gallop. She smiled she wasn’t too far away from the house. Galloping for her as a horse made her feel more free and wild. Now she knew how Embross felt when he ran to her. It was a great feeling. She neighed when Scott stepped out in front of her and she stopped, avoiding running him over.

“Tayler run out in front of him!” called Scott as he ran for her. She didn’t know what to do when she saw Tayler run out in front of her and she ran into the round pen. “Matt swing the gate!” Called Scott again as Matt shut the gate locking it. Tayula snickered and bucked running around the pen. She settled after a bit. Her freedom had been snatched. “Tayula!” Called Scott as he looked in the barn for his dog. ‘I’m right here! Oh, that’s right…I’m a horse.’ She said to herself as a familiar stallion looked at her, and the stallion wasn’t the only one looking at her. A boy was too. She snorted and turned towards the stallion the rested her head and began to graze around the outside of the small round pen. The stallion cleared his throat and spoke with a deep voice.

“Hello there, I’m Camen.” He said smirking at her. She looked up at him and sighed. He half cocked his head as she lowered her head back down to graze and the stallion looked at her with a funny expression. “Aw, honey what’s the matter?” he asked in a mimicking way. Tayula widened her eyes and growled. It sounded weird when she was a horse though. The boy smiled and chuckled a little bit as she did so. Tayula looked at him and slowly walked towards him. He held out his hand and let her sniff it as he leaned against the bars. He smiled and attempted to pet her, she let him and he slowly opened the gate, looking back to see if anyone was watching. No one was. She backed up a little though she wanted to get out of her prison. He smiled and petted her, she nuzzled his hand and he walked back out of the gate. He smiled and walked into the barn to get a halter. He looked like he was at least fifteen.

Embross awoke and lifted himself up off of the ground. He sighed and looked around. Phili walked up to him and smiled. Embross felt her presence and turned around smiling slightly. He bowed his head and then brought it back up to look at her.

“Hey there Embross.” She said smiling at him. “I’m just walking around, really not doing anything.” She said again looking past the gate of the pasture. “Actually come to tell you, there is a new mare ‘round. It’s strange, she just showed up in the middle of the night.” She explained Embross nodded his head and smiled.

“Where is this new mare?” He asked walking with her. She motioned for him to follow her and he did. He followed her to the gate where a red and frosty white mare being lead around. She seemed a little frisky but calm at the most. Embross smiled and thanked her as she turned to walk away.

‘Hey there!’ Embross called to the mare. She perked her ears to the sound of his voice and turned her heads toward him. She smiled real big and wanted to take off after him but didn’t and pulled a little bit on the rope, motioning for the boy to go over to the gate. The boy stopped and walked five paces away from the gate and let them talk to each other.

‘Embross!’ She gasped to him. Embross had a shocked expression on his face, the voice sounded familiar to him. ‘Embross, it’s Tayula! I don’t know what happened but I was turned into a horse!’ She whined to him. She wanted to be a dog again. Tayula pinned her ears and the boy that was leading her around gasped as she tried to run off. He held her close and patted her lightly.

“Whoa girl, it’s okay.” He said calming her walking her away from the Embross. He sighed as well as her and whispered good-bye and Scott came out. He glared at the boy and spoke trying to be calm but in an angry tone.

“Tim! Why did you get that mare out without my permission?!” He griped as he took the lead from him. Tayula stepped back in surprise and followed him to the barn. They had a couple stalls open and she was put in the one in front of Embross. She smiled a little but wanted to be let out in the pasture to run around some more like she had done in the drive way. She sighed and went deep in her stall and went to sleep taking a slight nap.

                                                        4 Hours later             

The horses were let in and Tayula hadn’t yet been found. Embross was thinking about that one mare had said about being Tayula and couldn’t stop thinking about it. He was the last to get into his stall. Macon had felt bad about proposing to Tayula and as other tried to find her all day. He felt the pressure or the reason she had ‘run away’ was cause of him. He wasn’t for sure but thought the 90% of it was cause of him. Phili had missed her friend that talked to her over the stall door. Everyone was feeling grief of the missing dog. The day was only one, imagine a month…

“Hey you, Tayula?” Embross asked the mare. She awoke to the sound of her name and sighed poking her head out of the stall door. She smiled weakly and looked at him.

“Yes?” She asked him. “I really am Tayula…Just don’t tell anyone…okay.” She told him. “I awoke on the outskirts of town and saw that I was a horse, I’m not trying to be silly or make a joke…I just want for you to…” Macon walked in the barn and looked around. He didn’t bother look at the new horse, Tayula.

“Hey, you still haven’t seen Tayula?” He asked Embross in an annoyed way. Embross shook his head and sighed. He looked to Tayula and then down to Macon.

“I have not…I know you miss her.” He said to him. Macon nodded and muttered under his breath.

“And you wouldn’t know what that meant…stallion..” Macon walked away and Tayula looked at Embross and snorted.

“I know you heard that if I did.” She said to him. He nodded and turned his back to the mare. He squinted and shook her head, tears forming in her eyes and she too turned and fell asleep a dreadful sleep...