"I was trapped. Full of fear. No where to go." Syris said sadly. 
" But you got out Syris?" said Magic anxiously.
" Of course, otherwse I wouldnt be here" replied Syris.

" Are you telling the stories again, Syris" replied Izia smartly.
"Hahaha you always know" replied Syris

"Why dont you go ahead and tell us the story Syris, about all of us" said Anastasia knowingly.

"ok, it began like this"      

Syris's VERSION

A lonely foal is an easy target for teasing. At a young age, i was tormented by my looks, breed and colour. The said my face was too long, i was a weird breed and that i looked like dirt. No mares liked me because it was so called "uncool". I had a terrible Foal hood.

When i was about three some of the herd got taken away to the Calvary.  My mother was defending us standing guard. Not being a leader of the herd she was forced to stand guard. The lead mare was chased to a dead end and caught. My mother tried to stop them by harassing the mens horses, but while my mother was trying to get the lead mare free, 3 men and horses came over and tried to grab us. I was terrified , but he never looked at me, it was also terribly dark in the log. I was hidden due to my dark colours. Three out of seven foals were taken. My mother was terrified when she saw some foals were captured, she thought it was me . She ran towards the men and their horses, a rope was thrown at her head but just missed. My mother felt the rope and startled, she started running towards the cliffs. 

Three men on horses chased after her, she was a skilled fighter. Mother disappeared along with the men and horses. I and the other foals were terrified, one mare actually huddled up to me (whinnies quietly) . Mother returns with blood filled bruises and cuts. Mother ran straight towards the log where we were hiding and jumped straight over with the men following. Mother quickly turned around and kicked  on of the mens head, the mans head started to pour out blood. He and his horse rode away slowly but quickly. 

The other men and their horses left with the lead mare and foals. Mother was bleeding terribly but managed the strength to start crying. I wondered why she was crying, I told the mare on my lap i had to go, she said " No !!" she was terrified. So i whinnied louder than ever so my mother could hear m. She heard me and stopped crying, she thought i was gone. My mother ran to me and nuzzled me and the other foals. The lead stallion was terrified, scared and full of fear. He walked over to my mother and saw the effort she put into this battle ( effort due to cuts and bruises) and made her lead mare. Mother was overjoyed. 

* * * *

Growing up after the fight wasnt hard, The mare that layed on me in the previous fight hanged out with me all the time, we were best friends. We did everything together, watched the stars, ate grass and travelled together. My mother had to much to do now so i was left alone, so i spent most of my nights with the mare. 

* * * *

Another attack from the calvary was about to occur. My mother and lead stallion defended the front and ran towards the men. Two of the men came after me. Just as my mother did i ran towards the cliffs. The men were catching up so i jumped onto a rock and jumped over the back of them. i didnt realise that another man was riding behind them so when i was about to jump the man threw the rope over my head, and i was caught. I tried everything to get away but nothing worked. As i struggled to walk with the men, they surrounded me, possibly so no other horse could see me, they had also muzzled me. My mother was fightining for her life, but she had a glance and saw me being taken away. She ran towards the men hoping to harass them, but they again threw the rope and missed. Amazinly my mother grabbed the rope with her mouth and ripped it but before she could get to me the men had ran away ....... dragging me with them. (i whinnied and said "Goodbye")

I was tired, hungry and thirsty. The calvary site was no where in sight, it was deseted. No trees, water or food. How did the two legs and their horses survive in this drenching place?? A strange object cam out of the mans pants. It was round and hollow, then he turned the lid and pointed it into his mouth, then water went running out of the  strange hollow object, it must of been how they survive, it couldnt be anything else. Seeing the men drink water made me terribly thirsty, they were teasing me, making me feel bad. I just closed my eyes and kept walking, I was thinking about the fight when i was younger. Faith, hope and courage got me through that dreadful time, and it will help me again.

* * * *

The calvary was in sight, it was tall and had only one escape point. ..... The gate. The gates opened as we neared by, i was scared (just a little), when i walked in, the one and only thing that caught my eye was a big, square fence with a post and holding area. Something else caught my eye even more than this, the mare that was inside the fenced area, she was tied up. She looked fierce, but gave me a charmed look.

The colonel took me into the burning area (the place where you get the engravement 'US') first he snipped my mane to a crop and cleaned my hooves, it was painful but i could do nothing to stop him. The Blacksmith walked over with a fiery stick with the letters "US". It looked very painful, he was walking towards the back of me so i reared and knocked him, he walked away with a big cut on his arm. The took me to the stables i made friends easily by the way i havent got the burn mark.

The mare that was in the fenced area was released into the stables. She came up to me and told me her name was "Anastasia". Ananstasia kept me company and told me taht she was used as a practise attacker. I asked her what that meant and she said "It means im used to practise fightining, its painful but it beats being killed or slaughtered. i was shocked and nodded, i undestood what she was talikng about.

She also told me that she was captured from when she was a foal, a calvary attack. Could this be a foal from his herd ?? Anastasia went n telling me that their was this foal that they all teased and that he looked like dirt  (she laughed a little). I thought it was very mean, he looked very handsome and strong  ( Anastasia goes into a charming pose) and i also hea........ I interrupted her and said " I'm that foal my name is Syris !". 

Anastasia squealed excitedly. She also interrupted me saying that the two stallions walking to her were the stallions that teased me. They walked up to Anastasia and said " Come on beautiful lets go away from this piece of dirt" Anastasia was furious she yelled "NO !!".  The stallion gave me an attacking stare, and then bared his teeth at Anastasia so i jumped in front of her and he bit me, I was in pain. Anastasia reacted quickly and hit the stallion, the stallion walked away furious. Anastasia came up to me and asked if I was ok. I replied yes im fine.

* * * * 

The day came for me to be broken, i refused. The pulled me out of the stables and took me into the fence area. Anastasia  was tied up next to the arena. I saw that many of the horses that were broken, were mainly brown. I was brown whiched frightened me. The kept dragging me to the arena, i tried to escape but i couldnt break free. the tookme to the holding area and saddled me up. The saddle was terribly tight, it was strangling me, i could hardly breathe.  They put this unusual piece of metal into my mouth with ropes over my mouth, it made a big clang when i opened and closed my mouth. The end of the weird rope went onto the back of my neck. 

A two leg jumped on the back of me, i didnt know what to do. I thought again of the calvary attack when i was a foal, i remember something now, i saw the lead stallion bucking and rearing, falling to the ground trying to get the two leg off. I knew what i had to do.

The man jumped on my back and tightened the rope that went into my mouth, i turned and looked at him, he had a smerk look on his face. I snarled. They opened the gate and i ran out the gate and i bucked, kicked, reared, fell to the ground trying to get him off. He poked me with some hard, metal, round, spinning things. It hurt terribly which pushed me on to get him off. 

I ran to one side of the fence and bucked as hard as i could. It didnt work. So i ran to the other side and hit him onto the fence, he fell of and in that victory .... the fence had snapped. This was my chance, i reared up and i called Anastasia to get ready to run. I smashed down on the fence as hard as i could, i was in luck .... it broke. I jumped over the broken fence, Anastasia followed. She bucked and kicked the man off her back. she ripped the saddle off and she followed me. 

We ran to the gate but a man and his horses blocked our way. I winked to the other horses ( we had an alliance with them), so they bucked their riders off and we all bolted for the gate. A few men blocked our way with ropes, their were several of the men and we were trapped. I decided to go with my instinct. I grabbed the rope and kicked the man down. The other horses followed.

Me and Anastasia were running towards the south to the grazing lands where many herds stay. As we were running away from the calvary base, another group of horses and calvary men were rushing to the calvary base. I wanted to help them, but if i helped them i would get caught. So we kept running until we were out of sight.

We ran until nightfall, the day was long and tiring. Running from the Calvary men was tiring. I was worried about the