Raven

• Mia Longobardi , Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2018

Some people say the farm life is harsh but honestly, I think the city's harsher. Living on a farm is like living in the clouds with more muck. I’m Zoe Phillips and I’m fifteen. My mum, sister and I came out here to have a vacation and visit my grandpa and we’ve been loving it. The day my sister went missing was horrible until I found her and the stables. It was like a dream come true. Ever since that day, I never stopped going to the stables. The day after I went for a walk on the beach, I was standing without a thought in my mind, staring at the horizon and then I heard something, it was odd and I have never heard it before and as I turned around a beautiful black horse was galloping towards me. In panic, I started to bolt like lightning, but tripped. When the horse got closer to me, I started to stand up to bolt again, but instead of running, I held my hands up horrifically waiting for what was going to happen next. That was when I met Raven. I started to ride since then, but not Raven, no one would allow it because he is too vicious. My mother didn’t know that I was riding and she wouldn’t allow it, but the day I decided I didn't care what everyone else said, I just jumped on Raven and galloped away. Everyone thought Raven and I were missing, but it wasn’t until I got to the beach that Raven started to play up. He threw me off his back so I ran for it, but the first thought in my mind was to call my mum, but when she came to the beach and helped him, she grounded me for a week, which meant I couldn’t go to the stables. Ever since my mum grounded me, I’ve been saying I am going to the pier with Rosie, but I’m actually going to the stables instead. It was one day before my birthday and I am going to have a massive party. Invite all of my friends from the stables, have a chocolate fountain, have a juice bar and triple choc fudge cake. My birthday was going to be great and I couldn’t wait. All of the party guests and presents, it was going to be the best night of my life. I was having a great time until a girl from the rival stables turned up to my party. All she wants is to cause drama and that’s exactly what she did. That evil witch told my boyfriend that I kissed his best friend. After she did that, my boyfriend ran down the beach and tackled his best friend and they were fighting until I caught up to them and begged them to stop and sarcastically I said, “Why don’t you have a swimming race just to see who’s the fastest?’ Stupidly they took me seriously and they did the race. I walked back to the party and told everyone to leave. I said this party has nothing to do with me and I ran to the stables, got onto Raven and rode him onto the pier. Just waiting to see what would happen next.