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Magical Horse
Fantasy Fictional short story
There he was, the most magnificent creature Amber had ever seen. The dew glistened off his snow-white coat and long flowing mane. If only she could figure out how to get close to him. She sat down in the dirt at the edge of the woods and watched as the horse nibbled on the grass.
Any sudden movement on her part would send him flying back up into the sky and deep into the mountains where he had come from. He hadn’t been seen for almost a hundred years, and no one had ever touched him. Amber was about to change that.
A plan of how to capture him took shape in her mind. She just needed to collect a few things. Slowly she stood up from her spot on the ground, and as she did, the horse lifted his majestic head, and his eye locked on hers. There she stood frozen in place, not from fear but from pure awe for such a mighty animal.
He threw his head in the air and let out an ear-splitting whinny that made Amber cover her ears. She had been around horses all her life, and she had never heard one make such a high picked noise before. But this wasn’t a normal horse. There was no telling what other magical powers he might possess.
The legend says he can fly, and when he paws the ground, he can make it shake like an earthquake. A smile spread across her face, he would be hers if her plan worked. She…
