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Breaking Free: Chapter 1

"Run Anook, Run!"
Those words startled me awake one July morning. The dew dappled on the grass glimmered in the early morning sunlight, and the fog was thicker than the creamy white foam on the crest of the turquoise waves. I galloped along the grass as my Dam told me. Something…something unknown to me was on Assateague. I had not seen it, but something told me it was nothing but danger.

My herd and I split up and fled in fright. I galloped alongside my Dam, questioning everything in between the frightened screams and shrieks of ponies.

"Momma, what's happening?!"

"It's Pony Penning Day, this happens around the same time every year."

"What's Pony Penning Day?!"

"It's where humans capture Chincoteague and Assateague ponies and sell them to other humans."

"What are humans?"

"They are very ugly creatures that can do things that we cannot, so they believe that they are superior."

I just couldn't understand. How could Dam be so calm in a Catastrophe like this?! Just then, a shrill cry pierced the air, followed by a thud.

"What was that?!"
Dam sniffed the air and nervously looked to the north, where a bat piebald Assateague stallion was being caught by the humans. Dam gasped and shook her head wistfully, her voice cracking.

"T-that was your father, Anook. He's been caught."
She looked up and gasped again, but this time in fear.

"They saw us…They saw us! Run!"

I bolted after her. The thunder of hoof beats and the shouts and jeers of the humans chased me. Every breath I took grew shallower and labored. Then, out of nowhere, an object that appeared to be a large, beige snake looped over my head and strangled me. I plummeted to the ground and let out a shrill squeal when it all slowly began to sink in.

I…I wouldn't run free again. I just couldn't get up and catch up with Dam. In the second it had taken me to fall, I was stripped of my freedom and was captive to mankind.

I was caught.

Description
Breaking Free: Chapter 1

"Run Anook, Run!"
Those words startled me awake one July morning. The dew dappled on the grass glimmered in the early morning sunlight, and the fog was thicker than the creamy white foam on the crest of the turquoise waves. I galloped along the grass as my Dam told me. Something…something unknown to me was on Assateague. I had not seen it, but something told me it was nothing but danger.

My herd and I split up and fled in fright. I galloped alongside my Dam, questioning everything in between the frightened screams and shrieks of ponies.

"Momma, what's happening?!"

"It's Pony Penning Day, this happens around the same time every year."

"What's Pony Penning Day?!"

"It's where humans capture Chincoteague and Assateague ponies and sell them to other humans."

"What are humans?"

"They are very ugly creatures that can do things that we cannot, so they believe that they are superior."

I just couldn't understand. How could Dam be so calm in a Catastrophe like this?! Just then, a shrill cry pierced the air, followed by a thud.

"What was that?!"
Dam sniffed the air and nervously looked to the north, where a bat piebald Assateague stallion was being caught by the humans. Dam gasped and shook her head wistfully, her voice cracking.

"T-that was your father, Anook. He's been caught."
She looked up and gasped again, but this time in fear.

"They saw us…They saw us! Run!"

I bolted after her. The thunder of hoof beats and the shouts and jeers of the humans chased me. Every breath I took grew shallower and labored. Then, out of nowhere, an object that appeared to be a large, beige snake looped over my head and strangled me. I plummeted to the ground and let out a shrill squeal when it all slowly began to sink in.

I…I wouldn't run free again. I just couldn't get up and catch up with Dam. In the second it had taken me to fall, I was stripped of my freedom and was captive to mankind.

I was caught.