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As darkness started to kill the light at Sleepy Hollow Acres, the first winter snow started to fall. The horses looked up to the sky in wonder. Nefarian, who had just been born the night before had saw his first snow. Bright Eyes, who had been standing next to the stable door, suddenly trotted over to the other side of the stable with her ears pinned back. She stood guard over the young colt. The stallion that stayed in the stall next to theirs, whinnied loudly.
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Rochelle who had been mucking out stables for 2 hours, felt a strange atmosphere in the stable, as if something was watching them. Something evil was near. The horses and ponies had been acting strangely for a while now. Something was wrong. She packed up and walked over to the stable entrance. She said goodbye to her mare and her new foal as she walked past.

"Night girl, Sleep tight nef", the colt looked up and licked her face. Just as she went to turn the handle, she caught a glimpse of Bright eyes and nefs mini pasture. There in the distance, were a pair of yellow glaring eyes. Eyes of the devil. It looked like a newborn. She turned to look at the rest of the horses who had all huddled to the back of their stalls in pure fear. She ran out the entrance and to the main office where she found everyone. "Guys! Guys!" They all turned and looked to see what had happened. "Rocky! Calm down! What is the matter?" Brad said as he rushed over to her "S..Something..Is out in the back pasture! We need to go now! Please, Follow me and I'll show you!"

"Rocky, Your probably just tired-"He didn't have a chance to finish his sentence. Rochelle grabbed his arms and told the rest to follow her. She took them to Bright eyes and Nefs' stall where she saw it. She led her mare and the newborn to another stall that had the sire of nef. She ran back to the original stable and swung the door open. There in the snowy pasture was the pair of yellow eyes that she had seen before.
"See!"Rocky whispered.
"I'm gonna go see what it is" Brad announced
"What are you crazy?!"Rocky questioned.
"It could be hurt"
"You don't know what it is though! It could be a blood thirsty demon for all we know!"
"I can kinda make out a thin foal, Rocky It'll die if we leave it out here"
"Fine then, If It's a foal then we can't leave it, you're right"
"I'll be right back, don't come after me" He grinned and opened the stable door.
He stepped into the snow, Up to his knees. He didn't expect it to be that deep considering it only started an hour ago. His eyes never left the young foal.
He slowly , began to crouch until you could only see his waist upwards. The shadow of what he though was a foal started to snort loudly. Brad froze for a second. The foal had started to walk forward. There was something about it that made it so eerie, so dangerous. He began to realize that this was no ordinary foal. He could make out yellow eyes...horns..at the top of each shoulder...and a mouth. Not just one...but two. He fell backwards causing him to hit his back on a pointy rock. He cried in agony. The startled creature ran for him. Everyone back at the stable watched helplessly as the creature started to gallop for brad. He closed his eyes and hoped for it to be a quick death. He had saw how sharp the creatures blood covered teeth were. He waited for a whole 10 seconds until he opened his eyes. To his surprise, the young thing stood above Brad. Curiousity filled its eyes. It was no danger as he could quite clearly see. He hunted around in his pocket for some polo mints. He found some and reached a hand out to feed the foal. The foal sniffed the minty snacks and backed off a bit. Brad attempted to get up off the ground but couldn't. The pain in his back was agonising. He had had a hard fall. Rochelle raced over to the injured teen to give some assistance. In doing so, she startled the young foal causing him to run into the darkness of the forest. She looked down at Brad. He was enraged that rocky had scared the young thing.
"Now look what you done!"
"I was only trying to help!"
"You know better not to run up to horses especially foals!"
"The thing is better off dead...."
Brad looked up at Rocky in disgust and shock.
"Sometimes, I think the same way about you" He replied with.

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Bright eyes looked down at her son, fear in his eyes.
"Keep to the back of the stall, I'm going over to lock the latch on the back on the stable door that leads to the pasture"
Nefarian nodded. The young mare slowly, warily walked over to the door that was swaying in the wind. She reached over and got hold of the handle with her small teeth. She pulled it over until she heard the lock click.
"Mum?" Nefarian whispered
"Yes, Nef?" His mother said as she turned her head to look.
"Whats out there?"
" I...I don't know, Why? It's nothing for you to worry about."
"It looked at me..."
The mare and the foal had been put in with Nefarians father,Thrasher, to keep them safe. Thraser was large, tall, strong and very protective over his mare and foal. He walked over to his mate and nuzzled her neck.
"I'm scared" She whispered.
"Don't worry, Its nothing to be afraid of" He reassured her.
"How do you know?"
"Because he is young and no threat to us, He his only a threat when he grows stronger and can't control his thirst or anger"
"Thrash what are you talking about?"
"The foal out there is not like us, he is a completely different species. They are dangerous and uncontrollable"
Nefarian had fell asleep on the fresh hay that had been placed down. The two parents watched over the foal and protected him from the danger of the unknown.
~
The next morning, the snow was falling really heavy. Brad and Anya decided to go for a ride in the snowy trails. They tacked up Diablo and Vixen. They ventured out into the winter wonderland in search of the foal they had found the night before.
"Anya, The foal is gone.Rocky scared him off for good. He isn't coming back"
"Dude, I ain't just gonna let that little guy starve out here, You can either go back to the yard or help me look for'um"
"It's safer if we both go"
They followed the trail of hoof prints that the colt left behind. The snow was light now which was easier for them to find their way back. They came across a few rabbit carcasses. Fresh blood.
"Great, The foals' a bloody carnivore" Brad said.
"Well at least we know that we are getting close"
They continued for a while until they saw it again. The foal looked frozen to the bone. Standing beside an old oak tree. It saw Brad and Anya and its little ears pricked up.
"I can't believe this is actually real...The thing has two mouths! That is amazing!" Anya said quietly, Wary of the little foal.
"Wee need to stop calling him names, He needs a proper name" Brad announced
" What about Lucas? Marty!"
"What about Devil?" Brad added with a smirk on his face.
"YES!"
"Keep your voice down!"
"Sorry.."Anya whispered apologetically
Brad dismounted off of Diablo and walked over to the foal. He found some leaves of the ground. He put them in his hand and held it out for Devil. He was a little wary at first but then tried some of the frozen leaves. Brad put a coat on the foal that was just the right size for him. He nibbled at the fluffyness of the undercoat. He suddenly looked up at Brad and tried to bite him.
"Brad be careful.." Whispered Anya under her breath.
She found a large spear-like stick. She grabbed it and jumped on Vixen.
"Ya! Brad stay here! I have a plan!" She called back as Vixen galloped through the snow-covered forest.
She went back to where they found the rabit carcass. Vixen galloped around the carcass like she was barrel racing and as she done so, Anya stabbed the spear into the half devoured rabbit. She galloped back to where Brad was.
But he was gone. As well as the foal and Diablo. The hairs on the back of her neck were starting to stand up.
"Brad?...Where are you babe?"
But no one answered.
"BRAD!"
Just as she started to panic, She heard a call.
"ANYA!! HELP ME!!"
It sounded as if he was being eaten alive or something. The call of terror. Vixen suddenly perked up and galloped to where she heard the calls leaving Anya hanging onto the saddle for dear life.
"ANYAAAA!!!!"
They finally found a clearing. And Brad. And Diablo holding onto Brads foot. And...Devil, who had a hold of Brads hood.
"ANYA!! HELP ME!! PLEEEAAASE!!!!"
She jumped off of Vixen, an enraged Vixen. She galloped at full speed towards Devil who was having a blast. She skidded to a halt and bucked and reared to try to scare of Devil. In the end she was too tired and fell down in a heap of exhaustion. But Diablo on the other hand, Would not give up. He yanked and pulled at Brads boot. Devil finally gave in and let go. But he wasn't finished yet. He ran for Diablo and bit his shoulder. Diablo whinced in pain and shyed backwards. Just as Devil started to run for Vixen, Anya sprinted and skidded in front of Vixen. She held out the spear with the rabbit on it. She looked over her shoulder at Vixen who had just enough energy to life her head up .Just a bit, just enough to look at Anya. She closed her eyes and dug her head into her legs. Anya finally built up the courage to look up. She was surprised to see the 'cold blooded killer' casually licking the rabbit with one of its tongues. It seemed quite content.

After the attack, Brad had managed to put a headcollar around the foal and tie it up to a nearby fence. They cleaned theirselves up. Fortunetly, Brad never left Sleepy Hollow without a first aid kit and a survival kit in his bagpack. He lay the blanket from the survival kit onto the snow and urged Diablo to lie down. He did as he was told to do so that gave Brad and Anya a chance to stich up the wound on his shoulder. It took a while but they got there in the end.
Anya unhitched Devil from the fence and put cross ties onto the headcollar. One attached to Diablos' saddle and the other to Vixens. It stopped devil from going anywhere.
"C'mon little guy, lets get you back to the stables where you can meet new friends" Anya spoke to Devil as if he was another human being.
The young foal trotted happily behind Vixen and Diablo, Who were quite tired at the time. They nickered softly to each other as if they were trying to understand what Devil was. Devil looked at the two older horses in curiousity. He was almost half the size of them. Bare in mind, Diablo was a 17hh Appaloosa stallion and Slightly smaller vixen standing at 16hh.
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They arrived back at Sleepy Hollow and led the foal to an empty stall. It was a mare and foal box but since they had no pregnant mares, they had enough room to fit Devil in. There was lots of empty stables but a foaling box was probably best. He sniffed around for a bit and checked out his new home. He sniffed the air and walked outside into his mini pasture. Nefarian had been let out in his pasture which was next to Devils. They met each other at the side of the fence. Nefarian Serpine was being his usual. Acting tough until someone tougher came along. Nef tested Devils strength. He nudged him with his muzzle. Devil imedieately fought back by trying to bite Nef in the neck. The young foal was no match for Devils strength and power.
~
Michael was a groom that joined SHA last month. He was cocky and wasn't too fond of Devil. Whenever the foal wanted some attention, Michael would simply draw him dirty looks and ignore him. Devil wasn't the kinda foal that you wanted to upset though. He would become angry. He would kick, bite, buck, rear, shy. Michael learned this the hard way. One day, He was mucking out Devils stall, He started to curse under his breath. Unfortunetly, poor Devil heard him call him an ugly nobody. He lashed out at michael, bit his waist, kicked his shins, made him take everything back. Michael was left in a horrible condition in hospital.
"Hello, michael?"
"Yes"
"Hi, I'm dr whyte, I'm just going to ask you a few questions about your accident"
"yes of course"
"So what actually happened, Michael?"
"Horse attack"
"What kind of horse?"
"Eh...A..."
Anya interrupted "Lusitano, The horse that attacked him was a Lusitano"
"And you are?" Dr Whyte asked
"Anya, Anya Maxwell"
"Oh, and did you witness the attack?"
"Yes, It was my horse. Michael was swearing at him, My horse can understand everything a human says"
"Smart horse you got there" The doctor said with a cheeky grin on his old face.
"Yes but doctor, This horse isnt like any other" Michael whispered.
Anya shook her head as a sign for him to stop. He liked Anya, so he did.
"What I mean is, It wasn't in the Devils nature to lash out like that"
"Thank you" Anya whispered under her breath. She didn't want Devil to get taken away for experimentation.
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He just wanted some love. Anya and Brad were really the only ones that wanted to be around the new addition. They wanted to learn more about him. They found out that the best way to get him to listen was to be kind and caring to him. You had to give him lots of love if you wanted to train him. Of course, They had no intention of riding him, Just to teach him some manners. He could possibly be used as a stud when he is older. He would need to be able to control his anger and be alot more polite to ladys.
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As the years passed, Devil grew more mature, they had trained him at the right time. Although he still was pretty aggressive and violent, it was very rarely. He was a beautiful 2 year old colt. Everyone grew on him. He was the stables pride and joy. He was their favourite stallion. Even all the other horses loved him. He was everything a stallion wanted to be.
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Devil trotted along the side of his favourite mares,Elekas', pasture. He called for her, She peeked her head out of the stable door. Her expression changed from gloomy to joyful. She pranced over to her friend.
"Hey beautiful!" Devil called.
"Hey! What are you doing here?"
"Just came to see how you were before you left for your ride"
"Oh yeah, Hows michael?"
"He's okay now, Apart from the fact that he's in crutches" He grinned.
"Serves him right, You were only a foal at the time. I remember you stayed in the stall next to me"
"Yeah, I wish I still stayed there, It's so boring in my barn. Well apart from Nefarian"
"Aw how is he doing? Haven't saw him in a while"
"Yeah he's good, Still as crazy as usual. They've started using him for the rodeo"
The two friends turned as they heard the stable door swung open. Valentina Hunter walked in and called for Eleka.
"C'mon girl, lets go for a ride"
Eleka turned her head to say goodbye for Devil.
"I gotta go now, I'll come round to your pasture when I come back"
"Yeah sure, See you soon."
He nuzzled her muzzle and she trotted over to get tacked up. Devil walked back to his pasture. Nefarian was hanging his head over the left side of Devils stall half asleep.
"Hey, Where've you been?" Asked Nef
"Just over to see Eleka, Why? Did ya miss mehh?"
"Of course not, I was just wanting you to get a salt lick for me "
Devil jumped back over his mini pasture fence and cantered over to the supply shed, Found some salt licks and brought them back to Nefs stall. He had to be really careful incase anyone saw him outside of his mini pasture. Val didn't mind that Devil went to Elekas pasture because she knew that they were friends.
"Here's your salt lick"
He tossed the salt lick over to Nef.
"Thanks"
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At 2:00am, The stallions and geldings were awoken by the sound of footsteps. The sound of the metal hinges in the door handle slowly started to click and the barn door slowly swung open. The intruder was dressed in black. All the horses in the barn stuck their heads out of their stalls. Devil who had been eating at the time, Didn't stick his head out. The man slowly walked up the middle of the barn, glaring at the stallions one by one as he walked past each of their stalls. The man was here for one thing only...The new thoroughbred foals. They would be worth alot of money in the future. The man found what he was here for. He had two bags in one hand. A whip in the other. Just before the man had a chance to grab the handle on the two colts stable door, Devil saw what was about to happen. He kicked open his stable door and ran for the intruder. The man turned and froze in fear. Devil was now galloping at full speed. Devil skidded on his side and kicked the mans legs. He quickly got up and rammed into the man sending him flying to the other side of the barn. The other stallions were cheering him on. Suddenly, The man got up and whipped out a gun. Devil was fearless, He would put his life on the line to save others. He stood strong and brave. There was a loud bang and Devil fell to the ground. Thrasher looked away then looked down at the helpless colt. He looked at the gun wound that was on his neck. It was slowly but surely sealing up. Devils eyes closed. Thrasher couldn't understand what he was trying to do. The man ran over to Devil and laughed.
"Stupid creature, you can't out smart me" He chuckled and went to get what he came here for.
Devils eyes opened suddenly, He jumped up and grabbed the mans neck. He died instantly.
He dropped the dead corpse and looked around. There was a long silence, then the cheering of the stallions. The foals ran up to their stall gates and thanked him for saving their life. The barn door opened once again to reveal a shocked Michael. He had no idea what had happened so he watched the security camera over again. He really had a soft spot for Devil now. He risked his life to save Michaels foals. He really owed him big time for this.
~
Sleepy Hollow was really only starting out. They were already buying more horses. Ones that were winning alot of money. Devil was still really young so he still got put in pastures with other foals.
~
Every halloween at Sleepy Hollow, There was always a change in the weather. It would become a dark, cold place. Most of the riders wouldn't dare to go out on one of the trails on the woods. Luckily, Devil was fearless aswell as Anya. They were great partners when it came to riding. They trusted each other 100%.
Anya went into Devils stall and sat down. Devil walked over and nudged her forehead.
"What is it boy?"
He nudged her again but this time he looked at the forest.
"Hmm...seems like a good idea. I'm in if you're in?"
The stallion reared in excitement.
"But we need to be quiet when we tack up okay?"
She didn't like to use a saddle so she rode him bareback. She went into the tack room and got the bareback pad. She heard footsteps and quickly turned around. It was only Blue, The stable dog. He seemed bored so she sat with him for a while.
"Wanna come a midnight run?"
The collies ears pricked up and his tail was thumping the ground. She locked up the tack room and headed for Devils stall where she found him anxiously waiting. She slowly turned the handle on the stall door, trying not to wake up michael, whose room is right next to the stallion barn. She let Blue in aswell and He said hi to Devil. Devil sat down like a dog and waited to be tacked up. He loved going out for rides at midnight with Anya. It was so secretive and dangerous. Devil was a pretty large stallion. 17hh. He was one of the largest stallions in the barn. Anya led Devil out of his stable and onto the frosty ground. Blue shortly followed. Devil sat down and allowed Anya to mount him. Devil looked at blue and offered a ride. Blue was only a small pup so he didn't weigh much. He hopped in front of Anya and off they went into the darkness. Anya didn't control Devil, he knew where he wanted to go. He started to canter through the misty field towards the woodland trail. They followed the trail until they were back home. It had been a good night. Back to the warmth of the barn.
~
The 1st of december. It was a Sleepy Hollow tradition. All riders would get a box of christmas decorations each and they need to decorate the outside of their horses' stall. Michael was busy decorating the twin foals stall which was useless because everytime he put something up one of the foals would grab it down. Devil on the other hand hated it. He bucked and reared when Anya put the tinsel up. It was no surprise because this was the way he usually acted. When he didn't get his way he would flip. Anya usually just put him in one of the arenas so he could let all of his anger out.
"Its weird, This time 3 years ago we found you in the woods as a foal"
Devil looked down at her as if to say "I remember"
Valentina appeared at the barn door with Eleka. She nickered softly, catching Devils attention. He quickly spinned round and stuck his head out his stall.
"Merry Christmas Eleka!" He called
"I thought you hated christmas? I just saw you pull down tinsel O_o?"
"Well yeah but you like christmas! So I'll like it"
"Thats sweet"
Val led Eleka over to Devils stall door and tied her up.

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As darkness started to kill the light at Sleepy Hollow Acres, the first winter snow started to fall. The horses looked up to the sky in wonder. Nefarian, who had just been born the night before had saw his first snow. Bright Eyes, who had been standing next to the stable door, suddenly trotted over to the other side of the stable with her ears pinned back. She stood guard over the young colt. The stallion that stayed in the stall next to theirs, whinnied loudly.
~
Rochelle who had been mucking out stables for 2 hours, felt a strange atmosphere in the stable, as if something was watching them. Something evil was near. The horses and ponies had been acting strangely for a while now. Something was wrong. She packed up and walked over to the stable entrance. She said goodbye to her mare and her new foal as she walked past.

"Night girl, Sleep tight nef", the colt looked up and licked her face. Just as she went to turn the handle, she caught a glimpse of Bright eyes and nefs mini pasture. There in the distance, were a pair of yellow glaring eyes. Eyes of the devil. It looked like a newborn. She turned to look at the rest of the horses who had all huddled to the back of their stalls in pure fear. She ran out the entrance and to the main office where she found everyone. "Guys! Guys!" They all turned and looked to see what had happened. "Rocky! Calm down! What is the matter?" Brad said as he rushed over to her "S..Something..Is out in the back pasture! We need to go now! Please, Follow me and I'll show you!"

"Rocky, Your probably just tired-"He didn't have a chance to finish his sentence. Rochelle grabbed his arms and told the rest to follow her. She took them to Bright eyes and Nefs' stall where she saw it. She led her mare and the newborn to another stall that had the sire of nef. She ran back to the original stable and swung the door open. There in the snowy pasture was the pair of yellow eyes that she had seen before.
"See!"Rocky whispered.
"I'm gonna go see what it is" Brad announced
"What are you crazy?!"Rocky questioned.
"It could be hurt"
"You don't know what it is though! It could be a blood thirsty demon for all we know!"
"I can kinda make out a thin foal, Rocky It'll die if we leave it out here"
"Fine then, If It's a foal then we can't leave it, you're right"
"I'll be right back, don't come after me" He grinned and opened the stable door.
He stepped into the snow, Up to his knees. He didn't expect it to be that deep considering it only started an hour ago. His eyes never left the young foal.
He slowly , began to crouch until you could only see his waist upwards. The shadow of what he though was a foal started to snort loudly. Brad froze for a second. The foal had started to walk forward. There was something about it that made it so eerie, so dangerous. He began to realize that this was no ordinary foal. He could make out yellow eyes...horns..at the top of each shoulder...and a mouth. Not just one...but two. He fell backwards causing him to hit his back on a pointy rock. He cried in agony. The startled creature ran for him. Everyone back at the stable watched helplessly as the creature started to gallop for brad. He closed his eyes and hoped for it to be a quick death. He had saw how sharp the creatures blood covered teeth were. He waited for a whole 10 seconds until he opened his eyes. To his surprise, the young thing stood above Brad. Curiousity filled its eyes. It was no danger as he could quite clearly see. He hunted around in his pocket for some polo mints. He found some and reached a hand out to feed the foal. The foal sniffed the minty snacks and backed off a bit. Brad attempted to get up off the ground but couldn't. The pain in his back was agonising. He had had a hard fall. Rochelle raced over to the injured teen to give some assistance. In doing so, she startled the young foal causing him to run into the darkness of the forest. She looked down at Brad. He was enraged that rocky had scared the young thing.
"Now look what you done!"
"I was only trying to help!"
"You know better not to run up to horses especially foals!"
"The thing is better off dead...."
Brad looked up at Rocky in disgust and shock.
"Sometimes, I think the same way about you" He replied with.

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Bright eyes looked down at her son, fear in his eyes.
"Keep to the back of the stall, I'm going over to lock the latch on the back on the stable door that leads to the pasture"
Nefarian nodded. The young mare slowly, warily walked over to the door that was swaying in the wind. She reached over and got hold of the handle with her small teeth. She pulled it over until she heard the lock click.
"Mum?" Nefarian whispered
"Yes, Nef?" His mother said as she turned her head to look.
"Whats out there?"
" I...I don't know, Why? It's nothing for you to worry about."
"It looked at me..."
The mare and the foal had been put in with Nefarians father,Thrasher, to keep them safe. Thraser was large, tall, strong and very protective over his mare and foal. He walked over to his mate and nuzzled her neck.
"I'm scared" She whispered.
"Don't worry, Its nothing to be afraid of" He reassured her.
"How do you know?"
"Because he is young and no threat to us, He his only a threat when he grows stronger and can't control his thirst or anger"
"Thrash what are you talking about?"
"The foal out there is not like us, he is a completely different species. They are dangerous and uncontrollable"
Nefarian had fell asleep on the fresh hay that had been placed down. The two parents watched over the foal and protected him from the danger of the unknown.
~
The next morning, the snow was falling really heavy. Brad and Anya decided to go for a ride in the snowy trails. They tacked up Diablo and Vixen. They ventured out into the winter wonderland in search of the foal they had found the night before.
"Anya, The foal is gone.Rocky scared him off for good. He isn't coming back"
"Dude, I ain't just gonna let that little guy starve out here, You can either go back to the yard or help me look for'um"
"It's safer if we both go"
They followed the trail of hoof prints that the colt left behind. The snow was light now which was easier for them to find their way back. They came across a few rabbit carcasses. Fresh blood.
"Great, The foals' a bloody carnivore" Brad said.
"Well at least we know that we are getting close"
They continued for a while until they saw it again. The foal looked frozen to the bone. Standing beside an old oak tree. It saw Brad and Anya and its little ears pricked up.
"I can't believe this is actually real...The thing has two mouths! That is amazing!" Anya said quietly, Wary of the little foal.
"Wee need to stop calling him names, He needs a proper name" Brad announced
" What about Lucas? Marty!"
"What about Devil?" Brad added with a smirk on his face.
"YES!"
"Keep your voice down!"
"Sorry.."Anya whispered apologetically
Brad dismounted off of Diablo and walked over to the foal. He found some leaves of the ground. He put them in his hand and held it out for Devil. He was a little wary at first but then tried some of the frozen leaves. Brad put a coat on the foal that was just the right size for him. He nibbled at the fluffyness of the undercoat. He suddenly looked up at Brad and tried to bite him.
"Brad be careful.." Whispered Anya under her breath.
She found a large spear-like stick. She grabbed it and jumped on Vixen.
"Ya! Brad stay here! I have a plan!" She called back as Vixen galloped through the snow-covered forest.
She went back to where they found the rabit carcass. Vixen galloped around the carcass like she was barrel racing and as she done so, Anya stabbed the spear into the half devoured rabbit. She galloped back to where Brad was.
But he was gone. As well as the foal and Diablo. The hairs on the back of her neck were starting to stand up.
"Brad?...Where are you babe?"
But no one answered.
"BRAD!"
Just as she started to panic, She heard a call.
"ANYA!! HELP ME!!"
It sounded as if he was being eaten alive or something. The call of terror. Vixen suddenly perked up and galloped to where she heard the calls leaving Anya hanging onto the saddle for dear life.
"ANYAAAA!!!!"
They finally found a clearing. And Brad. And Diablo holding onto Brads foot. And...Devil, who had a hold of Brads hood.
"ANYA!! HELP ME!! PLEEEAAASE!!!!"
She jumped off of Vixen, an enraged Vixen. She galloped at full speed towards Devil who was having a blast. She skidded to a halt and bucked and reared to try to scare of Devil. In the end she was too tired and fell down in a heap of exhaustion. But Diablo on the other hand, Would not give up. He yanked and pulled at Brads boot. Devil finally gave in and let go. But he wasn't finished yet. He ran for Diablo and bit his shoulder. Diablo whinced in pain and shyed backwards. Just as Devil started to run for Vixen, Anya sprinted and skidded in front of Vixen. She held out the spear with the rabbit on it. She looked over her shoulder at Vixen who had just enough energy to life her head up .Just a bit, just enough to look at Anya. She closed her eyes and dug her head into her legs. Anya finally built up the courage to look up. She was surprised to see the 'cold blooded killer' casually licking the rabbit with one of its tongues. It seemed quite content.

After the attack, Brad had managed to put a headcollar around the foal and tie it up to a nearby fence. They cleaned theirselves up. Fortunetly, Brad never left Sleepy Hollow without a first aid kit and a survival kit in his bagpack. He lay the blanket from the survival kit onto the snow and urged Diablo to lie down. He did as he was told to do so that gave Brad and Anya a chance to stich up the wound on his shoulder. It took a while but they got there in the end.
Anya unhitched Devil from the fence and put cross ties onto the headcollar. One attached to Diablos' saddle and the other to Vixens. It stopped devil from going anywhere.
"C'mon little guy, lets get you back to the stables where you can meet new friends" Anya spoke to Devil as if he was another human being.
The young foal trotted happily behind Vixen and Diablo, Who were quite tired at the time. They nickered softly to each other as if they were trying to understand what Devil was. Devil looked at the two older horses in curiousity. He was almost half the size of them. Bare in mind, Diablo was a 17hh Appaloosa stallion and Slightly smaller vixen standing at 16hh.
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They arrived back at Sleepy Hollow and led the foal to an empty stall. It was a mare and foal box but since they had no pregnant mares, they had enough room to fit Devil in. There was lots of empty stables but a foaling box was probably best. He sniffed around for a bit and checked out his new home. He sniffed the air and walked outside into his mini pasture. Nefarian had been let out in his pasture which was next to Devils. They met each other at the side of the fence. Nefarian Serpine was being his usual. Acting tough until someone tougher came along. Nef tested Devils strength. He nudged him with his muzzle. Devil imedieately fought back by trying to bite Nef in the neck. The young foal was no match for Devils strength and power.
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Michael was a groom that joined SHA last month. He was cocky and wasn't too fond of Devil. Whenever the foal wanted some attention, Michael would simply draw him dirty looks and ignore him. Devil wasn't the kinda foal that you wanted to upset though. He would become angry. He would kick, bite, buck, rear, shy. Michael learned this the hard way. One day, He was mucking out Devils stall, He started to curse under his breath. Unfortunetly, poor Devil heard him call him an ugly nobody. He lashed out at michael, bit his waist, kicked his shins, made him take everything back. Michael was left in a horrible condition in hospital.
"Hello, michael?"
"Yes"
"Hi, I'm dr whyte, I'm just going to ask you a few questions about your accident"
"yes of course"
"So what actually happened, Michael?"
"Horse attack"
"What kind of horse?"
"Eh...A..."
Anya interrupted "Lusitano, The horse that attacked him was a Lusitano"
"And you are?" Dr Whyte asked
"Anya, Anya Maxwell"
"Oh, and did you witness the attack?"
"Yes, It was my horse. Michael was swearing at him, My horse can understand everything a human says"
"Smart horse you got there" The doctor said with a cheeky grin on his old face.
"Yes but doctor, This horse isnt like any other" Michael whispered.
Anya shook her head as a sign for him to stop. He liked Anya, so he did.
"What I mean is, It wasn't in the Devils nature to lash out like that"
"Thank you" Anya whispered under her breath. She didn't want Devil to get taken away for experimentation.
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He just wanted some love. Anya and Brad were really the only ones that wanted to be around the new addition. They wanted to learn more about him. They found out that the best way to get him to listen was to be kind and caring to him. You had to give him lots of love if you wanted to train him. Of course, They had no intention of riding him, Just to teach him some manners. He could possibly be used as a stud when he is older. He would need to be able to control his anger and be alot more polite to ladys.
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As the years passed, Devil grew more mature, they had trained him at the right time. Although he still was pretty aggressive and violent, it was very rarely. He was a beautiful 2 year old colt. Everyone grew on him. He was the stables pride and joy. He was their favourite stallion. Even all the other horses loved him. He was everything a stallion wanted to be.
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Devil trotted along the side of his favourite mares,Elekas', pasture. He called for her, She peeked her head out of the stable door. Her expression changed from gloomy to joyful. She pranced over to her friend.
"Hey beautiful!" Devil called.
"Hey! What are you doing here?"
"Just came to see how you were before you left for your ride"
"Oh yeah, Hows michael?"
"He's okay now, Apart from the fact that he's in crutches" He grinned.
"Serves him right, You were only a foal at the time. I remember you stayed in the stall next to me"
"Yeah, I wish I still stayed there, It's so boring in my barn. Well apart from Nefarian"
"Aw how is he doing? Haven't saw him in a while"
"Yeah he's good, Still as crazy as usual. They've started using him for the rodeo"
The two friends turned as they heard the stable door swung open. Valentina Hunter walked in and called for Eleka.
"C'mon girl, lets go for a ride"
Eleka turned her head to say goodbye for Devil.
"I gotta go now, I'll come round to your pasture when I come back"
"Yeah sure, See you soon."
He nuzzled her muzzle and she trotted over to get tacked up. Devil walked back to his pasture. Nefarian was hanging his head over the left side of Devils stall half asleep.
"Hey, Where've you been?" Asked Nef
"Just over to see Eleka, Why? Did ya miss mehh?"
"Of course not, I was just wanting you to get a salt lick for me "
Devil jumped back over his mini pasture fence and cantered over to the supply shed, Found some salt licks and brought them back to Nefs stall. He had to be really careful incase anyone saw him outside of his mini pasture. Val didn't mind that Devil went to Elekas pasture because she knew that they were friends.
"Here's your salt lick"
He tossed the salt lick over to Nef.
"Thanks"
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At 2:00am, The stallions and geldings were awoken by the sound of footsteps. The sound of the metal hinges in the door handle slowly started to click and the barn door slowly swung open. The intruder was dressed in black. All the horses in the barn stuck their heads out of their stalls. Devil who had been eating at the time, Didn't stick his head out. The man slowly walked up the middle of the barn, glaring at the stallions one by one as he walked past each of their stalls. The man was here for one thing only...The new thoroughbred foals. They would be worth alot of money in the future. The man found what he was here for. He had two bags in one hand. A whip in the other. Just before the man had a chance to grab the handle on the two colts stable door, Devil saw what was about to happen. He kicked open his stable door and ran for the intruder. The man turned and froze in fear. Devil was now galloping at full speed. Devil skidded on his side and kicked the mans legs. He quickly got up and rammed into the man sending him flying to the other side of the barn. The other stallions were cheering him on. Suddenly, The man got up and whipped out a gun. Devil was fearless, He would put his life on the line to save others. He stood strong and brave. There was a loud bang and Devil fell to the ground. Thrasher looked away then looked down at the helpless colt. He looked at the gun wound that was on his neck. It was slowly but surely sealing up. Devils eyes closed. Thrasher couldn't understand what he was trying to do. The man ran over to Devil and laughed.
"Stupid creature, you can't out smart me" He chuckled and went to get what he came here for.
Devils eyes opened suddenly, He jumped up and grabbed the mans neck. He died instantly.
He dropped the dead corpse and looked around. There was a long silence, then the cheering of the stallions. The foals ran up to their stall gates and thanked him for saving their life. The barn door opened once again to reveal a shocked Michael. He had no idea what had happened so he watched the security camera over again. He really had a soft spot for Devil now. He risked his life to save Michaels foals. He really owed him big time for this.
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Sleepy Hollow was really only starting out. They were already buying more horses. Ones that were winning alot of money. Devil was still really young so he still got put in pastures with other foals.
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Every halloween at Sleepy Hollow, There was always a change in the weather. It would become a dark, cold place. Most of the riders wouldn't dare to go out on one of the trails on the woods. Luckily, Devil was fearless aswell as Anya. They were great partners when it came to riding. They trusted each other 100%.
Anya went into Devils stall and sat down. Devil walked over and nudged her forehead.
"What is it boy?"
He nudged her again but this time he looked at the forest.
"Hmm...seems like a good idea. I'm in if you're in?"
The stallion reared in excitement.
"But we need to be quiet when we tack up okay?"
She didn't like to use a saddle so she rode him bareback. She went into the tack room and got the bareback pad. She heard footsteps and quickly turned around. It was only Blue, The stable dog. He seemed bored so she sat with him for a while.
"Wanna come a midnight run?"
The collies ears pricked up and his tail was thumping the ground. She locked up the tack room and headed for Devils stall where she found him anxiously waiting. She slowly turned the handle on the stall door, trying not to wake up michael, whose room is right next to the stallion barn. She let Blue in aswell and He said hi to Devil. Devil sat down like a dog and waited to be tacked up. He loved going out for rides at midnight with Anya. It was so secretive and dangerous. Devil was a pretty large stallion. 17hh. He was one of the largest stallions in the barn. Anya led Devil out of his stable and onto the frosty ground. Blue shortly followed. Devil sat down and allowed Anya to mount him. Devil looked at blue and offered a ride. Blue was only a small pup so he didn't weigh much. He hopped in front of Anya and off they went into the darkness. Anya didn't control Devil, he knew where he wanted to go. He started to canter through the misty field towards the woodland trail. They followed the trail until they were back home. It had been a good night. Back to the warmth of the barn.
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The 1st of december. It was a Sleepy Hollow tradition. All riders would get a box of christmas decorations each and they need to decorate the outside of their horses' stall. Michael was busy decorating the twin foals stall which was useless because everytime he put something up one of the foals would grab it down. Devil on the other hand hated it. He bucked and reared when Anya put the tinsel up. It was no surprise because this was the way he usually acted. When he didn't get his way he would flip. Anya usually just put him in one of the arenas so he could let all of his anger out.
"Its weird, This time 3 years ago we found you in the woods as a foal"
Devil looked down at her as if to say "I remember"
Valentina appeared at the barn door with Eleka. She nickered softly, catching Devils attention. He quickly spinned round and stuck his head out his stall.
"Merry Christmas Eleka!" He called
"I thought you hated christmas? I just saw you pull down tinsel O_o?"
"Well yeah but you like christmas! So I'll like it"
"Thats sweet"
Val led Eleka over to Devils stall door and tied her up.