Emma: 
Morning came surprisingly quickly and the sound of the rain that lashed against the windows, made me open my eyes and look straight up at the ceiling. 
It was a long time since I heard the rain and now it fell down over Jorvik. I sat up in bed and looked at my nightstand at the clock. It was eight o'clock in the morning. I straightened up and stepped out of bed. I hope I did not have Avalon's sword lesson today, because I had no desire to stand in the rain and fighting for my life.

Inside the bathroom, I closed the door behind me and looked at the girl in the mirror. The brown hair was standing straight up and her eyes were red and swollen. I turned on the cold water and soaked down my face. The girl in the mirror looked ridiculous. She was worn out. She had an old wound above the left eye. I remember when I got it. Avalon had received a blow with the elbow straight in my face when we were practicing to defend us. I hated him so much for it and tried with all my might to give back, but no matter how I tried, I ended up always on the ground, more wounds more than the last. 
I sighed, turned off the water and walked out of the bathroom. When I came down the stairs Chiara sat in the kitchen and read today's newspaper. She had put out breakfast for us both.

- "Good morning!" She smiled and put down the newspaper. I sat down opposite her and took me by a stainless sandwich and chewed on it. 
- "Good morning: You did not sleep at home tonight!" I told her and reached for the newspaper. Chiara nervously pulled her hand through her red hair and looked at me. 
- "No, but that may be because I felt I needed to get out of here., You sat on the bathroom all night last night and cried., I had no contact with you. It just felt depressing to stay in the house." She confessed to me and put a sugar cube in the cup with coffee. I looked uninteresting in the newspaper and pretended to read. 
I got to admit a little for myself, I mostly have kept to myself and my best friend has ended up on the side of. But to train for Avalon with wooden swords and then go home and pretend that nothing has happened, at least as depremerande for me, as for her to come home.

- "If you want, you get to move home to Avalon, I can take care of myself!" I said, chewing on the sandwich. Chiara who brought the cup to her mouth, stopped and looked at me. 
- "Are you sure? Because I think Avalon is not ready for that step yet!" She smiled nervously and drank coffee. I smiled. - "Hey, welcome back!" I looked up from the newspaper and on Chiara, which had begun to laugh. 
- "Huh?" I wondered in surprise. 
- "You smiled, I saw it!" She laughed happily. - "I have not seen you smile for months and you just smiled!" 
- "No, I did not!" I protested irritably. I closed the magazine and put it on the table. Took one last bite of the sandwich and walked away from the kitchen. 
- "Avalon waiting for you, you better hurry up!" Shouted Chiara after me. I stopped at the stairs, before I went up, without answering her.

I stood in the room, fully dressed in bright jeans pants and a gray, old and several sizes too big T-shirt. Avalon would work out with me again, in the rain. 
Chiara knocked on my door and went inside. 
- "Hurry now, otherwise he gets mad at you!" I turned towards her. She stood in her riding clothes and had the umbrella in his hand. 
- "Are you going out and ride In this weather?" She smiled. 
- "I think it is a bit refreshing with the rain, and yes, I'm going out and ride. Avalon had something special schedule today for the two of you!" She told me and moved on, so I could get past. 
- "Hooray!" I muttered when we closed the front door on us and went out in the rain, which poured down upon us.

Avalon stood on the steps of the house and waited for me. Chiara put a hand on my shoulder and smiled at me, before she went on over the bridge and went further away to the stable. Self, I took a deep breath and began to walk up the path to Avalon. I wondered what he has planned for us both such a rainy day.

Chiara: 
It was always fast to get all the stables chores done, if one knew how to begin. I had time for much in the stable, I was now sitting on the aisle in the barn and smeared Wild Lions saddle. But I was going to ride out on Wild Madness today. It was a long time since I rode him and I can imagine that he would appreciate being out in the rain. 
I laughed to myself when I started thinking about everything I have been involved with the stallion. I shook my head and finished with lubrication and went back with the saddle in the tack room.

Out in the pasture on the hill behind the barn Valedale, I cried after Madness, who raised his head from the grass, whinnied and trotted up to me. I could not stop smiling when I saw him coming up to me.
- "Hey man, what do you say about a leisurely walk today?" I grabbed his halter and began to lead him to the stable.

Despite the rain gurgles down from heaven and soaked us down, the walk was very refreshing. Madness was, for once, calmly. I thought we would ride to the apple grove and watch how the trees were in bloom.
When we almost weathered through the woods, we accelerated from trot and the pace increased again, to gallop.
Madness rose automatically on the pace when we came out of forest Valedale and would not listen to me when I tried to get him to slow down. TypicalI! 
l eaned back and pulled gently on the reins, but nothing seemed to happen and Madness continued further away over the apple grove, past all the apple trees and then down towards the beach. When I realized that I could not stop him, I felt a certain irritation and kicked my heels in hand on him. That got Madness, to even run faster.
I heard someone was riding behind me and when I turned my face on the side, I got a slight shock when Apel tossed oldenbrugaren came up behind me with Derek on his back.

He caught up with us and galloped soon next to us.
- "Sit back and try to stop him!" We rode right up the road past the apple grove. 
- "You do not think I've tried that?" I cried irritably to him. He reached for my reins and together we managed to stop the Madness insane incitement ride. I sighed with relief. 
- "You must be careful now when it rains, in that crazy gallop, you would have easily have have crashed!" I scoffed at him. 
- "You do not think I know that? And what are you doing here?" I was not inexperienced, I just have bad luck with a disobedient horse. Derek looked at me for a while. I did not know what he was thinking, but maybe something like, how I knew who he was. 
- "How ..? You know who I am?" He asked, laughing nervously about it.
- "Derek Goldspur. You live on one of the Gold Spurs farms, with your grandfather Jacob. You work and he helps on the farm!" Did I say fast, I knew all too well who he was and I was not happy to see him. 
- "Okay, you seem to know who I am and who are you?" He asked suspiciously at me. 
- "Chiara Seabrooke., I am the best friend of Emma and girlfriend to Avalon!" I replied sullenly and rode me uneasy in the saddle.

Derek held out his hand towards me and I put my hand in his and we shook hands. 
- "Nice to meet you Chiara." He smiled at me. - "You are not a spy, I hope!" I snatched my hand back and could not help but smile. 
- "No, luckily., I do not need to spy to know who everyone is." I said, put my heels into the sides of Madness, which began to go back the way home to Valedale. Derek followed and rode up beside me. 
- "How can it be that you know who I am, I have not riding around here before." 
- "What were you doing around here anyway?" I interrupted him. He sat up in the saddle shaved. 
- "I was looking for a place that I have tried to find long .. hey, where are you going?" I turned off the trail and rode down to the apple grove again. 
- "Just follow me, I know what you're looking for!" I shouted after him, and very soon we came to the old fishmonger, who was behind an ancient tomb.

Derek where surprised that I seemed to know where he was looking for and looked curiously at me. I began to feel uncomfortable that he was staring at me. 
- "Who exactly are you, and how did you know it was what I was looking for?" He asked with curiosity and surprised. 
- "There is much more I know about you than you know!" I just replied and started to ride back on the road home to Valedale. Derek rode beside me again. 
- "You seem to know a lot about me, but I hardly know anything about you." He said as we walked through the apple grove, where the flowers were released from the trees. The rain had stopped long ago and the sun shone out and dried up after the rain. I did not know how I would explain to him how I knew who he was. He would never remember it, because it never happened. I bit my lip and stayed Madness. Derek looked at me.
- "Is the name, Emma Short Road, familiar to you?" I ask him. We stood in the middle of the intersection between Firgrove, Valedale and the bridge over to the Silver Glade. He shook his head. 
- "Unfortunately, no!" He replied and waited for me to continue. 
- "Good, then I'll help you remember. But another day., I have to go home now!" I kicked my heels into the sides of Madness and we set off at a gallop, home to Valedale and left Derek behind us.