Skye Woods D10 Done

Her pretty blue eyes gaze around the room of the barn, searching for her best friend Ben, or Benny as she liked to call him. They were playing hide and seek in the barn and she was it. She caught a movement out of the corner of her eye and looked over. She caught sight of a shadow that appeared in the shape of Benny and she crept over to him, being careful not to make a sound. She giggled as she tagged him. "Found you, your turn" she said. He turned and smiled at her. "good job. Okay, I'm it, better hide. 1...2...." He started counting and she took off, running into one of the stalls without checking if it was occupied. Suddenly, a horse whinnied and reared. Skye shrank away from the creature in fear and felt something sharp on her head. She screamed before the world fell away from her.

When she finally came too, she found herself in the district healers home, her head bandaged. Her head hurt a lot. "What happened?" she croaked. "You startled one of the horses in its stalls and it reared, almost crushing your skull but I ran in and pushed you out of the way before it could" a familiar voice replied to her left. She looked over to see Benny looking down at her. He'd been hurt as well, it was evident from the bandage on his arm. She looked at him in concern. "Are you alright?" she asked. He nodded. "Yes, I'm fine, just got a little hurt thats it" he said, smiling. She tried to sit up but her head spun. That's what I get for running into a horse she thought, feeling a smile tug at the corners her small lips as she looked up at her half brother.

It took a few day before the healer let her get up and out of bed. She needed help at first but now she could walk on her own. She took it slow but she could be on her own for a while. She sat on her bed at home and looked around her room, the problem was, she didn't recognize any of it. I must have been hit in the head pretty hard in order to not remember anything she thought feeling fear creep into her veins like ice. She didn't want to lose her memory. She felt an odd sensation run through her before she fell onto her bed. Her thoughts drifted away as she blacked out again.

When she came to the second time, her head hurt like hell. Her body, which was barely 5 ft tall, felt sore and she felt like she couldn't walk. She attempted to sit up but her head spun, not just a normal spinning but the ground beneath her actually swayed as she sat up. Where am I she wondered. She couldn't remember anything that had happened to her in the last week. The only thing she remembered was playing hide and seek in the barn with Benny then it was all blackness. Where's Benny? she wondered. He wasn't in the room with her. Perhaps he's downstairs she thought, trying to get up. Dizziness swept through her and she grabbed onto the rickety bed post for support. Her head ached for some reason she couldn't quite comprehend but she kept going, holding onto the walls and railings of the old house for support as she went downstairs.

"How are you feeling?" her mother asked as she came down the stairs carefully. "Weird, I can't remember anything that happened last week" she replied. Her mother looked at her with concern. She knew that a week had passed but she couldn't remember any of the week. She leaned against the door frame, letting it support her 100lbs body and looked around the room. "Where's Benny?" she asked. Her mother smiled. "He's been waiting for you to awaken" her mother replied. She looked behind her mom and saw Benny standing there, smiling at her. She hugged her half brother and smiled.

The road to recovery was a hard one for both of them. Daily, she had to rest and stay out of the sunlight because it bothered her eyes with the glare of it and gave her headaches. She looked out the window at the cloudy day wishing she could be better but she knew she'd probably never be quite the same as before the accident. One stupid mistake was all it took to change my life forever. I might never be able to ride again The thought scared her because she loved to ride. To feel the wind in her hair and feel the freedom of the wind beneath her "Wings".

Even after the accident, her personality stayed as bright as ever. She knew she was lucky to have survived being kicked in the head by a horse and she said her prayers every day, thanking whomever it was that had been watching over her in her life and making sure she was safe. However, having a head ache gave her some serious issues. She got frequent headaches, couldn't play in the barn for long like she used to, and she found it hard to focus on anything, including school. She found that school was the hardest because she couldn't quite understand what the teacher was saying or she couldn't wrap her mind around certain concepts. She used to be an A student, now she was slipping by with a C+ average. No one would hire a poor student like herself.

The accident helped her to realize some things as well. Since she couldn't go out as often, her mother began teaching her how to sketch and paint when they could afford the expensive paints and canvases. She became quite skilled at both of these things and began priding herself on them. Another talent she developed was playing the piano which they had in their living room. She began spending hours teaching herself melodies by ear and writing down music for others to play. In all, the accident was both good and bad for her. As she sat before the piano, a beautiful melody dancing in the air around her, she thought Maybe, this won't be so bad

[Codeword]odair
[Theme]Fragile
[Song] Making it work by Doug and the Slugs
[other] Done yay^^
[Face Claim] Julia Willets