Thunder was a very smart horse, and never gave up trying to keep his saddle on the loose side. What did he care if the saddle rolled and I wound up on...my ass? Never think horses can’t laugh! The smarter they are, the wickeder their sense of humor! I mounted up and we started off at a flat walk, and then slow-gaited out the farm-lane along the fence-line bordering the riding-fields, heading towards the woods. I wanted him warm but not sweating, in case I did decide to try taking off his saddle. He stopped in front of his aunt’s bedroom and listened carefully. No sound was coming out except for the heavy rain outside. It was then he saw the faint light coming out through the key hole. It was an old fashioned door lock with a not so small key hole. With pounding heart Nick bent down and looked through it. He couldn’t see anything at first except for a dim light. The room had a bed lamp burning and the bed was direct facing the door. His eyes started getting adjusted to the room light. " I guessed as much," he sighed."On the plus side, stress levels among the other colonists seem to havedropped in the past two weeks since he instituted the peer counselinggroups, and I've yet to have to treat anyone for more than sunburn, orexhaustion." Terrific," Marcus muttered as he noted the curl of smoke rising out ofthe low entrance to the strange hut.Bethany looked back at him only then. "Did you hear what he said aboutthe Talosian shaman," she asked."I heard enough. He's become as. Thoughts of did Miss Styles just say Johnny coursedthrough her. Was the young lady standing before her truly him? The boydressed in an over the top girlish fashion really the boy who had teasedher through out her high school days."I am sorry honey, I meant Melissa," Samantha said. She turned to Tiffanyand stated. "It takes time to become accustomed to the fact Johnny wishesto be female and referred to as Melissa."Tiffany and Johnny both found themselves stunned."Of course I have always known.