Never Go Horseback Riding on a Cloudy Day

It was a regular, cloudy day that we decided to go horseback riding with our cousins. We did each year, and we really looked forward to it.
"I call the black one!" said Erik, our 13 year old cousin said.
"I call the brown one!" I hollered.
"I call the white one!" said my cousin Danielle, 11.
"I call the cool one!" said my brother.
We all picked which ones and started off with our guide, parents, and eachother. We trotted throught the woods, the meadow, and faraway. Then something strange started to happen.
"Hey, look! A firefly!" yelled my brother.
"No, there aren't fireflies out at three o'clock, only at nightime," said my dad correcting him.
"No! I mean it, look!" said my brother stubbornly.
"Oh, wow, you're right, sorry Nick," said my dad.
In only two minutes, the clouds started to thicken, the sun drew out his light, and the world around us went black. Except for the fireflies.
"Guys, stay calm!" yelled Danielle and Erik's mom worriedly,"It's probably just for a few minutes."
The horses started getting restless, and went from a trot to a gallop. We were holding on, trying not to fall and get trampled. I was scared so badly I couldn't speak.
"We have to get the horses calmed down!" our guide said,"And get them back to the stable."
"Are you kidding?" yelled my mom,"We are in a severe thunderstorm and all you have to think about are the horses?"
It started to pour. The horses headed into the woods at full speed, single file with my horse in front. I was terrified. My hands were slipping, and the horse kept galloping and you seemed to be jumping up and down, like a roller coaster with no safety. Then it happened.
The horses all just stopped. I couldn't hold on to that pressure. I flew off, hit my head on a tree and was knocked out for about 30 seconds. When I woke up, the water was ankle deep. I heard my aunt's voice said that she and her husband would help the guide with the horses and take them up to the shelter. My mom and dad would help us kids back to the car.
"Come on kids, let's go!!!" my mom yelled over the winds and thunder booming overhead with angry clouds pouring down rain.
Then it got worse. The trees started getting struck by lightning and falling over. My cousin Danielle started crying, and my mom told her "her parents were going to be okay". I felt a little dizzy, then my brother started to cry "pretend to be a dragonballz character" my mom told Nick. He still cried.
"We've got to get out of the woods!!!" My dad said,"The trees could fall on us!"
We stepped over barbed wire and was in a field.
"Oh this is a whole lot safer. We are out in the open waiting for lightning to strike us like these trees!" My mom yelled angrily.
On our way back in the woods, my brother got cut by barbed wire. We were lucky it wasn't electrical.
The water was now almost halfway up to your knee. We had to act fast. My dad found the direction to the parking lot and we trudged there, soaked with mud, rain, and the coldness. We met up with our aunt and uncle and went into two seperate cars, driving home as carefully and fast as we could. At the house, my grandma laid down the rules.
"No showers, power, bathroom, or anything," she said very jumpily.
Everyone ended up being okay, but I repeat, never, ever, ever, go horseback riding on a cloudy day at a horsecamp by lake Barkley in Kentucky.
A TRUE STORY.