Jared struggled trying to sleep as a horse. He tried laying down but found that was very uncomfortable. He could only lay down for short periods of time before he had to stand up. Then he finally figured out how he could sleep standing up. Even then, he only slept for short periods of time and kept waking up. Finally, he just gave up and watched the stars.
As he did so, he felt more relaxed. He realized that this was normal for a horse. He found that he did have some horse instincts somehow, as if the mind of Jasper was there with him and if Jared let Jasper have control, everything felt right.
Jared realized that Jasper's mind and his were linked. That is, if Jared relaxed, he became aware of Jasper's thoughts. It was like a mind meld, Jasper's thoughts becoming Jared's thoughts and Jared's thoughts becoming Jasper's thoughts. Jasper's thought were simple, dreams of eating tasty food, dreams of mating with the mare down the road, dreams of going on adventures with his owner. Jared kept trying to remember that it was his dad not his owner but as Jared drifted away, the idea that his owner was his dad sounded ridiculous. His dad was a horse just like he was.
Jasper watched the stars enjoying the sounds and smells of the night and forgetting that he was Jared.
The next morning, Kevin was the first one to come out and check on the horse. "Hey Jared, I think it would be cool if you want to be a horse but I still want to be able to communicate with you. So I made up these large cards with pictures on them. Whenever you want something, just pick the card up with your teeth and show it to me.
Jasper was pleasantly surprised to find that he understood Kevin's every word even though Kevin didn't speak horse. Jasper looked through the cards and they seemed like an odd collection. There was one that looked like a human, another one that looked like a human riding a horse, and finally one indicating food. That was it. Just three cards. Not many options and except for food, all the options seemed to be more what Kevin wanted than what Jasper wanted.
The day went by lazily. Jasper heard the humans talking about him frequently. Although he understood every word, there were some things that confused him. They kept talking about how Jared still had a few more weeks before graduation but who is Jared and what does he have to do with Jasper?
Otherwise, Jasper had a great day.
Later, Jasper's owner came out to the stable and said, "It's not quite twenty-four hours yet but your mom wants you to come in for supper."
Jasper's owner put a medallion around Jasper's neck and threw a human robe over Jasper's back. Suddenly, Jasper had the body of a human. Jasper asked, "How'd you turn me into a human?"