#kelpies transform into humans but i don't want to confuse things: horse and guy are platonic. don't make my post weird.

[buckevantommy]

why no pirates/high seas adventure story with a horse on the ship? and everyone is like: why is there are a horse on a ship? and one of the guys is a horse whisperer farmer dude who grew up on a seaside cliff property and maybe the horse saved his life or he saved the horse's life and they became best buds anyway then he set off on a journey across the ocean and was like: my friend is coming with me or maybe the horse tried to board the boat on its own. anyway having a horse on a boat is odd but the guy brushes its coat and feeds it sugar cubes and hay and it wanders around the ship and whenever they port it gets some real exercise. but then one night they encounter an enemy on stormy seas and the horse tries to defend his friend and gets injured and thrown overboard by a wave or a canon and guy tries to save him but horse friend is lost to the sea. anger and worry and grief and rage. they defeat or escape the enemy with damage to their ship, or maybe they get taken captive. 

anywayy fast forward to another sea battle where the guy is in danger and is mysteriously saved by a seabeast - who eventually turns out to be his trusty horse friend! maybe it was transformed into a creature by the gods for its bravery and loyalty so it could survive or maybe it was a creature all along (maybe it had never swam in the ocean and thats what it took to trigger the transformation?) anyway they are reunited and continue on adventures together. and strangers are like: why is there a horse on a ship? bc they don't know what the guy and his crew knows but there is now a myth involving this horse and his human friend wherein they explore and battle the high seas together sometimes the horse is on its own in the waves and sometimes the human rides the horse like a seabeast catching a wave and ofc its not really a myth.

why no story like this? perfect combination of horse whisperer farm boy and pirate fantasy adventure with human-animal friendship.