Lucy has spent her whole life around horses. Both her parents are keen riders, but unfortunately, she is not. She tries to convince them to allow her to stop riding, but they just wont listen and she wonders what her riding future holds. One day she helps her uncle clean out his barn and learns that past, present, and future are all linked and no one can escape their destiny.

Two ten year old boys forge a friendship that will last a lifetime.They begin to discover what their future will hold after a school trip to the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa.