by Timey » Thu May 22, 2014 1:53 am
Username
TimeLord~Jedi
Show Name
A Curse Hanging Over Your Shoulder
Barn Name
Curse
Age
3 Years
Breed
Arabian
Gender
Mare
Color
Fleabitten Grey
Personality
Curse can be frighteningly unpredictable at times. When it comes to competitions she's a dream to work with, but it seems is only loyal to her rider and handlers. She snaps at strangers, and sometimes even those she knows very well. She's not good with other horses, particularly other mares. Most horses will try to give her a wide arc, and sometimes it works. Other times she takes it as an invitation to go after them. She's usually restricted to a smaller pasture on her own when outside.
History
Curse's history is extremely foggy, but by all accounts she was rescued from a hoarder along with a few other horses, brought to Cottonwood, and later bought by an aspiring Show Jumping competitor and boarded at a place called Manteca Creek about an hour away, where she's continued to cause trouble. However many pieces of the puzzle didn't add up. For example, nobody mentioned that while back at the hoarder's 'farm' all horses in the paddock were malnourished and filthy, while the arabian mare standing in the same conditions they were was clean and healthy. The people scoping out the farm never mentioned the hoarder obtaining the mare. In fact, they had listed the horses to the Humane Society and there was never a mention of an arabian mare. So how'd she get there?
Also...What is in that darn box she refuses to let go of?
Other
Peter Harvey didn't know when he had fallen asleep...Maybe somewhere around 2 o'clock that afternoon. The fire in his own little in the fireplace had begun to die out, so he reached into the bin next to his bed and threw some more wood in before looking at the clock. It read 10:35. PM. His stomach growled.
Dinner, dinner sounded good.
He swung his legs over the side of the bed, standing up and walking over to the kitchen nook in his cabin. He heated up the oven and dug through the fridge and the cabinets, looking for something decent enough to even be considered dinner. Perhaps he'd drive in to Cedar tomorrow and do some much needed shopping when he was done tending to his horses...
The door to his cabin flew open behind him, and he didn't even need to turn around to see who it was. "Yes, Angela?" He inquired, yawning and turning to give her a sleepy eyed look. Angela tilted her head, her natural irritated look becoming more prominent. "Well good evening to you too. Now stop your gaming or Netflix binge or whatever the heck you've got going on in here and help us out. Remember I said we had that new mare coming in?" She questioned. Peter frowned, rustling his hair over the counter. "Yeah.."
"Well she's here." Was Angela's answer.
"Ain't it a little late for that?"
"Yeah, it is. But the people transporting her could barely handle her. They were desperate to drop her off here ASAP."
Peter nodded, already pulling on his riding boots and rain jacket. "Alrighty I'm coming."
The pair soon arrived at Manteca Creek's modest parking area, and Peter understood why the people bringing the mare here were adamant about getting rid of her. She was out of the trailer and halfway up the path to the barn, but kicking and screaming. Peter didn't understand how some of the other boarders hadn't already woken up and made their way down from the cabins to see what the commotion was about. Peter watched as one of the men tried to grab her halter, and she lashed out. He was so shocked he tripped and went sprawling in the mud. The mare almost seemed proud of herself.
Angela shook her head at the train wreck before her. "Alright time to put an end to this. Come on Peter!" She shouted, stomping through the mud and towards the mare. The short brunette roughly shoved some of the men out of the way, grabbing the ticked off mare's lead rope. The mare promptly bit her, and Angela promptly got into a 'shouting match' with the horse.
'Guess I'd better step in before someone gets hurt...Rather worried for that mare's safety.' Peter joked to himself. He walked calmly over to the pair, running his finger's through the mare's mane, and carefully and nonchalantly grabbed the lead rope. "Girls, girls. You're both pretty. Now cut it out."
Angela looked over at Peter, at the the mare, then at the lead rope, then back to Peter. She squinter eyes. "I don't like you when you're sarcastic." She growled. Peter raised an eyebrow. "When do you like me, exactly?" He asked, slowly walking the now calm mare up towards the barn. Angela smirked. "Good point."
"Umm!! Miss Mcgowan!" A voice called out, and Angela turned to see a rather worn stable hand carrying a meticulously wrapped box with him. "This was in the trailer with her. Maybe it'll calm her down?"
The mare looked over, and before Angela could even think about grabbing the box, the mare grabbed it in her teeth by the ribbon and refused to let go of it. Angela could care less, and looked back over at the stablehand. "What's in it?!"
The stablehand shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "Beat's me."
By then Peter had lead the mare to her new stall. The mare looked around her new accommodations, and either embraced or grudgingly accepted them, set the box down in the far right corner of the stall, then pointedly refused to look at anyone.
Angela walked over and leaned on the stall door, able to get a somewhat good look at the mare without being attacked. Peter looked over at Angela and frowned. "What's her name supposed to be anyway?"
"Curse." Angela answered. "And going by what happened tonight I think it's safe to say that it's a pretty appropriate name choice."
Angela stayed for a while longer, before walking off and exiting the barn without another word.
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Timey on Sun May 25, 2014 3:11 am, edited 1 time in total.
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