Bits and Books{Equestrian School Romance}Semi-lit

[Sadiedog11082]

Ash swapped his stomach playfully, "it's a perfect place, silly." she suddenly got up and when to her horse, feeling her stomach."Aspen not again. "

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Carter Smith
Male|No Crush|18 1/2| Dazzle Me Thunder

Carter gave a fake hurt look. He got up and followed her. "What's wrong, Ash?" He asked. Thunder trotted up and laid his head over Carter's shoulder. He rubbed his muzzle as he waited for Ash's reply.

Isabelle Scott
Female|No Crush|20| Knight In Shinging Armor

Isabelle had competition of her own to worry about. David is in both of her classes, and he was the best of the best. Any competition she was in, he was there and always beat her. There are some competitions he doesn't enter, the ones that aren't national. Only once did Isabelle manage to win, and it was because David's horse got spooked. She felt very bad for the horse afterward. When she was taking Knight back to the stable, she saw David beating the mare.
Isabelle laid her hand on Jason's shoulder. "You'll do fine, Jason. Gun is an amazing horse, and you are an amazing rider." She smiled sympathetically.

Marcus Flinn
Male|No Crush|19|Mysterious Lady

Marcus pushed through the crowd and walked over to November and a younger girl he didn't know. "You guys did great." He patted Jingle Bell's shoulder. "You have a great pony," he said to the girl.

[Miss Understood]

Jason smiled and looked over at Izzy "You've never seen me ride." He said and raised a eyebrow. He remembered how his first show with Gun he was so nervous but they had managed to pull reserved champion. Now 4 years later and jumping jumps that were 2 feet higher he still got nevous about going in the ring.

November smiled and looked at Katie "Katie this is Marcus. Marcus this is Katie." She said and motioned between the two. She handed the reins over to Katie and attached the ribbion to Jingle Bell's bridle.

[WolfLinkEpona]

Blaine Cooper Salvatore

Horse; Epona
Doing; Riding/Talking to Ebony
Location; Lake
Mood; Good.

"I've had Epona for about 4-5 years now." He said remembering the first time he saw her. "I found her while I was out riding with my brother. A group of wranglers were holding her herd in a pen and she was a new born, she looked about two days old. They were torturing her, poking her with sticks. I-I couldn't stand it. We waited until night then sliently crept down, my brother freed those trapped in the ring of fence posts. It wad a distraction and it woke the wranglers up, they took off after the wild horses but they were too slow. They left Epona on her own, so I freed her." He sighed looking down, then continued with the story. "It was going well until they came back for Epona. We didn't realise they had guns, though. On our way out, I had tied Epona's lead to my horses reins. She was fast but we couldn't outrun the bullet. They aimed for me and I took it." He said lifting his shirt to reveal a bullet wound in his side. "Since then Epona has stood by my side through, everything." He said finishing his speech and looking at Epona then at Ebony. Epona nickered and nudged Blaine lightly, it was always hard to tell that story, even to think about it. But this had been the first time, in an awful long time, he had opened up to anyone, he wouldn't even talk to his dad about it.

[Sadiedog11082]

Ash grimiced, "She is going to colic." Aspen danced around, trying to bite her side. "Come on we have to get to the stable. She is uncomforable now but it will get worse. " Ash patted Aspen and spoke softly to her, "Why now..." she sighed. "Can I ride with you?" She asked with a scared look in her eyes. "It freaks me out when she colics.". While she waited for his reply she took out knife from her boot and walked into the forest, not near the path. She stripped some bark and came back, tying the temporary lead rope to her neck she smiled. "Ready?"

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Carter Smith
Male|No Crush|18 1/2| Dazzle Me Thunder

Carter frowned. Colic was not good. "Yeah, come on." He helped her mount Thunder, who snorted uneasily like he knew was was going on. "We'll take it slow." Carter patted his neck and they walked out of the clearing.

Isabelle Scott
Female|No Crush|20| Knight In Shinging Armor

Isabelle giggled. "Right, but you wouldn't be here right now if you weren't." She replied quietly. Even though she had about three hours until her first show, she was already getting nervous. She was glad they ate early.

Marcus Flinn
Male|No Crush|19|Mysterious Lady

Marcus nodded to Katie and watched November tie on the ribbon. He looked at his watch. "When is the show for," he looked at Katie, then back at November. "Them start?" He knew November would know who he meant.

[b l u e s k i e s]

Blaine Cooper Salvatore

Horse; Epona
Doing; Riding/Talking to Ebony
Location; Lake
Mood; Good.

"I've had Epona for about 4-5 years now." He said remembering the first time he saw her. "I found her while I was out riding with my brother. A group of wranglers were holding her herd in a pen and she was a new born, she looked about two days old. They were torturing her, poking her with sticks. I-I couldn't stand it. We waited until night then sliently crept down, my brother freed those trapped in the ring of fence posts. It wad a distraction and it woke the wranglers up, they took off after the wild horses but they were too slow. They left Epona on her own, so I freed her." He sighed looking down, then continued with the story. "It was going well until they came back for Epona. We didn't realise they had guns, though. On our way out, I had tied Epona's lead to my horses reins. She was fast but we couldn't outrun the bullet. They aimed for me and I took it." He said lifting his shirt to reveal a bullet wound in his side. "Since then Epona has stood by my side through, everything." He said finishing his speech and looking at Epona then at Ebony. Epona nickered and nudged Blaine lightly, it was always hard to tell that story, even to think about it. But this had been the first time, in an awful long time, he had opened up to anyone, he wouldn't even talk to his dad about it.

Ebony;
I sit silently next to Blaine, horrified by his story. I look over at Epona and sigh. My eyes widen as he lifts his shirt up, and I gasp at his gunshot wound. I look down, p*ssed off at the people who are like that. "Who would do that?" I ask rhetorically. I look at the ground, dumbfounded.
{Sorry Wolf, I didn't even see that until now. ;n;}

[WolfLinkEpona]

Blaine Cooper Salvatore

Horse; Epona
Doing; Riding/Talking to Ebony
Location; Lake
Mood; Good.

Blaine covered the bullet wound using his shirt and felt his eyes start to water. They didn't burst though, luckily. "The cops caught the guys though, and they got sent to jail." He sat silently with her until he said looking up at her. "Please, don't tell anyone about this." He stroked Epona's nose as she sat quietly next to him. Epona stretched out her neck and held her muzzle out towards Ebony, hoping to get a few cuddles from her. "She trusts you enough to let you touch her. " He smiled happily.

[Miss Understood]

"You have quite the point" Jason said and nodded, poking her in the stomach. "What should we do?" He asked looking around. They had about a hour and a half before the show starts. Everyone was rushing around though and he didn't really understand why, classes had started but they were for the lower levels and most of the people here were in the higher divisions.

"If you want you can get him ready for jumpers and I'll meet you by the ring in 15." November said to Katie and smiled as she watched her run off with Jingle Bell following close behind. She then turned back to Marcus and sighed, taking her helmet off "Huh?" She asked and tilted her head to the side, not understanding what he was asking.

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Isabelle Scott
Female|Jason|20| Knight In Shinging Armor

Isabelle looked around and shrugged. "Let's go check on Knight and Gun." She wouldn't be surprised if someone was looking at them, even though they were in a paddock no one was supposed to get to. One year, Knight was in a redistrict section because he was sick, and people still came and saw him.

Marcus Flinn
Male|No Crush|19|Mysterious Lady

Marcus watched Katie and Jingle Bell walk off. When he looked back at November, he rolled his eyes. "Zeus and Hades." He said quietly. The jumpers class for him and Mystery didn't start for a couple of hours. He wasn't sure when his cross-country class was.