Shadow of a Champion

hey i'm Maddy and in the story there is French, German, Spanish and Italian words because the setting is in Spain, Simone is French, Arturo is Italian and Gregoire is German. bit confusing.

Maddy Edenshaw xxx

His show name is Remember me. Most commonly known as Angel. My Andalusian stallion. You'd call white grey, but Angel was white as snow. We currently live in Spain, in the El Caballo Danza Magnifico. I personally think its the most magical place of all! The grooms (jinetes) Jean-Jacques, Gregoire, Pedro and Arturo help me with the haute ecole.

you know when people go 'Ohmygod, silly of me, I forgot to introduce myself!' that's how I feel now!!! My name is Isadora Ortensia, but my friends call me Issie. I am 14 years old, olive skinned with long black hair. My best friends are Stella Warrant and Evelyn Brown, but we call her Evie, and we are totally inseparable.I go to Andalusia Point Pony club here in Spain, but my home land is Australia. 

I'm here because of Simone. Simone is head of dressage here at El Caballo and has been here for ten years. Rodolfo Castana employed the french woman because of her skills with the highly strung Romeo. Romeo was frightened from his days at Ivan Miguel's stables. They beat him. I guess its not a great beginning, but its important to me, and the whole of El Caballo. Romeo got loose and we found the dun Lusitano horse and took him in. you could see the scars on his bony withers, the dried blood on his rump. Rodolfo, had tried training him in the haute ecole, but he bucked like a prairie horse. he would come at you, ears flat back and teeth bared. when Rodolfo's son, Alfonso got on Romeo, he reared up, then bolted! the funny thing was, when Simone got on Romeo, he was quiet and calm. Simone and Alfonso's little sister, Ivette rode him and his nature was so sweet. He was scared of men, ever since he met Ivan Miguel.

So Simone is my godmother and is my guardian. My parents are dead for starters. I miss them so much!They died when i turned twelve, two years ago. so Simone looks after me and I'm home schooled by her. I cant go to the secondary school because its over an hour away! so i spend my time learning languages, science, maths, Geography and History. These have a reason towards it. German, Spanish, French and Italian are for when I go to different country's to compete in eventing. Science to know about vetting a horse and if the horse is ill or for illegal substances like Phenylbutazone, capsaicin and stuff like that. maths to know prices of stuff like feed, bedding and tack. Geography to know where to go for shows and history to know about horses or shows or breeds.

Simone and the jinetes teach me the haute ecole and Airs Above The Ground. I really enjoy it and the horse I ride, Triste, a grey arab, is the perfect school master.Angel is being trained for the haute ecole and from his blood lines, his sire, Inspiration and his dam, Legend are famous haute ecole horses, so with Angel's blood lines, he finds haute ecole easy.

"Isadora! Wake up! Mirabelle is giving birth!" That's not a good thing to hear first thing in the morning. I opened my eyes to find Alfonso above me.

"Alfie! its 5:00am!" i groaned and pushed him feebly.

"Mirabelle is foaling! shove your jods on and lets go! remember the foal is gonna be yours!  when Almira gave birth to Pepe, he was mine. its your turn to keep a foal!"

"get out my room so I can get changed! shoo princess!" i pushed him out my room laughing at his tired face. I shoved my jods, shirt and polo jumper on and done my boots up. I raced down stairs, narrowly avoiding falling over Nanook, the enormous new found land and got into the stables. The chestnut Anglo Arab mare had given birth and a bay filly with a star on her head, was lying in the straw, Mirabelle licking her filly anxiously. I fell in love with the bay filly. I knew her show name at once. Hidden Destiny, but her stable name could be Hope. I knew Hidden Destiny was perfect because her sire, Brilliant fire, was one of the most famous Stallions in Spain. Brilliant Fire belonged to Rodolfo, who used to ride in the Olympics for Spain. on the other hand, Mirabelle was famous in Europe for her win in the Horse of the year show and winning many 5 and 4 star events. Simone owned Mirabelle.

A foal with these bloodlines were so valuable and I couldn't wait to tell Stella and Evie. I went into the loose box, talking to Mirabelle, calming her down and letting me touch Hope. I stroked her soft muzzle, touching the star on her head, cooing to her gently. she nickered back and went off to her mother for a drink. Mirabelle nuzzled into my chest and I talked to her and she nickered back to me and I fed her a carrot.

"Its a Girl, Mirabelle. Her name is Hope! You have done well girl! Congratulations! i'm going to leave you for a moment to get Alfie, Ivette, Rodolfo, Simone and the jinetes. The grooms, head of show jumping and cross country head and several others aren't here.see you in a bit Mirabelle, Hope." I ran to the Hacienda and went into the kitchen.

"Rodolfo, Simone! has Alfie told you? Holla Ivette! Alfie told you? Mirabelle has given birth to a bay filly with a star! I've named her Hope and picked her show name, Hidden Destiny! what do you think? Come on! Vamos!" i said and they nodded in agreement. we went down the the foaling stables, past the stallions quarters, past the mares quarters and into the foaling stables into Mirabelle's box.The chestnut mare was nuzzling into Hope, and everyone could see that Miabelle adored Hope. Simone put her hand to her heart with tears in her eyes.

"the jinetes are training Angel in the dressage arena. but they won't see the beauty of Hope! I think that Hidden Destiny is perfect for Hope. she carries the gracefulness and beauty of Mirabelle, yet the strength of Brilliant Fire. she is perfect" Simone said and stroked Mirabelles shoulder, a proud look on her tanned face. i knew what she felt. i remember when Angel's dam Starstruck gave birth to Angel and Angel seemed to look more like his sire, Patriot's Glory. Angel is now two years old but the sad thing is that he was born the day after my parents died in a mass murder when they went to America.

I remember the happiness inside me when Starstruck was delivering Angel, despite the fact i was in mourning for mum and dad. Simone laughed as I stared at her look on her face.

"riant la jeune fille coquine! Sorry! talking to myself in French. Cant I be proud?"she grinned and I shoved her gently. In the mean time Alfie came running up.

"Holla Alfie!Cualquier Alfie noticia?"

"Si. Mirabelle is not the only Madre toay!"

"who gave birth?" Ivette asked excitedly.

"Joya gave birth to a black colt! Cielo Nocturno has a grey filly!"

"Madre Mia! ohmygod i cant wait to see them!" Ivette squealed and hugged me.

"who is the sires of the colt and filly?" i asked. this was important to me. Alfie smiled at me, a mop of black hair falling over his piercing blue eyes. He grinned.

"The colts sire is Anillo De Fuego and the filly's sire is Douce nuit, Simone's stallion!" Alfie said and Simone gasped in delight. I was so happy for her. i felt something nudge me, i looked down and saw Hope nudging me, with eyes big and innocent, but buldging with greed.

we walked slowly to Joya's stable. I couldn't wait today was amazballs