Aright guys! There is a guy introduced in this chapter! And Eva meets her horse!
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Eva took a deep breath. Her and Nishtha were standing outside stable block D, as a groom opened up the doors. Nishtha was shivering, due to her choice of a thin t-shirt on a frosty Scottish day.
"Okay. You're allowed in now. Do you know what horse you'll be having?" asked the groom. He was 16 or so, with short, dark hair and a Scottish accent. He was tall and quite skinny, and he was wearing a grey shirt with the Durnoch logo printed on the right hand corner.
"Ice, I think?" Eva said. The groom nodded.
"He's down on the left hand side, stall 63, near the end. Tack and grooming equipment is in the first room to the right. Opposite is the feed room. Of course, we've been looking after him until you got here, but now you'll need to bring him in from the paddock every afternoon and feed him and put him back out and all that. Okay?" Eva nodded. "By the way, me name's Adrian." He smiled and walked towards stable block C.
"He's cute!" exclaimed Nishtha. "I'll go grab your tack and you go and meet your horse."
Eva proceeded into the barn, and stopped in her tracks. The stable block was gorgeous, all oak and warmth and horses. Horses of all shapes and sizes walked poked their heads out of stalls with black bars and pine chip bedding. On the stall's door, there was it's occupants name and breed. Above each stall was a number. Eva counted the numbers on the left in her head. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and so on. She got to 61 and froze. She was about to meet her horse. Her horse to look after for the rest of the school year, and if she wanted, the rest of her school life. Eva walked a few steps forward and looked up at the number above the stall. 63.
The horse in the stall was a light bay, with a star and a leather halter with his name engraved on a plate on the side of the halter. His right hind hoof was white, with a sock running up his leg. Ice moved to front of the stall and snorted. He stuck his nose at Eva, looking for treats.
"Hey, boy." whispered Eva.
"Oh good. He looks nice!" said Nishtha. She passed some grooming brushes to Eva. "Better get a move on! Dressage starts in 20 minutes. I've got to try to find my horse's tack, so you're on your own for this one." Nishtha placed Ice's tack on the floor. "See you at class!"
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Okay! So next is Eva's first ride on Ice :)
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School of Equestrians
Teen FictionEva Barret is a new girl at a boarding school in Scotland. Except it's an equestrian boarding school. Will she make it? Or will she fail?
