Shape-Shifter

Chapter 19

The twins were coming back today. Patting my thigh at Tank and Chico they followed with a bounce in their trot.I picked up my pace and grabbed the garden hose infront of me. The dogs looked up at me curiously as I sprayed them. "Haha!" I laughed as they opened their mouth and started running around, Chico charged at me and I ran. Full out ran. "May day! May day!" I shouted as the horses heads in the pasture popped up with frightened looks. My arms dragged behind me as I flopped them around. "Muahaha! I am the evil water hose! Fear me doggy!" I yelled spinning around and spraying Chico on the body making him growl at me before wagging his tail. Tank looked up as the mud slowly washed off of them. Chico and Tank looked as if they were talking in their minds as I ran towards the pasture. They charged at me with their ears pinned back. The fence was there infront of me only a few more steps. I slowly lifted myself in a jump and balanced ontop with my hand on my side. Dang all I need is a snap back! I frooze on the fence and turned around sticking my tounge out at them. "I am the leader of the water! Fear me!"I laughed  at them as they jumped and circled infront of me. The distant sound of a engine made me look up as the truck with the boys pulled up. They looked at me with what-the-heck expression and turned off the car diving out. 

Looking down at the dogs I saw them trot over to the hose and pick it up in their mouths with a fire in their eyes type of look. "Now now we had a ugh misunderstanding. No need to bring water into this. Woah guys!" I tried to talk them out of it but they kept advancing. The guys wrestled the dogs for the hose and effictivly got it and sprayed me. "Ahh!" I yelped as my arms flailed in circles as I tipped backwards trying to balance myself. I landed on the ground with a 'oof' on the grass. The boys laughed and dropped the hose by the gate as they supported themselves. I stood up slowly on my knees with my eyes watching them I leant my arm out and grabbed the hose placing my thumb on the nozzle as it sprayed at them. 

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A few hours later we had all taken our wet clothes off with the offering from Gage that he could take my clothes off free of charge. Pervert! My reaction was just that calling him a pervert. I was now in a loose tank top and my tattered black jeans. My hair was still dripping wet as I walked outside seeing the boys set up barrels in the sandy training pen. Barrel racing? I cocked my head to the side as I walked closer, the screen door clanging shut as I moved out of the way. Whiskey was down in the pasture looking glossy without mud on her as she rounded the pasture and threw her head up pulling her top lip up nodding her head at me. I mimicked her and put my head up and nodding backing up as she did.Colton turned and glanced at me then at Whiskey and snickered softly whipping sweat off his eye brow. Or was it water? I don't really know. Putting my thumbs in my pockets I walked over to them. 
"Barrel racing Spice or Berry?" I asked curiously watching them.
"Both! They were broken running around barrels." Gage said clearly to me. 'Broken' the word kept repeating in my head like a broken record. Broken. That's what they were. They were broken, like a peice of shattered glass. I sighed. Whiskey just lets me ride her and trusts me to take control. If she dosn't want to do something she dosn't have to.

They grabbed their horses as the pawed the ground repeatidly making the sand fly up as they fought for the reins. Gage having enough kicked Spice and he bolted as he sat up there going around the barrels as if he was king of England.Spice looked as if memories were replaying in his mind as he got to the finish line he reared and jumped on his front hooves making Gage fall off as sand sprayed the air a whiteish gold color. I walked up to Spice slowly and grabbed his reins gently leading him out of the area making him calm down a tiny bit as he slumped his neck down.I patted his neck and gave the reins to Colton as I ran to the pasture grabbing Whiskey and her lead rope. Snapping it on I jogged out making her trot a little bit behind me as she put her head up and swished her tail like a godess or something.I stuck my arm out infront of her making her make a hard stop infront of my arm, a hair away from crashing into my arm. I made sure I was on her left side before swinging the lead rope around her other side. I grabbed a little piece of her mane and grabbed a hold of the bone that connects to her spine before jumping a little bit and swinging my leg up using the momentum. Sitting erect on her I patted her making her shake her mane as I walked up slowly towards Colton with the two stallions. 
"Is he going to get up?" I asked nodding towards Gage who was still laying in the sand face down.
"Yeah, right now he is ranting to me about how Spice spooked or something like that I don't really know." He said to me while leaning over and rubbing my arm.

Nodding my head Colton nudged over Spice's reins to me and I took them as Colton gently told Berry to gallop to wich he obeyed at gently ran the course making Gage stand up and walk out of the pen. Berry slowed to a canter happily stopping as Colton grinned. Gage kicked up sand with his boot angrily. Spice must have been trained differently than Berry. Or Berry just likes the barrels.Berry nickered when Colton patted him. "Want to try Mia?" Gage asked looking at Whiskey as if she'd trample him right then and there. Nodding I moved up to the area were it starts. Colton pulled out a timer and gave a pointed look at me. One that said I'm-Timing-You-So-Get-Your-Butt-In-Gear. Rolling my eyes Whiskey swished her tail as I turned her side ways a bit so she was aimed at the right barrel.

"Ready," Gage said in a deep voice, "Set..." He said again looking ready to bolt if something goes wrong. "Go!" he shouted and I imediatly made Whiskey go into a light gallop around the first right barrel we made it close to the edge of the barrel as it tettered a tiny bit. Edging her to the left barrel we circled that one without any probem exept I had to move my leg a tiny bit. The last barrel was in my way. One more! I didn't dare to kick her into full gallop yet. She rounded the last barrel with a snort as I kicked her once we were clear, taking off like a bullet out of a gun she galloped making Gage jump from his space when we got there.She had grace and running ability. "Time!" Colton yelled as I slowed down Whiskey by him. I looked over the timer said '20.00' at the little bar.

"Not bad for a noobie." Gage says as sits on Spice.Colton nods his head as we walk back to the pasture.