the scenery changes as we arive finally at my new home for the term. i have never been to a riding school except for lessons long before i bought my first horse moonlight. i quickly open the door as soon as we are parked, my horses all come from the wild. they are not used to captivity . the academy is giving me 8 stalls , a tack room ,a meadow , a yard , a arena and a dorm to myself because of my familys riches. the whole thing is in one building except for the meadow obviously but that is connected. i hope i dont get labeled as a rich snob because im not . i dont really like spending money but my mum insisted. i run up to the back of the trailer and press the button that realises the ramp. the ramp goes down slowly and i jump up and get inside. the only thing i had to bring was my horses because mum had already bought me everything new (she insisted) the school is giving every student a horse and my dad is sending his horse down here for me because he cant ride anymore.
"hi babes " i say to my horses as i stroke their heads. I unhook all of the leadropes and grab 3 in each hand. my horses tower over me and are way stronnger than me but are always under my command . i walk them steadily down the ramp and towards my stables. i know where they are i have been down. my mum waves to me and gets back into the car. well bye then . i walk to the gate and pull out my golden key i unlock the large door andwalk my horses in. the stables are made of wood and are fitted with automatic water bowls, hay troughs , fans and lights . the doors and slidy doors that are locked by a neat golden lock and the top half can slide down . all the stalls are clean and ready to use and have name plates on the doors.
i put moonlight into her stall. then i put flicka into hers . then taz into his, then blake into his. then spice into hers and finally sugar into his . i take the travel tack off all of them and palce it all into new and clean tack room full of new tack. i walk up the stairs and into my hall way. i go into my bedroom and change my clothes into the ones that are laid on my bed. a note is sat beneth the clothes .
dear samantha,
it is a pleasure to have you here at raven hill riding school. we would like you to know that you are in the mustang group and your arena is arena 1. behind the arena is some stables and a group room that group meetings will take place in. as soon as you get here all students are expected to come to the large outdoor arena to be paired with a horse . hope to see you soon.
yours faithfully,
mrs aclen
i guess i need to go down there now. i skip down the stairs and throught the gate , locking it on my way out. my horses are famous for learning to get out of their stalls. i dont want them lose. i run across the yard and to the large outdoor arena. i seem to be the only one here
"hello mrs styan we have been expecting you" mrs aclen says from behind me
"we are going to put you on a wild horse. all youve got to do is stay on for aslong as you can. the longer you stay on the harder your horse will be to train" she says.
i nod and put all my protection things on. i enter the ring an as faced with a angry looking horse being held by 4 fully grown men. i jump up onto the horses back using one of the mans backs and pull the reighs to the right lenght . the men rush away and i kick the horse on. the horse jumps out into a almost uncontrolable gallop. i pull the left reighn and make him circle. he tries to rear but i pull his head down. he bucks out and hops up trying to get me off but i have been through this many times so i dont fall. i can see the look of confusion on the faces of the large group of people that have stopped to see me ride. i slow the horse down to a canter and swiftly head towards a jump that was left in the center of of the arena. everyone is looking even more confused but i continue toward the jump. it isnt high but it defiantly isnt small either . we both soar over the jump and he lands it perfectly he rears up and i allow it reaching up and hugging the horses neck to keep myself on. he places his feet back on the floor and continuously bucks out trying to get me off. after a good 10 minutes he stops and accepts defeat and walks on . i tamed a wild horse in less than 30 minutes ... i walk the horse back to the center and holt him. i slide off his back and lead him to the fence.
"what? how? eh? did that just happen? " mrs aclen says obviously confused/
"what horse do i get mrs?" i ask . she looks at another teacher and they both nod. erm okay .
"you get freedom" mrs aclen says. a bunch of gasps erupt around the yard and i stand there confused . whos freedom???
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