"Really push him to the line! Bentley's striding all depend on you! I promise he will take care of you! Ride,ride,ride! Don't you dare stop riding and sit down until you are done with the whole course! Even the courtesy circle!" I yelled, my long blonde hair snapping around, held in a pony tail. I walked near to my sister, sitting atop her dapple grey quarter-horse gelding. My new Ariat tall boot crunched the sand under my feet. I looked up into my sister's green-grey eyes. "What happened, Em? The course fell apart right after the second line. You and Bentley are having an awful day!" She looked away from my eyes, fidgeting with her grey collared riding shirt.
"I don't know, he's just really tense. And then all of a sudden, he releases like a coiled spring and shoots forward, and I can't grab him back!" I sighed. Little sisters.
Emily and I have been traveling around the world, eventing internationally since I was 8, and she was 6. Now, at my ripe age of 15, and hers at 13 almost 14, we were finally getting into the big stuff. Our parents: not really ever around. Just my aunt and superstar trainer Julie.
"Okay fine. Try it again." I pointed her to the first jump. She nodded, collected her reins, and brushed off her tan breeches, which contrasted my brown ones. She collected Bentley into a nice canter, pointing him to the first fence. All of a sudden, they shot forward, and I could see the scrambled look on poor Emily's face. She pulled back, and Bentley stopped, then lurched forward over the jump, sending her flying backwards, and hitting the jump with her torso. I gasped.
Emily had crumpled, but quickly got up, dusted herself off, and chased down Bentley to mount again. When she was mounted, she gave me a pleading look. I sighed.
"Again!" I shouted, pointing her to the first jump. Here we go. Again.
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Hey guys! Just a really quick short starting chapter! The picture is Emily and Bentley!
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The Eventers
Teen FictionSisters Mollie and Emily Ford spend their time riding around the world, participating in 3 day events on their steeds, Gryfindor and Bentley. However, when they are offered a job and a place at the esteemed Clear Creek stables, they are torn between...
