Bridges Pole Ranch And Academic Centre | (PAUSED)

     Leslie had just put London back in her stall when she heard what sounded like a couple of horse's hooves making the sounds they always do. She always found it calming. Though Leslie did have London's hay net in her hand as she went to refill it before she walked back over to the mare's stall and hung it back up in it's place. "There girl. Enjoy." she said before she stepped out still seeing the mare bucking and nervous, "I wonder what has her so spooked.." she said worried, but she kept a distance not wanting to get a second injury before the show. There was already so much training her and London needed to catch up on.

     Though before she realized it, someone had grabbed her by the arm and brought her over to the broken stalls. Which she didn't mind, but she just wasn't used to being grabbed. Even if it seemed to be quite often. Leslie did help, and she did what was asked of her, but every now and then she looked over at London and Dallas and everyone else. Something just didn't feel right to her, but she just ignored it since she focused on fixing the stall first.

     London had just been munching on her hay without a care for the world on what was going on, but she did eventually peek out of her stall to see what was going on. That was when the strange wild stallion had walked in. The mare immediately pinned her ears and stomped her hoof snorting warning this stallion not to get close. London wasn't scared of some stallion. Especially not a wild one.

     Dallas on the other hand wasn't so different from London. He had just hung his head out of his stall and rested despite all the noise in the barn. It didn't bother him. Not even the sound of a horse walking into the barn. Even though he was curious about everyone and everything. At least until he realized a horse had walked up to him. Dallas just opened his eyes seeing who it was, but he immediately pinned his ears and tensed up.

     Dallas just tried biting the pinto stallion as he let out a stallion squeal. Leslie heard this, and turned around seeing what was going on. She noticed a stallion she hadn't seen before near her and everyone else, "Well uh hello..don't know where you came from.." she said before looking at Dallas as she went over to him for a moment, "Not a fan of other stallions I presume?" she asked him.

     Though Dallas only snorted seeing a bit agitated by the pinto stallion. Leslie didn't really care as she just stroked the stallion. "Alright. We don't need any more horses acting up today Dallas." she said calming the stallion before she looked over at Mrs. Wolf, "Do we think we should put Dallas in the pasture or something? He's been in this stall since he got here yesterday. I'm sure he could stretch his legs.." she said before looking back at the stallion as he seemed to fall asleep a slight bit to her gentle touch.

"That's a good idea, I'm sure he rested enough from yesterday, I'll make a list of what Dallas needs to do if we all wanna help getting this stallion trained, most horses imported aren't even trained just broken instead. But it is rare getting a horse that still acts wild. As an example from those two mares, they're siblings actually and those two mares are the only siblings, minus the Clyde Vanners as Tyler wanted to make a new breed, as I assume that he did. Could be wrong, but I usually caught him having talks with both his horses, surprisingly his gypsy didn't get any protectiveness from that pinto though, the rest of the horses are being aggressive but he's the only gypsy that's not.. Well rather horse." Mrs. Wolf said, she checked if Dallas had a halter on, and if not she fetched it for Leslie as she maybe scratched between Dallas's ears where his forelock was.

The gypsy vanner then trotted over to where Mrs. Wolf and Leslie were, he was curious as he was free to move around, though Tyler came running over as the gypsy followed him without a halter as Mrs. Wolf noticed that he was holding a driving harness as the gypsy got excited, Tyler was happy as he put on the harness without nothing to use as a manual, he was used to driving both his mare and stallion around.

"And where are you going?" Mrs. Wolf asked Tyler, he just giggled as she figured out that he was gonna fetch more wood from the storage to help with any extra wood to be over.

"Ah nevermind, your just doing a mundane task that you usually do, go ahead as your stallion is estatic- erm, I mean excited. I'm sure as when the clyde mare is ready to begin her driving training that she'll have her two babies will watch their two parents when their at least a couple of weeks old to begin getting used to everything." Mrs. Wolf said, she then walked off to get some drink from the rider's lounge as everyone just went to do their usual business like training, trail riding, normal things to help the barn and vice versa.

     Leslie just nodded as she listened and looked at Dallas, "I could always lunge him or something, or even put him in the jumping arena and see if he does anything. He looks like he would be a good jumper...got the strong legs of one that's for sure, but that can always be another day. Dallas just needs to get used to this place and stretch his legs. I'm sure he's itching to do so." she said as she looked back at Mrs. Wolf.

     "I wonder what has all the horses acting up today. It's been years since I've seen it happen. London has been acting fine so far. She just doesn't like stallions. At least she's getting used to other horses..well mares. Dallas doesn't seem to be too fond of other stallions either..which I can get that. He's acting fine now, but maybe the horses just don't know what to think of him? I mean..I know all about being the new girl..or maybe there's just a different reason that I don't know about.." Leslie clearly lost focus there for a second.

     Once she noticed it, Leslie just stopped talking. Though she smiled as she took the halter. A blue one. One that matched Dallas's gorgeous blue eyes perfectly, "Perfect for him." she smiled as she saw how the stallion seemed to like where he was being scratched. "Well looks like you found the spot," she laughed before she unlatched the stall. "Ready to stretch your legs boy?" she asked as she let Dallas sniff the halter first, but he just started to nibble on it a bit.

     "Dallas you can't always nibble on everything. Your as curious as a foal." she said as she put it on him, and made sure it fit him perfectly before grabbing a matching lead rope as she attached it to the halter. Leslie then turned around as she giggled a bit at Tyler's stallion before she led Dallas out of his stall. London poked her head out of her stall again and snorted jealously seeing her owner with another horse.

     Leslie only rolled her eyes as she tried to ignore her, "Ignore her. She's just being the diva she is," Leslie said to Dallas even if she was still talking to herself. Though she brought him to the pasture. "Alright boy. Have fun. You've been cooped up for a day now, so I'm sure your ready to run around." she said patting him on the neck as she opened the gate. Leslie then brought him inside the pasture before she unattached the lead rope, "Go on now," she smiled as Dallas just took off leaving a small gust of wind to hit Leslie. She just laughed and went to close the gate.

     Dallas just instantly started to gallop around the pasture. He did buck..quite often, but he always loved being turned out to the pasture. His long black tail flowing behind him while he galloped. His mane would have done the same if it wasn't cut. Leslie just smiled as she watched him run around and enjoy himself. She just couldn't get over that coat or his eyes. She had a good feeling about him even if he wasn't hers or if she would never get the chance to ride him. 

     Leslie just stayed where she was getting lost in the moment as she watched Dallas for what seemed like an eternity. Well the stallion did run around for quite awhile stopping for a moment here and there to look around. Though that was until the stallion found a dirt spot and rolled around in it, "Oh Dallas! You don't want to go ruin your handsome coat with all that dirt-" It was too late. Leslie just sighed knowing he'd need a grooming or even a bath soon. After that Leslie just shook her head with a smile before she walked back to the barn.

The pinto stallion trotted up to Leslie as he was curious of her and her ways, making him interested in only her, though he did neigh to Dallas as he was trying to tell him that he was friendly, I mean he didn't go after Dallas and he didn't show off to the other horses, specifically the mares.

Though his attention came to him when the two little foals of the clyde mare began hollering as she was tending to them, the gypsy stallion looking at her and his two little buns, the stallion looked over at the pinto as he walked in then Tyler was still dressing up the gypsy stallion.

The two interacted like brothers, both acted like each other and both didn't go after each other, Mrs. Wolf came over as she saw the two stallions act nicer then what she always saw, though Void neighed at London and also Bridge as he neighed back with a tiny little neigh.

"Hm, everything seems like normal for you three, just not the other two, watching th clydesdale mare with her and the gypsies foals." Mrs. Wolf told the three horses, like she knew she was talking to them like a crazy woman, which everyone smiled at her for talking to the two older horses and a young Bridge happily neighing as a reply back to Rose.

"Man, we knew she was a horse whisperer, but not one that could actually talk back to horses like it's normal." a rider said, as they paused on pushing the wheel barrow to the manure pile.

"Hey, if it's normal for her, it's normal for everyone. Including Leslie, we all talk to our horses like it's normal, because we depend on each other, and that they have feelings like dogs and other animals. How else did you think that we all depend on something or someone?" a rider asked in a true tone, Mrs. Wolf turned around and had agreed to the rider that said everything in a true tone.

     "Well looks like Dallas will need a good grooming before nightfall...that stallion must like getting dirty since he's covered in dirt right now.." Leslie said as she walked into the barn only to be greeted by the pinto stallion. "Oh uh hello..where did you even come from?" she asked the stallion giving him a small pat. Mainly because she wasn't sure how this stallion would respond to it.

     Leslie just walked over to London's stall once the stallion left. "I was just turning the new stallion out girl. Don't be so jealous. Someone needs to make sure he does well after moving here." she said rubbing the mare. London just snorted before looking at Void then Bridge. She just nuzzled the colt and paid no attention to Void. Leslie just shook her head as she gave all three some pats. 

     Dallas had just been rolling around in the dirt for a few minutes before he got up and shook half of the dirt on him off his body, but there was still a ton of it on him. He just galloped around some more and bucked quite a bit still enjoying his time out in the pasture. He paid no mind to anything else. Dallas was only having the time of his life. After some time, he noticed Leslie had left and he started to quickly trot along the fence, but it was in a fancy manner sort of with the way he arched his neck.

     Leslie had just been giving London and Bridge some pats before she closed the stall. She just turned around and leaned against the stall with her arms crossed, "London was the only one I had to talk to for years. No one ever supported me. Just always said it was a waste of money, and I wasn't good at what I do. I had to talk to someone, so why not the one that's been there for me the longest? She may not be able to talk back, but we have a good bond. I'm there for her and she's there for me. Always." she said looking at one of the rider's and Mrs. Wolf as she pat London.

     Though she just looked out at the pasture, "Dallas is still running around having a good time...I'm sure it's been an hour by now. Should I leave him be, or grab him? He does need a good grooming now after he rolled around in all that dirt.." she said missing his gorgeous coat. "If not then I can do something else. I was going to go back out and train again today, but I don't want to make my ankle worse the same day I can ride again, so I'll just wait til tomorrow." she said as London nudged her, "I said tomorrow London. I still have to take it easy on my ankle."

"OH! I can wash Dallas for ya'! I have to wash Clementine anyways.." a rider suggested to Leslie, a young black and brown haired girl came up to Leslie with the most but- more mannered calm voice ever, she also may have had a little high pitch in the voice.

"Yeah! We're here for you now, but still sorry but the year ago, most of us needed to train for some smaller shows as it gave us more experience with working alongside horses, most of us headed out to the more local shows since we neared the deadline, and then: We have more free time now since Mrs. Wolf told us to take it and not be a stressy messy around with being worried, it worried her more, she does take good care of us when we need it." another rider said, Mrs. Wolf smiled as the riders offered Leslie to do more chores for her.

"So nice of all of you all to help Leslie out now!" Mrs. Wolf said, the pinto stallion walked up to Leslie as he was still munching on some hay from the closet-stall.

"Hey! That's from the stall-closet, you can't eat the hay there! We need that to refill the buckets the horses eat from!" Mrs. Wolf told the stallion as he hung his head to her, he knew what he did and then he stuck his head up high.

"Stallions.. What a ruffian you are.." Mrs. Wolf said under her breath, she then made sure that the stall-closet was closed as it was, then she was puzzled as a guy walked up to Mrs. Wolf with a rather large bucket as the pinto stallion began to eat from it again.

"Oh.. Yout eat from the bucket.. Why didn't I think of that before? You are wild, so you might not like being in a small stall." Mrs. Wolf whispered in a loud-ish voice, the pinto stallion lightly neighed to her as he got done eating and another rider had finished getting wood and finished setting up a water trough for all the horses as the pinto stallion began drinking from it.

"Outside water trough, indoor bucket full of hay when filled, and instant cleaning of the floor. You lot installed a water trough for every horse when they need a drink, and then you put the bucket here just for the pinto stallion since he's staying wild didn't you." Mrs. Wolf asked the rider's minus Leslie as they did all the building themselves, Mrs. Wolf then got a call as Tyler was out making a couple extra bits and other things as he must've setted out to go somewhere rather quickly as the gypsy stallion wasn't there.

     Leslie was still looking out of the pasture until she heard one of the riders talking, "I mean I can help..he's pretty dirty after about a hour in the pasture.." London just nudged her again as Leslie sighed, "You were just out girl. I know you have food and water because I just refilled them. You don't always have to be so needy girl," she said looking at the mare with a look. London only snorted and turned around as Leslie rolled her eyes.

     After that Leslie just looked back at the riders before looking down a bit, "I understand. Shows can be hard sometimes...everyone was so competitive at my old barn. Only cared about winning and not their horses. Jessica was the worst of them.." Leslie may have said that last bit out loud, but she said it quieter and she seemed to hate whoever this Jessica was. "A-anyways..shows can distract people from some things..it's been awhile since I've even competed in one, so I am looking forward to the one coming up in a week or two.."

     "But I can still help out around here. I don't like doing nothing...I've just always been that way. I can at least grab Dallas. He's used to me anyways.." By now Dallas was just grazing in the pasture flicking his tail around. He seemed to like the place. Leslie just looked at the pinto stallion as he came over again, "So much for being wild.." she laughed patting him despite London getting a bit protective of Leslie, "London I'm fine. Not all stallions are bad girl. Relax." she said firmly.

     Leslie just looked at Mrs. Wolf for a few moments before she left to go grab Dallas, "Alright you. Time to get all that dirt off of you so that we can admire that coat of yours." she said as she opened the gate and walked into the pasture towards Dallas. Once the stallion noticed her, he just trotted up to her, "Oh my there's more dirt then I thought there was. Bath time for you mister."

     Dallas only looked at her before she led him out of the pasture and closed it. After that, Leslie brought the stallion to the barn, "Yeah..this might require a couple sets of hands," Leslie said as she gave Dallas a small pat only for dirt to fly everywhere. "Better get started sooner rather then later," she laughed as she brought him to one of the wash stalls and tied the lead rope to the post that was there.

"He reminds me of Brownie, remember that horse you brought from your parents farm? She was always so mucky and filthy then any horse in the barn!" a rider said, Mrs. Wolf just looked down with a tear coming out from her eye.

"Don't forget that she was beyond sick." Mrs. Wolf remarked, the rider went silent, as she walked over to Leslie as she grabbed a couple coat sparkling cans.

Another couple of riders came over with several different brushes, they looked pretty happy to help, the other rider that was remarked just stayed quiet as she remembered what Mrs. Wolf told her about what happened to Brownie, she just stayed quiet and thought to herself as the other riders were helping Leslie with cleaning Dallas.

"Hey, mind handing me the horse coat sparkler?" a rider asked nicely to the quiet rider, she handed the rider the can as she stayed back and quiet, not liking anybody really.

"I'm gonna go ride, see you all later, maybe sooner. Depends on my mood." the quiet rider told aloud, the other riders that were helping Leslie were just quiet until the rider left the barn with her black and white roached mane mare with a dark brown leg marking and a brown dorsal stripe that covered the tip of the tail hairs.

"What do you think got her?" another rider asked, she was just petting Dallas with his gorgeous blue eyes sparkling in the light.

"Probably Brownie again, that rider always says that, I guess Mrs. Wolf remarked at what she told her about what happened to Brownie and couldn't take it, both of them are sad because of it.. But Mrs. Wolf choose to let go of her feelings for that mare while another rider hates the feeling of not letting go.." another rider said, she was holding two cans of coat sparkler now.

"Oh.. I thoght she was gonna let go of that last year, not this year?" another asked, she was just braiding the tail of Dallas.

"It takes more time to heal if it's a personal horse, especially that I mare I loved, always the sweetest and most protective. If you could test London's protectiveness against Brownie's then that dark brown mare would win since she protects anyone, even fighting off wolves- which I'm glad that don't live anywhere near my forest." Mrs. Wolf said, she took a can of coat sparkler and talked, she then went up and down with her hand lightly against Dallas's mane.

"Yeah that old mare would always fight.. Even against.. Cancer.." another rider said, Mrs. Wolf started to cry as she stopped moving her hand up and down against Dallas's coat, she moved her hand down near his shoulder blade as she fell and held the can to her chest and stomach as she cried out loud, Void and Bridge looked over at her as she couldn't or wouldn't want to show her sad feeling.

The other horses looked around at each other as they knew the same sound when Brownie used to be here, they then retreated as the clydesdale mare wanted to hug Mrs. Wolf but she couldn't, horses understand as much as they can take but they also end up hurting themselves too.. Especially Brownie that used to do so much..

Night Fury just watched Mrs. Wolf as she kept crying, the same sound that made her stop and look at fear of Mrs. Wolf, she then busted out of her stall to scramble over to Mrs. Wolf as she layed down next to her, the mare stayed next to Mrs. Wolf as she had her on hugging on her neck, the mare just acted like a sweet one and stayed where she was..

     Leslie smiled as she started by grabbing a brush as she started to brush one side of Dallas's neck and shoulder as she listened. Though her smile faded when she heard what Mrs. Wolf said. She didn't know the horse they were talking about, but they seemed to love, and miss her... After that it was just silent, but Leslie didn't want to say anything since she didn't know the horse. It did make her think about loosing London which she didn't like one bit.

     Though Leslie watched as the one rider left before she went back to brushing. Dallas clearly loving all the attention and pampering. Almost like he got dirty on purpose. London was jealous of course. After the rider left, everyone else started talking while Leslie stayed silent. This was a conversation she couldn't really be a part of. Though London just snorted hearing Mrs. Wolf's words before she seemed a bit nervous hearing the word wolf.

     "It's alright girl. There's no wolves," Leslie said looking at the mare before she went back to brushing Dallas some more. His gorgeous coat revealing itself once again with each minute. London just calmed and turned around in her stall eating some more of her hay. Though Leslie looked down when she heard a rider mention cancer. She stopped brushing Dallas. One of her cousins..they were like best friends, but she had died from cancer years before.

     It hit Leslie hard when she heard the news, and it still hurt a lot each and every day. She missed her. The only one she had that supported her riding. Even London loved her. And she loved London, but Leslie never spoke of her. It hurt too much to even talk about her, but after the mention of cancer, Leslie seemed distracted the rest of the time. Leslie looked over at Mrs. Wolf as she fell and Night Fury breaking out of her stall and laying next to her. Leslie understood what Mrs. Wolf was feeling.

     Even Dallas noticed the change in the atmosphere as everyone went quiet again. He just looked at Leslie and she only gave him a small pat as she tried to look like she wasn't distracted in anyway. She never liked talking about her cousin, but Dallas just seemed to wrap his neck around her for a moment which seemed to help Leslie. "Okay boy..I'm fine.." she mumbled giving him a peppermint.

Mrs. Wolf stopped crying and wiped her tears, "I'm fine now Night Fury, I'll be able to work or do something again." Rose told the mare, Night Fury didn't believe her as she stuck next to Mrs. Wolf and decided to keep following her.

"I'm fine girl, just go somewhere, I'm getting a headache now.." Mrs. Wolf said, she then started walking back to her office, she didn't really wanna talk bout' it right now.

After Mrs. Wolf left, the rest of riders helped finish Leslie with Dallas as the others finished fixing the two stalls they were working on, and then Night Fury went up to London as Bridge poked his head up to her, he was curious of this black mare who looked exactly like Void.

The two groups that were working on the two stalls were working on Night Fury's stall, the poor mare just wanted to help someone, she still acted nervous, quite nervous as her legs still shook with fear but she tried interacting with Bridge as she began sniffing him. The cute colt enjoyed a little grooming from Night Fury as she was nibbling on his forelock a little bit.

Then a rider tried haltering the black mare, she just kept backing up until she tried nipping her as the rider backed up until she went back to interacting with Bridge, which the rider got the point on why the black mare insisted to be with a colt, she then clicked the pieces together.

"Night Fury.. Did you use to have a foal?" the rider asked the mare, she looked at the rider directly before looking at Bridge and walking to the rider as she hung her head and put the halter on for the rider, the rider realized the mare's body language read that she did have a foal at one point.

"Hm" the rider went to grab another halter and this time she got Bridge out of the stall but not London, she put the halter on Bridge as he pranced around like the young foal he was, she then attached a rope to Night Fury..

Bridge was curious why Night Fury was haltered to the girl, but she then made Night Fury back up to the other side of the barn as the young foal followed behind with curiousity.

"Uh, what're are you doing?" a rider asked, he was sitting on a barrel with hay coming from the sides.

"Testing an experiement, seeing if Bridge follows Night Fury how he follows Leslie and London, but if I take Night Fury away from the barn, and Bridge follows, then it proves my point." the rider answered the guy rider's question.

"And that point is?" the young rider with Night Fury got shot a glance before looking back at Night Fury.

"That Night Fury had a foal at some point, and misses her darling baby, lot's of wild horses get confused and wrangled up here. But there's a catch." the rider said.

"The catch is?"

"That Night Fury's foal died at some point if Bridge keeps following Night Fury, foals tend to follow their mothers by instinct, even sticking to their older siblings or younger ones to protect them as well. And I can tell Night Fury had a colt as she interacted with Bridge like how they do that in the wild. Mares just don't do that for cleaning, it boosts the relationship and the training foals need to understand from their mothers about how the world works." the rider answered, Night Fury just sniffed the girl as her helmet fell off when Night Fury lifted it off with ease.

"I wasn't planning on riding today, thanks girl." the rider told Night Fury, the mare then looked at Bridge.

"Alright, test number one; if Bridge follows Night Fury out of the barn, then it proves my experiment right and my point right!" the rider said, she then clicked her mouth as Night Fury followed with the loose rope sticking by the girls side even though she could go wild.

Though as Night Fury began moving, Bridge followed her, ignoring the noises going on, as he just stayed next to the mare's side as she looked at him from time to time. The girl rider just giggled sometimes as Bridge followed Night Fury and the rider until he realized that the three were out of the barn and next to Mrs. Wolf's office.

Then the rider brought Night Fury back as Bridge followed behind the black mare, sniffing her from time to time, seeing if anything changed but except her body language as when the three stopped the mare started grooming Bridge as she did better then any mare as all the dirt came out that was light and not dark, which made his coat shine.

"Well? I've proven my point, Night Fury used to have a foal, which of course was a colt as she's interacting with Bridge like how they do in the wild, he even ignored London's call to him, which he never does unless something happened. Case closed." the rider said, Night Fury layed down but got back up as Bridge neighed happily, he then started to nuzzle the mare as she showed him more affection and attention as he wanted that.

     Leslie just went back to brushing Dallas before she looked over at Mrs. Wolf. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't. It cause her to bring up something she didn't want to bring up...ever. Instead she just watched her walk away before she looked down for a moment. Leslie quickly went back to grooming Dallas until he was spotless again, "Thanks everyone..for your help.." she said trying to work up a small smile.

     Though Leslie went and untied the lead rope from the post as she went to bring Dallas back to his stall. "Hmm...I'll go refill your hay net and water.." she said as she grabbed the hay net first and refilled it. She briefly stopped to look at Night Fury who seemed to be at London's and Bridge's stall. She didn't pay much attention to it as she just went to refill the hay net. Leslie brought it back to Dallas as she went and did the same with his water bucket, "There you go boy. I'll check on you later..." she said still a bit distracted and quiet.

     London just turned around and looked at the black mare as she heard another horse come close to their stall. At first London just pinned her ears as a warning, but then she just ignored Night Fury. Instead she just watched Leslie wanting some attention from her. Though a rider she didn't know had come over instead. Not that London was complaining..at least until the rider seemed more interested in Night Fury and Bridge.

     When the rider took the two away, Leslie just watched the rider a bit curious, but she just went to London instead, "Hey girl..." she said quietly as she pat the mare. London seemed to know what was bothering her, but Leslie just grabbed the mare's halter and lead rope before putting it on the mare. After that Leslie just took the mare out of her stall, and was leading her to the pasture.

     London just walked out of her stall before stopping. She tried calling to Bridge, but he didn't acknowledge it. "Come on girl...he's fine.." Leslie said as London finally followed her to the pasture. London walked into the pasture, but she didn't do anything. Instead she just stayed with her owner. Leslie just closed the gate as she just sat down in the grass as London grazed near her. She just plucked some grass and tore the blades into pieces clearly distracted.

The same rider that left barn was coming back from her riding trip, until she saw Leslie out in the pasture, which made her quite curious of Leslie, so she hopped off of her horse as the mare kept on trotting into the barn until the mare realized that her rider and owner hopped off of her back.

The rider then hopped over the pasture's fence instead of walking through the gate, the rider's mare peeked her head around the barn wall and door as she watched her rider walk up to Leslie with a serious and curious strut with her left (right) hand to her side while her right (left) arm and hand were free.

"What's got you so sad? I would love to say depressed but that's just rude." the female rider asked Leslie, she always had a serious face on which made the other rider's silent and a little scared of her, including some of the horses.

"And don't you think you can get away from me, your here to answer a question, I won't be taking a walk-away-no-answer as an answer. Your sorta forced to tell me basically." the female rider said, her horse watching as her rider had a serious voice to go with her serious walk and face.

Though the female rider sat down next to Leslie so that she doesn't look so serious with her shadow of her hair making her look scary, the rider's horse tried to walk over the fence since she wanted to get to her girl..

"But you can walk away if you want, or you can tell me to bug off, but I at least wanna know what's been bugging you, for two years I've watched you around the barn, making notes and noticing how sad and scared you are sometimes." the rider paused, she looked like she was about to cry actually "I never walk up to a newbie because I'm quite scary, even my dark (like the color black for black and white 1930s characters) skin says so itself, everyone else knows what sadness feels, Mrs. Wolf lives through that everyday that she gets calls." the female rider laughed now "Why else do you think that she never owns a horse or has a kid of her's come to the academy?" the female rider asked in a question, she never unloaded anything on Leslie, but she did make her scoot next to her as the female rider had her arm around her to cry when she needed it.

"No two people know what true pain is until you saw it or heard it for yourself, I know how hard it is to lose a friend.. Family.. Horses you knew.. Horses you built bonds with.. Anything and everything can go wrong, but you must always stay strong. And if you need too, come to me if you feel like your gonna cry, I'm here to help you out more then anyone, even more besides Mrs. Wolf.." the female rider looked straight into Leslie's eyes caringly, like a mother to her daughter, that female rider has those motherly eyes.

"And if you can't control your fear, or anxiety, or even when your about to cry, stop what you're doing and come to me. I won't be busy, but rather there if you need something, I'll be here to give you hugs as well.." the female rider said, she pulled Leslie into a motherly-like hug, she kept Leslie in this hug as long as she needed it.


(This made me almost cry when I wrote this)

Last edited on 2023-01-08 at 14:55:42 by Lizzy

     London was never too far from Leslie. She just grazed near her until she looked up seeing the horse and rider. The mare was curious for a moment as the rider unmounted and walked over. Leslie had just been sitting in the pasture criss cross apple sauce lost in her mind. Her memories. She was distracted since she didn't even notice the rider come over until she spoke which seemed to spook her slightly.

     "N-nothing..." she said before moved some of her blonde hair away from her face. London just looked at the two girls then the mare before she laid down next to Leslie noticing something in her hands. Leslie didn't bother to look up. Not even to look up at London. Though London even had her ears lowered as she tried to get a better look at what she had in her hands even though she knew what it was, "No London." she said quietly.

     "The girls at my old barn were worse...I left hoping to find a better barn..one safer for me and London..." she sighed. Continuing to keep her gaze lowered. She hadn't even been in a competition since a year or two ago because of her lowered self esteem. That explained why she was so eager to compete. She missed it, and she knew London did too. She missed all the excitement included with competing. Though she wasn't always about winning.

     Although Leslie didn't say that much after that. She just shrugged her shoulders. In her hand was a silver chained necklace. Only the chain was very small. There was a silver horseshoe that the chain connected to on both sides. Leslie just held it carefully as she looked at the horseshoe. London just rested her head in the grass next to Leslie as she gave the mare a pat or two.

     Leslie just sighed, "Just the conversation earlier while grooming Dallas..." she said quietly pain in her voice, "I lost my cousin to cancer years ago...her name was Olivia..." London lowered her ears some more as Leslie just gave the mare another pat or two, "She was the only one that supporting me...the only one that helped me get my own horse..she even rode..heck she was even better then me..before she was diagnosed with..." Leslie just brought her face to her knees..

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same

"No need to explain, I understand your pain." the rider said, she then thought something over in spanish.

"I have one more thing to say, you may need to translate this but I'll say it anyways, alright?" the rider said, she perked up, took two deep breaths and calmed her nerves which was a good example of dealing with your feelings.

"Entendemos el dolor, el pasado y el sufrimiento. Todos lo hacemos... No podemos evitarlo, pero podemos elegir superarlo y seguir adelante con un futuro más brillante, si tú también lo deseas. Es tu futuro, no el mío para manejarlo, ven a verme cuando quieras hablar, te ayudaré a superar el dolor y la lucha, incluso te mantendré a salvo si lo he hecho." the rider said, she pulled out her phone and held it for Leslie to see the translation, she smiled at her with a wonderful smile.

"I learned spanish the same year you left, where me and Jacob came back from spanish school. By the way, my names Ezra, Ezra the therapist, fitted for any situation. I'd rather be a horse therapist, and a human therapist, so that I can work horse-human relationships better, kinda like a horse whisperer but for both human and equine. Smart right?" Ezra joked at the end, she giggled as she thought it was silly but she smiled at looked at the sun.

"You know your mares beautiful right? Jacob says the samething about you, when your not here at the barn, he even worries for your health and how your feeling. You know he love sick for you right? Like he like-likes you that way, but he's shy about showing it until it's too late. He confessed to an old crush back in the young school days, he's good friends with his crush. But he acts more interested in you then anyone he met, even more interested in you then for his horse or his friends, that's just love in many different ways really." Ezra said, she knew what her name meant but she knew Leslie didn't.

"Oh and my name means "help, helpful, helper" perfect fit for being here for you, I'd rather help riders going through pain and strife rather then just ignoring them, I hate it when I tried to ignore my bully once.. I helped him in being there for him, he was bullied as we both reported it, we're good friends not in a relationship, I'd rather not be in one actually." Ezra said, she smiled and giggled at Leslie, Ezra noticed Leslie's necklace as she just went back to talking. She respected her privacy.

"In a relationship I mean, I don't want to be in one." Ezra said, she saved herself from questions alright!

     Leslie looked over at London as the mare nudged her leg gently, "You miss her too girl..don't you..?" she asked the mare even though she already knew the answer. Olivia and London were close, and she was always excited to see London and vice versa. Leslie just ran her hand up and down London's neck which seemed to make her feel a bit better. It was just always hard for Leslie when she thought or even talked about Olivia. Mainly why she never said anything until now..

     Though Leslie didn't really say anything. She didn't know any spanish. Not one bit, so she didn't understand one word of what the rider was saying, but she did silently read the translation of it and nodded slightly. "Well...you can always learn to be one..." she said looking at London whom had gotten back up on her hooves. Though the mare just grazed next to them instead of running around the pasture.

     Leslie just put the bracelet back in her front pocket as she looked at London, "I'm lucky to have a mare like her, but she knows she's beautiful.." She was right. London just looked up looking proud, "We know girl. We know.." Leslie said shaking her head a bit with a small smile before she looked down seeming to blush a bit. Leslie wasn't sure what to say or think. She was always the weird horse crazy girl back in the city.

     "I-i know..." she mumbled still looking down a bit as she got her hair out of her face a second time. "I overheard him one time..." she mumbled again. Leslie still blushed a bit, but she kept her head down. London just stepped over again and started nibbling her hair, "London!" she said a bit loud as she looked up at the mare, "What is it with you nibbling my hair? Leave it be or I'll do the same to you," she said poking the mare's London, "Go on run around while Bridge isn't here," she told the mare.

     London just looked at her before looking at the barn then back at Leslie. Though she eventually did turn around and start galloping around the pasture bucking happily. Leslie just shook her head as she watched the mare, "Mares.." she mumbled looking back down. Though she eventually looked back at Ezra, and nodded. "I should..go see if there's anything I need to do with Dallas..or anything in general...the show is coming up quickly too, so I just might do a late training session..since I need to really train more since my ankle is better.." she said as it didn't bother her as much that day.