Bridges Pole Ranch And Academic Centre | (PAUSED)

     Leslie was too exhausted to even realize Mrs. Wolf had grabbed her, and put her in the rider's lounge. She only got a few hours of sleep that night, but she never struggled to sleep as much as she had in years. The last time was after the accident, when she was told London may not have made it. It was a miracle that the mare pulled through stronger then ever. Leslie may have only had her for about a year at that point, but she cared about nothing more then that horse. London is everything to her.

     London was just messing with her haynet when she heard Leslie walk in. The mare turned to the stall door greeting her rider only to see she had fallen asleep. The mare just cocked her head to the side a bit confused before she nibbled on Leslie's blonde hair a bit. Surprisingly, she didn't wake up. That almost always worked. Leslie hated it when she would nibble on her hair. 

     Then Mrs. Wolf grabbed her and took her away. London followed them with her eyes curiously. She whinnied wanting her rider when she saw Mrs. Wolf again. This time looking at her. The mare returned the look, and before she realized it, a white haired girl was at her stall. She cocked her head a bit confused, but she allowed her to put the halter on. London followed the girl, and snorted when she realized where they were going.

     It was strange to the mare to be worked by someone other then Leslie. She knew Leslie would never give permission to let someone else work her let alone ride her. London didn't think much about someone else being on her back. It didn't worry her until she did see the saddle when they were done with ground training. London just looked at the rider's lounge wondering if Leslie was in there.

     When Winter brought London to the jumping arena, she perked up a bit. Though she just stood there for a few minutes looking at Winter. She didn't know how she felt about someone else being on her back especially someone she sensed Leslie not trusting entirely, but after those few minutes London went towards the first jump.

     It was probably a hour or two until Leslie woke up. Though she jolted awake, "Oh no I must have shut my eyes again," she said as she looked at the time, "Oh dear, London isn't going to be happy with me," she muttered as she got up realizing she was in the rider's lounge. Leslie took a deep breath as she rushed out of there before quickly walking over to London's stall. Though what she saw filled her head with bad thoughts. The stall was open, and there was no sign of her horse, "London!?" she said as she ran out of the barn looking around.

     She checked the pastures first, but there was no sign of her. Then she checked the round pens, but there was no London. That was when she started to panic. Leslie noticed the jumping arena from the corner of her eye. She practically ran over there only to see Winter..training on London!? "Winter! What are you doing on my horse!? I've never allowed anyone to ride her let alone train her!" It was clear that she wasn't happy to see someone else on her horse. Maybe she was overacting, but was she really?

     Leslie never gave anyone permission to ride London, and that upset her that Winter took advantage of her lack of sleep. She knew something was up with the way Winter was always looking at her horse. Was she out to steal London from her? Leslie wasn't completely sure, but she wasn't happy. Not at all. She wasn't even planning on jumping London that day. She planned on doing some dressage. She knew her horse, and knew that London needed a few days break from jumping after the other morning. 

     Whenever London was spooked like that, it took her a few days to fully get over it. The mare may seem like her old self, but Leslie just wanted to be sure that everything was fine. The show was pushed back a few weeks, so she didn't care much about loosing some training days. The only thing she cared about at that time was why Winter was on London without her permission. "I don't recall giving anyone permission to ride her." she said clearly not happy.

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When Winter heard Leslie, she instantly looked at her, she blushed in embarrassment but she still let London jump, then after that. Winter took London over to Leslie, she tried to not look at her, but she looked at her anyways..

"Sorry Leslie, but Mrs. Wolf told me to train your horse, and plus, I'm an expert at jumping horses. Anyways, I'll get off your mare and have her back to you." Winter said as she hopped off of London, she then held the reins and gave them to Leslie, "And besides," Winter paused before speaking again "it's hard for me to coop with another horse, that's why I check on with Mrs. Wolf to see when my mare will come.. But it's been a week without her.." Winter told Leslie when she passed by, Winter then walked back to the barn and ran off to the rider's lounge when she felt that she was gonna cry.

Ava took her horse to the round pen for some collective trotting exercise's, she noticed that Winter ran to the rider's lounge, "Oh what upset Winter? She never acts like this, but only when she doesn't have her mare.." Ava sighed as she walked her mare back to the round pen.

Lilithe was coming out of the forest when she saw that Leslie was up, she made her mare trot over to Leslie and London, when the two were next to Leslie and London, Lilithe's mare nuzzled Leslie gently then her horse looked at London and neighed to her a bit, the horse's neigh was soft and gentle.

Lilithe looked at her mare and patted her, the brown rabicano mare with gentle blue eyes was enough to award her to second class of rare horses with rabicano and soft blue eyes, Lilithe giggled at her mare as she was sniffing Leslie's hair, "Well she never did that to me, what do you put in your hair to make horse's sniff it or eat?" Lilithe asked Leslie, as the mare stuck up her head.

Jacob was coming back from the dorms when he spotted Leslie and Lilithe talking, so he decided to join the conversation, but Lilithe looked over at Jacob before he came to join the conversation, "Well I better be going before your boyfriend comes over." Lilithe teased Leslie as she left, Jacob then ran over to Leslie, he was confused on what happened.

"Why did Lilithe leave and why was she giggling?" Jacob asked Lilithe as he patted London's face, the gentleness he always gave off when patting the mare was sure to give the selected mare a more kinder or softer soul, but it usually or barely worked on some of the high spirited horses.

Mrs. Wolf walked into the barn and looked over at the arabian, and began to groom him daily, and same for the mare that she rode on her back, Mrs. Wolf was brushing the two horses as Void looked at the black mare very protectively of Mrs. Wolf, and so did the mare. Which created tension between the two.

"Oh you two, you know you both need to get along since I'll be owning you both, but I'll groom you both daily." Mrs Wolf told both the horses that she interacted with.

As Mrs. Wolf untied both of the horses, the arabian stallion trotted over to the training pen and the mare just trotted over to the round pen, then she went to the stallion as she began training the stallion, then Void got tired and went back to his stall as Mrs. Wolf began training the mare.

"I should give you a name girl, instead of calling you mare and girl." Mrs. Wolf told the mare, she just did what Mrs. Wolf told her to do.

     Leslie just kept her gaze on Winter. Why she kept jumping London, she had no idea, but Leslie wasn't happy to wake up to see someone else on her horse without permission. When Winter finally brought London over, Leslie just grabbed the reins as Winter handed them to her. She ran her hand up and down the mare's face as she listened to her. Leslie sighed, "I'm sorry Winter....I guess it's not entirely your fault then.." she said now feeling a bit bad.

     She just hesitantly watched as Winter ran off. Leslie knew what it was like being without a horse you really love and care for. Not too long later Lilithe approached on top of her new horse. Leslie was somewhat distracted, but she did give the mare a quick pat, "Huh? Oh...just regular shampoo I guess..." she said partly distracted about Winter. Maybe that was why all the horses seemed to love her. How could she not have thought about it before?

     Leslie merely just nodded as Lilith left. It didn't process what Lilithe said before she left, until after she left. Leslie just looked at her about to ask what she meant when Jacob approached her. Boyfriend? What did she mean by that? Leslie only meant everyone less than a week ago. She just sighed as she slowly looked at Jacob, "Not entirely sure...I wasn't really paying attention.." she said as she still wasn't. 

     Not too much later, and Leslie ended the conversation with Jacob as she led her horse back to the barn, "Well I guess I'll have to wait to train you girl..." she sighed looking down as they entered the barn. Leslie stopped momentarily when she noticed Mrs. Wolf, but she didn't stop to ask her why she gave Winter permission to ride London just yet. Instead, Leslie just kept to herself and untacked the mare. "Even used my saddle.." she muttered underneath her breath. 

     Leslie grabbed a few brushes, and brushed down the mare finishing up with show sheen and fly spray. "There you go girl. Best keep the flies off you," she said as she led the mare into her stall. Leslie couldn't get Winter or Mrs. Wolf out of her head, but instead of asking, she avoided Mrs. Wolf. Maybe just because she was scared to ask Mrs. Wolf anything. She gave London a peppermint before she refilled the mare's water and haynet. 

     She just sat in front of the mare's stall. London didn't touch her haynet just yet, and instead stuck her head out of the stall. Leslie smiled slightly as she continuously booped the mare on her muzzle. "What am I going to do London? I messed up, but it was ok for me to get mad..right?" she asked the mare even though she knew she wasn't going to get a answer. She was just having a conversation with herself, "Maybe I was wrong about Winter, but it wasn't entirely her fault either..she was only doing what Mrs. Wolf told her to.." Leslie just sighed unsure of how to handle the situation.

When the mare and stallion were done training, Void went back to his stall as the mare flicked her tail to him, the arabian snorted and then went into the pasture, Mrs. Wolf just sighed, "Taking care of two horses sure do put you in a big ol' spot for sure." Mrs. Wolf told herself, she then noticed Leslie sitting in front of London's stall, Mrs. Wolf then walked over to Leslie to see how she was.

"Hello Leslie! How are you?" Mrs. Wolf asked Leslie, she then sat with her at London's stall. "Oh and you can ask anything that you are wanting to ask, I know you must have so many questions waiting to be boiled out of that mind of yours, and I'm willing to answer any questions that I can answer." Mrs. Wolf said softly towards Leslie.

Ava then came running over to Leslie and Mrs. Wolf, then she sat between them, maybe just because of attention? Who knows, but she is a bit of a goofball and when was about to sit down between them as she slipped when sitting down, "Oh hah, I fell again.. Third time today.." Ava said as she rubbed the side of her head, she looked a bit hurt but she shook it off.

"Anyways, don't mind me, I'm just currently hiding from my mare, and we are playing hide and seek!" Ava said as her horse stuck her head isnide the barn before walking back outside to check where Ava was, the mare just snorted when she didn't find her in her usual hide and seek spot.

When the mare did come into the barn, Ava got up and clicked on something to have the loft elevator go down, "Mrs. Wolf paid for the expenses for anything that we needed, including a loft where we can hang out!" Ava said as Mrs. Wolf looked stunned at her. "I forgot that I had purchased enough metal for an elevator that led up to the loft.." Mrs. Wolf scrunched a bit before getting up and holding out a hand for Leslie.

"Now don't you go around forgetting about the loft, you can sleep up there if you so wish, since you love bunking with your mare, and in front of her stall." Mrs. Wolf said as she said that because of knowledge, and that she knew.

Tyler came into the barn as he walked up to Leslie and he held out his hand in a friendly way to Leslie, he smiled and showed her more attention to her, Jacob just looked mad at him, "Ooh Jacob you got a crush!" Ava said aloud, Jacob then tackled Ava and the two got into a fight. Mrs. Wolf had called over some rider's to stop them.

"I DO NOT HAVE A CRUSH!" Jacob yelled, Ava just widened her eyes and looked at Leslie, she wasn't sure on what to do, but she know to just look at Leslie very sadly.

"Ava, just please leave me alone when you say that, I just want to be good friends with Leslie, it doesn't mean anything like that." Jacob said to Ava, "At least not yet" he added under his breath, Mrs. Wolf just gave him a questioned stare.

"Are you sure that you don't have a crush? I see how you look at Leslie, you blush when your near her~" Mrs. Wolf teased Jacob as she began to laugh, Jacob just gave her an annoyed face and ignored her..

"Whatever, whatever you want to think, sure I have a crush. Better Ava? There, I'm done, I'll be in my room at the dorms, so come get me when your ready." Jacob scowled angrily, then he left very mad, Mrs. Wolf apologized as he bent around the corner and he accepted because he had to yell when he left. Tyler felt like he should never had entered the barn yet..

Last edited on 2022-11-12 at 19:46:23 by Lizzy

     Leslie was just thinking as she continued to mess with London's muzzle. The mare just kept her head where it was, and seemed to have started to fall asleep. Leslie only did a small quiet laugh. That mare was just full of different personalities, but she wasn't complaining. That's what Leslie loved about London. Well maybe she loved everything about the mare. Oh well it didn't matter. All that did was that they were always there for each other.

     That was when Leslie was caught off guard when she heard Mrs. Wolf's voice. Well she couldn't get out of this one. Leslie just looked down as Mrs. Wolf spoke, "Fine I guess..." she shrugged. Leslie looked up at London for a moment before looking back down, "Well I guess there is one questi-" She was caught off guard when Ava came running in and sat between the both of them. Leslie merely just gave her a bit of a confused look, "Ok..."

     She just watched Ava run to the elevator with a even more confused look. How long was that there? She thought. Leslie then looked at Mrs. Wolf for a moment before looking down, "It's a habit...It mainly happens when I struggle to sleep...which is quite often currently..Only reason I fell asleep outside her stall was because I couldn't sleep last night. I've always tried to break the habit, but I never succeeded.."

     Leslie just looked up when she heard someone approach her. She was confused to see it was Tyler, but she did take his hand only so she could stand up. Leslie just dusted herself off a bit as London nudged her. She looked at the mare giving her a stern look, "I refilled your haynet surprised you haven't touched it yet," she told the mare. London just looked at her before glancing over at the haynet. For once she forgot about her food. The mare just dug straight into her meal.

     Leslie just nodded as she watched London before turning her attention back to what was happening. She looked at Tyler, but she noticed a unhappy Jacob from the corner of her eye, "What's goin-" she was again cut off by Ava. Leslie just took a small single step back out of confusion, "Huh..? Crush...?" she said quietly as she watched the two fight. She was full of confusion and discomfort, so Leslie just looked down. 

     It was enough for Leslie to just walk out of the barn without saying a word. Though once she did leave the barn, Leslie overheard what they were saying. She just stood where she couldn't be seen. "He has a crush on...me..?" she whispered to herself. Seconds later she saw Jacob run out of the barn towards the dorms as she made sure he didn't see her. Leslie didn't know what to think. 

     She just stood where she was for a few minutes unable to say anything or let alone know what to think. After that, she just kept her head down and went to her dorm as well. Leslie just needed time to think alone without getting bothered. She stopped when she reached her dorm. Leslie glanced at Jacob's dorm before she went into her own. Leslie just sat down by her door still shocked.

"Hm, Tyler, mind helping me with something?" Mrs. Wolf asked as Ava popped her head out from atop the loft, Tyler then ran out of the barn and he ran back to tack up the useful clydesdale, and then he was off to collect more wood.

"London, do you mind if you are moved out into the pasture with Void? I'm sure he'll mind his own business and not disturb you." Mrs. Wolf said as she walked over to grab the halter and lead London and out into the pasture, Void just stayed in the pasture.

Then as Mrs. Wolf puts London into the pasture with Void, the arabian looked at London's body language and trotted over to the back left corner of the pasture, he wanted London to let her know that he's minding his own business, then Mrs. Wolf closed the pasture's gate and began tearing off the two stalls.

"Um, Mrs. Wolf, what're you doing to London's and Void's stall?" Ava asked from atop the loft, Mrs. Wolf told her what she was doing, "Go and get Jacob for me, and then we'll round everyone up besides Leslie and then we can finish building what Leslie needs to have." Mrs. Wolf told Ava, she came down the elevator and ran out of the barn to the dorms and she ran up the stairs and she went in front of Jacob's door as she shouted for him.

"Jacob?! Come outside of your dorm! We need you for a project! And Leslie can't be in it since it's a surprise for her!" Ava shouted, Jacob came out of his dorm and followed Ava down the stairs, knowing that Leslie heard all that.


Back at the barn, Mrs. Wolf and the other rider's weren't there and were nearly complete, Jacob came in as Tyler was trying to help, Jacob saw the mess of the two stalls and instantly told everyone what to do.. "Tear this off! Take this down! Remake everything!" Jacob shouted at the rider's and Mrs. Wolf.

Before you even knew it, two stalls were now combined as a top layer above the two stalls was showing, and Mrs. Wolf smiled happily, then Tyler and Jacob attached a ladder for the top layer, "Y'know it reminds me of a bunk bed, except it's two stalls combined to become a bunk stall!" Mrs. Wolf said as she attached the separating thing for the horses, and that she brought London and Void back into their stalls.

Void went to the first stall as he was put in there first, then London next to him as he looked away from London since he wants to respect her and be nice to her, "Good boy on not annoying London! Now she sure won't be separated from Leslie!" Mrs. Wolf said as Ava ran to get Leslie, "Ava go get-" Mrs. Wolf turned around to see Ava gone, "Welp she already did what she was told too." Mrs. Wolf said as she tested out the bunk bed on top of the stalls, the wood held in place and it did not fall on top of London.

"Wow, with your weight, that wood can hold you!" Amy said as she was amazed at the wood, Mrs. Wolf then hopped down and told her where Tyler gets the wood, "Tyler gets the wood at the woodsmith? Then the woodsmith makes strong wood!" Amy said still amazed and be-dazzled!

"Yep, now we just wait for Leslie's reaction!" Mrs. Wolf said she waited outside the barn, waiting for when Ava returned with Leslie!

     London was just finishing up the hay Leslie had put in her haynet when she heard her stall door being opened. The mare turned around seeing it wasn't her owner. Well bummer. She was wanting to get back to jumping, but she just glanced at the stallion beside her. Though she let the halter be placed on her. When the mare was led out to the pasture, she just looked around for her owner, but there was no sign of her.

     The mare snorted as she eyed Void for a moment. She wasn't a fan of other horses mainly stallions. Though once the mare watched the stallion for a few minutes she did her own thing. London just tossed her head feeling a bit energetic and spunky, so she just cantered around her area of the pasture letting out numerous bucks. Just being playful and letting her energy out. 

     Leslie happened to walk past her window when she caught a glimpse of her mare in the pasture. She looked out seeing London having the time of her life, "That's definitely London," she laughed. She mind that the mare was turned out, she needed it anyways. Leslie just went back to what she was doing, and that was rearranging her ribbons and other awards. She cleaned off some pictures of her and London, and the other horses she rode before she bought London.

     She then placed the framed photos back in their places before starting to rearrange her ribbons. That was until she heard Ava shout. Leslie got up, and walked to her door. She was about to open the door until she heard the last part of what Ava had to say. Of course. Why could she never help with anything? "Why did I even think they needed my help?" she muttered to herself as she eventually went back to do what she was doing. 

     Though Leslie jumped when she heard knocking on her door, "Whatever it is I'm not interested." she said as she got up and cleaned herself and her dorm a bit. It was a mess again because of all the ribbons and trophies she had laying out. In the process of rearranging her awards, she had broken one of her favorite horse figurines. "Darn it. That was one of my favorites," she mumbled unhappily to herself. 

     She grabbed the broken pieces when she heard the knocking again. "I said I wasn't interested." Though the knocking didn't stop. Leslie got up and walked over to her door hesitantly opening it to see Ava. "Ignore the mess...I was rearranging things..." she mumbled as she looked down for a moment, "What is it you want to show me?" she sighed as she set down the broken pieces of the figurine. 

     Leslie let Ava talk before hesitantly following her to the barn, "Fine. Guess I don't have a choice," she mumbled. She walked shortly behind Ava as she noticed London wasn't in the pasture anymore. More then likely in her stall. When they walked into the barn, the first thing she noticed was Jacob. She still wasn't sure what to think about what she overheard previously that day.

     Leslie just looked around at everyone for a quick moment. She sighed feeling even worse about Winter. Leslie hadn't seen her since that morning. Was she still in the rider's lounge? She didn't know. Leslie then looked over at London's stall. The mare was in there, but Leslie wasn't worried about it. That's when she noticed what was above the mare's stall. She rubbed her arm to comfort herself slightly as she was unsure what to think.

     "You guys really didn't have to do that....it's just a habit of mine that needs breaking.." she muttered that last part not wanting to hurt their feelings at all. All they've done these past few days was because of her, and she wasn't sure how she felt about it. "You guys really don't have to continue changing the barn because of me.." she said looking at them though she did have a small smile. She just felt a bit like everything revolved around her.

Mrs. Wolf giggled, as she walked up next to Leslie, "Oh no it's fine, besides, the barn did need to be changed the days before. It was falling apart for a few years, but I was able to get more money invested into this place and remake it a bit. At least were the rotting wood is, I made the loft so that anyone can see what's happening and report to me about the wood up there too." Mrs. Wolf said as she looked up at the bunk bed above the stalls.

"And plus, the bunk bed wood that we designed, led by Jacob of course, and designed by him too, I let him take control of the whole project, anyways, the little bunk up there can be taken off anytime! So you don't have to worry about taking it off manually, and the other's can help you if you want!" Mrs. Wolf said happily as she squeeled a bit when she was talking, Ava just laughed to herself.

"And did I hear something break?" Mrs. Wolf asked Leslie, she looked into her eyes peacefully, Mrs. Wolf knew about the horse figurine being broken.

Ava backed up silently and ran to her horse, "If I did something break and I was correct about it, then I'll fix up that horse figurine!" Mrs. Wolf caught herself as she spoiled what she said, Mrs. Wolf was born with exceptional hearing, so she can even hear a mountain goats bellow from another mountain far away!

"A-anyways, that's your choice if you want me to help you fix it, I don't have to intervene if you don't want me too. And sorry about Ava knocking continously at your door, I would've expected her to leave when you refused." Mrs. Wolf stared intently at Ava, Ava turned around to see Mrs. Wolf looking mad at her, before she turned to look at her horse.

"Now if you want to go you can, and I'll scold Ava for not leaving you alone, that girl is a bit annoying yes, but she can also get on nerves quickly and run off when someone yells at her. But she needs to learn that and not act like a kid. She needs that habit gone as well." Mrs. Wolf shooed off Leslie if she wanted to be alone, and she would let Leslie be alone.

"Now have a good day and sorry about everything, my dear!" Mrs. Wolf apologized to Leslie, Winter stuck out her head before getting spotted and sticking her head back in.

     Leslie nodded slightly in agreement, "Yeah I suppose your right about that, the barn needed it.." she said looking around. She then walked over to London, "You better have behaved," she said as she gave the mare a few pats. "The barn looks almost brand new. I remember questioning putting London in her old stall with how bad the wood looked." Though she was a bit curious about how they redid the barn in less then a day, but puts those thoughts away. Those questions weren't the ones keeping her up at night.

     Leslie just looked up at what the others created, "I suppose it will be better then falling asleep in London's stall again.." she said eyeing the mare a bit. She didn't really like that everyone know knew of her problem, but there wasn't much she could do about it. They were bond to find it out sooner or later with the way she had been lately. 

     Though Leslie just looked at Mrs. Wolf. "Huh? How di-" Leslie stopped herself. She just looked at London and took a small deep breath, "I was rearranging some of my ribbons and awards when I accidentally knocked down and broke one of my figurines..it's nothing," she said still a bit mad at herself that she broke it. It was one of her favorites, but it was nothing superglue couldn't fix at least she hoped. It was a one of a kind piece. 

     "It was just one of the legs that broke off. I should be able to fix it with superglue." she said as she worked up a small smile as she looked at Mrs. Wolf. "It's fine..I've just been having a bit of a off day that's all. I was just being a bit of a grouch. I was planning on doing some dressage training with London, but since she just got some turnout time it can wait a bit..Has anyone seen Winter?" she asked turning around to face everyone. 

     "I haven't seen her since this morning...I kinda got mad when I saw her riding London.." she sighed feeling bad about her reaction. "I'm just very protective of London because of the people that were at my old barn. They weren't the best people, and it was often that I caught them doing things with London I never gave them permission to do. I didn't mean to upset Winter..not at all.." she said feeling terrible, "I just never gave anyone permission to ride her.." she muttered that last bit.

"It's alright hun, you knew what you had to do, you just wanted to keep your mare safe. Everyone and I can understand that, and sorry about telling Winter to ride your mare without knowing which discipline you wanted to train her in, even I can humble myself for that." Mrs. Wolf said as she gave a little wink at Leslie.

"Oh and here, have this dear." Mrs. Wolf said as she pulled out Leslie's broken horse figurine from under her sleeve, but the horse figurine didn't look broken, it looked fixed! It also looked very brand new! How- what?!

Anyways, as Winter pulled out her head more, looking at Leslie, she then closed the door to the rider's lounge and left the barn. Probably just being a bit more grouchy today, Mrs. Wolf noticed Winter and waved her over, Winter turned around to look at Mrs. Wolf and Leslie, then she ran to the dorms.. Feeling scared..

"Hm, maybe she had a panic attack being in the dark rider's lounge, maybe she forgot to turn on the lights? But she would've instantly had her panic attacks before turning the lights on.. Maybe she's coping?" Mrs. Wolf murmured, she could tell that Leslie would've heard her.

"Anyways, don't mind me talking to myself! I'll go see what's up with our little snowy princess!" Mrs. Wolf as she started walking out of the barn, then she jogged out of the barn and then ran to the dorms.

Jacob then walked up to London and began giving her attention and calling her a doll! Jacob was very pleased with himself as he gave London a nickname, "doll", he liked it on her as the other mares didn't like it. Besides the old mare!

"So, whatcha' gonna do now?" Jacob asked Leslie as he peered at her eyes, his brown and blue eyes looking softly into her eyes, he made sure to not make Leslie feel uncomfortable, so he apologized if he did.. What a sweet boy!

     Leslie just looked down feeling bad about her reaction earlier that day, "It's not alright though...I let my protectiveness get the best of me.." London just nudged Leslie with enough force that made Leslie take a step. She just turned around and looked at the mare, "This isn't the time for your games girl. I'll take you out soon just be patient," she said giving the mare a look before looking at Mrs. Wolf. Leslie didn't care about what Winter was training London in. She cared about the fact that someone was on her horse. She didn't give Mrs. Wolf permission to let any of the other riders on her horse. Last she checked, she owned London.

     Though Leslie didn't want to make the situation worse then what it already was, so she kept quiet until Mrs. Wolf pulled out the figuring, "H-how??" she asked as she hesitantly grabbed it. Leslie looked it over, but it was like it was never broken. "I literally knocked it over not that long ago..." she said looking back up at Mrs. Wolf. That's when she caught a glimpse of Winter. "Winter, I-" 

     Leslie took a step towards Winter wanting to apologize, but she just ran off. She looked down and sighed feeling even worse. "No..it's because of me..." she mumbled. By now, Leslie knew Mrs. Wolf had heard her. Leslie knew the reasons why Winter left, but she didn't want to be the reason she'd leave again after just coming back. She never meant to hurt Winter as much as she had. 

     She didn't even look at Mrs. Wolf as she went after Winter. Instead she just turned and looked at London then the figurine still in her hands. That was when she heard Jacob's voice. "I don't know...now I feel even worse about how I reacted..you saw Winter.." she said quickly glancing at the rider's lounge. 

      "At this point, I just keep messing things up, and can't do anything right. I can't sleep...I let my issues get the best of me...and I can't think straight.." she said admittedly. "These past few days have just been overwhelming..I got so used to being ignored that I'm not used to socializing.." she said as she couldn't keep everything in anymore. She had to at least let some things out at some point. 

     Leslie just turned and ran her hand up and down London's white face. "I just don't know what to do anymore. If I keep things going like I have..then everyone will be mad at me..don't deny it Jacob. This has happened before.." she said looking at him again. "My life has never been anywhere close to being perfect, but London was the only one that made it the best it could be.."

"Hm, well that's good that London is the best thing to you, and besides, I know Winter. She would never cry at something like riding a horse, I've seen worse from her before, and this is just not one of them." Jacob told Leslie, he then looked seriously at her.

"Winter actually got into trouble, and her mother called her this morning, Winter was called because her horse had missed her transportation and she knew to go with her horse, but she didn't. That's the reason that Winter was crying, not because of the horse, but because of her horse." Jacob informaed Leslie.

Mrs. Wolf then came back in the barn and Winter was right behind her, "Leslie?" Mrs. Wolf asked, Winter gripped Mrs. Wolf's vest tightly. "I have someone wanting to say something." Mrs. Wolf said again, Winter then came up from behind Mrs. Wolf.

"I'm sorry that I ran off, I knew I should've listened to what you had to say, but I was ignorant and not wanting to talk at that moment. But I'm calm enough to take what you had to say." Winter said calmly, she was still crying a bit, but she controlled it a bit.

Mrs. Wolf then pulled out another thing from under her sleeve, she then had Leslie's and Winter's hand go near each other but not touch, then she gently placed another necklace, but it was in two and she still placed the necklace in their hand's. Winter instantly knew what it was, and she got very excited!

"Thank you Mrs. Wolf!" Winter said calmly, she had a little bit of a yelling tone in her voice, but she then stopped and began to look happy again!

"I am also sorry about having Winter ride your mare, again, my apologies." Mrs. Wolf curtsied herself and then looked over at Void before tending to him, "I told you to stop being a little wild didn't I boy?!" Mrs. Wolf yelled a little bit, everyone in the barn laughed a little bit.

Ava walked up to Leslie and Winter, hugging them both, "See? Didn't I say that you both could get along?" Ava asked Winter, Winter pulled out a dollar bill and gave it to her, "This dollar is for the bet that you setted up if me and Leslie could get along for a few days, I didn't expect you to be so right!" Winter said as she hugged Leslie, she was soft and cuddley about the hug.

     Leslie just looked at London, "I overreacted Jacob. I'm just so protective of London. I wish I could have left that barn sooner then I did, but I couldn't.." Leslie stopped herself. She didn't want to get things more personal then they already were. She eventually looked at Jacob again, "Oh..I couldn't imagine being away from London for a long time again...that was horrible.." she muttered that last part. 

     She then turned around when she heard Mrs. Wolf's voice. She nodded slightly when she saw Winter. Leslie then looked down. She let Winter talk before she did, "It's fine Winter...I overreacted earlier. Not sure if you overheard or not, but my old barn caused me to get some habits that I'm not too fond of. Such as falling asleep in London's stall, or being way too protective of her...It wasn't your fault entirely..I got to learn I don't need to be so protective of London anymore."

     Leslie turned her attention back to Mrs. Wolf as she pulled something out. Another necklace. She hesitantly took it before giving a small thankful smile. Mrs. Wolf wasn't lying when she said she had a lot of necklaces. Leslie herself wasn't big on jewelry, but she wore it every now and then on special occasions. Though, she actually loved both of the necklaces she'd recently received. 

     "It's fine..like I said I get too protective of her, and sometimes I can't control it. I used to let my old friends ride her often before they-" Leslie stopped herself again, "London is picky on who rides her. I'm surprised she took to Winter riding her as well as she did," she paused glancing at her mare before looking at Winter, "If there is ever a reason I can't ride her such as a injury or something, I'm sure she wouldn't mind you riding her.."

    Before Leslie even knew it Ava had brought her into a group hug with Winter. It took her by surprise, but she was starting to get used to all of the hugs. It felt nice to be wanted. After the hug Leslie just looked at Winter and Ava, "You put a bet on me?" she asked a bit curious, "That's a first..at least that I know of." She didn't really mind. She was starting to get used to everything. Then Winter gave her another hug. Leslie smiled before looking at London.

     The mare was bobbing her head up and down. Leslie knew what she wanted, "Alright alright London I'll take you out. I'm sure your sick and tired of being in that stall of yours after the past few days," she said shaking her head as she walked over to the mare's stall to grab her halter. Leslie opened the stall and placed the halter on the mare, "Happy now?" she asked the mare. Leslie only got a sassy tail flick to the face, "Really London?" she said with a small laugh, "Come on then."

When everyone in the little group let Leslie do her thing, Jacob's stallion wanted to trail behind Leslie and London, but then split off to go to the training pen, Jacob only let the horse be smart and open his stall, he sighed as the stallion passed by Leslie and London, though he was careful to be with Leslie and London.

Then Jacob ran after the stallion as he managed to jump on the horse's back, the two went off to train, again, Mrs. Wolf giggled to herself as she watched Jacob and his horse ride into the nearest arena and started training, the horse instantly knew what to do.

Ava's mare didn't care as she just stayed in her stall, the other mares and stallions in the barns just did their own things as they were tended to their owners/rider's from time to tim, Void was eating his haynet as he looked up from time to time, noticing anything that would change.

Mrs. Wolf then went to her office as she grabbed something and came back, she noted something down as she put something up on the black mare's stall, every rider walked up to it as they read what the note said, everyone got excited as they wrote down names.

Lilithe then walked up to the stall door after everyone left a name down, "Names for the black mare, submit here." Lilithe said as she took the pen, flipped the page, and had wrote down a few names for the mare. "I'll have Ava show her when she gets back." Lilithe said as walked over to her other horse, she smiled gratefully at her.

The mare began sniffing Lilithe's hair, enjoying the sweet, fresh lavender smell coming from her, Lilithe laughed a couple times before getting the mare to stop sniffing her hair. The mare then went back to doing her own thing.

     Leslie just giggled to herself as she led London over to the crossties. She quickly brushed the mare before grabbing her saddle pad, saddle, and of course her bridle. "Let's get these on you," she said as she placed the items on the mare one by one. "There. Now come on London. I know your excited to be back to training...there's still that show coming up, so I want to be ready." 

     London just rolled her eyes as Leslie rambled on a small bit. Shortly after Leslie mounted on top of the mare. How could a few days of not riding London feel like she hadn't rode her for about a month? She just shook the thought. "Come on." she said as she walked London out of the barn and towards the dressage arena. Leslie just looked around admiring the view a small bit as they headed towards the arena.

     Though Leslie was a bit distracted by Jacob training with his stallion. She brought London to a stop, which seemed to make the mare a bit annoyed as she just kept walking, "Sorry girl.." she said looking down slightly. Seemed like forever until they reached the dressage arena. Though it was one of the farthest arenas so it made sense. "Ready girl?" she said as she looked at the mare giving her a few quick pats on the neck even though she already knew the answer to that.

     Leslie brought London to a simple trot around the arena to start off with before she brought her to a extended trot. It seemed like their movements were one. Just how dressage was supposed to be. When they approached the R block, they switched to a half pass to the H block. After that Leslie slowed London at the C block to do a piaffe. They had only learned that not too long ago, so Leslie thought they'd get in some more practice on that before the show. Practice makes improvement.