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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 23, 2010 3:52:35 GMT -5
Daniel practically ran down to the barn. He was feeling fresh and rejuvinated, and he wanted to share his happiness with his best friend. Bouncing down the aisle, he looked from stall to stall. Most were empty, a few were occupied by horses that were peering at him curiously. "Sup," he nodded to one of them. It shook its head at him, and Daniel hurried on. To be honest, being with this many horses kinda scared him. As he continued down the barn, he started to worry. 'Where is she?' he thought. "Tag!" he called out. He heard a familiar nicker, and began to jog towards it. Finally, he saw the familiar head of his filly. "Hey girl, how you doing?" he asked her, slipping into the stall. Tag whinnied and nodded her head up and down. Daniel laughed, and pressed his forehead to hers. "So, we finally have a home, huh?" he said softly. Tag pulled her head back, gently nuzzling him, then she sunk to her knees with a groan. "Tag, what is it?!" Daniel asked. A feeling of dread stabbed into his stomach. "Are you okay!?" Tag groaned again, and rolled onto her side. Shrugging her shoulders through the straw bedding on the ground, she rolled this way and that, and Daniel slid to the floor, dizzy with relief. "Don't do that!" he scolded playfully. Tag was just enjoying herself; she'd never had a proper stall with straw to roll around in. Pushing to her hooves, she shook the straw and dust of her body, and looked at Daniel curiously. "I guess you like it here then," he laughed. He stood up, and began combing through her mane with his fingers. Tag sighed with content, dropped her head and began to doze. "You're a silly thing, you know?" Daniel laughed fondly. He stroked her neck, and hugged her. "I'm glad you like it, girl." he said. "I do too. It's weird isn't it...Knowing that we're not leaving first thing, that we're actually staying here..." He continued to brush through her mane, picking bits of debris out. Then he began to pet her al over, trying to keep himself busy to avoid thinking back on the days when he and Tag wandered the streets alone.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 23, 2010 21:51:59 GMT -5
MATT
He walked into the boarder barn Te Amo walked shoulder to shoulder with him and he slipped her a peace of mint the only treat she would eat she groaned and whipped her head a bit, "you silly horse" he said shacking his head, and then patter her on the neck threw her overly thick mane, as he walked he peaked into the stalls seeing many types of horses just like being home he thought, he had been in a boarding school for about a year and hadn't been home in a while, so when he bought Te he found the closest stable and decided to live there as well, as he walked along he thought he heard someone in one of the stall and then noticed a someone talking to a horse, most likely young cause he could see that her neck was not that thick and usually meant they were younger, he stopped by the stall, Te whipped her head and whinnied quietly in a friendly manner at the other horse, "hey I'm Matt we just got here," he said pointing at Te, he was known for being friendly, and apparently so was Te.
OOC: by the way Te is pronounced Taya.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 23, 2010 22:05:36 GMT -5
Daniel jumped when he heard a horse neigh from outside Tag's stall. He saw a guy there, who introduced himself as Matt. "Um, hi," Daniel said quietly. He wasn't quick to trust people, and he wasn't real good at making friends either, since he'd been alone for so long. "I'm Dan," he said. "I just got here today too." He looked at Matt's horse, it was quite pretty, and a good deal bigger than Tag. It neighed at her, and Daniel put a protective hand on her neck. He didn't know that the other horse was just being friendly, he only wanted to make sure that Tag didn't get hurt.
OOC: haha its more like tay ;-) haha i love spanish
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 23, 2010 23:07:15 GMT -5
Matt smiled when Daniel jumped, "nice goin' girl" he whispered to Te and then looked back to the two in stall "nice to meet you this is Te, and you haven't been aorund horses much have you?" he asked more or so a statment then a question, and then he noticed the way he was standing next to the filly, "and by the way you Te was just saying hello to both of you, she doesn't have a mean bone in her body," he said, patting her on the neck smirking, and stroking her neck while he waited for a reply.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 23, 2010 23:26:43 GMT -5
Daniel looked down at the ground, then back up at Matt. Had it really been that obvious that he had no idea about horses. "Cool name," he said. "This is Tag." He gestured to his filly, who was still reaching out towards Matt's horse. "The only horse I've been around is Tag," he admitted. He felt like an idiot when Matt told him Te was only being friendly. Daniel realised he must have seemed defensive, and he let his hand fall off Tag's neck. "Oh, okay." He said. He looked at the horse who was peering at him. He still didn't quite believe that she was friendly. He'd only known Tag, and even she bit and kicked sometimes.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 24, 2010 0:00:11 GMT -5
Matt smiled and slightly shook his head, "thanks her her name is really Te Amo, odd name for a filly," he said "it wasn't hard to tell most people don't spook when a horse neighs in a stable, but mostly it was that you didn't know Te was giving a friendly hello kinda thing," he said shrugging, "yeah well I grew up on a racing ranch, so I pretty much been around them all my life," he said, he never really liked horses till he found Te, "she really is nice, sure she might spook and try to dump me, but she loves people and other horses," he said.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 24, 2010 0:05:36 GMT -5
Daniel recognised the horse's name as Spanish. Finally, something he knew about. "Hey, that's cool. Means I Love You, right?" He stroked Tag absentmindedly. After a couple years with her, he hadn't really thought that her name was weird. "It's short for Tagalong," he explained. "Since she followed me..." He trailed off. He barely knew this guy, he wasn't going to explain his life story. Still, it would be nice to know someone who knew something about horses. "Well, I've never been around horses, and Tag's never been around people or other horses," Daniel said. "But apparently she likes them," he added, watching as Tag twitched her ears and stretched towards Matt.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 24, 2010 0:59:18 GMT -5
Matt nodded "yeah I thought it was a good name for her cause she is a rescue and they thought she would never trust people again and now she loves everything," he said smiling at his special mare, "um makes sense so she just always followed you around, and well most horses enjoy the company of other horses," he said, "and your kinda of uncompilable around other horses?" he said, more as a opinion then question, Tag was twitching her ears toward Te and him, and of course Te pinned forward not moving, blowing in their direction.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 24, 2010 1:29:15 GMT -5
Daniel nodded."Yeah, I met her when she was just a baby...I couldn't see her mom anywhere so I kinda stayed with her for a bit. After a couple of days she followed me everywhere...And now we're here." Daniel felt that he could at least explain about Tag. But Matt didn't need to know about his own history...Not yet anyway. "I don't know much about horses...So yeah, they kinda scare me a little," Daniel admitted. "I've known Tag since she was a baby, and she's my best friend, so I'm okay with her." Tag was beginning to stamp her feet, and Daniel knew what was coming so he quickly pressed back against the side of the stall. Tag arched her neck, and with a little squeal, she kicked out with her back legs. "Tag!" Daniel snapped. She flattened her ears and snaked her head toward him, but he just raised his eyebrows. Within a second, Tag was back to her happy self, stretching as far as she could over the stall door towards her new friends. She snorted towards Te, and flipped her forelock out of her eyes. Daniel smiled a little at his horse, and went back over to her. "Sorry about that..." he said. "She gets annoyed when she doesn't get her way sometimes...And I don't know much about horses, but I think she wants you to pet her." Daniel laughed as Tag poked her nose towards Matt, her chest pushed against the door of her stall so she could get as close as possible to him.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 24, 2010 2:45:52 GMT -5
Matt smiled "yeah I can understand that young horse tend to attach to whatever cares for them," he nodded, "it makes sense that you would be a bit scared of horses after only being around one horse from the time she was a baby, I never really liked horses until I found Te at the rescue," he said scratching her behind the ear, and she stretched her head pushed ageist him and when he stopped he whipped her head and snorted, and when Tag had her outburst, "its fine she just sounds like a normal filly to me," he said reaching his hand out in a fist so Tag could smell it and after she was done he started stroking her neck, "you should see some of my dads racing colts high strung young and stallions, so they have worst ones then her, some buck some rear in the gate, witch if the rider falls they can very badly hurt, others bite and try to hurt you on purpose" he said, what Tag did was just a young horse thing, but those racing colts were crazy, most of the filly's his family used were sane and calm, he didn't understand why but they were.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 24, 2010 3:32:25 GMT -5
Daniel nodded as he listened to Matt. He never thought it would interest him before, but he found himself paying close attention to what Matt was saying. Tag settled down ad sighed with content as Matt stroked her. Daniel tried to imagine being atop a huge stallion inside the racing gate. He supressed a shudder at the thought of falling and being crushed under their heavy weight. "Sounds like I have it lucky with Tag then," he said with a nervous laugh. He'd been wondering if he would learn how to ride here, but listening to Matt, he wondered if that was such a good idea. What if the horse went crazy and bucked him off? "How do they stop them from being so crazy...?" he asked curiously. Although the subject scared him a little, he was still intrigued by Matt's story.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 24, 2010 11:23:29 GMT -5
Matt noticed that Daniel was actually listening so he continued "yeah my twin sister raised one of our colts from the moment he was born, he likes her better then anyone else" he said talking about his twin sister Trish, "I am not really sure it just comes with training and time if not the horse is not safe to race and is used for whatever he is good for like stud or something that will be helpful," he explained, "and its mostly only race horses that are crazy like that because being on the track makes them really high strung, but horses like Te well you could do anything on them and they would never go crazy, she will only buck if something really spooks her," he said most horses didn't not act like race horses unless they just came of a track.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 24, 2010 18:25:10 GMT -5
Daniel smiled when he heard about Matt's sister bonding with a colt she'd raised. It sounded like him and Tag...at least, he'd thought it did. Tag was currently ignoring him, still trying to get more attention. Still, she deserved it. She'd never even seen another horse before, of course she was going to be curious. "Well, I'm hoping someone will help me to train Tag," Daniel said. She'd never had proper training or handling. Which reminded him that instead of standing here talking all day, he should probably be finding Gena. He had to earn Tag's keep, after all, and he didn't want to risk anything that could mean they were both kicked out. "Hey, you haven't seen the owner of the barn, have you?" He asked Matt.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 24, 2010 18:38:23 GMT -5
Matt smiled "yeah horses need to have training or they end up being real monsters," he said laughing "but it seems you did pretty good with her, most horses who aren't used to other people and horses can be kinda mean, but she seems cruise and friendly shouldn't be to hard for you to train her," he said smiling, Te hit him in the side with her nose "jeez Te you didn't have to hit me so hard," he said scratching her between her ears she loved that, and he gave her a mint and then turned back to the other two, "huh no I haven't I seen her I was planing on getting Te in her stall and looking for her I believe I was supposed to see her for a test ride or something," he said, it was to place how good he could ride.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 24, 2010 18:54:53 GMT -5
Daniel nodded, and couldn't help but chuckle when Matt said he'd done a good job with Tag. "Yeah, that's just who she is," Daniel said with a laugh. "She's too curious for her own good...And her friendliness has nothing to do with me." He chewed the inside of his mouth and tried to think where they could find Gena. "Okay," he said to Matt. "I'm meant to be doing some jobs for her, but I don't know where she went..." He ran a hand down Tag's back, and she shivered as if she was shaking off a fly. Daniel smiled as he looked at her. She'd settled in well; this place was so much better for her than walking for ages looking for the ext place to sleep the night. Daniel tickled the end of her muzzle and then leaned against the stall door. "I'm sure she'll come this way sooner or later," he said.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 24, 2010 19:48:33 GMT -5
he smiled "yeah most horses are," he said with a smile, "well I'm sure she should be by this barn soon since she knows your hear and I'm sure by now that lady in the office has let her know I'm here," he said with a little annoyance in his voice about that lady in the office, she was just kind of person he did not like, "so yeah I'm sure she'll be here before to long," he said he was not looking forward to riding Te in the arena she had a habit of getting kinda spazzy in the arena for no reason at all.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 24, 2010 22:48:09 GMT -5
Daniel nodded. "Yeah, she'll be here soon," he said in agreement. He didn't mind doing any jobs that Gena asked of him, but the first thing he wanted to learn was how to give Tag a proper bath. She wasn't covered in mud or anything...But she was starting to stink. Matt was right, Gena would be here soon. And she'd figure out sooner or later that he'd be in Tag's stall. He let himself out of the stall, latching the door behind him, and then sank to the floor. His shower had left him feeling fresh, but he was still exhausted. I hope you find her soon," he said to Matt. It sounded like Matt wanted to hurry up and ride.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Nov 25, 2010 0:19:01 GMT -5
Matt grined "yeah hopfully she will be here soon," he said as Daniel slid out of the stall he looked beat, then he smiled "well I guess I'll see you around, I think I will see if I can find Te a stall, and get her groomed before I have to take this practice ride," he said, grinning and started walking down the isle with Te following close on my heel.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Nov 25, 2010 2:29:26 GMT -5
Daniel nodded. "Yupp, see ya later then." He watched as Matt and Te walked off, and he closed his eyes. He could hear Tag shuffling about in her stall, and he figured he could probably just rest for a minute or two before someone came. He settled comfortably on the floor, leaning against the door of Tag's stall, and within a minute he was fast asleep.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Dec 23, 2010 2:42:01 GMT -5
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Daniel quietly came back to Tag's stall. The yelling down at the outdoor ring had been way too much for him. He slipped into Tag's stall and leaned against her. "Hey, pretty girl," he murmured. Tag nodded her head up and down, and nuzzled Dan. He laughed, and rubbed her forehead. "At least you're not gonna start yelling," he whispered. He sank to the floor of the stall, and Tag followed him down. She sighed, and he inhaled deeply. He loved the smell of her horsey breath. He lay down, leaning against her shoulder. Although she was still fairly young, Tag never did anything that would hurt Daniel while they were laying together. Tag turned her head and looked at him, like she was wondering why on earth he was lying with her in this new place. Daniel laughed at her, and then wondered that himself. "You're the only one I trust here Tag," he said quietly. He sighed again, and then thought of Molly out in the arena. "So far," he added.
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Post by Super <3 on Dec 23, 2010 8:59:25 GMT -5
Molly had left the ring after Daniel and led Molly into her stall. Quietly, she moved to Tag's stall, "She's beautiful. It is refreshing to find a rider who loved their horse outside of the ring." She leaning against the stall, "I don't like the arguing much either. Can I come in?" She smiled and watched him to see his reaction.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Dec 23, 2010 21:39:40 GMT -5
Daniel looked up when he heard Molly. "Well, seeing as I've never ridden a horse, and Tag's never been in a ring, this is about the only place I can love her," he said with a small smile. He wasn't really one for making jokes, but whenever he was with Tag he felt more comfortable around people. He nodded to Molly. "Sure," he said. Tag bobbed her head and whinnied loudly at Molly, and Daniel laughed. "I think she's saying come on in," he said, rubbing Tag's mane with a smile.
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Post by Super <3 on Dec 24, 2010 10:43:54 GMT -5
Molly laughed and slid into the stall. "She is so sweet." Slowely, she sroked the filly's neck, cooing, "Good girl." Twisting to see Daniel, she questioned, "How did you end up with her?"
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Dec 24, 2010 22:20:41 GMT -5
Daniel smiled. "Yeah, she really is." He looked at Tag fondly, and then looked down when Molly asked him a question. He'd never told anyone about his life, but he suddenly realised that he wanted to. "Well, I got kicked outta home...And after about a year of being on the streets, I found Tag. She was just a baby, and I couldn't see her mom anywhere, so I stayed with her a couple days. Then when I figured she was okay to live by herself, I left...But she followed me, and we've been pals since then." He smiled, thinking of the first few days when every time he turned around, Tag was right there behind him. "That's why I called her Tagalong," he laughed. "Coz she wouldn't leave me. And I'm glad she didn't. So now we've been together for about two years." He sighed and leaned back against his horse. "But I don't know anything about horses, so I brought her here. I figured she needs someone to take care of her properly, being homeless isn't good for her." Or me, he thought to himself.
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Post by Super <3 on Dec 26, 2010 11:01:43 GMT -5
Molly was awed at the story but her mind stayed on him being kicked out, "Why did you get kicked out?" Her eyes followed him carefully but she knew he would get embarresed so she looked back at Tag.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Dec 27, 2010 1:58:42 GMT -5
Daniel sighed. He knew someone was going to ask him sooner or later. He hated even thinking about it; it made him think of his parents and the fact that they didn't love him enough to keep him around. He didn't want to tell anyone about it, but he figured if he was to tell someone, it would be Molly. He spoke quietly, not looking up. "Well, I'm not the smartest kid around. When I was fourteen, I failed every single subject at school, and my parents got really mad. They said I couldn't get anything right, and that I was an embarrassment to them, a disgrace to the family." Daniel rolled his eyes. "And they told me to pack my stuff and leave." There wasn't much else to the story. Daniel had been too afraid of his father to even consider arguing, so he'd left right away. A stab of anger began to well up inside of him, and bit down hard on his tongue to distract himself from it.
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Post by Super <3 on Dec 31, 2010 9:20:12 GMT -5
Molly's eyes looked up at him, "Oh my goodness..." She couldn't know how it felt but she knew he suffered. Her eyes looked to Tag, one of his only other friends, she guessed.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Dec 31, 2010 21:44:06 GMT -5
Daniel gave a tiny, sad smile and turned to Tag. "It's okay, I guess," he said to Molly. "If I hadn't been kicked out, I never would have met Tag," he said. That was what he thought of everytime he got upset. He never would have found Tag, and he never would have found this place, a new home. He looked at Molly shyly. "Or you," he said quietly. He fought the urge to look away from her again, and began to rub small circles on Tag's shoulder.
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Post by Super <3 on Jan 1, 2011 9:04:55 GMT -5
Molly's eyes darted to her toes and she blushed bright red. A smile played across her lips and she looked up at him. "Yeah."
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on Jan 2, 2011 22:10:13 GMT -5
Daniel almost sighed in relief when Molly didn't run for the hills. It was the first time he'd ever spoken this long to someone he barely knew. And for the first time in years, he felt truly happy. For the first time ever, he thought that maybe, maybe he finally had a real friend. Well, one that wasn't a horse anyway. Even though he felt comfortable enough around Molly, he didn't want to talk about his past anymore, so he changed the subject. "So, uh, how long have you had your horse for?" he asked.
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