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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 12:05:14 GMT -5
Taylor slowly led her very pregnant mare Skylar around the indoor ring, while rain drizzled on the roof. Skylar snorted and sighed, looking slightly tired.
"It's alright, girl. You need the exercise," Taylor said softly to her.
As she rounded a corner, Taylor saw Cassie Williams and her horse Dante ride into the arena.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 12:09:17 GMT -5
"Hey, Taylor!" Cassie smiled at the extremely pregnant Skylar and her owner."She looks like she's gonna burst!" Cassie patted Dante, who had pricked his ears at seeing the mare. "Do ya mind if i just ride the beast in here for a bit? I can go if you like?"
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 12:13:28 GMT -5
Taylor waved to Cassie, while Skylar nickered softly to Dante. "Hey, Cassie. She's due any day know, according to the vet," she said, smiling at Cassie. "I don't mind if you ride Dante in here, but just don't let him go nuts, okay?"
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 12:16:08 GMT -5
"Hey Skylar." said Cassie. "I won't I'll try and keep him calm." As she spoke, she nudged him into a foward going walk and gave him a long rein, letting him stretch out his neck. "So, how's she doing, Tay? asked Cassie. "You don't mind if I call ya that, do ya?"
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 12:21:43 GMT -5
Taylor laughed. "She's been a bit slower than usual today, but she's alright," Taylor said, watching the pair walk around the arena. "And no, I don't mind if you call me Tay."
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 12:25:25 GMT -5
Cassie smiled. She began squeezing gently on her inside rein, asking Dante to drop his head. He immediatly obeyed, his beautiful neck in an outline. Cassie smiled to herself. He was such a nutter, but when she rode him, he looked and felt amazing. Sure, some times (especially when jumping!) he was a nutter, and would rear and buck, but he'd nearly always be good. "Poor Skylar... bless her!" she grinned at Taylor.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 12:40:31 GMT -5
"Yeah, she's had to deal with this for nearly a year now," Taylor said, halting Skylar and rubbing the mare's forehead. Skylar closed her eyes as Taylor petted her and cocked one hoof in a relaxed position, which Taylor found rather funny. That calm moment ended though, when a loud crack of thunder and a bright streak of lightning tore through the dark sky. Skylar's eyes flew open and she nearly jumped out of her skin.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 12:46:42 GMT -5
At the crack of thunder, Dante reared straight up, catching Cassie by surprise, though she was quick to revuperate, leaning right foward and putting her hands up higher. She cooed to Dante, "Woah, there my pretty boy!" and he came down, snorting and lifting his front feet of the ground in a half rear. She nudged him into a walk. The Andalusian's eyes were wide and scared and he was tense. Cassie rubbed his neck. She looked over at Skylar and Taylor. Skylar had been scared, too. "She okay, Tay?"
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 12:52:53 GMT -5
Taylor wished she could answer Cassie, but Skylar was really freaking out now. She was backing up away from Taylor with her head thrown up and her eyes rolling madly in her head. "Cassie, help!" Taylor yelled desperately, trying to hold on to Skylar's lead rope. But before Cassie could even dismount, several earsplitting cracks of thunder rent the air at once. Skylar whinnied shrilly and pulled the lead rope right out of Taylor's unprotected hands and took off across the arena, headed straight for Cassie and Dante!
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 12:57:42 GMT -5
Skylar was going crazy over the other end of the ring. At more cracks of thunder, Dante reared up even higher than before, his front legs pawing the air. Cassie was starting to get worried now. She watched helplessly as Skylar pulled the leadrope from Taylor and came cantering towards her and Dante. Dante's front feet touched the ground again, and just as Cassie was about to get off, another crack of thunder sounded, echoing in the ring, and Dante leapt in the air, and reared straight up again. Cassie's heart was racing, she was on the back of a big, young stallion, with a heavily pregnant mare heading towards them.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 13:07:05 GMT -5
Taylor darted after Skylar as fast as she could, so surprised all of this had happened so fast. Cassie and Dante were right in the terrified mare's way, then to make matter worse, more thunder. Taylor knew she wouldn't be able to catch her horse so she did the only thing she could do: "Cassie, jump, now!" she hollered across the arena.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 13:10:22 GMT -5
Cassie heard Taylor scream to her, and, in a panic, she obeyed and jumped of her horse, clinging on to his reins as she landed.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 13:28:50 GMT -5
Taylor watched Cassie leap from Dante's back, yet she noticed her friend was still holding on to the reins. With another crack of thunder and rain pouring down so loudly on the roof of the arena, so that Taylor couldn't hear, she yelled to Cassie again, "Run, Cassie, run! I don't think she can stop! Dante will be fine, just run!"
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 13:46:29 GMT -5
Cassie squeezed her eyes shut and let go of Dante's reins, on Taylor's directions, racing towards the edge of the school and as far away as she could from the two terrified horses.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 13:54:57 GMT -5
To Taylor's relief, she saw Cassie let go of Dante's reins and run away from the horses, which were seconds from colliding with each other. "SKYLAR!" Taylor bellowed in a last attempt to stop her horse before she seriously injured herself, her foal, and her friend. Skylar's ears flicked back in Taylor's direction and she skidded to a stop, a mere two feet away from Dante.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 14:05:42 GMT -5
Cassi opened her eyes and watched in horror as Skylar got closer and closer to Dante. She heard Taylor scream her mare's name and squeezes her eyes shut, waiting for the crash. It didn't come. Cassie opened her eyes to see Skylar skid to a halt, 2 feet away from Dante. She breathed out, relieved. Dante seeing he was close to the mare, reared up. Cassie ran over and grabbed his rein, patting his neck. He came down and Cassie walked him over to the edge of the school, getting him out of the way. She looked anxiously at Taylor and Skylar.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 14:09:31 GMT -5
Taylor ran three-fourths of the way to Skylar, but walked on when she became less than ten feet away from her. "Skylar, come here, sweetie," Taylor whispered to her in a soft sing-song voice, not wanting to spook her. "It's alright, baby, it's alright." Taylor took the lead rope in her hands and wrapped her arms around the trembling mare's neck. She could feel the tears coming as she stood there with Skylar, and Taylor rarely ever cried.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 14:13:48 GMT -5
Cassie watched as Taylor approached Skylar, and managed to catch her. She breathed a sight of relief. She turned to Dante, who was shivering, his eyes white with fear. "Woah.. steady big boy, good boy..." she cooed to him, checking his legs for any injuries. Her heart was racing, she was shaking and her lip was trembling with the effort of holding back tears. She'd never been more scaredin all her life. Dante or Skylar could've been seriously hurt, as could she. She stoof up straight and saw Dante's big brown eyes full of trust for her, looking right at her. She rested her head against his head and let the tears come. She realized Taylor was crying too, and didn't blame her. Both of them and their horses could've been really hurt.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 14:20:23 GMT -5
Taylor wiped away her tears and looked at Cassie, still holding on tightly to Skylar's lead rope, "Are you guys okay?" she asked softly.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 14:23:06 GMT -5
Cassie pulled away from Dante slowly when Taylor spoke to her. "Y-yeah, I think so." she stammered. "You? And is Skylar and the foal okay?!" she said, only just remembering Skylar's pregnancy.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 14:33:43 GMT -5
Taylor felt a small flicker of fear ignite in her stomach, but she quickly put it out. "Can you hold her lead rope while I check her over?" she asked Cassie, glancing nervously at Skylar's round stomach.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 14:38:49 GMT -5
Cassie glanced at Dante. He seemed more tired than stressed out. She took Skylar's leadrope, holding Dante's reins with the other hand.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 14:46:16 GMT -5
Taylor ran her hands slowly over Skylar's legs to see if there was any heat in them, which meant she probably pulled a muscle, but to her relief there was no heat in all four. "Her legs are okay," Taylor informed Cassie, moving on to her hindquarters. Nothing funny there. She checked her back, neck, chest and face, but found nothing wrong.
"There's not much we can do to see if the foal's alright, but I think it is; because Skylar seems fine other than she scared," Taylor said walking back to Cassie and taking her lead rope.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 14:53:34 GMT -5
Cassie breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank god! Shall I go put Dante in his stall? I can come back and stay with you and Skylar, after?"
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 14:56:59 GMT -5
"Yeah, I probably need to walk her out a bit after that," Taylor agreed, feeling relieved as well. "That definetely happened fast, huh?"
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 17, 2011 15:03:06 GMT -5
"I know. I'm still shaking!" She led Dante out of the arena, untacked him, put a stable rug on and tucked him up in his stall with a field. She rushed back in the rain to the arena.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 17, 2011 15:25:03 GMT -5
Taylor held on to Skylar's halter tightly, stroking her neck slowly, watching her round belly move in and out with her now slowing breaths, while she waited for Cassie to come back. On hearing the sound of water splashing, Taylor looked up and saw her friend running back through the downpour. "Is he okay?" she asked when Cassie came up beside her.
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Post by morablove13 on Apr 17, 2011 15:43:26 GMT -5
Megan had just watched Cassie run into the stable with Dante, looking scared and then run back out in the direction of the indoor ring. Megan saw Taylor and her pregnant mare, Skylar, standing in the middle of the ring with Cassie, talking about something. Megan ran through the rain and into the arena. "What happened? I heard people yelling, whinnys . . ." Megan shouted to them as she walked into the ring.
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Post by blazieboy08 on Apr 18, 2011 1:16:54 GMT -5
Cassie pulled her oversized grey hoodie tighter round her body, it was freezing. "Yeah, D's fine." She said in a tired voice. "How's poor old Skylar?" As Taylor was about to reply, Megan walked into the ring, asking about what happened. Cassie ran a hand through her tangle of curls. "Well, I was just riding D for a bit and Tay was walking Sky around... and there was thunder... They both freaked: Dante reared up with me and Skylar got loose and galloped towards Dante..." she looked at Taylor, seeing if she wanted to continue. She shrugged and continued anyway. "And then I sorta jumped off and legged it and Skylar managed to stop, really close to Dante..." She looked at Taylor. Her friend was as white as anything. She looked like she'd seen a ghost. Cassie thought she probably didn't look much different.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Apr 19, 2011 3:58:27 GMT -5
“Yeah, she's alright,” Taylor said quietly as Megan hurried over to their side of the ring. “Some storm, though, huh? It happened really fast.”
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