Chapter One; Riding Lessons

"Alright, now trot your horses around the ring." Harry's riding instructor said as he, Eve, Hermione, and Ginny began to signal their horses to trot even though Harry and Eve were the only ones who had their own horses. Snape smiled at them as he watched them from afar. Harry wasn't sure but he thought that he also had a crush on their instructor which was a blonde haired blue eyed (with rather large breasts) woman named Jasmine Lane.

"Alright now pull them back into a walk and bring them up to the obstacle course and stop them there." She said as everyone listened and obeyed and Harry pulled back on the reins and stopped his horse right behind Ginny becoming the last person in line. "Now Eve, since you know this course perfectly it's a good thing that you're first in line to remind everyone how it's done. You may go ahead." Jasmine told her as she squeezed her heels up against Harmony's sides and got her to walk forwards.

Then she steered her around all of the barrels weaving her in and out before she clicked her tongue and signaled her to trot again and steered her right towards her first jump. Eve leaned forward inside her saddle and everyone watched as she cleared the jump and started to applaud for her. "Way to go Eve!" Hermione cheered as Harry suddenly felt a nervous sickish feeling inside his stomach since he would be jumping for the first time today.

Snape continued to smile at his daughter as he hunched over the fence while she turned her horse towards him and clicking her tongue again signaled her horse into a canter. Then she cleared her final three jumps before easing back on the reins and signaling her horse back into a walk while everyone continued to applaud for her. Eve smiled proudly and reached down and patted her horse's neck before stopping her right beside Hermione.

"Great job Eve, you can go ahead and start cooling Harmony down while Hermione takes her turn." Jasmine told her as Hermione told her horse to trot.

"Good girl Harmony, walk on." Eve told her pressing her heels slightly up against her sides again before turning her away from the obstacle course and beginning to walk her around the ring. Everyone applauded for Hermione just as they had for Eve as she also had got a perfect score. Then Harry moved his horse up a little bit and stopped him right before the course as Ginny took her turn. Harry smiled as he watched her while Hermione started walking her horse around and Eve dismounted taking the reins inside her hand and walking her around the ring for an extra cool down.

Once Ginny it was finished it was finally Harry's turn. "Trot." Harry told his horse giving him a slight kick before he trotted away with a swish of his tail. Harry's heart pounded against his chest as he rounded the corner and made his way towards his first jump.

"C'mon Harry you can do it!" Hermione exclaimed as soon as she had dismounted and Harry felt sweat running down his forehead but he knew that he had faith and trust in his horse and that he would make it. Sure enough as he rose further into his saddle Lightning Bolt's hooves left the ground and became airborne for a few moments before they safely touched the ground again. Harry grinned proudly and breathed a sigh of relief before giving his horse a slight kick and changing his gait into a canter.

It wasn't until he had made his final three jumps that he realized that he had been so nervous that he had forgotten about the barrels. Everyone cheered and applauded for him anyway before his teacher told him to walk his horse around them before walking him around the ring. Harry was so excited and proud of himself and his horse to care and as soon as his lesson was over he told his father this as he walked him into the stables and stopped right in front of him.

"Did you see that? I did it." Harry said grinning proudly before turning his head back around and looking at his horse. "Well actually Lightning did it." He said as he gently stroked his face with his riding glove. "Good boy, I knew you could do it." He told him as the horse snorted and shook his head while moving his ears to and fro as his father just simply grinned at him.

"So do I." he told his son.

"I sure wish you would give it a try. It's completely amazing. I don't think I even saw you pet my horse before." Harry told him while Lightning Bolt stomped the ground and swished his tail back and forth trying to shoo away flies.

"That's because I'm more of a dog person than a horse person." His father told him.

"I'm sure that Jasmine would be impressed." Harry told him with a sly grin.

"That's enough, go and put that animal away and do whatever else you have to do so we won't be late for dinner." His father told him but Harry just continued standing in front of him with a sly grin on his face. "Now!" he exclaimed as Harry rolled his eyes.

"Okay, okay. Come on boy." He said as he continued leading his horse away while he continued swishing his tail. Snape took a deep breath and heaved a heavy sigh.

"Children!" he exclaimed with pure astonishment and disbelief. Even though Harry was all grown now he still very much considered him his child.

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As Harry removed Lightning Bolt's saddle Ron came around the corner and walked over to the stall door. "Hey Harry." He began as Harry removed his horse's reins and headed for the currycomb and slipping his hand inside started to brush him.

"Oh hey Ron." He said glancing up at him with a grin.

"How was your lesson?" Ron wondered.

"It was great, I made my first jump." Harry told him. "Of course I have Lightning Bolt to thank for that. He truly is an amazing horse." He said.

"Sounds like it." Ron began again with a slight grin. "Anyway, you'll never guess what just happened. Patrick dropped this off." He said holding up a piece of paper. "It's from the Enchanted Coffee House. They heard about our new band and they want us to perform in a few weeks. They're asking us to play a few cover songs along with our original song. They also want us to write another original song and they're asking for an owl back as soon as we get the letter. So what do you think, do you want to do it?" he asked him.

"Sure I'dlove to." Harry told him as he finished brushing his horse with the currycomb and headed for the regular brush.

"Great, I'll go ahead and let them know. See you back at home Harry." Ron told him before he walked back around the corner and disappeared.