Disclaimer: I own none of Tolkien's characters, Middle Earth, elves, or elvish. I do own my plot, Carissa and Splash.
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This is my first fan fic, so please go a bit easy on me.
The morning was warm and sunny. The smell of horses and excitement was in the air.
Carissa, a girl of fourteen years stood by her white and brown dappled stallion. She wore a velvet blue jacket, light tanned leggings and knee high riding boots.
She was of average height, with tanned skin, slim build, long light brown hair tied back into a low bun, delicate facial features and startling green eyes which were now full of excitement.
"It cant be that hard," Carissa said to her friend, Diosma. "I have trained with Splash for a long time now." She patted the neck of the horse, than added more to Splash than Diosma, "We can do anything."
"But what about the last hurdle?" Diosma asked. "Can he make it over the hedge and pool?"
Carissa's eyes sparkled. "I know he can."
Diosma rolled her eyes in fake exasperation, making the two girls laugh.
"Excuse me," said a short, balding man with a gray mustache. "I don't mean to interrupt, but you're up next Carissa."
"Thanks," Carissa said and the man walked off.
"Good luck, Carissa," Diosma said. "Keep a good pace and you'll do fine."
Carissa nodded and watched her friend run off. She took a firm hold of the reins and mounted, straightening herself in the saddle.
"Ready Splash?" she asked her stallion.
Splash tossed his head and gave a soft snort: Carissa took this as a 'yes.'
She heard her name being announced and rode to the start of the course.
Ahead of her lay many hurdles made to look like fences and hedges. The last was a tall hedge with a shallow pool behind it. It was the hardest and you needed good speed to get over it.
"Carissa Buran!" cried a woman's voice over the speakers. "She will now demonstrate her skills at jumping."
The whistle blew and Carissa kicked at Splash's sides. They came to the first hurdle; Carissa leant forward as Splash leapt, leaning back with his descent.
Each jump they made smoothly and with good time, then they came to the final jump. Carissa kicked at Splash's sides and gathered speed in small amount of track.
As they came to the jump a strange and sudden wind blew about them. She leant forward with Splash but immediately knew something was wrong. Instead of a smooth decent, she felt as though she were falling from a great height. The wind blew violently around them and Splash landed in the pool. Down they went under the surface of the water.