Saddle Troopers
Summary: After Finishing Strongly and Veronica gets back from Ireland with Scooter, Lisa is on vacation and three new riders appear at Pine Hollow. But what happens when they get in between love and friendship. Read to find out between the suspense, romance, feuds, and test who is really friend and foe. (First Fan Fic)
A/N: I do not own any of the Saddle Club characters those belong to the original author.
Chapter one: New Comers
The summer sun was blazing with a sight breeze in the air. Stevie and Carole cantered across the green landscape of the Regnery's wide land, with complete freedom from the banks and from the accursed thought of losing Pine Hollow. Starlight and Belle picked up pace as there riders sped toward the stables. "I'm really glad Lisa is going to be back this tomorrow. I thought we would have to go all summer without her!" said Stevie with excitement.
"Ya I know," exclaimed Carole, "and to think she's going to be back just in time to meet the new Veronica and her boyfriend."
"Who would have thought that she and Scooter would ever hook up? Especially with her "Standers" and all that" said Stevie smugly. Just as the two were starting to dismount a black car rolled up to the front of Pine Hollow and parked next to the paddock. Two teenagers got out of the slick vehicle with a lady that must have been their mother. The first girl was tall with and olive colored complexion, dark brown hair and jade green eyes. The second girl was a complete opposite. She was a little shorter than the other and had a very pail complexion, red hair and bright blue eyes. Stevie and Carol approached the small group and decided to pull off the old Saddle Club welcome. "Hi my name is Carole and this is Stevie. Are you new to the area?"
"Nice to meet you," said the woman who had been driving the car "and actually we are new to the area. These are my daughters Isabella and Fiona."
"Hello." The two said almost in sync with each other.
"We wanted to talk to the owner of this stable about possibly boarding our three horses hear and getting lessons for my girls. I do believe the owners name was Max if I'm not mistaken?" said the woman. Both Carole and Stevie noticed that all of these new people had accents of some sort.
"Oh, well I think Max is in his office. If you would like we could take you to him?" said Stevie. So, the two Saddle Club members were leading the way to the office and Max and the girl's mother stayed inside to talk.
"So where are you from?" questioned Carole.
"Oh we've been all over the place but our last place of residence was in Florence, Italy." Clamed the girl now known as Isabella.
"WOW!" Shouted the Saddle Club, "Where else have you been?"
"Well, we have been all over Europe such as Italy, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, Lithuania, Sweden, and Ireland."
"That is actually my place of birth." Said Fiona
"But, I thought you were sisters." Said Stevie with curiosity
"Well, actually, Fiona was adopted a few years after I was born. Though we are almost the same age I'm 17 and Fiona is 16 but she will be 17 next month." Said Isabella.
Right as the group was talking in came Red."Hi girls! How are we all doing today?"
"We're all doing just fine Red." Said Carole "Hey Red, we would like you to meet some new people who are considering boarding at Pine Hollow. This is Fiona." Red came and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you Maria."
"And this is Isabella." Almost as soon as Red and Isabella made eye contact they both stood there in shock. "Uh, nic…nice to meet you Isabella." Said Red in awe of this new rider.
"Nice to meet you too, but I didn't catch your name." Red was just standing there speechless so Stevie quickly intervened. "This is Red, Red O'Malley. He is one of the finest stable hands that you would ever meet." Said Stevie, trying to make Red seem superior to all other guys. Carole quickly caught on. "Oh yes, I would have to agree with you on that one Stevie. He is a very responsible person and has a very caring heart." The two just continued to stare into each others eyes.
"Well hopefully my parents will let us come here. Now that Fiona and I have such great friends." Said Isabella. She never took her eyes off of Red even after he looked away.
"Well than I guess it's a good thing that this is your new riding school." Said the girls' mother, who had just entered the room with Max.
"Your mum called your brother and he is bringing the horses now. So, if you would like a guided tour the Saddle Club would be more than happy to show you around." Stated Max.
"Sure!" Shouted the two new girls.
Carole and Stevie were showing Isabelle and Fiona all around the stables and introducing them to their horses. Just as soon as they finished at Bells stall, two familiar faces appeared in the doorway. "Ah, so it would appear we have some new riders at Pine Hollow." Said the young Irish man.
"Welcome back you two. How was Ireland?" asked Carole
"Just fine thank you." Stated Veronica "I'm surprised that you girls even knew where I was."
"Well, what can we say? We missed our new friend." said Stevie joining Carole in giving "welcome back" hugs to Veronica.
"And who are these two lovely ladies?" asked Scooter with all the charm he could muster.
"I'm Fiona and this is my sister Isabella. Did I hear right that you were in Ireland?"
"You did hear right. Just got back this morning." said Scooter
"Ireland is such a beautiful country isn't it?" said Fiona excitedly
"Oh you have traveled there before have you?" As the two continued there conversation Veronica was getting red in the face with jealousy. That was until a blond girl ran up to her and was hugging her senseless. "Hi Kristy, I don't think you missed me much."
"Oh you have no idea. I mean who was I supposed to go shopping with the whole time you were gone?" shrieked Kristy. Right at that moment a silver pick-up truck with a large horse trailer on the back came and stopped right behind the black car. And out of the truck came a tall young man who looked a lot like Isabella but his hair was short and slightly spiked upward he had a strong build and had dark brown eyes.
"Who's the hottie?" asked Kristy.
"That would be our older brother Filippo. He's 18 years old and is one of the best riders I know." said Isabella "he has come to drop off our horses."
"But he won't stay long," said Fiona "he has to help finish unpacking at home."
Everyone went to investigate the new visitor and as they approached he opened the back of the trailer and walked out a huge black horse. Than Max went in and brought out a sturdy blue roan horse, and soon after that Red went in and came out with a magnificent white horse also with a strong build, and just as Fiona said Filippo jumped to the truck and drove off. After the horses were put into their corresponding stalls, Red came over the group of teens and said "Those are some magnificent horses, especially the white Arabian." Isabella blushed at this comment. "If you wouldn't mind my asking, whose horse is whose?" Looking at Isabella, she replied "The first horse everyone saw, the black horse, his name is Edmondo meaning "prosperous protection". He belongs to my brother Filippo. The second horse, the blue roan, that horse is Tzina meaning "a protection". She belongs to Fiona. The last horse," she paused looking at Red, "the white Arabian, that is Filemon meaning "only friend" though sometimes I like to call him Elendil meaning "Elf-friend". She closed her eyes and looked at the floor for a moment then looked back at Red and the others. "My family is really interested in the meanings of ones name. I guess because each name has a story."
After a long pause Red suggested "Hey why don't we all go to JB's to celebrate our new friends' arrival."
"Is it going to be your treat Red?" teased Carole.
"Only if Scooter can get us a discount."
"Oh I could see what I could do for the lot of ya." With those final words and asking for permission to go out the group left the stables and went out to celebrate.
A/N: Thanks for reading. It's not over yet there is still a lot more to come so please review and give me your incite on what you think could happen later.
-World Rider