Chapter Four; Happy Trails

Thanks Scrappy! I'm sort of wondering where my other reviewer friends have been lately though. Whether you've been busy from school or feeling under the weather I hope to see you guys soon. Miss and love you. (no seriously you guys are amazing, you know who you are!)

The next morning after everyone got up and ate breakfast Snape started going over the schedule with them. "Alright everybody, first we're going to go on our morning hike which will take us through the woods to the spot where we're going to go canoeing, then we'll hike back here for lunch, go swimming, and then you guys will go trail riding before we go home.

I'll have to stay with Angel then. Hopefully someone will watch her when we're in the canoe since she's way too big to go on it. Now then are there any questions?" he wondered as Eve shot her hand up in the air but didn't even wait to be called on.

"Will we have to wear lifejackets?" she asked him.

"All children under thirteen have to but I recommend that everyone does. But no, you and the twins are the only ones who have to." He told her.

"Oh crap!" she muttered as Ron grinned.

"Aw, isn't that cute Harry? Your little sister's first swear world." He told him as Harry rolled his eyes.

"It's not a swear word, it's just not a very nice word." He said before adding to Eve that she really shouldn't be talking like that. Especially in front of her little brother and sister. Then they all grabbed their backpacks and swung them around their backs before they started on their hike.

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"Wow what a great day!" Eve exclaimed once they had made it back to the campsite for lunch.

"You've got to be kidding me." Ginny muttered under her breath. "I mean sure the hike and canoe itself was great, but our canoe tipped on the way down the river and Ron farted on the way back and it was so bad that I actually made it tip on the way back. Not to mention that he wouldn't stop making bird noises on our hike." She grouched as she shot a glare over in his direction.

"I already told you, I was trying to attract them." He told her angrily.

"Well you did manage to attract one of them but it wound up shitting on your head!" she exclaimed with a laugh.

"Ms. Weasley, I must ask you not to use that kind of language in front of my young son and daughter." Snape told her as she stopped laughing and grew a very solemn and serious look on her face while Snape just simply shook his head and rolled his eyes.

"I sure wish that we could stay longer." Eve began while Snape continued cooking the burgers. "Like another night or so."

"I know but we can't. We have church tomorrow and I have to go back to work on Monday." Harry told her.

"At least we're going horseback riding after we go swimming. Saving the best for last!" she cried as Harry smiled at her before she hurried back into the trailer to use the bathroom.

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After lunch was over everyone put on their swimsuits and headed down to the lake to go swimming. Then they headed back to the trailer and put their jeans and riding boots on and headed down to see the horses at last. A woman came around matching each of them based on their riding experience and personality. Ginny and Eve got the most difficult horses there since they were both very much experienced.

Both of the horses were jumpers named Bo and Bella. Then Ron got the slowest horse there since he didn't want to trot, canter, or gallop since he didn't know how, Tobey got a nice easy going horse that was a pinto named Jasmine, the twins got a couple of ponies, and Hermione got a sweet jumper named Delilah which just happened to be one of Heather's middle names.

Finally it was Harry's turn to get his horse that in his opinion was the most beautiful horse he had ever seen. It was a bright yellowish gold with black stockings, mane, and tail. He thought that his named fit him perfectly as well since they called him Star. "Wow, this is a Mustang?" he questioned as Star snorted and shook his head while Harry stroked his nose. "No wonder they've named a car after you." He told the horse while the woman saddled him up for Harry to ride.

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Everyone rode their horses in a long single file line holding their heads highly and proudly. Each of them was wearing a cowboy or a cowgirl hat except for the twins. Harry had worn the exact same one he had for the costume party he had gone to. All of the girls had on white hats while Ron and Tobey wore brown. A grin stretched a crossed Harry's face. He loved being on top of Star's back so much he wondered why he had never tried it before.

"This is almost as great as riding a dragon." He said as Eve quickly glanced back at him over her shoulder.

"See? I told you that you would love it." She told him as Harry smiled at her before she quickly turned her head back around and started to sing. "Happy trails to you, until we meet again." She sang before everyone else started to join in.

"Happy trails to you, keep smiling until then. Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather. Happy trails to you, until we meet again."