The Jedi Council soon welcomed their new horses to the Temple.
Reigna escorted the horses personally, and each was introduced to his or her new rider.
Anakin grew a tree branch with an orange on it for Master Plo to give Citrus. Plo used his claw to peel the orange, but accidentally squirted a bit of juice, which Citrus caught on his tongue.
Citrus licked his mouth, liking the taste of the sweet, juicy orange.
"Good, huh?" Ahsoka chuckled.
Plo chuckled and took a piece from the orange and held it to Citrus.
"Want some more?" he asked the horse.
"Yes, please." Citrus said, eating the orange slice out of the Kel Dor's hand.
Master Tii gently stroked Sunheart's muzzle after giving the unicorn a chance to sniff her and familiarize with her scent.
Mace still wasn't sure about Strawberry Sundae. He did have to admit, she smelled a lot better than the typical non-magical horses he'd come across on some farms. He couldn't name a lot of times he met a horse who smelled like strawberries.
Master Mundi approached Comedia. She was pretty cute, and it was adorable whenever the little propeller on her hat spun around.
"Nice to meet you, Master Ki-Adi." Comedia said politely, reaching out her hoof for Ki-Adi to shake.
Suddenly, Ki-Adi didn't see why Reigna was worried about her being matched with him. Until he shook her hoof and felt a small shock on his hand.
"Agh!" he yelped and shook his hand to get rid of the shock feeling.
Comedia laughed and revealed that she had a joy buzzer on her hoof.
"Classic!" Comedia laughed. "You should've seen your face!"
"I see... You are a jokester."
"Just a bit of fun. Where's your sense of humor?" Comedia said, wiping a tear from her eye with her wing. "Whoo!"
"Now, Comedia." said Reigna sternly. "You promised your father you'd behave yourself."
"It was just a joy buzzer, Cousin Reigna." Comedia said, her tail wagging like a happy puppy's.
"Now, Comedia... this is a sacred Temple. And now that you have a rider, you have to be more cooperative."
Comedia rolled her eyes and sniffed around, and made herself comfortable in Obi-Wan's chair.
"Comedia, off the chair." Ki-Adi said. "Horses aren't allowed on the chairs."
But Comedia stayed on it.
"But it's comfy." she whined.
"Comedia, down." Ki-Adi said firmly. "Off the chair."
But Comedia didn't listen. And Reigna used her magic to get her off.
"Comedia! Manners." Reigna said. "I should've warned you. Comedia has a bit of a problem with authority."
"So, she's like your Anakin Skywalker." Mace said. "But with four legs and a tail."
"Hey!" Anakin said, sounding offended.
"You might say that. But also a bit... sillier." Reigna said. She took out a paper with information on it. "Now you'll know who to contact if there are any problems."
"Not to worry, Your Majesty." Ki-Adi said. "I will take good care of her."
But little did he know that looking after Comedia would not be as easy as he thought. And he found that out quickly when Comedia ran off.
"You might wanna get a leash for her." said Reigna.
Later, Mace was getting some lunch with Strawberry in the commissary. The pegasus figured it would be a perfect way for them to talk and get to know each other.
But when Mace sat down... fart!
"Mace Ashley Windu!" Strawberry scolded.
Some other folks either got disgusted or laughed as Mace looked embarrassed for a moment.
"That was not me!" Mace said, suddenly feeling like he was sitting on something.
Mace stood up and picked up from his seat... a whoopee cushion. And he spotted Comedia laughing her tail off.
"Comedia, that wasn't funny!" Mace said.
After Comedia ran off, Ki-Adi came in looking for her.
"Anyone seen a green alicorn run through here?" Ki-Adi asked.
"She ran out into the hall." said Strawberry.
"Thank you."
Ki-Adi ran to look for his horse. But she was on a pranking spree.
Master Fisto was bonding with Grassi as they went for a swim in the water, when they spotted a piranha, and both jumped out of the water. Except, then they spotted Comedia pulling out a fake piranha on a toy fishing rod and laughing.
"Comedia!" they scolded.
"Gotcha!" Comedia laughed.
That same day, Obi-Wan made himself a cup of tea and was going to mix some honey into it, only to find he was all out. Luckily, Peppermint found some sugar in the pantry. But then, when Obi-Wan mixed in the sugar and took a sip of his tea..
"Bleh! Yuck!" Obi-Wan grimaced and started wiping his tongue.
"What's wrong?" said Peppermint.
"My tea. It tastes awful!"
Peppermint took a sip and spat in disgust.
"You're right! It tastes like oolong flavored ocean water." Peppermint said.
And that was when they heard someone snickering, and had a good idea who it was.
"Comedia!" Obi-Wan said angrily. "What did you do?!"
Peppermint took a sample of sugar and tasted it, and found it wasn't sugar at all.
"Hey, this is salt." she concluded.
"I'm beginning to think Comedia is more trouble than we imagined." Obi-Wan said.
Meanwhile, Ahsoka got out her lightsabers to do a little sparring, but when she pressed the buttons to activated them, fake snakes popped out and startled the daylights out of her and Fiesta.
Comedia laughed and laughed until she was forcibly hugged by her rider.
"Got you!" Ki-Adi said, getting out the bridle and tying it to Comedia's muzzle, much to the horse's displeasure.
"Let me go!" Comedia said, starting to chew on the reins.
"Come, Comedia." Ki-Adi said, pulling Comedia out, only for her to fight as he pulled. "Come here!"
Comedia whinnied and snorted angrily.
"Comedia, I will take the reins off once we get where we need to go." Ki-Adi promised.
Out of options, Comedia reluctantly started to follow as her rider guided her on the leash.
And Master Mundi brought Comedia to the new Temple's corral. He opened the gate and closed it once Comedia was inside the corral.
Ki-Adi removed the bridle from Comedia's muzzle and told her, "Go on, little lady. Unleash that energy in you."
After consulting an expert on horses (Gabby), and confirming on a holo-net site, he learned that sometimes horses acted out because they were overly excited. And he figured with all of Comedia's energy, all she needed was a good space to run around.
"Go on. Don't be shy. You can run as fast as you want for as long as you want here."
Comedia didn't know what her rider was doing, but she dug her hoof into the ground and started running around the corral.
Meanwhile, other members of the Jedi Council were getting some riding lessons from Ahsoka and Gabby.
"The trick is to move the rein in the opposite direction." said Gabby. "Pull it in more to make them slow down, loosen it a little when you want them to move a little faster, snap to speed up, and one big yank, but not too big, to make them stop."
Ahsoka was giving demonstrations of how to signal the horse to jump over things and train them to do different tricks.
"Every movement you make on your horse signals them to do something." Ahsoka said. "So, you gotta be careful even when you're just sitting there."
"Ready to get on, Uncle Mace?" Gabby asked.
"I don't know about this." said Mace, looking at Strawberry.
"Don't worry. That's why we're all wearing helmets." Gabby said, helping her uncle adjust his helmet strap. "And Strawberry's a good ride. I've ridden her before."
Anakin fitted Strawberry into a pretty pink saddle and made sure the reins were on just right.
"Good girl." said Anakin, petting the pink pegasus' muzzle.
Mace climbed into the saddle and held onto the reins, hoping he was ready. But Strawberry's ears flopped back as she could sense his nerves.
"Alright, Strawberry." said Mace, trying to sound tough. "Let's go."
Mace gave the proper kick, but Strawberry didn't go.
"I said go." Mace kicked again.
Mace tried patting Strawberry's flank, but she still wouldn't go.
"Horses don't tend to like having nervous riders." Carousella said. "Small tip, you can tell how a horse is feeling mainly by looking at the position of her ears."
"Come on, Strawberry. I'm not that nervous."
"My instincts say otherwise." Strawberry said. "And like my grandma always tells me, 'you can cover a cake in ten pounds of icing, but if the cake is underbaked, you'll find it when you cut into it."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means if you try to ride me before you're fully ready, it won't go well. From what I've gotten to know, you seem a little stiff."
"Me? Stiff?"
"Maybe a little ride will help you loosen up then."
Strawberry then started running across the corral with Mace on her back. Mace held on tight to the reins as Strawberry ran, jumping over the hurdles in a random order, and running in circles sometimes, making clouds of dust appear as they did.
"Okay! Okay! Stop it!" Mace shouted.
But then Strawberry started flying with Mace holding on for dear life! She flew through some hoops and did a loop before finally landing gently on the ground.
"I call that routine the mixer." Strawberry said.
Mace practically fell down as he got off Strawberry.
"Remind me never to ride her on a full stomach." said Mace, sounding dizzy.
The others started getting onto their horses and bonding with them.
Plo Koon seemed to get the hang of riding Citrus pretty well.
"Good boy, Citrus." said Plo.
But then, Citrus got distracted by an orange tree Anakin grew among the apple trees used to feed the horses. And started running to it instead of the hurdles.
"Oranges!" He exclaimed. "My favorite."
Citrus propped himself on the tree's trunk, trying to reach the oranges.
"Calm down, now, Citrus." Plo said, petting the horse's ear and leaning forward so he wouldn't fall off the saddle. "On your feet."
Plo tugged the rein and got Citrus to get on his feet.
"We may to work on getting your love of oranges under control." said Plo, picking another orange for his hungry horse.
Gabby looked at everyone with their horses.
Hydrangea let her mane down and was relaxed as Master Tiin brushed it, having been told he needed to spend some time on the ground and seeing what was below.
"Maybe Uncle Mace needs to spend a little more time bonding with Strawberry before he rides her again." Gabby said.
"Hi-ho, Harmony!" Carmine shouted getting Harmony to fly through the hoops.
"Careful, Uncle Carmine." Gabby called.
"Why aren't Master Mundi and Comedia training?" Carousella asked.
"Apparently, Comedia hasn't finished running." Anakin said. "She's got a lot of energy."
Anakin sat on a bench, only to hear a fart noise from a whoopee cushion Comedia placed as he was sitting down.
"Comedia!" Anakin scolded as Comedia ran off laughing again.