Thanks to all of my reviewers!
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Harry froze in fear and he heard Seth cursing loudly behind him.
"All right Alexander, move away." Seth said in a grim voice and held out his wand, a stunner at his lips. He was about to curse the horse when Harry cut in.
"Seth, don't. Look, the horse is slowing down." Harry said. The instructor looked and reluctantly put his wand away but still watched the horse with alert eyes.
Harry felt rather than see the horse approached him slowly. The majestic creature had an aura around him that differs from the rest of the horses. He watched fascinated as the creature butted his hand gently with its nose. Harry hesitantly raised it and stroked the horse smoothly on its back. He let out a smile when he heard it whickered in encouragement.
Harry turned to the trainer beside him and said firmly, "I've chosen him as my horse. Can you tell me its name?"
Seth sputtered in shock and said, "Alexander, you can't chose this one here as your horse!"
Harry blinked and replied curiously, "Why not? Is he taken by someone already?"
"That's not it but you don't understand!" Seth shouted desperately, "This creature here is dangerous! No one has been able to ride him since he came to the school! Not to mention that he's temperamental! You'll get hurt!"
"I won't," Harry said with determination on his face, "Besides this lovely beast here chose me rather than the other way round. Now the name?"
Seth sighed in defeat when he realized that Harry was not to be swayed. "He doesn't have a name because no one had ridden him before. Usually the rider chose the name for the horse and since you want to be the owner, you get to name him."
Harry gazed at the horse for a moment and said, "Sheitan."
Seth blinked at the weird name but shrugged and said, "Come on, let's get you started."
The next few hours were spent learning how to mount, sit, feed, take care of and race a horse. By the end of it, Harry was sweating from his effort but he was grinning broadly. He patted Sheitan on the back and dismounted. "So, what do we do now?"
"Now you take him back to the stables and give him a good scrubbing. After that, make sure to fill his supply of hay and then you can go home." Seth said.
"Cool," Harry replied and led the black stallion towards the stable.
Suddenly, Sheitan reared and let out a huge scream. Harry was so startled that he fell to the ground. Distantly he could hear instructors running over shouting loudly. He quickly stood up and tried to calm the mad horse down. Surprisingly, it did and Harry let out a sigh of relief and turned to Seth who had hurried to his side during the incident and asked, "What happened?"
"Well do you remember what I said about him being a temperamental creature?" Seth asked and Harry nodded.
"Sheitan has a bit of sharing problem. He doesn't like it when other horses come near his stable or grazing area and since he is the biggest, he got his way. Now it seems that he's chosen you as his master, he doesn't like it when horses other than him come near you. Just now, a red stallion called Flame (A/N Unoriginal, I know.) passed by you to get to the stables so you can see that Sheitan kicked up a fuss." Seth finished with a grim voice.
"I'm sure with time it will change," Harry replied cheerfully while stroking Sheitan's back, "After all, you got nothing to worry about. I'm not going to change horses and you don't have to be jealous, boy."
Seth shook his head in amazement at the boy's attitude. After all this he still wanted to keep that crazy horse?! He must not be normal! But then, if that rabid creature chose him, then he isn't normal already."
Harry finished the walk back to the stables and started to give Sheitan a nice brush over.
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Harry froze in fear and he heard Seth cursing loudly behind him.
"All right Alexander, move away." Seth said in a grim voice and held out his wand, a stunner at his lips. He was about to curse the horse when Harry cut in.
"Seth, don't. Look, the horse is slowing down." Harry said. The instructor looked and reluctantly put his wand away but still watched the horse with alert eyes.
Harry felt rather than see the horse approached him slowly. The majestic creature had an aura around him that differs from the rest of the horses. He watched fascinated as the creature butted his hand gently with its nose. Harry hesitantly raised it and stroked the horse smoothly on its back. He let out a smile when he heard it whickered in encouragement.
Harry turned to the trainer beside him and said firmly, "I've chosen him as my horse. Can you tell me its name?"
Seth sputtered in shock and said, "Alexander, you can't chose this one here as your horse!"
Harry blinked and replied curiously, "Why not? Is he taken by someone already?"
"That's not it but you don't understand!" Seth shouted desperately, "This creature here is dangerous! No one has been able to ride him since he came to the school! Not to mention that he's temperamental! You'll get hurt!"
"I won't," Harry said with determination on his face, "Besides this lovely beast here chose me rather than the other way round. Now the name?"
Seth sighed in defeat when he realized that Harry was not to be swayed. "He doesn't have a name because no one had ridden him before. Usually the rider chose the name for the horse and since you want to be the owner, you get to name him."
Harry gazed at the horse for a moment and said, "Sheitan."
Seth blinked at the weird name but shrugged and said, "Come on, let's get you started."
The next few hours were spent learning how to mount, sit, feed, take care of and race a horse. By the end of it, Harry was sweating from his effort but he was grinning broadly. He patted Sheitan on the back and dismounted. "So, what do we do now?"
"Now you take him back to the stables and give him a good scrubbing. After that, make sure to fill his supply of hay and then you can go home." Seth said.
"Cool," Harry replied and led the black stallion towards the stable.
Suddenly, Sheitan reared and let out a huge scream. Harry was so startled that he fell to the ground. Distantly he could hear instructors running over shouting loudly. He quickly stood up and tried to calm the mad horse down. Surprisingly, it did and Harry let out a sigh of relief and turned to Seth who had hurried to his side during the incident and asked, "What happened?"
"Well do you remember what I said about him being a temperamental creature?" Seth asked and Harry nodded.
"Sheitan has a bit of sharing problem. He doesn't like it when other horses come near his stable or grazing area and since he is the biggest, he got his way. Now it seems that he's chosen you as his master, he doesn't like it when horses other than him come near you. Just now, a red stallion called Flame (A/N Unoriginal, I know.) passed by you to get to the stables so you can see that Sheitan kicked up a fuss." Seth finished with a grim voice.
"I'm sure with time it will change," Harry replied cheerfully while stroking Sheitan's back, "After all, you got nothing to worry about. I'm not going to change horses and you don't have to be jealous, boy."
Seth shook his head in amazement at the boy's attitude. After all this he still wanted to keep that crazy horse?! He must not be normal! But then, if that rabid creature chose him, then he isn't normal already."
Harry finished the walk back to the stables and started to give Sheitan a nice brush over.