Chapter 4
Riding was just what the twins needed to take their minds off the events happening lately.
Ever since she was little, Christina loved horses. She was a good rider but she wasn't much of a dare devil when it came to riding.
Christine loved horses too. She'd been riding longer then Christina so she was slightly more advanced. She was also a dare devil. Instead of a riding the safe horse she'd rather ride the untrained and unsafe horse who'd probably take off with her every other stride.
Today Christina was riding Knight, a black/brown Arabian who was trained for dressage and jumping. Christine was riding a Warrior, a white mustang horse with black socks who was trained for cross country.
"HEY STEVE!" Christine yelled at the barn manager's son who always came out and helped. "Set up some jumps for me to take this guy over."
"Okay Chris!" Steve had known Christine and Christina since they were five. He liked Christina better. She was nicer and more down to earth. They were great friends and when he heard her parents were going to send them to a private school in England he was really sad. (Note to reader: Steve is a MUGGLE!! And he doesn't know that Chris and Chrissie are witches!)
"Hey Steve?" Christina asked as he set up some jumps.
"Yeah?"
"Megan invited me and some friends to a party tomorrow, you wanna come?"
Steve raised an eyebrow. "I thought you and Megan hated each other?"
Christina blushed and nodded. "Well it's actually for my sister but I think Meg felt bad not inviting me. She told me to invite some of my friends, probably so she could ignore me." Steve laughed and agreed that he'd come.
As Christine rode Warrior threw the jumping course that Steve had set up she thought about Hogwarts. Will we have to wear uniforms? Will I be aloud to listen to my CD player? She was still very skeptical about going there but a little curious. It was different from her old school and they'd probably have different rules!
"CHRIS WATCH OUT!" Someone screamed breaking through her thoughts and bringing her back to reality. Warrior had taken the bit in his mouth and pinned his ears. Chris grabbed a hunk of mane and prepared for him to start bucking. He did. He galloped around the arena and bucked every other stride. Christine refused to let go and tried to steer Warrior in a circle. It wasn't happening though. Emergency dismount! She kicked her feet out of the stirrups and prepared to jump off. Warrior stopped bucking for a second and reared instead. Christine swung her leg over the side and jumped out of the saddle, landing on her feet.
"Nice job Chris. I would never be able to stay on!" Christina said leaping off Knight and running over.
"Thanks..." Christine said out of breath. "I've gotta go catch my horse." Warrior was in the corner scratching the ground with his foot. "Easy boy..." She coed trying to calm him down. "It's okay... Just relax..." She grabbed his reins and led him out to the center of the arena. "I'm gonna let him run around and then put him away. Get read to go Chrissie."
"Okay." Christina took Knight from Steve and took him to the cross ties. Christine helped Steve put away the jumps and then let Warrior run around. When he was all cooled down and had gotten all his energy out she grabbed his lead rope and lead him back to the cross ties.
*****
"GIRLS! DINNER!" Kimberly yelled at the twins. They had gotten back from the barn about an hour ago and decided to relax till dinner. They ran down the stairs in their pajamas. Christine wore black silky pants with blue fire up the pant legs. She had a dark blue tank top on with little devils on it. Christina was wearing blue pants with little fluffy clouds on it and a tank top with little angel hallows.
"Spaghetti?" They both asked in surprise.
"Yes! I decided that since this is the last time we're all going to eat dinner together till the summer I thought I'd make something instead of buying fast food!"
"Hmm... Good enough reason!" Christine said sitting down and eating. Christina followed suit.
"WOW! This is actually good!" Christina said.
"Yeah! I expected it to taste like crap!" Christine agreed.
"Thanks girls. So I heard that you're planning to a party tomorrow at Megan's house?" They nodded. "Well... I just want to know the detail; when is it, who's coming, that stuff."
"Everyone is coming, it's at five o'clock tomorrow till whenever and... Um... Chrissie is inviting some of her friends!" Christine said answering all the questions.
"Okay... You girls have to be back by two and that's about it. You've got a plane to catch at five so you'll have to come home, pack, and sleep on the plane."
"Yes ma'am."
"Okay... I'm going to go take a walk. Get to bed by eleven!" There mother left the table and the girls were left to hang out till they had to go to sleep.
"I'm gonna go call Lisa and invite her to the party! See ya!" Christina got up from the table and went to call her best friend. Christine got herself some ice cream from the freezer and went to her bed room. Black Mist was lying on her bed purring rather loudly. She sat down next to him and turned on the TV. A concert was on TV but she didn't feel like watching it. She clicked the "off" button on the remote and got on the computer. Black Mist followed, jumping on top of her computer and swishing his tail over the side.
"Down!" Christine told the cat. He hissed and didn't move. "DOWN!" She screamed. The cat coward in fear and got off the computer. He sat down on the desk next to the computer and watched her surf the web. Soon Christina came back in and sat on her bed.
"You know that I'm scared that that cat is going to eat my bird?" She said angrily when Black Mist came over and looked at Sunny hungrily.
"He won't! Don't worry!" She came over and picked up the cat. "Keep an eye on him. I'm gonna go look for come food for him." She left the room and ran downstairs. The second she came down the front door opened and then slammed. She decided it was probably just their mom coming back from her walk and went to the fridge. She found some left over chicken and dumped it in a cup. Suddenly she squealed when someone tickled her sides.
"GOT YOU!" Finely screamed. He was always a joker. "So why are you carrying a bowl of chicken?"
"It's for my cat!" She said walking back up the stairs.
"You bought a cat?"
"No... I got a cat."
"You didn't steel it did you?"
"NO DAD! I got it for free! Chrissie bought an owl. I can't talk right now. My cats hungry and if I don't feed him he'll eat the owl." She walked back up the stairs and into her room where Christina was screaming at Black Mist, who was trying to eat a pillow. "Misty kitty!" She said making the cat turn his attention to her. She set the blow down and he attacked it.
"THAT CAT IS EVIL!!!!!!!!" Christina screamed. "It tired to eat Sunny so I threw my pillow at it! And then it started attacking my pillow and so I grabbed it and then... OH!" She fell over on her bed and pretended to faint.
"Right... Look I'm gonna light some incense. Dad's home go tell him about your precious owl." Christine practically shoved Christina out of the room. When she was gone she lit three "night queen" incense. She picked up one of Christina's books about Hogwarts and read about it. She had to admit that the place looked awesome. She always wanted to play quidditch and here was her chance. Maybe Hogwarts won't be so bad... Maybe
Riding was just what the twins needed to take their minds off the events happening lately.
Ever since she was little, Christina loved horses. She was a good rider but she wasn't much of a dare devil when it came to riding.
Christine loved horses too. She'd been riding longer then Christina so she was slightly more advanced. She was also a dare devil. Instead of a riding the safe horse she'd rather ride the untrained and unsafe horse who'd probably take off with her every other stride.
Today Christina was riding Knight, a black/brown Arabian who was trained for dressage and jumping. Christine was riding a Warrior, a white mustang horse with black socks who was trained for cross country.
"HEY STEVE!" Christine yelled at the barn manager's son who always came out and helped. "Set up some jumps for me to take this guy over."
"Okay Chris!" Steve had known Christine and Christina since they were five. He liked Christina better. She was nicer and more down to earth. They were great friends and when he heard her parents were going to send them to a private school in England he was really sad. (Note to reader: Steve is a MUGGLE!! And he doesn't know that Chris and Chrissie are witches!)
"Hey Steve?" Christina asked as he set up some jumps.
"Yeah?"
"Megan invited me and some friends to a party tomorrow, you wanna come?"
Steve raised an eyebrow. "I thought you and Megan hated each other?"
Christina blushed and nodded. "Well it's actually for my sister but I think Meg felt bad not inviting me. She told me to invite some of my friends, probably so she could ignore me." Steve laughed and agreed that he'd come.
As Christine rode Warrior threw the jumping course that Steve had set up she thought about Hogwarts. Will we have to wear uniforms? Will I be aloud to listen to my CD player? She was still very skeptical about going there but a little curious. It was different from her old school and they'd probably have different rules!
"CHRIS WATCH OUT!" Someone screamed breaking through her thoughts and bringing her back to reality. Warrior had taken the bit in his mouth and pinned his ears. Chris grabbed a hunk of mane and prepared for him to start bucking. He did. He galloped around the arena and bucked every other stride. Christine refused to let go and tried to steer Warrior in a circle. It wasn't happening though. Emergency dismount! She kicked her feet out of the stirrups and prepared to jump off. Warrior stopped bucking for a second and reared instead. Christine swung her leg over the side and jumped out of the saddle, landing on her feet.
"Nice job Chris. I would never be able to stay on!" Christina said leaping off Knight and running over.
"Thanks..." Christine said out of breath. "I've gotta go catch my horse." Warrior was in the corner scratching the ground with his foot. "Easy boy..." She coed trying to calm him down. "It's okay... Just relax..." She grabbed his reins and led him out to the center of the arena. "I'm gonna let him run around and then put him away. Get read to go Chrissie."
"Okay." Christina took Knight from Steve and took him to the cross ties. Christine helped Steve put away the jumps and then let Warrior run around. When he was all cooled down and had gotten all his energy out she grabbed his lead rope and lead him back to the cross ties.
*****
"GIRLS! DINNER!" Kimberly yelled at the twins. They had gotten back from the barn about an hour ago and decided to relax till dinner. They ran down the stairs in their pajamas. Christine wore black silky pants with blue fire up the pant legs. She had a dark blue tank top on with little devils on it. Christina was wearing blue pants with little fluffy clouds on it and a tank top with little angel hallows.
"Spaghetti?" They both asked in surprise.
"Yes! I decided that since this is the last time we're all going to eat dinner together till the summer I thought I'd make something instead of buying fast food!"
"Hmm... Good enough reason!" Christine said sitting down and eating. Christina followed suit.
"WOW! This is actually good!" Christina said.
"Yeah! I expected it to taste like crap!" Christine agreed.
"Thanks girls. So I heard that you're planning to a party tomorrow at Megan's house?" They nodded. "Well... I just want to know the detail; when is it, who's coming, that stuff."
"Everyone is coming, it's at five o'clock tomorrow till whenever and... Um... Chrissie is inviting some of her friends!" Christine said answering all the questions.
"Okay... You girls have to be back by two and that's about it. You've got a plane to catch at five so you'll have to come home, pack, and sleep on the plane."
"Yes ma'am."
"Okay... I'm going to go take a walk. Get to bed by eleven!" There mother left the table and the girls were left to hang out till they had to go to sleep.
"I'm gonna go call Lisa and invite her to the party! See ya!" Christina got up from the table and went to call her best friend. Christine got herself some ice cream from the freezer and went to her bed room. Black Mist was lying on her bed purring rather loudly. She sat down next to him and turned on the TV. A concert was on TV but she didn't feel like watching it. She clicked the "off" button on the remote and got on the computer. Black Mist followed, jumping on top of her computer and swishing his tail over the side.
"Down!" Christine told the cat. He hissed and didn't move. "DOWN!" She screamed. The cat coward in fear and got off the computer. He sat down on the desk next to the computer and watched her surf the web. Soon Christina came back in and sat on her bed.
"You know that I'm scared that that cat is going to eat my bird?" She said angrily when Black Mist came over and looked at Sunny hungrily.
"He won't! Don't worry!" She came over and picked up the cat. "Keep an eye on him. I'm gonna go look for come food for him." She left the room and ran downstairs. The second she came down the front door opened and then slammed. She decided it was probably just their mom coming back from her walk and went to the fridge. She found some left over chicken and dumped it in a cup. Suddenly she squealed when someone tickled her sides.
"GOT YOU!" Finely screamed. He was always a joker. "So why are you carrying a bowl of chicken?"
"It's for my cat!" She said walking back up the stairs.
"You bought a cat?"
"No... I got a cat."
"You didn't steel it did you?"
"NO DAD! I got it for free! Chrissie bought an owl. I can't talk right now. My cats hungry and if I don't feed him he'll eat the owl." She walked back up the stairs and into her room where Christina was screaming at Black Mist, who was trying to eat a pillow. "Misty kitty!" She said making the cat turn his attention to her. She set the blow down and he attacked it.
"THAT CAT IS EVIL!!!!!!!!" Christina screamed. "It tired to eat Sunny so I threw my pillow at it! And then it started attacking my pillow and so I grabbed it and then... OH!" She fell over on her bed and pretended to faint.
"Right... Look I'm gonna light some incense. Dad's home go tell him about your precious owl." Christine practically shoved Christina out of the room. When she was gone she lit three "night queen" incense. She picked up one of Christina's books about Hogwarts and read about it. She had to admit that the place looked awesome. She always wanted to play quidditch and here was her chance. Maybe Hogwarts won't be so bad... Maybe