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Chapter 6
Snitch's PoV
"I trust you all know how to muck out stalls." Arrow paced impatiently in front of us.
A number of scattered replies circled the stable and I thought twice of raising my hand and saying I didn't.
"Good, you all do. First, we need to muck out the stalls. When you finish with one, move onto the next, simple, isn't it?"
Everyone nodded.
"When the stalls have all been mucked out come back to me for your next instructions. I'll be supervising to make sure everything's done right."
I picked up a shovel as everyone set to work around me. Arrow glanced over and noticed me staring dumbly at the open stall.
"Snitch, is it?" she strode over. "Are you OK?"
I nodded and started to scoop up a rather large pile of...you can only imagine.
"Don't do it that way!" Arrow grabbed the shovel from my hand, "you'll throw your back, scoop from the knees."
Before today I didn't know that there was a proper way to scoop manure, but I guess there is.
"Agua, can you help Snitch?"
Agua nodded. "But you have to come here. I'm halfway through mucking out Cassie's stall." Agua's chestnut hair stuck to the back of her neck, a pure result of the humidity.
I walked over. "Uh, OK, what do I do?"
Agua shoved a brush into my hands. "Not only do you have to muck the stalls, you have to brush down the horses."
I turned to face a mare and lifted the brush with shaking hands. I should NOT have picked this job if I'm afraid of horses. Not at all.
Ghost stuck her red-highlighted head over the stall's wall next to me. "Are you alright? You're shaking like there's no tomorrow."
I nodded dumbly and placed my hand on the horse's neck.
"Touch, I need some help. This Flinch kid is scared of Cassie."
"It's Snitch," I muttered only loud enough for myself, and maybe the horse, to hear.
Touch, the other 'teacher' turned into the stall. "Having trouble Snitch?" she asked.
I shook my head, I could handle this, and I could do it myself. "I-I can manage," I stuttered.
"I think he's struggling!" shouted Ireland from across the stable.
"Ireland, that's not very nice," giggled Agua.
Ghost rolled her eyes and popped her head back down.
"You now Snitch you should have picked a job you knew how to do." Arrow raised her eyebrows in an appraising way. I felt like such an idiot.
"I can HANDLE IT!" I yelled louder than I meant to.
"Calm down kid," came a cool male voice from the stable doors.
"Oh, hi Jack, bringing back Tuscan?" asked Arrow coldly, walking in his direction.
Jack gave her a lop-sided smile. "I can take care of Tuscan if you want."
Arrow took the harness from him. "No, that's alright, this is our job after all!" I swore I heard her mutter, "so now you can take over my job too?" when she stormed passed me.
I sense tension. I'm just happy that this interruption took the spotlight off me and my obvious lack of horse knowledge. And why am I the only guy as a groom? Grooms are MEN in weddings; this is going to be one long summer.
((I see a theme now, a long summer for EVERYONE! YAY! R&R))
Shoutouts:
Rubix the cube- as said before, I'm hopeless at pool. I need lessons from my sister...or a cute guy...hmm..that could work
Sapphy- poker, teach me please! I'm the guilty party who DOES NOT now how to play poker. Oh, now I'm sad.
SparkS- she was in! She was butchering Monty Python and everything!
Cassies-Grandma- I always get my homework done, I'm a good kid!
Alex: teachers pet!
Buttons: SHUTUP!
Anyways, I didn't update so fast this time, mainly for the lack of things to write.
AlmatariofAdra- if I remember correctly, you can't work. You're hopeless at special effects.
BrroklynGrl- sorry for the update wait! He he he, rhyming...
Strawberri Shake- so far everyone seems happier than Skittery...except Snitch, and maybe Arrow.
Ireladn O'Reily- shiver French, I'm bad at French. I hope French dies. Or at least stubs its toe.
Madison Square- she got black jack on the first hand. Achilles and I were having an argument, she says Race would've found a way to cheat and win.
Trinity-matrix-13- my excuse for that is I wrote half the chapter at one time and the other half at another. When I wrote the second time I forgot it was Skitts PoV and had to go back and change it. Thanks for pointing them out though!
Chapter 6
Snitch's PoV
"I trust you all know how to muck out stalls." Arrow paced impatiently in front of us.
A number of scattered replies circled the stable and I thought twice of raising my hand and saying I didn't.
"Good, you all do. First, we need to muck out the stalls. When you finish with one, move onto the next, simple, isn't it?"
Everyone nodded.
"When the stalls have all been mucked out come back to me for your next instructions. I'll be supervising to make sure everything's done right."
I picked up a shovel as everyone set to work around me. Arrow glanced over and noticed me staring dumbly at the open stall.
"Snitch, is it?" she strode over. "Are you OK?"
I nodded and started to scoop up a rather large pile of...you can only imagine.
"Don't do it that way!" Arrow grabbed the shovel from my hand, "you'll throw your back, scoop from the knees."
Before today I didn't know that there was a proper way to scoop manure, but I guess there is.
"Agua, can you help Snitch?"
Agua nodded. "But you have to come here. I'm halfway through mucking out Cassie's stall." Agua's chestnut hair stuck to the back of her neck, a pure result of the humidity.
I walked over. "Uh, OK, what do I do?"
Agua shoved a brush into my hands. "Not only do you have to muck the stalls, you have to brush down the horses."
I turned to face a mare and lifted the brush with shaking hands. I should NOT have picked this job if I'm afraid of horses. Not at all.
Ghost stuck her red-highlighted head over the stall's wall next to me. "Are you alright? You're shaking like there's no tomorrow."
I nodded dumbly and placed my hand on the horse's neck.
"Touch, I need some help. This Flinch kid is scared of Cassie."
"It's Snitch," I muttered only loud enough for myself, and maybe the horse, to hear.
Touch, the other 'teacher' turned into the stall. "Having trouble Snitch?" she asked.
I shook my head, I could handle this, and I could do it myself. "I-I can manage," I stuttered.
"I think he's struggling!" shouted Ireland from across the stable.
"Ireland, that's not very nice," giggled Agua.
Ghost rolled her eyes and popped her head back down.
"You now Snitch you should have picked a job you knew how to do." Arrow raised her eyebrows in an appraising way. I felt like such an idiot.
"I can HANDLE IT!" I yelled louder than I meant to.
"Calm down kid," came a cool male voice from the stable doors.
"Oh, hi Jack, bringing back Tuscan?" asked Arrow coldly, walking in his direction.
Jack gave her a lop-sided smile. "I can take care of Tuscan if you want."
Arrow took the harness from him. "No, that's alright, this is our job after all!" I swore I heard her mutter, "so now you can take over my job too?" when she stormed passed me.
I sense tension. I'm just happy that this interruption took the spotlight off me and my obvious lack of horse knowledge. And why am I the only guy as a groom? Grooms are MEN in weddings; this is going to be one long summer.
((I see a theme now, a long summer for EVERYONE! YAY! R&R))
Shoutouts:
Rubix the cube- as said before, I'm hopeless at pool. I need lessons from my sister...or a cute guy...hmm..that could work
Sapphy- poker, teach me please! I'm the guilty party who DOES NOT now how to play poker. Oh, now I'm sad.
SparkS- she was in! She was butchering Monty Python and everything!
Cassies-Grandma- I always get my homework done, I'm a good kid!
Alex: teachers pet!
Buttons: SHUTUP!
Anyways, I didn't update so fast this time, mainly for the lack of things to write.
AlmatariofAdra- if I remember correctly, you can't work. You're hopeless at special effects.
BrroklynGrl- sorry for the update wait! He he he, rhyming...
Strawberri Shake- so far everyone seems happier than Skittery...except Snitch, and maybe Arrow.
Ireladn O'Reily- shiver French, I'm bad at French. I hope French dies. Or at least stubs its toe.
Madison Square- she got black jack on the first hand. Achilles and I were having an argument, she says Race would've found a way to cheat and win.
Trinity-matrix-13- my excuse for that is I wrote half the chapter at one time and the other half at another. When I wrote the second time I forgot it was Skitts PoV and had to go back and change it. Thanks for pointing them out though!