Chapter 2: The Arrival of the Characters
Five minutes later, a long black limo pulled up to the entrance of the Rocking Horse Ranch. Eight kids got out and looked around. I went up to a girl with long black hair and said,
"Hi. Are you Raven?" The girl turned around and said,
"Yup. Are you Mrs. Smith?"
"Yes I am and please call me Sara," I said. Jeff walked up beside me and cleared his throat.
"This is my husband, Jeff. Jeff, this is Raven Baxter," Jeff extended his hand. Raven took it and took it loosely in her hand. She turned to the people leaning against the limo and said,
"Now when I call your name, step forward and move to your left. Chelsea Daniels!" A girl with red hair stepped forward and moved to her left.
"Eddie Thomas!" yelled Raven. A boy with a 'fro stepped forward and moved next to Chelsea.
"Miranda Sanchez!" exclaimed Raven. A girl with feathers in her hair and purple rain boots on her feet stepped forward and moved next to Chelsea and Eddie.
"Lizzie McGuire!" said Raven. A girl with blond hair and big blue eyes stepped forward and walked over next to Miranda.
"Gordo Gordon," said Raven. A boy with curly brown hair stepped forward and walked next to Miranda and Lizzie.
"Phil Diffy!" yelled Raven. A boy with spiky black hair stepped forward and stood next to Lizzie, Gordo and Miranda.
"Keeley Adams!" exclaimed Raven. A girl with blond braids stepped forward and made her way over to Phil. I smiled at everyone and Lizzie, Gordo, Miranda, Chelsea, Keeley, Eddie and Phil smiled back.
"All right, people. This is Sara and Jeff Smith. They were kind to take time out of their busy schedules to make time for us...Yes, Lizzie," said Raven. Lizzie had her hand up.
"When are we going to ride?" she asked.
"Soon," I replied.
"Good," she said shortly.
"Mrs. Smith, do you want to go over the ground rules?" asked Raven.
"Uh, sure. Number one, treat the horses well. Number two, whoever's riding Conn, he tends to kick, so watch out for that. Number three, have fun!" We headed down to the corral to meet the horses, Phil, Raven, Eddie, Chelsea, Gordo, Lizzie, Keeley and Miranda talking excitedly all the way there.