Lilly shook her head how could that boy shoot himself in the eye? It was impossible. It really didn't matter but without Matt this was going to be one of the hardest days yet. Of course today had a huge upside no matter what happened. Chris, Aunt Polly, and Uncle Greg were going to be home that morning and Chris would be over around 2 or 3. Lilly strained the foam and filth off the top of the milk she was boiling. Serena was supossed to be stable showing the boys how to tack a horse. Though knowing her she was telling them horror stories about getting thrown. Lilly poured the boiled milk in a jug and put it in the fridge before going to join the others. She stopped at the barn door listening to Serena.
"Lilly's not that bad. She's really soft. You'll see that when she is working with the horses. Which one did you want to saddle? That one is Seth, Loki, Athena, Zeus, Mercury,....." her voice trailed off as she named the horses heading toward the other end of the barn. Lilly slipped in the door and climbed up the ladder built into the wall to perch in the rafters.Serena continued to give the names of the horses. All names of gods. Seth and Loki were two of her favorites but that was only because they had both been speacial needs as colts. She positioned herself over Seth's stall he had his head hanging out the stall door watching the new comers. Lilly swung down into the stall and ran her hand over the horse letting him know she was there. Lilly watched her sister and the two boys enter Odin's stall. She slipped out of the stall and went into the tack room and grabbed Seth's reins and saddle. She waited untill the others had gone in another stall and went back to Seth's she tacked him up then went to join the others.
"So whats taking so long? Seth is ready to go you guys decide yet?"
"No, sis. Wait you just got here how did you...... the rafters?"Serna mummbed.
"Yep and you said just dropping in on him would create problems." Lilly teased. Thor the huge dun behind her snorted as if he too had caught the joke. Lilly turned to him and rubbed her hand over his muzzle up to his pole pushing back his bangs and kissed him between the eyes."Even the almighty Thor knows nothing spooks Seth. How could it though?"
"Oh I don' know despite his name he's still a horse." Serena shot back quickly.
"I liked the one back there, Athena." Ryou spoke up seeing as the two girls had forgotten his presence and were about to start a fight.
"Okay I'll help you saddle up. Serena Mr. Morise will be here soon so don't saddle Chip."
"Is Chip your only non-god name for the horses?" Ryou asked as he followed the older of the two girls.
"Yeah. He's a direct import from the poney penning days. He was wild when we got him. Grand dad went to the acution and got him for me. He thought I needed a challenge. Instead Ser ended up getting thrown once he was ridable. She hit a tree pretty hard. Was in the ICU for a while. They had her in a drug induced coma. She didn't want to lay still she kept saying she had to go do something."
"How did you get Athena?" Ryou asked sounding nervous.
"She was born in Kentucky daughter of a race horse. She's a nice mare. Not as fast as her father but still she's in pretty good shape. I spoil her a bit and don't keep her as conditioned as I should. But still she's a nice girl." A few of the horses reached out to sniff the white haired boy. He hadn't been to close to any of them. He had gathered buckets and messured out the feed while Lilly or Matt took it to the animals. Lilly stopped infront of an almost pure snow white horse. She was breath taking even if Lilly had been with her scince she was 3.
"She an easy rider?" Ryou asked as Lilly led him into the stall.
"Oh yeah. If she goes a little to fast tell her to ease up and she'll slow down a little. If she does something you don't like head her for a fence. But not the gate. Stand in here I'll go get her saddle and reins. She's rolled in the dirt too so I'll need to grab a brush." Lilly left Ryou standing there in udder confusion. She glanced down the aile to see her sister still trying to get Bakura on a horse. She got Athena's tack and came back. She found Ryou backed into a corner with Athena sniffing around his pockets. Lilly whistled.
"Tennie." the horse turned and looked at her, giving her the what do you want look."Don't go there baby girl. He don't have anything. If your good I'll get you a treat." Lilly said tossing the saddle on the mare's back and pulling up the cinch. She then fit the bit in her mouth and buckled it in place."Ryou we can get started or wait on the other two."
"I've got no idea what I'm doing so why don't we go and start." Lilly nodded and led Athena and Ryou out of the barn into a small fenced in circle.She put Athena in and went back for Seth.
"How do I get up?" Ryou asked sounding strangly like a 5 year old. Lilly gave him what she hoped to be a reasurring smile and beckoned him closer.
"Put your left foot in this stirup grab the horn then heave your body up and put the other leg over." She instructed.
Ryou managed to get his left foot in the stirup only to fall on his butt. Lilly chocked back a laugh helped him back up and then grabbed him around the waist lifting him up off the ground and sitting him back down.
"Good you're not too heavey. Here step into my hand and I'll give you a boast." Ryou did as he was told and found himself being lifed up. He slid over onto the horse and Lilly handed him the reins.
"uhh umm" he studdered. Lilly once again gave him a small smile.
"If your afraid she'll know if and pick up on that. Just relax don't get cocky. She's english trained so thats direct reining."
"What does that mean?"
"Pull left to go left right for right back to stop or go backwards. Don't put alot of pressure on her mouth or she'll throw her head." Ryou tried to process all of this information at once and then relized he didn't know how to start. He looked down at Lilly who was just staring a spot off in the distance.
"How do I go?"
"Easy kick her in the side. Nothing hard just a easy squeeze more or less to go faster squeeze tighter." Lilly said smaking the horses rump and heading for Seth who was standing patiently to the side. She swung up on his back with more grace than she had displayed the whole time he knew her. She started out slow making easy circle in the pen soon she had broke out in a run and positioned herself low to Seth she urged him forward faster making larger circles. Ryou got Athena started walking slowly. He moved chopy with the mare. Lilly pulled to a stop next to Ryou.
"Ryou move with her. You've got to post."
"How do I do that?" Lilly smirked she patted Seth's neck and whispered something in his ear. The horse snorted and started at a slow trot and Lilly at intervals would stand up and sit down. It was so smooth it was a fluid motion. After two circles she stopped at his side.
"You try now. It's hard to start with but it'll get easier later."
"How long have you been riding?"
"Uhh....Grand Dad used to ride with me when I was really little. I've been riding on my own scine I was like 3 or 4. I grew up on a horses back."
"Hey Sis. He wants Thor."
"Yeah and? Let him ride Thor. Just have to make sure Thor don't decide to show off."
"Whatever." Serena dissapeared again and Ryou started forward again trying to post he could do it sort of. He would do really good untill change of pace. Bakura came out leading the huge dun Lilly had kissed Serena a few minutes behind him came over and tied a black and white horse to the post as a strange looking man set up buckets and a stand. Ryou watched Lilly ride straight to the fence and dismount before the horse even stopped.
"Lilly I've told you before you're gonna break something doing that." the man yelled.
"Ahh Rock, you know I feel no pain."
"Then maybe you'd like my job." He grinned he was missing most of his teeth, had a grubby beard, and over all reminded Ryou of the villians in the old western movie."I know 'em ain't your mamma's, where'd ey 'ome from?"
"They're staying with us for a while. You'll see them around here alot." Serena explained pulling out a set of steps from the barn."Bakura you'll have to mount using this. I can't lift you and your not tall enough to mount Thor."
"So missy what's buggin' ol' Chip?"
"Lose shoe. You were supossed to come out next week to replace them I talked with Al and she said you'd go ahead and do that today."
"Alrighty. Uhh where's da boys?"
"Chris gets home today and Matt left today. How's Al doin?" Lilly asked climbing on to the top bar on the fence.
"Pretty good. She's picked out a name for the baby."
"Well..." Serena promted.
"If its a girl she wants to name it Mahala and if its a boy she wants to name it Ace."
"This is a baby's name?" Ryou asked on his way around.
"Of course. Well a foal but still." Lilly answered."What did you think?"
Mr. Moorise changed Chip's shoes and left. Lilly and Serena raced several times around the pen. Thor wasn't couporating and Bakura ended up getting thrown once but that was his own fault.They rode untill they were to sore to dismount. Which turned out only to take about 45 minutes. Lilly untacked the horses and put them away. Ryou wandered around the farm both girls had spent every spare moment talking about someone named Chris. He should have been arriving any moment now.
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"Lilly's not that bad. She's really soft. You'll see that when she is working with the horses. Which one did you want to saddle? That one is Seth, Loki, Athena, Zeus, Mercury,....." her voice trailed off as she named the horses heading toward the other end of the barn. Lilly slipped in the door and climbed up the ladder built into the wall to perch in the rafters.Serena continued to give the names of the horses. All names of gods. Seth and Loki were two of her favorites but that was only because they had both been speacial needs as colts. She positioned herself over Seth's stall he had his head hanging out the stall door watching the new comers. Lilly swung down into the stall and ran her hand over the horse letting him know she was there. Lilly watched her sister and the two boys enter Odin's stall. She slipped out of the stall and went into the tack room and grabbed Seth's reins and saddle. She waited untill the others had gone in another stall and went back to Seth's she tacked him up then went to join the others.
"So whats taking so long? Seth is ready to go you guys decide yet?"
"No, sis. Wait you just got here how did you...... the rafters?"Serna mummbed.
"Yep and you said just dropping in on him would create problems." Lilly teased. Thor the huge dun behind her snorted as if he too had caught the joke. Lilly turned to him and rubbed her hand over his muzzle up to his pole pushing back his bangs and kissed him between the eyes."Even the almighty Thor knows nothing spooks Seth. How could it though?"
"Oh I don' know despite his name he's still a horse." Serena shot back quickly.
"I liked the one back there, Athena." Ryou spoke up seeing as the two girls had forgotten his presence and were about to start a fight.
"Okay I'll help you saddle up. Serena Mr. Morise will be here soon so don't saddle Chip."
"Is Chip your only non-god name for the horses?" Ryou asked as he followed the older of the two girls.
"Yeah. He's a direct import from the poney penning days. He was wild when we got him. Grand dad went to the acution and got him for me. He thought I needed a challenge. Instead Ser ended up getting thrown once he was ridable. She hit a tree pretty hard. Was in the ICU for a while. They had her in a drug induced coma. She didn't want to lay still she kept saying she had to go do something."
"How did you get Athena?" Ryou asked sounding nervous.
"She was born in Kentucky daughter of a race horse. She's a nice mare. Not as fast as her father but still she's in pretty good shape. I spoil her a bit and don't keep her as conditioned as I should. But still she's a nice girl." A few of the horses reached out to sniff the white haired boy. He hadn't been to close to any of them. He had gathered buckets and messured out the feed while Lilly or Matt took it to the animals. Lilly stopped infront of an almost pure snow white horse. She was breath taking even if Lilly had been with her scince she was 3.
"She an easy rider?" Ryou asked as Lilly led him into the stall.
"Oh yeah. If she goes a little to fast tell her to ease up and she'll slow down a little. If she does something you don't like head her for a fence. But not the gate. Stand in here I'll go get her saddle and reins. She's rolled in the dirt too so I'll need to grab a brush." Lilly left Ryou standing there in udder confusion. She glanced down the aile to see her sister still trying to get Bakura on a horse. She got Athena's tack and came back. She found Ryou backed into a corner with Athena sniffing around his pockets. Lilly whistled.
"Tennie." the horse turned and looked at her, giving her the what do you want look."Don't go there baby girl. He don't have anything. If your good I'll get you a treat." Lilly said tossing the saddle on the mare's back and pulling up the cinch. She then fit the bit in her mouth and buckled it in place."Ryou we can get started or wait on the other two."
"I've got no idea what I'm doing so why don't we go and start." Lilly nodded and led Athena and Ryou out of the barn into a small fenced in circle.She put Athena in and went back for Seth.
"How do I get up?" Ryou asked sounding strangly like a 5 year old. Lilly gave him what she hoped to be a reasurring smile and beckoned him closer.
"Put your left foot in this stirup grab the horn then heave your body up and put the other leg over." She instructed.
Ryou managed to get his left foot in the stirup only to fall on his butt. Lilly chocked back a laugh helped him back up and then grabbed him around the waist lifting him up off the ground and sitting him back down.
"Good you're not too heavey. Here step into my hand and I'll give you a boast." Ryou did as he was told and found himself being lifed up. He slid over onto the horse and Lilly handed him the reins.
"uhh umm" he studdered. Lilly once again gave him a small smile.
"If your afraid she'll know if and pick up on that. Just relax don't get cocky. She's english trained so thats direct reining."
"What does that mean?"
"Pull left to go left right for right back to stop or go backwards. Don't put alot of pressure on her mouth or she'll throw her head." Ryou tried to process all of this information at once and then relized he didn't know how to start. He looked down at Lilly who was just staring a spot off in the distance.
"How do I go?"
"Easy kick her in the side. Nothing hard just a easy squeeze more or less to go faster squeeze tighter." Lilly said smaking the horses rump and heading for Seth who was standing patiently to the side. She swung up on his back with more grace than she had displayed the whole time he knew her. She started out slow making easy circle in the pen soon she had broke out in a run and positioned herself low to Seth she urged him forward faster making larger circles. Ryou got Athena started walking slowly. He moved chopy with the mare. Lilly pulled to a stop next to Ryou.
"Ryou move with her. You've got to post."
"How do I do that?" Lilly smirked she patted Seth's neck and whispered something in his ear. The horse snorted and started at a slow trot and Lilly at intervals would stand up and sit down. It was so smooth it was a fluid motion. After two circles she stopped at his side.
"You try now. It's hard to start with but it'll get easier later."
"How long have you been riding?"
"Uhh....Grand Dad used to ride with me when I was really little. I've been riding on my own scine I was like 3 or 4. I grew up on a horses back."
"Hey Sis. He wants Thor."
"Yeah and? Let him ride Thor. Just have to make sure Thor don't decide to show off."
"Whatever." Serena dissapeared again and Ryou started forward again trying to post he could do it sort of. He would do really good untill change of pace. Bakura came out leading the huge dun Lilly had kissed Serena a few minutes behind him came over and tied a black and white horse to the post as a strange looking man set up buckets and a stand. Ryou watched Lilly ride straight to the fence and dismount before the horse even stopped.
"Lilly I've told you before you're gonna break something doing that." the man yelled.
"Ahh Rock, you know I feel no pain."
"Then maybe you'd like my job." He grinned he was missing most of his teeth, had a grubby beard, and over all reminded Ryou of the villians in the old western movie."I know 'em ain't your mamma's, where'd ey 'ome from?"
"They're staying with us for a while. You'll see them around here alot." Serena explained pulling out a set of steps from the barn."Bakura you'll have to mount using this. I can't lift you and your not tall enough to mount Thor."
"So missy what's buggin' ol' Chip?"
"Lose shoe. You were supossed to come out next week to replace them I talked with Al and she said you'd go ahead and do that today."
"Alrighty. Uhh where's da boys?"
"Chris gets home today and Matt left today. How's Al doin?" Lilly asked climbing on to the top bar on the fence.
"Pretty good. She's picked out a name for the baby."
"Well..." Serena promted.
"If its a girl she wants to name it Mahala and if its a boy she wants to name it Ace."
"This is a baby's name?" Ryou asked on his way around.
"Of course. Well a foal but still." Lilly answered."What did you think?"
Mr. Moorise changed Chip's shoes and left. Lilly and Serena raced several times around the pen. Thor wasn't couporating and Bakura ended up getting thrown once but that was his own fault.They rode untill they were to sore to dismount. Which turned out only to take about 45 minutes. Lilly untacked the horses and put them away. Ryou wandered around the farm both girls had spent every spare moment talking about someone named Chris. He should have been arriving any moment now.
I'm not posting anymore untill more people reveiw. I'm still open for things you would like to see Ry and Kura incounter here.