Hello everybody, sorry it took so long for this but I was away competing with my FFA Chapter. Thanks sooooo much to everyone who review, you really brightened my day. Some of you were a little confuddled by the horse terminology, so I tried to tone it down and I'm adding a list of definitions of words you might not know. Enjoy!

Bella POV

A loud banging jolts me out of my restless sleep. A glance up shows me that I'm not in my bed or even in my room. Where am I? I hear the bang again as I try to get my eyes to focus. Windi. Sighing I realize that I'm in the black office chair I stuck in the last stall of my barn when I converted it to an office. The bang sounds again and I pull myself out of the chair, knowing that the creature responsible for the raucous won't stop until I get up.

My dark cedar barn is warm and cozy this early and the wood reflects a reddish tint. A light colored head is peeking over the stall door, waiting – impatiently – for me to feed him. "Who needs an alarm clock with you around, huh Windi?" He bobs his head at me and a light brown head appears over the door. "Morning Kenya," I say as she pricks her ears at me. I scratch her tan neck and rub her black ears briefly before walking to the feed room and measuring the grain.

My name is Isabella Marie Swan. I am an endurance rider. I know, I know. You're like, "how can you make any money riding horses?" I don't. I make a living training other people's horses. Oh and I occasionally breed and sell foals.

I am passionate about anything horse related, which is why I own and live on a small ranch, Breaking Dawn's Morabs. It's a small ranch, run just by me and my best friend since birth, Jacob Black. We keep only 4 horses in my barn, the barn closest to my house, but it could hold 7. These are the horses Jake and I own and compete with. His barn, on the other side of the property, can hold up to 9 horses and usually has 6 or 7 boarders that he trains.

My barn consists of Wind Chime Rhyme, a palomino Morab mare. Rhy, as we call her, stands at about 16 hands and is mainly a breeding mare. She is a calm, quiet mount, but she doesn't have the stamina or the passion the others do. Therefore, she doesn't compete as much as say, Windi.

Oh Windi. Windigo Indigo is a cremello Morab gelding and certifiably crazy. Windi is literally insane, but he's my baby. Jake jokes that we are perfect for each other because we are both 'Shrimps' in his eyes. Compared to Jake's hulking 6'5" frame, I guess my small size of 5'4" and Windi's 14 hands is rather tiny.

Jake's horses name is Amazonian Falcon. Falcon is a dark bay Morab mare; she is about 16.3 hands and about 18 years old. She is an ornery horse who makes a rider work hard and she always looks grumpy.

Last but certainly not least, is Flecks of Gold, or Kenya. She came into Jakes barn after her owner, who went to Iran, gave her to her elderly grandfather. The man moved to a retirement home shortly after and asked us to find her a good home. Because of Falcon's age Jake has been looking for a new horse and he bought her. But Kenya isn't really big enough for Jake, nor did they have chemistry as more than teacher and student. After finding out that she has amazing stamina, Jake gave her to me. And now I am the proud owner of a beautiful 9 year old dun mare.

After distributing the morning rations to my crazy critters, I cook some eggs and bacon, which Jake comes and devours. Then I tack up Kenya and we set off. I want to ride and clear my head before we leave for the lengthy 3 day ride in a few weeks. I keep Kenya at a slow pace, alternating between walking and trotting, but not really focusing on the ride.

Less than an hour into our stroll, Jake comes racing up, the sorrel gelding he's riding galloping madly. He dips his head at me as they run by. I can't help but grin, he's such a dork. I hope that someday I'll find someone as amazing as him to love as more than just a friend. Sigh.

If only I knew what was to come…

So yeah, that was… short… not reallya chapter.

Gelding: castrated male horse

Mare: female horse

Stallion: intact male horse

Filly: young female horse

Colt: young male horse

Foal: baby horse

Leg Wraps: bandages to protect the legs when jumping, trailering, etc.

Paddock, Corral: area where horses can be worked or left free to run/graze

Stall: part of a barn where a horse is kept

Trot: a two beat gait, usually jarring, called a jog in western

Canter: a three beat gait, rather fast, called a lope in western

Dropping her foal: giving birth

Palomino: a coat color, golden body, white/cream mane and tail

Bay: coat color, brown body, black mane and tail

Chestnut/Sorrel: coat color, body is solid red/brown with matching mane and tail

Cremello: coat color, cream colored body, same mane and tail, can have blue eyes

Dun: a coat color, brown body, black mane and tail, black stripe on back, stripes on legs,

Dark bay: a coat color, dark brown body with black mane and tail

Sclera: the white of the eye