"Whoa, Hoku." Darby said as she pulled back her reins. Mrs.O'Neil had given her and Haley, an hour riding lesson. They already finished a half hour.

"Now, you can give your horses, and yourself a little break." Mrs.O'Neil said as she sat on her stool.

Darby and Haley winked at eachother as the past by. Then, she noticed another horse in the ring. The horse was pitch black, and was cantering.

"Whoa." Darby said; she looked at the horse in amazement.

"What?" Haley asked.

"Did you see that horse?" Darby asked."It was pitch black!"

Haley shook her head."I didn't see a black horse anywhere, Darby. You must be seeing things."

Darby sighed.

Haley was ahead of her now. Was Darby just making herself believe that there was a black horse there? Why couldn't Haley see it? Just then a girl entered the ring. Honey.

"Hi, Honey!" Darby said.

"Hi! I made it. So did Flash over here." Honey said bringing her horse in the middle. She mounted and clicked her tongue.

She catched up with Darby.

"Did you know that there will be a first show here at Chestnut Hill in two weeks? Hoku, would be great!" Honey said. There horses were side-by-side.

Darby shrugged."Do you really think so?"

Honey nodded.

Darby shrugged. She patted Hoku's neck."What do you say girl?"

Hoku whinnied.

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Darby put Hoku back in her stall. She put her head over her half stall door.

Darby smiled. Who could ask for more?

Haley met up with her when she was finished too. They walked in silence for a while.

"Do you want to go to the assembly now? It starts in fifteen." Haley asked.

"Let's pick our classes first then we'll go too the assembly." Darby said.

Haley nodded.

They were at the Main Hall.

"Hmmm... maybe, I should do Jumping classes. What do you think Haley? Does Hoku really look like she's made for Jumping?" Darby asked.

Haley nodded."Of course!"

Darby wrote down Hoku's name. She looked at the Dressage classes too. "Hmmm." She wrote down Hoku's name for that to.

"I'm entering my horse in racing." Haley said.

Darby looked at her with shocked eyes."Lucky?"

Haley shook her head."No. I have a Thoroughbred too. His name is, Teddy."

"Oh..." Darby said.

Darby signed Hoku up for Dressage, and Jumping.

"You can change them each term right?" Darby asked.

Haley nodded."I'm done. We should go down now. It starts in five minutes."

Haley and Darby sat down in the front row. Honey caught up with them too.

"Hey," Honey said sitting down next to Darby.

"Honey, this is Haley. Haley, Honey." Darby introduced them.

"Hi," Honey said shyly.

Haley smiled."Hi."

Soon, everybody started filling in the rows. Alot more people came, and they filled up all the seats and some people had to stand.

"May I have your attention please?" Our Principal Mrs.Longwill asked.

She waited for the room to fall silent. It did and everybody gave their full attention.

"Thank-you. First, of all I would like to welcome our new sixth graders. You will have a blast at Chestnut Hill! Chestnut Hill just isn't about making new friends, or learning Science, Math, etc. It's not all about horses either. It's about making new friends and discovering something new that's ahead of you... what's in the future." Mrs.Longwill spoke clearly in the microphone."Now, I would like to introduce the sixth graders to their new riding instructure. Mrs.O'Neil. She has a few words she would like to say."

Mrs.Longwill, stepped away now so that Mrs.O'Neil could talk.

"Hello, everybody. A few of you know me already, from this morning. I see alot of familiar faces out there." Mrs.O'Neil laughed to herself."This year for sixth graders you will be learning how to communicate with your horses. You will also learn what you and your horse act in different events. Such as Jumping, Cross-Country and Dressage. For the first couple of weeks, you will be learning about Cross-Country. I hope to see you then."

Everybody clapped. Then Mrs.Longwill took the microphone."Sixth graders, your Science teacher would also like a word.

The Science Teacher took the microphone."How are you today? I'm Ms. Water, and this year you will be studying Earth Science. How the planet is formed, etc. We all will be going to lab's and doing lost of experements... but, don't get too excited. During the lab semesters, you will be giving homework almost daily. I can't wait too see you all soon."

Everybody clapped, once again.

"Now, your Math teacher would like to say a few words..." Mrs.Longwill said into the microphone.

The Math teacher smiled and took the phone."Hi, everybody. Actually, I teach not only Math, but I teach Language Arts, as well... there is another Language Arts teacher in the building for you sixth graders as well..."

The Math teacher handed Mrs.Longwill the microphone.

Wow, she didn't even tell us her name. Darby thought.

Then she noticed that Haley was looking at her.

Darby shrugged.

"Okay, well I hope you all enjoy Chestnut Hill, as much as we do." Mrs.Longwill glanced at the Math teacher."Thank you for your attention. "