A/N: Okay so I thought seeing as I haven't updated in so many years, I would give you a new chapter. This I've had in the back of my mind for quite a while now as it happened to me. So yeah, sorry if it's awful, constructive criticism always welcome!
If people could also let me know whether they would be interested in reading my new story that would be great, and any volunteers to Beta Read it as well :D
The show that Ginny had invited Draco to the previous week had been a great success. Draco had earned the first prize money, which had been enough for him and the rest of the team to keep the stables running. Ginny smiled as her Mum drove her to the stables for the fourth time. This time was different though. So far Ginny had only ever arrived on weekends, but this time Draco had invited her to come and spend some time with him when the stables were quieter. Ginny smiled to herself in the car.
When they arrived, Ginny practically bounded out of the car. She was desperate to see Draco. She skipped happily to the office where he could normally be found. This time however, he wasn't there. Antonia stood in his spot, leant over the bookings folder. She appeared to be sorting out horses for her next lessons over the weekend. She lifted her head when she heard Ginny approach.
"Hey Ginny!" She smiled and closed the book.
"Draco is just up in the school riding our new horse, you're welcome to go and watch him for a bit" Antonia told her. Ginny smiled up at her.
"Thanks, I'll do that!" Ginny neared the door when she turned around and addressed Antonia.
"Why is Draco riding the new horse?" She asked. Not that she was complaining, she always liked watching him ride. Antonia gave her a small smirk.
"Well, don't tell him this but he's sort of like our test dummy. I swear he has superglue on his saddle sometimes. Some of the nasty tricks our new horses have pulled and he's just sat there like it was nothing!" Antonia shook her head as she laughed a little. Ginny laughed as well.
"That sounds like Draco!" She giggled and skipped back out of the office to find him.
Ginny jogged up the pathway to the school where she could see Draco walking round. The horse he rode was absolutely beautiful. He or she had been very neatly clipped. It was a very bright chestnut colour and stood at about 16hh at a guess from Ginny. The horse had a very beautiful white star on its forehead. It was nearly as beautiful as the person who was sat on top. Ginny waved when Draco stopped walking. Draco didn't see her however, as the horse he rode didn't seem to be listening to him.
Ginny could tell that Draco had asked the chestnut beauty to stand at the C marker, but the horse would not listen. It backed up a few paces and reared when Draco kicked it on. The rear itself was quite small, but Ginny was still worried for Draco in case something happened. Draco was still at the far end of the school. He kicked the horse assertively, but again the horse backed up and reared bigger this time. Draco's hands came up in front of him and clasped around the horse's neck as the rear nearly flew him backwards. He still hadn't seen Ginny yet, but she bit her lip worried for her crush.
Draco gave the horse a gentle but firm tap with his schooling whip behind his leg. The horse snorted and charged forwards into an uncontrollable canter, which took Draco by surprise. He cantered around the school until he got to where Ginny was standing on the opposite site. He looked a bit startled but hurriedly took one hand off the reins to wave a hello to her. She waved back, but still bit her lip as the horse went even faster around the school. Before Draco had a chance to put his hand back on the reins, the horse had stopped dead in its tracks. Ginny's hand flew to her mouth, worried that he might fall off. Antonia had been right about him though, he must have had superglue on his saddle as he did not move one inch out of it.
Draco grumbled and gave the horse another light tap behind the leg. This time the horse did not charge off but seemed to listen to him. Draco kicked him on and they performed a well-executed extended trot around the school at professional dressage level. They approached Ginny's side again and Draco gave her a cheeky grin as he passed her.
"Looking good!" Ginny called to him as he passed. Draco shot her another cheeky smile, but she spoke too soon as the horse took this opportunity to go into canter. Draco didn't seem bothered and rolled his eyes as he pulled the horse back into trot. After a minute or two, they returned to halt so Draco could have a few minutes to get his breathe back and he beckoned for Ginny to join him in the school. Ginny smiled and opened the wooden gate and walking briskly over to him.
"Hey!" he greeted her properly with a cheeky grin. She smiled back in return.
"Who's this beauty then?" She asked and stroked the horse gently down its face. Draco gave him a small pat on the neck before he answered.
"This is Billy. Antonia stuck me on him to make sure he'll be suitable for the school to use." He gave a cheeky smile and blew out a long breath.
"I won't be much longer" he said to Ginny. She smiled and nodded and watched as Draco and Billy went off around the school again at walk. Draco stayed in the end that Ginny stood in and circled a few times in trot before he asked Billy to canter in the corner. Billy let out a snort and gave out quite a large buck in the transition to canter. Draco just rolled his eyes again and kicked him on through the buck. He laughed as Billy snorted again, obviously not happy at the fact his rider had managed to sit through his buck.
They cantered around nicely for a while and Billy seemed like he had calmed down. Obviously, Ginny had thought the wrong thing at the wrong time as Draco and Billy passed the gate that Ginny had accidently left open. She could see that Billy had sped up in the canter as he approached the gate. She noticed how Draco got pulled back a bit in his saddle as the sudden speed change caught him off guard. He regained his posture just in time as Billy reared bigger than before at the gate. Again, he brought his hands to clasp around Billy's neck as he pushed his weight forward in attempt to get all four feet back on the ground. Billy reared again even bigger if that was even possible and Ginny panicked as Draco was shouting at him to get down.
Billy neighed and hopped on his back feet whilst in mid rear in attempt to get out of the gate. Draco would have none of it and although he looked to be quite scared, he turned Billy away from the gate and kicked him on again. Billy kept hopping backwards on two legs, until he lost his balance and fell over backwards onto the rubber surface and squashed Draco between it and him. Ginny gasped and rushed towards horse and rider, unsure what she should do. Running through the rubber surface was harder than she thought and by the time she had reached the gate, Billy had lifted himself up and cantered off out the gate to the office. Draco still lay there on the rubber surface. He hadn't moved once since he fell. Ginny rushed to his side on her knees. He was breathing fine. Good, at least he wasn't dead. Before Ginny could do anything to help, Antonia rushed up the pathway from the office. She looked as worried as Ginny felt.
"What happened?!" She cried. "Billy just came cantering out of nowhere with no rider, so I came to see what happened to Draco."
"Well, everything was going fine, well I mean Billy was playing up a bit but Draco was handing everything really well" She took a deep breath and calmed herself.
"But then I left the gate open and when they passed it Billy just threw a fit and he reared and fell back. Draco hasn't moved since he fell!" She cried and sobbed. Antonia rubbed her back soothingly. She turned her attention to Draco.
"Draco, can you hear me?" She asked him. He nodded and opened his eyes.
"Can you stand?" Antonia asked him. Draco tried, but he couldn't. He just fell back and Ginny caught him before he could do any more damage. His leg rested at a funny angle, which did not look at all right to Ginny.
"Ginny, you stay here and I'll call an ambulance" Antonia said as she stood up. Ginny nodded and stroked the hair out of Draco's hair.
"You should have worn a hat" she whispered to him. He smiled at her weakly before he was taken away by the ambulance.