A/N: To anyone who doesn't know, I have edited all the previous chapters to make them better, don't know if I mentioned that before but if I haven't then please do check them out, I hope they've improved!
This chapter is a bit weird, but then again the whole story is a bit weird, and I have no idea where I'm going with this. If anyone has any preferences as to what they would like to happen or any idea then please drop a review and I will make a chapter out of your idea.
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Just an edit here : I have decided to complete this story here as I am running out of ideas. I know I hadn't updated this story in years but I am now working on a new story and I just cannot be motivated for this one as it doesn't seem to be catching many people's attention. However if anyone really does want me to continue, message me and I will write another chapter, just at the moment it seems a little pointless.
Thank you.
Ginny had been told to wait at the stables until Draco and Antonia got back from the hospital. She had been told that his injuries weren't too serious, but still needed to be checked out thoroughly just to be sure.
Ginny was incredibly relieved to hear this but she could only allow herself to relax until she saw Draco in person. It was terrifying for her to witness the accident that had happened just a few hours ago. She shivered at the memory.
Antonia had given her free fun of the stables and said that Ginny could have a ride on any of the horses as long as she stayed inside the yard and was safe. Ginny thought it would be a good idea to take her mind off of Draco for a couple of hours.
"Hmm, who should I pick?" Ginny thought out loud as she looked around at the variety of horses in the barn. She walked over to the back of the barn, where some more horses were located. Ginny beamed as she saw one particular horse in the corner.
"Domino!" She cried happily. Domino was the first horse Ginny had ridden; the same day she had met Draco and accidently spilt water all over him.
'Hmm, now where is the tack room?' She thought to herself. 'I can't ride without any tack!'
Ginny wandered around the barn looking for any indication of a tack room. On the other side of the barn there was a large metal cabinet about the size of a small classroom.
"Aha! Tack room!" Ginny exclaimed and bounded over. When she got to the tack room however, she found it was locked. She pulled a face and turned around to start looking for a key.
She found herself wandering over to the front of the barn and into Draco's own private area he had mentioned when he had first met her.
"Key, key, key, key" she repeated to herself in a murmur, as she searched around the small room.
Draco's room consisted of a couple of chairs; a few cupboards and a small TV, nothing too special but it still had a cozy feel. It was also a very bright room as all the walls were filled with rosettes of all colours and sizes. There was a noticeboard behind the TV, which was filled with pictures. Ginny moved closer to examine the pictures. Most of them were of Draco with several different horses at shows, smiling brightly and showing off his first, second or third place rosettes. Ginny smiled slightly at the pictures.
As she was about to leave, she noticed a DVD on the table next to the TV. The cover read 'Draco's funny falls.' Ginny chuckled and put the DVD into the DVD player and sat down in one of the chairs. The first clip was of Draco show jumping on a small dapple-grey pony who resembled 'Tiny Twiggy' but bigger. They were outdoors in fresh grass somewhere Ginny did not recognize. The jumps were nowhere near Draco's usual jumping height, more poles on the floor if anything, so Ginny assumed the pony must have been new to competing.
Draco and this tiny pony were going around the course at a steady active trot, only cantering when they were a couple of strides into each jump. The second jump was a green pole with a white gate filler underneath which Ginny estimated to be about 1'6. The pony took on a more cheeky side here and looked as if it was about to refuse, and Draco didn't let it. It was an awkward jump and Draco got left behind quite a bit, but he carried on with the course as if nothing had happened.
The third jump was a small rustic cross pole, which they had no trouble with. However, the next jump was at a funny angle so Draco had to get his approach right straight away. Everything looked okay as far as Ginny could tell. Draco and the pony had picked up a canter a bit earlier than they did on the previous jumps, but Ginny could tell that this pony needed some extra encouragement, as this jump was a blue pole with another white fence that had caused Draco to be left behind earlier.
The little pony cantered a bit too fast to the jump and suddenly ducked to the left. Draco however, had somehow seen this coming and he stayed on and booted the little pony before he had chance to refuse. In doing this, Draco had lost his balance and toppled to the left, but the pony had kept on jumping.
Ginny had to laugh at the sight. The pony had jumped the scary filler normally, even though he had ducked to the left, but Draco's sudden movement had caused the boy to completely loose his balance, so by the time the pony had taken off, Draco was hanging on the side. After they landed, Draco let go and fell to the floor, performing a lovely forward roll as he did, whilst the pony just ran off. Draco quickly got up and ran after the pony and managed to catch him before he had run out of the arena. Ginny chuckled and moved onto the next clip.
The next clip was of Draco at a more posh place by the looks of it. Instead of riding outdoors in a grassy field, Draco was in an indoor school on a rubber-surfaced arena. The pony was different this time too. This time, Draco was riding a small tricolored pony that Ginny had seen in the barn several times before. The course contained 6 jumps and a double at the end. This time, the jumps were at about 2'3 if Ginny's estimate was correct and she remembered that Draco had spoken of competing this pony before and how he was a real natural if he put his mind to it.
Draco and this tricolored pony had completed 4 of the jumps without any incident, going a lot faster than they were in the previous clip. For the most part, they had kept a steady canter without once breaking into a trot. The pony however, seemed to be a bit more keen when he approached the jumps and sped up even more each time. Ginny had to turn the volume up, but she could hear Draco mumbling to himself as he went round the course, his face screwed up in concentration. She giggled.
They approached the last jump, which was the double. They were only cross poles but the poles did not touch the floor so it was quite a large cross pole. The pony had increased in speed even more, and Ginny could hear Draco shouting at him to slow down. The striding was wrong as they approached the first part, and the pony took off far too early. Draco obviously wasn't prepared for this and didn't fold over the jump. As a result, Draco tumbled over the pony's head when they landed and fell to the side in the rubber. This seemed to spook the pony and he carried on cantering, and flew over the second part of the double all by himself. Whoever was holding the camera was laughing as the pony continued to jump any jumps that came into its path before Draco could get up and grab him.
Moving on to the third clip, Ginny recognized that this one took place right where she was at the stables. Draco was riding a much bigger horse this time, and he was dressed in casual riding clothes so this time he wasn't competing. This horse didn't seem to be as crazy as the other two. It was a very handsome dark bay standing at about 16.3. They cantered in the corner and the person filming zoomed out to reveal a jump that was nearly as big as Ginny was, she estimated it to be around 4'6, which was roughly equal to 1.35m. Ginny's eyes widened at the pure size of the jump against the horse.
She had to laugh at Draco's face. He looked terrified and amused at the same time. The horse charged up to the fence and Draco gave a slightly yelp as the horse over jumped and acted like the jump was actually 1.50 m not 1.35m. This sent Draco flying straight over the horse's head, although he put up a good effort to stay on. He eventually hit the floor face first as the horse just stood there looking quite proud of himself.
There was one more clip left on the DVD. Ginny recognized the same dark bay horse except this time they were in a much different environment. Draco was dressed in a very smart bright blue show jacket, which matched the blue tips in his hair. The horse was also fitted in red saddle wear, including a numnah and matching red tendon boots. Overall, they both looked very smart. They appeared to be completing a dressage test as Ginny heard someone faintly reading out instructions in the background.
Everything seemed to be going very well, until Draco had reached a corner near the gate and the pretty dark bay horse started rearing. Ginny made a face as it reminded her of what had happened a few hours ago. In the film however, Draco seemed more than confident in what he was doing and the horse soon stopped and resumed trotting in an outline around the arena.
Draco had resumed his working trot and it was looking good again. This was until they had reached a corner and Draco asked the horse for canter. Ginny was again reminded of earlier when the dark bay let out a huge buck and Draco was flung forward. He had toppled forward and hung upside down on the horse's neck. It was rather a funny sight as the horse kept on cantering with no direction all over the school and Draco clung like a monkey to its neck. Eventually he decided to let go and tumbled to the floor in front of the horse. Ginny laughed a little.
"Something funny?" A voice sounded from behind her as she turned the DVD off. Ginny flew around and gasped. Draco was standing in the doorway on crutches and covered in bandages. He was smirking at her in a knowing fashion.
"You're okay!" Ginny beamed and ran over to him and stopped short before she tackled him to the ground in a bear hug.
"Whoa!" He exclaimed as he fell to the floor with a thump. "Miss me?" He smirked again. Ginny laughed.
"Of course I missed you! I was more worried if you'd be okay though" She looked down at his left leg, which was covered, in a sturdy black fabric.
"Eh, I'll be fine" He beamed up at her. "Can I get up now?" He asked her in a cheeky voice. Ginny blushed and moved off of him and held out her hand to help him up.
Antonia appeared in the doorway and smiled at them both.
"Doctors said he'll be fine after a good rest and no riding until after that leg heals!" This last bit was aimed at Draco and he pouted and Antonia laughed. She turned to Ginny. "You better keep an eye on him you know, knowing him he'll be trying to ride with a broken leg!" She laughed again and Ginny joined her. She gave Draco a quick peck on the lips before she helped him sit down on one of the chairs.
"Oh don't worry" she smiled, "I'll look after him!"
A/N: Sorry I kind of waffled a bit, it's quite hard to describe what you see in you're head when it comes to horses. Constructive criticism is welcome and I am aware there may be some grammar errors as I do tend to change tenses so sorry about that and please do point them out!