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Description

Welcome to a new storyline. Bucle up and enjoy the ride

Characters depicted:

M187 Styliste Modeliste (Elle)

Ash
Sarika

Characters mentioned:

Nei , Dawn

references used: none

Ash sighed and leaned agains the stall door. This was going nowhere. Months, and the stallion still wouldn´t even let her pick his hooves without almost kicking her. The idea of riding him today created a tight knot in her gut. It was cool and windy, clouds heavy with water approaching. Perfect weather for already frisky horse to spook at absolutely everything.
It´s not like Claude was doing it on purpose. Quite the opposite. He tried his hardest to be a good boy. He just couldn´t help himself, the anxiety building up all too quickly, making him react before he had a chance to think. That made it even harder to deal with. No matter what Ash tried, they both succumbed to the nerves.
There was only one solution to all this. Let a better trainer handle him instead. She wasn´t good enough for the task. She tried, yet the horse was suffering in her hands. He deserved better. What a foolish idea it was, thinking she could do this. She had no place among horses anymore. Some days she wondered if she ever belonged, if the accident wasn´t inevitable. She would always fail and a horse would pay for it.
“Ash?” Sari called from the courtyard. She was gone all morning and would not say where she went.
“What?” she called back, closing Claude´s stall door.
“Come here!”
She walked out of the stable into the sandy courtyard. Sarika stood in the middle of it, holding a blanketed horse. Ah, so that´s where she went. It wasn´t unusual for the people here to get a new horse. Why didn´t she mention anything?
“Who is that?” she asked, looking the horse over. It was a cream coloured creature with white spots all across, solidly build and well muscled.
“Meet Elle. She is a showjumping star in the making. And she is yours!” sari exclaimed, giving her the leadrope.
Ash stopped dead in her tracks. Her chest collapsed on itself like a black hole. “You´re joking.”
“Isn´t she amazing?” sari continued. So it wasn´t a joke. No, this nightmare was actually happening.
“What´s wrong?” Sari asked, noticing the change in her expression.
Ash glared at her, the shock replaced by rage. Her fingers tingled, losing their feel. “What´s wrong? What´s wrong?! How dare you even ask! Or do this! A mare! Have you lost your mind? Why?” she roared, tears escaping from her eyes.
Sari´s eyes went wide. “I… I thought she would help you. That having an easier horse will help you.”
“Wrong,” ash growled and turned the other way, half running. Why. Why the hell was this happening?

***

“What´s happening here?” Dawn asked, pulled in by the commotion. Ash ran away past her, disappearing somewhere in the stables.
Sari stared after her. She had no idea what went wrong. Ash just yelled at her and she was so confused.
“Oh so the horse was for her,” Nei said from behind, finally coming from the trailers to the arena. “Something tells me you haven´t asked.”
“I wanted it to be a surprise,” Sari said, defeated. It wasn´t supposed to go like this. She wanted to cry.
“You bought Ash a horse?” Dawn asked, trying to understand the situation.
Sarika nodded. “I only wanted to help. She was stuck with Claude, so I thought if she worked on a different horse, one that would guide her, it would help her.”
“Oh you little fool,” Nei crossed her arms, shaking her head.
“I only wanted to help. And she refused me.”
“This not the way. You can´t force yourself onto someone. That´s not fair to them,” Dawn said.
But how else, when Ash refused to be helped any other way? She couldn´t look at her struggling any more. She had to do something.
“So what now?” she asked.
“Well, we are keeping the horse. Paid too much to now just return her,” Nei said, always the practical one.
“And you should go apologize to Ash,” Dawn added, looking in the direction the girl went.
Sari moved but Nei pulled her back. “No.”
“No? What do you mean no?”
Nei sighed. “Well yes, of course she should go fix it up. But not now. It will only make matters worse and Ash will only get more upset. Let her cool off first.”
Sari considered this. She wanted it over with right away. Leaving a conflict unfinished made her feel sick. But Nei was right. Ash wouldn´t accept it yet.
She´d wait a few hours and then go try fix this. Hopefully Ash would be willing to talk to her by then.

Description

Welcome to a new storyline. Bucle up and enjoy the ride

Characters depicted:

M187 Styliste Modeliste (Elle)

Ash
Sarika

Characters mentioned:

Nei , Dawn

references used: none

Ash sighed and leaned agains the stall door. This was going nowhere. Months, and the stallion still wouldn´t even let her pick his hooves without almost kicking her. The idea of riding him today created a tight knot in her gut. It was cool and windy, clouds heavy with water approaching. Perfect weather for already frisky horse to spook at absolutely everything.
It´s not like Claude was doing it on purpose. Quite the opposite. He tried his hardest to be a good boy. He just couldn´t help himself, the anxiety building up all too quickly, making him react before he had a chance to think. That made it even harder to deal with. No matter what Ash tried, they both succumbed to the nerves.
There was only one solution to all this. Let a better trainer handle him instead. She wasn´t good enough for the task. She tried, yet the horse was suffering in her hands. He deserved better. What a foolish idea it was, thinking she could do this. She had no place among horses anymore. Some days she wondered if she ever belonged, if the accident wasn´t inevitable. She would always fail and a horse would pay for it.
“Ash?” Sari called from the courtyard. She was gone all morning and would not say where she went.
“What?” she called back, closing Claude´s stall door.
“Come here!”
She walked out of the stable into the sandy courtyard. Sarika stood in the middle of it, holding a blanketed horse. Ah, so that´s where she went. It wasn´t unusual for the people here to get a new horse. Why didn´t she mention anything?
“Who is that?” she asked, looking the horse over. It was a cream coloured creature with white spots all across, solidly build and well muscled.
“Meet Elle. She is a showjumping star in the making. And she is yours!” sari exclaimed, giving her the leadrope.
Ash stopped dead in her tracks. Her chest collapsed on itself like a black hole. “You´re joking.”
“Isn´t she amazing?” sari continued. So it wasn´t a joke. No, this nightmare was actually happening.
“What´s wrong?” Sari asked, noticing the change in her expression.
Ash glared at her, the shock replaced by rage. Her fingers tingled, losing their feel. “What´s wrong? What´s wrong?! How dare you even ask! Or do this! A mare! Have you lost your mind? Why?” she roared, tears escaping from her eyes.
Sari´s eyes went wide. “I… I thought she would help you. That having an easier horse will help you.”
“Wrong,” ash growled and turned the other way, half running. Why. Why the hell was this happening?

***

“What´s happening here?” Dawn asked, pulled in by the commotion. Ash ran away past her, disappearing somewhere in the stables.
Sari stared after her. She had no idea what went wrong. Ash just yelled at her and she was so confused.
“Oh so the horse was for her,” Nei said from behind, finally coming from the trailers to the arena. “Something tells me you haven´t asked.”
“I wanted it to be a surprise,” Sari said, defeated. It wasn´t supposed to go like this. She wanted to cry.
“You bought Ash a horse?” Dawn asked, trying to understand the situation.
Sarika nodded. “I only wanted to help. She was stuck with Claude, so I thought if she worked on a different horse, one that would guide her, it would help her.”
“Oh you little fool,” Nei crossed her arms, shaking her head.
“I only wanted to help. And she refused me.”
“This not the way. You can´t force yourself onto someone. That´s not fair to them,” Dawn said.
But how else, when Ash refused to be helped any other way? She couldn´t look at her struggling any more. She had to do something.
“So what now?” she asked.
“Well, we are keeping the horse. Paid too much to now just return her,” Nei said, always the practical one.
“And you should go apologize to Ash,” Dawn added, looking in the direction the girl went.
Sari moved but Nei pulled her back. “No.”
“No? What do you mean no?”
Nei sighed. “Well yes, of course she should go fix it up. But not now. It will only make matters worse and Ash will only get more upset. Let her cool off first.”
Sari considered this. She wanted it over with right away. Leaving a conflict unfinished made her feel sick. But Nei was right. Ash wouldn´t accept it yet.
She´d wait a few hours and then go try fix this. Hopefully Ash would be willing to talk to her by then.