Post by Maeve McKenna on Oct 14, 2018 23:52:19 GMT -8
There was no time like the present, and Maeve knew this... or at least she thought she did. After a long talk with her dragon, she had decided that now was the time that she would attempt a ride, by herself, outside of class.
It didn't take her too long to get Remi ready for a ride, and after asking on of the barnhands to give her tack a quick check, she led the mare out to the arena, which was blessedly empty at this moment in time. She opened the gate and led the mare inside before closing it behind them again and then walked the mare over to the mounting block. She went through the list of everything Ms Carr had instructed them to do before mounting up, and before she knew it, she was sitting on the Curly's back.
Grinning, she closed her legs on the mare's sides and relaxed them as the horse ambled forward. Yes, they were moving slow, but they were moving, and in the right direction; as Maeve had pictured everything that could go wrong: her trying to mount up and sliding off the other side, the mare walking backwards, among other things.
It didn't take her too long to get Remi ready for a ride, and after asking on of the barnhands to give her tack a quick check, she led the mare out to the arena, which was blessedly empty at this moment in time. She opened the gate and led the mare inside before closing it behind them again and then walked the mare over to the mounting block. She went through the list of everything Ms Carr had instructed them to do before mounting up, and before she knew it, she was sitting on the Curly's back.
Grinning, she closed her legs on the mare's sides and relaxed them as the horse ambled forward. Yes, they were moving slow, but they were moving, and in the right direction; as Maeve had pictured everything that could go wrong: her trying to mount up and sliding off the other side, the mare walking backwards, among other things.