May 2009 Story Contest

Britnie, Shadow, Angel and Artemis's Adventures #1 by Britnie

Introduction to the Characters.
Britnie: A girl that is brave and is adventurous.
Shadow: Britnie's Bay welsh cross pony.
Angel:A light brown with white Chihuahua.
Artemis: A dark brown(blue)Chihuahua/Rat Terrier cross.

A Fun Adventure In Wiggins
Britnie woke up to something scratching her and realized that it was Art(Artemis). Art was the hyper one, Angel was the lazy one. She got up and went to the bathroom and was scared to death! The tub was backed up and the water was blood colored! Then she was calmed down because she remembered her mother had dyed her hair yesterday and the fresh dye was red colored. That woke her up! She used the bathroom and brushed her hair and then went let her dogs out. She got dressed and went outside. She breathed in the fresh air of wiggins then went to the barn, Angel and Art following closely behind.

Pam, Anna and Lulu were riding out of the barn when she got there. "Hi Britnie!",they all said.

"Hello!",Britnie replied. "Lovely morning isn't it?"

"Yes.",Pam said. They kept riding and Britie saw they were going to Wiggins on Pony Pal Trail. She walked over to Shadow's stall and hugged him good morning. Shadow start smelling her pocket and she knew exactly what he wanted. "You always want treats don't you?" she said. "Here, take a cookie."

She said and held out her hand flat so he wouldn't bite her hand by mistake. After he was done eating his treat she put a halter on him and then curried and brushed both sides of him. She went look for Mrs.Crandal and found her petting JB.

"Hello Mrs.Crandal!",She said.

"Hi Britnie, what can I do for you?",She answered.

"Oh I just need help picking out Shadow's hooves, you know how he is, stubborn.",She replied.

"Will do". Mrs.Crandal then went and picked Shadows hooves out. While she did that, Britnie walked over to the message board, seeing there was still the missing cat flier and all of Mrs.Crandal's students that took lessons on daisy and splash. She had taken a lesson before and it was fun but she decided she didn't want to take any more. She petted Angel and Art then walked back over to Mrs.Crandal and saw she had finished picking out Shadow's hooves and was now petting him for being somewhat good with for her.

"Thank you for picking his hooves out for me.",She said happily.

"Your welcome.",Replied Mrs.Crandal.

Britnie put a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich, a juice box and a few dog treats in her saddle bag. She would get an apple at the first clearing to wiggins. She saddled and then led Shadow to the mounting block outside, holding his bridle in one hand and tying him there with the other. He always stuck his head high when Britnie tried to put his bridle on. She got on the mounting block and put his bridle on. She rode western and put the REALLY long split reigns over the saddle horn, the left rein hanging over to the right side and the right rein hanging over to the left side. She grabbed Angel and put her on the saddle and then got on. She had Angel in the saddle with her because Angel was lazy and would walk to slow and would end up far behind. Art stayed on the ground because she could keep up.

They started down Pony Pal Trail, Art was running back and forth, stopping to smell something then running way up ahead. They walked for a minute then Britnie decided to picked up the pace. She touched Shadow's sides with her heels and he started a brisk trot, she touched him again and he started to canter. Britnie put her arms close to Shadow's mane and put her elbows against Angel so she would hold on. She looked down and saw Art was Running and was starting to get tired. About thirty seconds later Art was starting to fall behind so Britnie slowed shadow to a stop, letting Art rest.

She lifted her saddle bag's flap and got two dog treats, giving one to Angel and throwing one down in front of Art. They both ate it then started looking for crumbs. Britnie touched Shadow with her heels again and he started walking. They were coming close to the apple tree overhanging the trail. When they got close enough, Britnie stopped Shadow and picked it, giving it to him by throwing it on the ground in front of him. She let him put his head down and watched him as he sunk his teeth into it. After he was done, she touched his sides again and he started walking again. A minute later they were at the clearing, seeing lightning, Acorn, and Snow white tied to the mounting block. Britnie saw Pam, Anna, and Lulu playing a game of Bad Apple. She didn't like that game, probably because she wasn't good at it, although sometimes she played it. She was interrupted by Shadow neighing to the other ponies. The Pony Pals picked up their heads.

"Oh, hello. Glad you could make it.", Pam said.

"Yeah, me too.", Britnie replied. They all got back to their game. Britnie dismounted Shadow and tied him to the block, letting him greet his friends. She took Angel down and put her on the ground, realizing she didn't see Art. Then she heard some giggles from Anna. She looked and saw Art do her excited walk around Anna. She would turn her butt and then her butt would be leading where she went. It was so funny when she did that! She looked around and saw Angel had done went and found her a sunny spot, siting down and pointing her face to the sun with her eyelids closed. She felt something pushing on her back and saw it was Shadow. She loved all her animals. He began to nudge her pockets and she new he wanted a treat. She remembered there was an apple tree close by the game of Apple Bounce. She walked over and looked for a fresh apple on the ground. All of them were rotten though. She looked in the tree and saw a very fresh, juicy one close to the top. She jumped into the tree, making all kinds of racket with the branches. The pony pals looked up from their game.

"What are you doing!",Shouted Pam.

"Getting an apple for Shadow.", Britnie replied.

"You could have asked and I would have gave you one!", She shouted back to her.

"I like to earn apples for Shadow.", Britnie explained to her.

"But what you're doing is a risk of you falling and getting an injury or even killing yourself!" By that time Britnie got the apple and was coming back down. When she was on the ground, they all came running to her while Art followed.

Pam asked,"Are you alright?"

"A few scratches here and there but nothing serious.", Britnie said.

"NEXT TIME ASK FOR AN APPLE!",She yelled,scaring her a bit. "Not to be mean but I don't want you getting hurt".

"Okay, thanks for worrying about me.",she said.

They went back to their game and Britnie walked over to Shadow, giving him his apple. She called Angel and Art back, giving them the rest of their treats. She ate her sandwich and drank her juice. Putting the wrapper of the sandwich and the box of the juice back in the saddle bag.

"I'll throw them when I get back to the barn or the next trash can I see.".

She looked at Angel and she wasn't tired and looked like she would walk behind Shadow so she didn't put her up on the saddle. She mounted Shadow and told the Pony Pals bye. She took the trail to Wiggins and could not canter or trot shadow because the trail was too narrow.

She walked along the trail when we all heard an upset bird. Angel and Art took off into the bushes so Britnie dismounted Shadow and led him with her into the bushes. Angel and Art were sniffing the bird. Angel started scratching at it while Art barked.

"Angel! Quit scratching that poor bird!". She looked up at me as if to say"Well? What do you want me to do then?"

Britnie picked the bird up and looked around in a tree. There was a nest in the tree! She tied Shadow to a tree a little ways from that one so she wouldn't scare him. She remembered Pam told her to stay out of trees. But she wasn't getting in the tree to get an apple, she was getting in it to help a little bird. She jumped up and grabbed a branch with her right hand, making sure not to hurt the bird. She put her feet on the tree, walking up. Then she put her left arm over the limb and managed to also get a leg over. She pushed herself up to where she was sitting on it. The nest was the limb above her. She grabbed it with her right hand to pull herself up to where she was standing on the limb. She put the bird in the nest and petted it. She then jumped out the tree and the bird began to sing a happy tune. It made her feel good that she helped an animal. She went over to shadow and petted him then mounted up. They continued down the trail when they saw Bad Brook. She stopped Shadow and let him drink.

After he was done, They kept on going but Angel and Art stayed. She turned him around and called to them. They went back and forth along the bank then finally crossed. Angel slowly walked across while Art pranced over it quickly. After they were by her and Shadow, they started walking down the trail. They were coming by a overhanging branch when a squirrel came running down it. It was apparently very tame. Britnie would have gave it an apple if she had one. When it realized she wasn't giving it nothing, it went back into his hole. Britnie touched Shadow's sides with her heels and he walked on.

Soon they came to a gate which led into a sheep pen. She opened it and closed it back when they walked through. A sheep came over begging for a carrot but she didn't have any. It soon quit pestering her. They walked back out the pen and followed the trail. They soon came to another gate and walked through it. In front of them was Acorn and Snow White's paddock. They weren't there though.

They turned around and started back down the trail. Britnie would've went to Wiggins but she had Angel and Art with her. Maybe next time when they're not with her. Shadow was walking down the trail when he jumped sideways because the bushes started to move, Britnie stayed on though. Then she heard meowing and soon Scout came out. Angel and Art started sniffing him but they lost interest in him when they realized it was just Scout. Britnie dismounted Shadow and picked Scout up, putting him into her saddlebag. She mounted back up then touched Shadow's sides and they started walking again. It didn't take long and they were in the sheep pen.

The same sheep that was begging Britnie for a carrot earlier came and started begging again, but went back to eating grass when she didn't give it a carrot. They walked out the sheep pen and kept going down the trail. They came by the squirrel again but it knew Britnie didn't have anything so it stayed in the hole. A little while later They came to Bad Brook, Britnie stopped to let Shadow, Angel and Art drink. After they were all done drinking they started going down the trail (You guessed it) again. After awhile, they came to the tree where the bird Britnie found was happily chirping in it's nest.

They soon came to the first clearing but Anna, Pam, and Lulu wasn't there anymore. They started back towards the barn when Scout jumped out Britnie's saddle bag! She was about to stop Shadow when she saw he was walking behind him. She figured he got tired of being in a saddle bag.

When they got back to the barn, Scout ran into it and Britnie heard Mrs.Crandal, Pam, Anna and Lulu shout "Scout! Where have you been!"

She walked in with Shadow and said "I found him coming back from Acorn and Snow White's paddock."

They all looked up at the sound of her voice.

"Thank you so much for bringing him back!", Mrs.Crandal said. "You get a reward for that!"

"That's okay, you don't have to give me anything."

"I'm afraid I'm not giving you a choice! Now here, take this.", she said. Britnie looked down and saw she gave her five dollars.

"Thanks Mrs.Crandal.",Britnie said.

"No,thank you.",She replied.

"Okay". She went put Shadow back in his stall, groomed him, and gave him his hay.

Britnie, Angel, and Art walked back to their house and went to bed. While Britnie was in bed, she thought what a wonderful day it was then went to sleep.

THE END