September Story Contest

Pony Pals Book 2: Double Trouble part 1
By: Comanche1999
Age: 12
                                                                           
On a warm March morning at Blue Ribbon Paradise Equestrian Center & Middle and High school and working on collage there was Olivia and Bailey. They where in Middle school in 6th grade exercising their horses Double Trouble, and Dancer.
"We better stop and cool them out. Before I die” Bailey exaggerated as sweat was covering her whole body. Dancer blanketed with sweat was now looking sorrel.
”Ya, I agree”, Olivia said patting Trouble now a Grey color from the sweat. Olivia's hair was now a lighter color over the summer from the sunlight. The girls dismounted and walked their horses swiftly through the pastures to the grand barn.

The barn is a polished wood barn with 150 stall total. The stalls where big and also there is cross ties in the aisles and there are Hay mangers and water troughs and food bins in each stall with Straw or Wood chip bedding. There was many school horses and there favorite horses that they sometimes trail ride with where called Comanche a dark palomino stallion and Mable a red colored Mare.

The girls walked their horses to there stall numbers, 16 and 15.After they arrived by their stalls the put their horses on cross ties.
"Want me to but the tack away and go get the grooming kits?” Bailey asked.
“Yes, Please” Olivia said handing Bailey her Black English tack. Bailey walked swiftly to the tack room. There she knocked into Allie. But NOT just Allie! She knocked into a new girl she has never seen before with long beautiful chocolate brown hair, skin with a tint of darkness from tanning, and blue eyes.
”Hello! This is the one and only Jessica! Stupid!” Jessica screamed.
“Sorry” Bailey said picking up the tack and setting it on there horses tack holders. She picked up the two grooming kits and walked swiftly back to Olivia. As she was doing that she saw Jessica saddling her Quarter Horse. Once she got to Olivia she explained the whole thing to her and Olivia was furious! She stormed over to Jessica and Allie who where chatting and where mounting there horses.
“What do you want??”
Allie said, ”Oh this is my best friend who transferred to this new school. Her name is Jessica. This is her horse Dakota he is a Quarter Horse gelding.”
“Allie I don't care! I want to know why you are being mean! STOP IT!” Olivia said loudly.
”Why?” Jessica said, ”I am better than you in school and riding!”
“Ya right” Olivia said. Allie's horse knocked Olivia over!
“Ha Ha” The girls yelled back!

Bailey raced over seeing her best friend laying on the stable floor.
”Olivia! Olivia wake up wake up!” She said putting Olivia in her arms! She whistled to her horse, which she unhatched before racing over. Her horse cantered over and halted in front of the scene. I wish my dad worked in the barn! But he got layed off since they built the School too. She put Olivia on top the horse on her arms while she galloped over to the nurse.

Once she saw the nurse's office she tied her horse up and raced inside. 'Help! My friend got knocked out by Allie Heather and Jessica Jam!” The nurse walked out slowly. She grabbed Olivia off Dancer and the nurse brought her to the hospital part. Bailey had to leave and go to school. After she called a stable hand to take care of the two horses.

I walked into the 6th grand building and who did I see walking into Spanish? Jessica and Allie. “Hi” Jessica said in a mean tone. ”What do you want?” I asked unsure. “I just said hi,” Jessica said. Bailey just sat down at my desk and got ready for Spanish. In Spanish Bailey noticed a new girl with Brown Hair tied back in a ponytail and she also had tan skin and an “I love Horses” shirt with dark washed jeans. All during the day Bailey collected Olivia's homework. She learned that Allie and Jessica where in ALL of her classes and in all of Olivia's classes.
She collected all her homework and headed to the hospital. She sat down on Olivia's bed and looked up at Olivia.
“Olivia what is wrong!?” Bailey asked. Olivia was sobbing and Bailey set down the books and ran over to convert Olivia.
“Trouble...” Olivia said through her sobbing.
“What about him..?” Bailey asked. “He..He... got hurt because a beginner had to ride him since all the stable horses where busy....and broke his leg....” She started sobbing more!
“Oh no!” Bailey surprised. They tried to keep their mind off of it and do homework. Just then the nurse came in and said Olivia was fee to go and she was okay.

The two friends walked into the stables and Bailey saw the same girl that is in their Spanish class.
” Hi” The girl from Spanish said
”My name is Paige Jansen and this is the stable foal I bought from here called Comanche! But now he is a gelding.”
“Oh hello we are in all of the same classes right?” Bailey asked.
“Yes and I never have seen you before” Pointing to Olivia.
“Oh Allie and Jessica ran over me and I couldn't go to school and I came to visit my horse. She got her leg broken” Olivia informed. “Hey do you want me to help you with your horse since I am stall #14.
Right by you and my dad is a vet here. I am new and started today!” Paige said. “Sure” The pals said happily. The friends helped Trouble stand up and they took an x-ray. “ It will take a few hours to develop so wanna trail ride with me?” Paige asked.
“Let me go get Mable to ride and let me get Dancer.”

The pals rode all day and came back Best friends, tired and Sweaty.
“I call taking a shower first!” Olivia called.
“Okay and Paige? Are you in room 15 at Horse Riders dorms?”
“Yes I am!” Paige said while wondering why.” Then we are 3 roommates! Yay!” Olivia said. The girls groomed and took care of the horses and came to look at the X-ray. They all crossed there fingers and looked.
“It seems that it is only a Worn out muscle so Trouble will need stall rest!” Paige informed.
“Yay!” The two yelled!

The girls helped Trouble and soon Double Trouble was back to normal and the girls where so happy! Then after they made sure they where right and they where.
“WHAT??” Olivia asked.
“Yes I might have to move” Bailey said sobbing. Her Makeup smudged and Olivia trying to soak it in.
“That can't be right” Paige said putting her arm around Bailey. “That just can't happen.”