Midnight Mist Riding Stables.

Holly Honeycutt awoke early in the morning. She had a quick hot shower and dressed in her cream jodhpurs and a black t-shirt. The girl started brushing her honey-colored hair and put it up in a stylish ponytail, her little curls bunching together. Holly grabbed her backpack and started walking out the door.

Minutes later..

Holly arrived at the stables and smiled at all the people who were already here. Her father owned these stables and very many people boarded their horses here because of the quality, although it was very expensive. The stables were located in New South Wales, Australia in a large area called Scone. She strolled down the stables casually and greeted her horses with a friendly smile. Holly had 5 horses in the stables that belonged to her and she was loaning them for a month as she only had time to care for one horse, and that was her horse, Shadow. He was a gorgeous black Holsteiner gelding with plenty of stamina. Although his attitude of not trusting or liking anyone besides her, he was a total sweetheart. The girl petted each of her horses that included Spring, Dandy, Temper and Xanthe. Finally, she came to Shadow and let herself in the stall. Holly put her backpack in the corner of his stall and pulled out a few slices of carrot and held them under his muzzle, while the other hand gently stroked his muscled, black neck.

Spring pricked his ears and nickered to Holly as she passed, he didn't mind not being the favourite because lots of other people gave him loads of attention because of his laid-back attitude. Kids loved him but he wasn't for little kids for this month because he knew that this month someone would ride him.

Temper leaned over his stable door, he hated being trapped in such a small area. He snorted and shied back whenever someone else besides his groom, Ben Tyson or Holly tried to touch him. The stallion whinnied and stomped his foot, he was aching to run.

Dandy reared in her stall and pressed her chest against the stall door, trying to sniff anyone who walked past. She pricked her ears and let her head lol over the stable door, wanting some attention.

Xanthe pinned her ears tightly against her neck and shied back when Holly tried to touch her. She had grown used to her but she still didn't like her. Her heart was wild and she was born to be free, not stuck in some horse stable like all the others..