Once Kayden got up to her room, she set her bag down on her bed. She saw that her roommate had set up all her things too. She sat down on the bed as she waited for her roommate. She figured she would meet her and then they could both go down to register.

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Kim and her mom walked down to the stable block.
"If Starlight's all okay, I better get going." Mrs. Mayson said.
"Okay. Thanks for everything, Mom." Kim said hugging her mom. "Call me whenever."
"Okay, bye." Her mom smiled and headed to her car.
Kim headed to the stable block. Stall 23 seemed to take forever to reach. She saw a lady who looked like a riding instructor. Kim walked up to her.
"Hi, I'm Kim Mayson. I own Starlight, right over there.." Kim said. The lady turned and faced Kim. She had long red hair and bright blue eyes.
"Hi Kim, I'm Mrs. White, the jumping instructor." She said.
"Oh, perfect. Um, I was wondering if you think it's okay to ride our horses today. After the ride here and all...." Kim said.
"Well depending on your horse, it might be okay. Do you want to go see?" Mrs. White asked.
"Sure that'd be great!" Kim said walking to Starlight's stall.
"Hey Starlight," Kim said. She slid the door open. The slender bay mare stood still, her ears pricked and her back hoof dipped. Mrs. White walked in and petted the mare.
"She doesn't look worked up, her coat's dry and she's not sweating. I'd say she's fine. But if you're worried, you might just want to longe her today. How is she usually?" Mrs. White stroked Starlight's neck.
"She's great. I think I'll warm her up in one of the less crowded arenas." Kim said. "Thanks Mrs. White. I'm excited for the lesson tomorrow."
"Ah, so you're a jumper." Mrs. White grinned. "So much more exciting then hunters." She laughed and left the stall. "Kim, I'm going out to the indoor jumping arena so if you want I can help you out there." Mrs. White offered.
"Thanks, I'll tack up." Kim said.

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Kayden heard voices down the hall. She wondered if it could be her new roommate. She hoped that she would fit in at this school. At the other private school she was at, she faced too much pressure from her trainer and from her peers. She had done a lot of research on this school and hoped that it would be better.

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Isabella walked into her dorm, and saw another girl of about her age. Isabella smiled as she walked up to her. "Hi!" she said in a friendly voice, "I'm Isabella. You must be my new roomate."

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"Hi Isabella. My name is Kayden." Kayden smiled. "It's nice to meet you."

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Kim mounted Starlight and headed out to the indoor jumping arena. Starlight pulled at the bit and pranced by the other horses.
"Easy girl," Kim soothed.
"You got a fiesty one there," A voice said.
"Usual behavior for this monster," Kim laughed. A pretty blonde girl was astride a tall dappled greay gelding. "Oh, your horse is gorgeous." Kim complimented.
"Thanks. This monster's a little ansy too today. I'm Sarah, by the way." She said.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Kim. And this is Starlight." Kim said, loosening her reins.
"Nice to meet you. Funny, I think we're sharing dorm rooms. Unless there's another Kim," Sarah laughed.
"Makes sense. Sarah Greenwood?" Kim asked. She smiled as she saw Sarah nodd.
Kim gathered her reins as she entered the arena. Starlight pranced.
"Kim, why don't you pick up a trot." Mrs. White was in the middle of the arena. Swarms of horses were walking, trotting, cantering, and some jumping jumps.
"Oh, I wish she hadn't seen that Starlght. Nice going." Kim teased. She urged Starlight gently into a colected trot.

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Rachel walked out to the barn. There had been rumors that a crazed horse next to her horse, Murtagh who was in stall 14. She put a halter on him and took him out to one of the washing racks. She turned on the hose," I know someone likes to be washed after being in a trailer for a few hours." She told the horse. After she groomed him she walked him around to the pasture. She let him run around before she took him back to his stall and she stop at stall 13 and looking over at the horse, she walked up to horse and try to pat it's neck. The horse bit her on the arm. She slap him hard on the neck. "Don't you ever try that again." She keeped her voice down as she march back up to dorms upset.

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Kim warmed Starlight up. Another riding instructor was watching several girls go over some low jumps.
"Hi, can I jump my horse over some?" Kim asked.
"Sure. You know how to jump?" The lady said.
"Um, yeah I'm hoping to get into intermediate this year with Mrs. White." Kim said, taken aback.
"Sorry for asking. We don't really want beginners jumping, you know? Go ahead." She said. "Make sure to call it. Canter around and take it."
Kim nodded and picked up a canter. Starlight cantered slowly, her head lowered. Her ears were fixed on Kim's relaxing words.
"Easy girl. I see people watching us. Let's show them what we got." Kim gathered up, keeping Starlight at a steady pace. She felt their pace quicken. She gently pulled Starlight back to their original gait and counted her strides to their takeoff spot.
Starlight lifted over the small jump and landed neatly on the other side.
"That's waht I'm talking about, girl." Kim grinned. It was just a warmup jump, but she felt proven.

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Helena went to stable 13 and saw durza all worked up she ran in and looked over to see who's horse was in stall 14 (12 was empty) it was Rachel's "I think I'll go see Rachel and ask why your so worked up".She said walking to the exit.

She went to Rachel's dorm and knocked.

Rian arived into her dorm and but you stuff down, leaving her tack at her assigned stall, number 15. Taking a quick look around, then took off for the stables. When she got their shes was some people unloading Flame, who came off with a limp. "I got it." She said taking the lead rope. She tied her to the cross ties, and reashured her, with a quick rum down, heading to her knee. " You just stuff arnt ya? Not used to standing that long, But nothing a cool wash down cant fix right?" Rian led Flame down the isalway and withthin a few strides it was almost back to normal.

Flame took to the cool water bath, in which Rian shampooed, and conditioned her to a squeaky cleanness to help make a good first impression. After Rian just lead Flame around, hoping to meet a few people.

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Kim dismounted and led the mare to the stable block.

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Helena decided to go and warm durza up before trying a few jumps. As she was walking around she saw there were many ppl around and decided to wait a whle since she didn't like being around ppl.

"Should we head down for registration?" Kayden asked. "I'd also like to check on my horse."

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After Starlight was settled in her stall, Kim went upstairs. She didn't really know anyone. Except for the breif introduction with Sarah, no one had seemed too friendly. She walked into the crowded elevator and headed to the second floor. Her dorm room door was open and music was blaring. Kim walked in. She saw Sarah sitting in the small armchair and another girl laying on the floor.
"Oh, hi Kim!" Sarah said. She stood up and turned down the music. She was still in her jodhpurs.
" Kim, this is my other friend Soraya." Sarah said.
Soraya looked up. She had short black hair with bangs that fell in front of her face. "Hi. It's nice to meet you." Soraya said.
"So, do you ride too?" Kim asked, shutting the door.
"Um, well came here for basic riding. I'm not so great yet." Soraya said, her head lowering.
"Oh, I'm sure that's not true!" Kim said. "Are you trying out for the beginner jumping class then?" Kim asked.
"Oh, no way. I've only jumped 2 feet at the highest! No way can I begin at 2 feet..." Soraya said. "Maybe next year."
"No, Soraya. I've seen you jump before! On a good schooling pony here, you'll be jumping in the advanced class. Okay, well maybe not that high..." Sarah smiled as she saw Soraya's surprised look at the mention of the advanced class.
"Evaluations are tomorrow, no way am I even close to being ready." Soraya's face was serious.
"I guess...Oh Soraya don't be so modest! You're going to try out for beginner!" Sarah said. "I'm not asking, or begging, or pressuring, I'm ordering you to!" Sarah laughed.
"Fine! Okay?" Soraya giggled. "Well I guess since I'm such a good rider, I should try out for the junior jumping team and be captain!" Soraya said.
"Okay, pushing it there!" Sarah laughed.
The three girls giggled.

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"It's nice to meet you too, Kayden," Isabella said, still smiling. "That sounds great," she replied when Kayden asked if they should go down to register. "I'd also like to see my horse to." Then as they began walking together, Isabella asked, "What's your horse's name?"

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