Soon the bus drove up to a metal gate, that was opened atomatically, and down a gravel rode with trees with pick buds on each side. They drove up to a house with a middle and two wings. One wing was the boy's dorm, the other was the girl's. Behind the mansion was the stable, which was huge. Everything was surrounded by forest, yet no mountains in sight.
"Welcome to Blue Mountain Ranch!" announced the bus driver...

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"I'm glad to meet you all too," Adie said to the other camp-goers with a smile. They all seemed friendly, and she for that she was glad. It was easier to overcome her shyness when she was around friendly people.

Her attention was diverted when the bus driver announced that they were at the ranch. She rose up to her knees in her bus seat and looked out the window. She gaped when she saw how huge the mansion and stable were. "Wow," she breathed. She couldn't wait until she saw the horse that would be assigned to her.

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Emmeline smiled as she got off the bus. Her eyes were wide with wonder as she looked around the camp. She picked up her black suitcase and followed everyone into the house.

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Aubrey pulled her suitcase, following the train of people going into the house. She was so excited as she took in the amazing ranch.

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Bryce stood and so did Lucas. They smiled and where glad at least the rest of the campers where talking to them. That was more than they expected. They jumped off the bus and looked around.

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Joseph(aka the bus driver) led the group inside the house, were they dropped off their stuff, and followed him out to the stable yard.
"The names of the horses are on nametags on the stalls. I'll call out your first name, and the name of your horse, then as soon as I call yours, go and find your steed.
Aubrey, you get Firechaser
Lynn, Koltok
Brian, Atlantis
Emmeline, Zanikar
Adele, Gaidin
Bryce, Ash
Lucas, Nutty
Januvial, Glanre"

Jani ran off to find her horse, when she found her, she found out the horse was a chestnut. Stroking the mare's nose, she talked to her.
"Glanre? Thats a beautiful name, it would also make a good name for a dragon now that I think about it. Your a very pretty horse..."

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Bryce and Lucas went into the stables to find there horses. They saw two horses, one dark brown and the other black, side by side. Bryce went up to Ash and she whinned. He stroked her mane, with a white diamind on her nose, and he smiled. "Hullo girl. I'm Bryce." She whinned again and nudged him on the shoudler in greeting.

Lucas' steed, however, wasn't so friendly. Then, he remembered that the bus driver said that whoever had the horse named "Nutty", needed to remember that he was a wild one and wasn't quiet tame yet. THe steed's dar kblack eyes looked at Lucas as he approached him slowly. Nutty's ears went back and Lucas took a step back, but he was stubborn. "It's okay, boy. I'm Lucas...you can trust me." He said, trying to talk to him to keep him calm. "Easy boy...that's it..good boy...that's right, it's okay." He managed to talk his way right in front of Nutty's stall and he reached his hand out to stroke his mane. Though Nutty took another step back, he let Lucas stroke his mane. "Good boy, Nutty, good boy."

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(can i change my horse/dragon name to Zanikar? and have it be a black horse/dragon?)

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Aubrey walked over to the barn and walked down the aisle until she saw Chase. He nickered as she approached his stall. "Hey boy!" She murmured sweetly, stroking his forehead. He closed his eyes and rubbed his head against her, almost knocking her over. His chestnut forelock fell over a white star that almost looked like a flame. "No wonder your name is Firechaser."

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Bryce patted Ash as Lucas formed a quick bond with Nutty, the wild one. "Doesn't nutty mean "Wild" in Korean?" Bryce joked and Lucas scowled. Nutty whinned loudly as Bryce and snapped, causing Bryce to fall back in alarm and into the mud. Nutty whinned as if laughing and Lucas laughed. "I think it means, "Watch out." Lucas said, still laughing as Bryce was shoaking wet with mud. He sighed angrily yet grinned as mud slipped down his face.

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Adele ran off excitedly to find her horse. She scanned the stalls. "Gaidin, Gaidin, Gaidin," she murmured to herself. Then she saw the name over the stall. "Ah, here it is!" She looked in and nearly jumped up and down with excitement. He was just how she had always wanted her horse to be. He was a large sleek solid black stallion. She reached out and stroked her hand down his muzzle. He whickered contendly. "Hello there, Gaidin," she said, "I'm Adie."

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Aubrey walked over to the two boys, Bryce and Lucas she thought their names were. "Having trouble with your horse?" She asked Bryce who was covered in mud.

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Emmeline found her horse immediately. Zanikar was a tall bay with lean yet muscular limbs. He had a long white blaze.
"You're so pretty," She crooned, stroking his nose. She fed him a carrot that she retrieved from her bag. Zani ate it happily, leaving a slob of carrots on Emmelines shirt. Emmeline grimaced and wiped the slime off of it,

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Jani kept petting Glanre, grinning. The whole time sinse she set eyes of the horse, she felt something of another presence in her mind, but ignored it, thinking it nother...

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Joseph wathced the teens run off to find their horses, then went to the closest stall were a grullo stallion stood.
These... kids are supposed to be the Riders? asked a voice in his mind, as the stallion raised hi head.
Yes, and you of all people hsouldn't doudt them. Remember when I was one of these kids?
I guess your right the stallion flickered it's ears...


(note: at this point when they're horses you can feel their presence in ur mind, but can't here their thoughts. I only have Joseph hearing his horse/dragon's thoughts for well... youl find out...)

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Lynn searched the name plaques for her alloted horse. Three stalls form the door, she found it. “Koltok” She whispered. The horse inside stirred and poked his head out. She storaked the copper-black muzzle and opened the stall door. He was a beautiful andalusian stallion. Tall and strongly built, and at the same time elegant. His coat was a light cream by his withers and neck, but slowly darkened to a shadowy black but the time it reached is hindquarters. His mane, tail, and legs were also black. Standing there, he looked noble and solomn, but the twinkle in his eye and quiver in his lower lip when Lynn produced a carrot suggested a sillier side to him. Laughing, she fed him the carrot and then stroaked his neck. She felt content, but in an odd sort of way, as if she were sharing the feeling. She looked to Koltok. For some odd reason she though the feeling in her mind was him,but how could that be?