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TWD| Finally Here
🕑 Added 2024-01-24 03:13:55 +0000 UTCArrival for the TEAM
Allison Haven| AM Chishio, AM Heartfelia, AM Rochal
The latest layer of fresh snow crunched beneath the hooves and boots of the Angell’s Meadow team. They had finally arrived in Gyulakeszi, Hungary after very long travel from the United States, but despite the jet lag, Allie was bouncing with energy. She couldn’t believe she was finally here, granted it had taken plenty of work on her end. Traveling to a different country with horses, gear, and herself is never easy, but for some reason everything had a hold up. Paperwork for visas, getting the gear located at the airport, a VERY large dog, paperwork for horses, etc. It was all such a damn mess, she thought she might even miss the departure time.
Fortunately, pieces of the puzzle fell in order, and she made it with time to spare. Thank goodness for Falco as well because his help on this venture had been incredible. After all, horses still need looking after, despite the paper work troubles. During the long adventure, Falco would be in charge of getting the horses to each checkpoint and taking care of them after the event. For the first leg, Chishio would be the horse handling the distance. Rochal and Heartfelia would be with Falco who would have them ready for the swap in Wolfsberg where Heartfelia would be up next.
It was the morning of departure for the team, so Allie had been preparing Chishio, making sure after all the travel he really was ready. Chishio, better known in the barn as Cheese, was the epitome of work horse. She had always struggled to bond with him, despite him having been a farm staple for years. He was sturdy, strong, and confident, nothing seemed to ever really worry the stallion. But he had always performed under saddle like it was a fruitless job. He had originally been purchased with the intention of competing in cross-country. He had done an excellent job at it as well. Riley, who was training with him, had always mentioned his performance was there, but his heart wasn’t.
Confused by her statement, Allie made sure to watch some of their schooling sessions at the Nevada facility. Riley’s suspicions were dead on and while Allie was proud of her rider for noticing, she was at a loss for what to do. On a Whim she had asked Tavia’s opinion, Tavia having worked with the Drakehest breed for years suggested he was taken out to an Endurance ride. Fortunately, a show had landed on Allie’s desk that week that would be perfect. But it did mean Tavia would have to take time out of her summer to travel with Chishio and compete in this ride.
Tavia’s sacrifice was worthwhile. Chishio returned home with a new future laid out for him. On the Endurance path, the first glimmer of synergy was formed with Chishio and his career. The exertion and open path of the endurance ride was exactly what he had needed, rather than the jump filled course that came to an end too soon. Allison was overjoyed to find a role that the big cheese would work happily in, and immediately got him transferred to the endurance barn. So here he stood, lots of training under his belt thanks to Tavia’s work, ready to take on one of the most daunting tasks any endurance horse could accomplish. But not for a second did Allison doubt this horse would carry her to Wolfsberg come snow or mudslide.
The only doubts Allie carried at this point were… why was she here? The bitterly cold air was already burning against her face, and wind whipped snow up into a flurry around them from the ground. But the cold wasn’t what was bugging her. She was trying to find the words in her mind, trying to uncover why she was here. She had spent the year prior training her body, her horses, and her mind for this event. But there was something else.
You see, Allie had made a grave mistake, a mistake so big it had almost been the downfall of Angell’s meadow. Her life’s work dissolved with one bad hire.
They were past the initial disaster of what had happened, but Allie couldn’t help but worry. Had she made the same mistake again, entrusting Dustin Holt with building the new farm and managing it while she was gone? She didn’t have many options but worry furrowed her brow as she prepared Chishio for departure. His tack was perfect, at the bare minimum Dust had ensured that the saddles had been sent off and mended. She didn’t want anything failing on the course and had taken the extra step of having their gear sent off to be repaired and properly cared to. Dust had surprised her actually, he had included something special. All the horse's gear had green accents, the once gold metals all replaced to steel… the new branding for Direwolf Endurance the official and new branding for Angells meadow equestrian center’s endurance team. So as she secured the girth under Chishio’s half sheet, she couldn’t help but feel worry slip away. He had noticed her new branding ideas, noticed it and went out of his way to explain it to the rather unfortunately grumpy saddler who mended their gear. It was beautiful, the green an ode to the clover theme she wanted and the steel homage to Pennsylvania’s steel city.
She had hardly spent any time at the Pennsylvania farm, but it already felt like home, a home she could miss and a home she would strive to return to. A home to build up.
Behind her Falco led Rochal and Heartfelia, they were getting their legs stretched as well before getting ready to head out on a journey to the next checkpoint,
“The green looks good, Allie” Falco said, coming to a stop next to the team.
“I’m honestly surprised it-” She turned and observed the young man standing before her. It was a small gesture, but he also wore green, his warm winter jacket and his hat rocking the branding. She couldn’t help but feel tears well up in her eyes, turning to hug Falco,
“Dustin told me about the branding change you had mentioned, how you want the separate stables to have their own Identity… I really like it” he had a slight blush on his cheeks from the cold wind and from Allie’s response. She was like an older sister to him, but still he was always reserved.
“Fal… you… you have no Idea how much it means to me. Everything was falling apart, and it was all my fault I-” She was rambling again, another string of apologies soon to follow,
“Allie stop, you have a huge ride ahead of you” he said looking at his shoes before looking up, “Everything that happened wasn’t your fault. You trusted someone that everyone said deserved that trust. What happened to everyone was his doing, not yours” he hugged her this time, bringing her short frame against his chest.
“I guess I will have a lot of time to think about that, huh?” She smiled, wiping her tears and smiling at him. She was glad he was here, he deserved this trip more than he knew. He had worked so hard and when he had asked to travel out of country and learn how to manage the transit situation she was honestly surprised. He had always been so mature, having taken up a lot of emotional responsibility when his parents split. She knew it was hard on him, considering the… confused nature of Jessy and Hank’s relationship. Maybe this time away was the vacation he had been needing. They both would be away from family and during the holidays that could be hard, so in thanks for his help with granting Allie this opportunity she had a surprise in store for him later.
But in the meantime she would show her appreciation by doing her best and by finding resolution when the time would come. Allie could have stayed at this moment for hours. Enjoying the presence of her companions and laughing as Heartfelia confused Falco’s hat for an apple, but it was time to go.
Years had led her to this point, and there was no going back now.
Oh my goodness, I am so excited about this! Time to get cracking on the assignments and phases. I can't wait to let the story unfold as we go! I finally feel like I have a story reason for their steps away from the show scene. Up next getting all the horses updated. Please enjoy my little drabble ♥
And for my naughty nerds, Yes I will be including lewd things into my HARPG story :3 but that's to come.
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Lovely work floof!
