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"Ok."Hikaru said, just a tab doubtful. She did as she was told, and realized somthing.
"May I get on the gate?" she said, and (using the gate) clambered on Charomile somewhat less gracefully.

Alejandro patted Dawn on the back, physically warning her that he would mount. He did not want her to spook while he was mounting. He placed a foot in the stirrup and grabbed the pomel. With sheer force he lifted himself gently into the saddle. He patted the horse's neck, whispering into its ear.

"Good, Hikaru," Tess said praisingly, smiling again. "Alright, when riding western, you're going to hold your reins in one hand. There's many different ways to hold them, but what I do is - choose which hand you're most comfortable with first - and then place your index finger between the reins. Place your other hand on your leg and just let it dangle at your side a bit." She instructed, calming Sacred by turning him in a couple of circles and then walked him near Hikaru, but kept her distance. "Then to get to her to go, just squeeze with your heels - which you keep pressed down - and click her tongue," she then instructed. Tess followed her own direction, showing Hikaru. "And then keep your hand low by her neck and to go left, just move your reins to the left. Same witht the right." She smiled yet again at Hikaru. "Listen, take a deep breath. You're doing just fine. Even if you don't exactly know what your doing, always ride with your head held high and your shoulders back." Tess lifted her own chin a bit and pressed her shoulders back. "Have confidence. Have trust within yourself and your horse. Because without it and faith, you're only gonna end up on the ground and that's not too much fun." Sacred began to paw at the ground and toss his head up and down, nostrils flarring in and out with each breath.
"Hey, chill." Witha few gentle bumps of her reins, the arab lowered his head the slightest and tucked it in, getting beautifully collected. "Ready to walk?" she asked Hikaru and then looked to Alejandro. "How you doin' over there?" she asked, looking to the mare and feeling glad that he seemed to have her under control. "Just get ready when a breeze picks up. She tends to get a bit spooky about that. He does too," she said, gesturing at her own horse was beginning to prance in place again, ready to go.

Hikaru gulped and looked utterly helpless for just a moment. Then the moment was gone. She did her best to hold her head high, and nodded, following instructions. She tryed a couple turns and stopped, tugging lightly on the reins. Hikaru patted the horse's neck and nodded once more.
"Yes, I think so."

"You're doing great. Come on." She cued Sacred to walk and he did, bobbing his head a bit as he did so. Tess got him collected again and smiled down at her horse, leaning foreward to rub his neck. "Silly boy," she murmured and then turned to look at Hikaru. "Alright. We'll do one or two stretches to relax you up a bit more. What you're gonna do is reach for Charomile's ears with one hand, keeping your back straight, heels down. Basicly bending at your hips." Tess followed her own instructions, feeling the muscles in her back stretch a bit. "And then reach back towards the tail." She did that as well.

Hikaru sighed as she stretched. She never usually did her back, so it felt pretty nice.
"Ok." She said once she was finished, patting Charomile again.

"Great. Now, just get used to the feel of her gaite, which right now is the walk, and more used to turning and whoa-ing which is just pulling back with the reins a bit. I'm gonna go ahead and trot him here in a sec," she said and allowed Sacred's walk to go a bit faster. She did some stretches with him so that he wasn't stiff and kinky and then moved him into a nice, working trot. Tess began to rise up and down with his steady gaite, keeping him collected and used mainly her legs to turn him and did a bit of laterall work. After they had trotted for a little while, Tess got up into the jumping two-point position, allowing Sacred's own back to stretch out a bit more and then slowed him back down to a walk, patting his neck. "Good boy!" she praised.

Hikaru squeezed her heels and Charomile walked forward.
Hikaru grinned, it felt to good to ride again. She walked around slowly, fully enjoying heself. She was saying things in her head to Charomile, and was slightly surprised to feel Charomile return the thoughts with a little movement of her head etc...

Tess glanced back to check on everyone and then moved her horse onto the rail a bit closer. With a slight movement of her outside heel and a squeeze of her left fingers, Sacred picked up a right lead canter. Tess moved with the gaite and pressed her heels down a bit further when Sacred let out a few small bucks. She gave him another squeeze with both of her heels to keep him moving and he did so obediently. "That's a boy, Sacred," she praised with another one of her warm smiles. Leaning back the slightest and giving the horse's reins a small tug, Sacred slowed to a prancy trot, and then back to a walk. "Someone needs some runnin', don't he?" Tess asked Sacred, leaning forward so that she was pressed against his neck a bit, scratching his shoulder.

Alejandro moved his horse around, trying to get a feel for it and how it liked to be handled. He let it slowly pick up speed. It finally ended up at a full out run, but he pulled it back into a gallop.

Tess looked back over to Alejandro. "Take 'er easy. She's not used to bein' ridden outside," she said. She then looked back to Sacred who had stopped right at the corner, ears fully perked forward at something in the tall cornfield. Tess raised a brow and leaned to the side a tiny bit, trying to see what had caught her horse's attention. Just as she was getting ready to continue walking, a flock of birds flew up, cawing loudly. Sacred's front hooves immedietly left the ground as he reared up. Tess leaned foreward, trying to keep her balance. As soon as the horse was back on all fours, she took her right rein and turned him quickly, using her heels to get him to listen to her. She turned him a couple of times in order to distract him, talking softly to him and releasing with her other rein. "Easy does. Good boy. Steady now..." She stopped him, shaking her head and then got her horse to walk again. His head as held high, as well as his tail now and all the arab that surged throughout his veins could be seen at that moment. Tess got him collected again, doing all sorts of things to continue distracting him until he was calmed back down. "Jeeze oh pete..." she muttered.