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The sun was beginning to set when she finally got there. The whole ride there had been torturous. She thought she had this riding thing down, but apparently not. She couldn’t find a comfortable spot on the saddle, let alone keep herself on the horse properly. She thought horse riding would just come to her naturally, but she thought wrong. The horse’s hooves scraped through the small pebbles on the Shattered Coast as they came to a halt. ”Whoaa…Whoaa..” Rio muttered to the horse, and practically fell off the saddle as she tried smoothly to climb down. She stood there looking over the human-made contraption while holding Vitalia’s reigns. She didn’t see why she had such a hard time with it, and she would ride her bareback, only that was even worse. At least with the saddle she had somewhere to put her feet in order to keep herself on the horse, but when bareback, she had only the horse to hold on to. And many times she flew on when they were going at top speeds.
Rio huffed, making a few bubbly sounds with her lips. She turned and led the horse around the shore, behind her. She found that the horse knew where to walk if she followed instead of led. So, that’s what Rio did- she led Vitalia when she was holding her by the reigns. The rocks below Rio’s feet were soft and light. They were most likely softened by the sea and the sea’s salt. They made marble-like clicking noises together when they were stepped on or kicked, in the horse’s case. The foamy water weaved through what was left of them at the shore’s edge. The Shattered Coast was really a beautiful place to be and to clear one’s mind. Rio’s mind didn’t need clearing, though, she needed riding lessons.
Word Count → 306
Points → 3
Image courtesy of 36821100@N04@Flickr.
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