Qibli kept working his horse, stopping, going, turning, and switching direction. Once West had worked enough Qibli hopped on bareback and rode towards the cross country courses. "Let's see if we can make a good time, eh boy?" Qibli murmured, urging West into a trot. He decided to do the 1st one, since it was the easiest. Qibli had his horse canter and they went down the trail, approaching the first jump rather slowly

As she brought him into his stall, she grabbed the brush bucket from the bridle hook. When she closed the stall door, she took off his bridle, reached over to the hook, and hung it up.

Qibli crouched over West's neck in a good posititon, which took a lot of muscle at the canter and bareback. He sailed over the first jump, going towards the second in a smooth fluent motion

Isabella grabbed the curry and started rubbing all over her horse. Once that was done, she grabbed the dandy brush and pushed all the sweat covered hair the wrong way, so that they were standing up. Before she was 3, she was doing that. It had always been taught to her that, pushing the sweaty hair the wrong way, helps it to dry. While she waited for that to dry, she grabbed the hoof pick. As she picked out his feet, she found no rocks. Once that was done, she felt the sweaty fur to see if it had dried. It was still wet. But, that meant Isabella could plait his tail and do a running braid down his mane. It may have taken five minutes to brush out his tail, then 15 to do the plait. But, the result was worth it. His tail looked elegant. And it would stay clean. To make sure it stayed that way, she left the stall for a moment and grabbed a tail cover.

When she came back, she quickly sped through his mane. The running braid was done in seven minutes, exactly. His forelock was like, the easiest thing in the world. It took about 9 braid turns to finish it.

Then she felt his sweaty fur again. It finally dried. She grabbed the curry come and started loosening up that fur, ridding it of the sweat. After, she grabbed the dandy brush and swept away any execs dirt or loose hair that came up.

Isabella grabbed her spray bag and looked around for the green spot remover.

"Finally." she mumbled to herself when she found it.

Eve awoke to the sound of loud creaking. I must have dropped off after doing some unpacking, she thought rubbing her eyes. She looked at her watch, realising she wasted half the evening already and tidied her hair before leaving the dorm. I guess she had to talk to the others at some point, she thought and made her way down the the stables.

As she got closer she realised there were a few people bustling around and strided forward with mock confidence in their direction.

After a relaxing, uneventful trail ride Niko and W made their way back to the barn. Niko hopped off, his feet quickly hitting the dirt. He led Q into the barn and untacked him in his stall. He put Q's tack away, waving at girl brushing her horse. He efficiently took care of his horse and supplies, hoping he wouldn't be late for dinner.

Qibli tensed his muscles for the next jump, and his stallion sped up a little. He soared through the air over the hedge and smiled, loving the feeling of wind rushing through his light blonde hair.

After finishing the grooming part of the grooming session, she was exhausted, but it was worth it.

She grabbed a cloth and a bucket of water. Carefully, she dipped the cloth in the water, only getting it a touch wet. She then prayed the green spot remover on one of his stockings, where he had slipped. After some scrubbing, she got the green spot off.

She then felt her phone vibrate in her pocket and pulled it out. After answering a text message, she turned on some music. It was a randomized playlist, and the first song was 'Raise Your Glass' by Pink.

Isabella found that she worked faster with the music. And within 5 minute she got the green spots off. After doing that she grabbed the hoof shiner and did some shinies on his feet.

Quail nodded when Wyn said he hadn’t checked his schedule yet.

“I have mine, I just haven’t looked at it,” The boy replied with a slight shrug.

Eventually, all of Quail’s belongings were unpacked and put away neatly with the exception of some things he had left in the suitcase that was lighter. It was just random things to keep him entertained when he didn’t have class and had nothing else to do.

“Thank you for the help, I appreciate it!” Quail thanked his roommate with a big smile.