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Horse Buddies-

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By Christine Kat Wang

Laricia and Catherina are two girls who live in Willow Halls with their very own ponies to ride every day. They became very best friends and formed a club called Horse Buddies.

But here comes the new girl in Willow Halls. Meet Alice Fletcher who also has her own pony. Catherina and Laricia think that Alice is just a mean brat but when something happens with Maria Coole, it's up to Laricia and Catherina to do something about it but who knew that they needed Alice to help…

Chapter 1

Laricia Smith was in the barn, grooming her horse, Easter for a ride. Laricia patted Easter on the forehead. Easter was a lovely pony as a Palomino coat, honey mane and tale with a cheerful personality. Maria Coole, one of her friendly neighbors walked up to her coolly and said, "Hey, Laricia. Going on a trail ride, huh?"

"Yeah, mom says that Easter has been acting really spooky these days so maybe a ride will calm him down." Explained Laricia then she shrugged. "It's like every normal Saturday morning. I always take Easter on the Horse Buddies Trail Road to meet Catherina," added Laricia as she mounted. Maria sighed and looked over to the Smith's farm paddock where two stallions stood, grazing on grass. Laricia saw how disappointed Maria was about not having her own horse. "Don't worry. Not everybody has their own horse, believe me. I've begged years for my parents to buy me a pony and if wasn't easy," coxed Laricia. Then she said good-bye to Maria and trotted off with Easter. She and Catherina have formed a friendship club called Horse Buddies. Easter galloped around the trails, gracefully and nicely. But who'd know that Maria had set a pager alarm on Easter's saddle… beep! Beep! Beep!
The pager was beeping around all of a sudden. Easter got spooked while Laricia tried to calm him down and get a grip with the reins but she couldn't. She fell off her horse as Easter rode away madly towards Catherina's house.

Catherina grabbed Easter as soon as possible. Catherina had her grey simple mount, Snowy. Laricia had got up then but not since. "Are you OK?" asked Catherina hurriedly. "Maybe we should get your parents. You could be hurt!" Catherina was a usual worrier. Laricia groaned and adjusted the cut on her forehead. "I'm fine, Cath. And for your information, you can SEE that I'm actually hurt. Look at my scratches!" grunted Laricia…

To be continued next month…