Curiosity

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Calla always wanted to know how to ride a horse. Since she had wings, she never really needed to learn. She stood shyly by the stable door, her head staring longingly inside. Oh gods how she wished to learn. But at the same time, she was also scared. She knew there were sometimes accidents where the rider was flung off, so it kept her outside. No...she'd only learn from someone she could trust to help her. She wouldn't try it on her own if she could help it. The Charis sighed, leaning back against the door and stared up at the sky, creating a gentle, comforting breeze around her.

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Augustin walked around the stables (again). He saw that today someone else's around the horses. She seemed to be familiar, so he got closer.

"Hello Calla!" he said when he recognised her. He didn't wanted to scarry her, but it seemed to be better than going next her, and frighten her with something else.

He looked trought the horses. They seemed to be in a really good form - form that much knowledge that he had about horses.

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Calla jumped and whirled around to find Augustin standing there. She blushed, being found out.

"H-hello," she greeted, bowing slightly to the fifth year.

She looked at the horses out of the corner of her eye again. Gods she wanted to learn to ride...

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Augustin saw that he surprised Calla a quite bit, so he tried to came up with a new subject.

"What are you doing here?" he asked "Are you interested in horses, or you would like to learn horse riding?"

"Of course, that could be that you're hiding from someone..." he said slowly looking at her, with a funny sight, of course that he didn't thought about this seriously.

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Calla averted her gaze, then looked back at the horses.

"Actually...I've always wanted to learn how to ride," she said quietly, smiling slightly as a brown and white horse looked over at her. "Since I can fly, there's not really that much of a need to learn how to, so..."

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"Are you really sure about this?" Augustin asked immediately "What if something happens with your wings; an accident, and you can't fly for a while." He explained his point of view.

"There will never be a problem if you learn horse-riding. Probably you will need it in your future."

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Calla smiled.

"I was just stating why I never learned before. I've actually wanted to learn horse riding, but whenever I asked someone to teach me, they sort of just...brushed me off...," she said, her voice fading as she glanced off to the side.

She looked up at Augustin. "Could you teach me...?"

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"It's quite a strange question from a pegasus, you know..." Augustin smiled "But probably the best teacher always that will be, who knows the most from the thing, this time about the horse." he said.

"The only problem is that i never tried to ride a horse before - i think you understand why" he said looking at the horses carefuly. "But probabyl i could tell you the horses main attributes."

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Calla sighed. "Yeah, I know...," she said quietly. She leaned against the door, watching the horses.

The Charis held a rather distracted look as she watched the magnificent creatures.

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"Do you want to try then?" he asked "Because if yes, then it won't help if you hesitate. Just put down your fear, and win" Augustin smiled, and stepped to the white horse and fondled it. He turned back to Calla "Then...?"

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"I-I'm not sure...," she said, glancing away.

Though the beasts were magnificent in her eyes, she was just too scared of getting thrown off and possibly injuring something, namely her wings.

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"Calla..." Augustin looked at the girl.

"If you can't look upon your scare, you ill never learn riding."

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Jane was just walking around when she smelled a very familiar smell, sending her mind back into her childhood. Horses...

Her grandmother had owned one of the few ranches left, and whenever they'd gone out to visit the young Jane had been allowed to ride. Her grandmother had even labeled one horse as hers, and she'd ridden it everywhere...

Suddenly Jane found herself liking the Athenaeum a lot more. As she went to enter the stables she wondered if they'd let her keep one like it was her own...she almost didn't notice the other people there. "Oh, hello," she said, daydream abruptly interrupted as she realized that she wasn't the only person going to see the horses.

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