The Race

"I wonder, John did you get Adrien from your riding academy?" Jian asked and Johnny nodded saying, "Yup, after graduation I brought him with my own savings."

Jian smiled asking, "How much was he?" John looked at him saying, "He was about 20 grand because he had won a few races beforehand but because he doesn't behave himself the owner gave him to me for 18 grand. I had to ask my uncle for a couple of thousands since I only had 15 grand in savings."

Jian nodded as she turned to Glory saying, "It was a great choice, now Glory and I will go practice over there, you two should also do a few rounds before the race." John nodded as he helped Jian onto Glory before getting on Adrien himself.

The time passed by quickly as Nick and Kira came towards the two saying, "It's time, so Will and Nicki are already at the finish line and Jian and I will be walking there behind you two. The first one to get there wins, and the road is marked with yellow flags as a path to follow."

John nodded asking, "Where's the starting line?" Kira smiled saying, "The back gate." He nodded turning to Jian and she smiled saying, "Good luck, both of you."

They nodded and each one road towards the back gate and the two waited side by side as Kira and Jian stood on each side. "Ready, set go," Kira said and the two were off, their speed unmatched and Kira smiled asking, "Jian you wanna take a shortcut?" Jian nodded as Kira reached for Glory's rains and Kira held them as she guided Glory towards a different path.

John and Nick on the other hand road through the rough dirty path passing into the forested area with a few branches sticking out towards the path. Nick was able to avoid them as his horse was much shorter, he took the lead, but John had to keep ducking as Adrien's height made it difficult for him to avoid the branches.

The two soon exited the forest and rode along a small stream towards the bridge which they crossed exiting onto the open grassland.

The path leads from there onwards towards the road made of small gravel and John speeds up passing Nick as they road along the rows of small trees.

Then it was uphill for a few minutes before they noticed the finish line in the distance, where Kira, Nicki, William, and Jian waited. The two started speeding up as Nick overtook the lead and he started heading up the hill, but Johnny was close behind. The two speed up even faster as they reach a flat surface. John and Nick are neck and neck for the finish line.

Then about 300 feet before the finish line Adrien suddenly speeds up and starts to overtake Nick's horse. Then soon after he crosses the finish line, and he keeps running. "Where's he going?" Nick asked as he arrived at the finish line where the others were, he was out of breath.

"I think Adrien is just trying to have a little fun," Jian said and Kira nodded suggesting, "It's probably because he hasn't been to this part."

"Anyways, Jian let's go on a run too," Kira suggested and she smiled saying, "I don't know how to." Nick smiled asking, "You wanna ride with me and Thunder?"

She tilted her head asking, "Is that not too much weight?" He shook his head saying, "Nah, Thunder can handle up to 300 pounds of weight."