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"okay girl, we can do it this time."
Brook stood up and brushed herself off the moment the pegesus touched the ground again next to her. Keeta was a scarlet-brown winged horse--the description of a pegesus. The thought that the horse had wings still amazed the daughter of Hecate, but she had quickly warmed up to the fact that things were much different here. even being here a couple of months, things still amazed her everyday. Like the fact that she came here all on her own from Las Vegas. The runners of the camp--a half horse, half man creature and the drunk god of wine--hadn't been surprised when brook waddled in here with her friend, exhausted. Since she got here and since she had been claimed, she had been spending most of her time at the stables or getting to know her new siblings. When she got her she had been hoping her and Callie would be in the same cabin, but they only were up until they were claimed. Now she rarely sees her new friend.

Brook liked spending time with the pegesi though. They were interesting new creatures and now she got the privilege to help train one of them. Keeta was a little more than a year old, as Brook had been told. She was still a little shaky on flying with a rider, but divine when in the sky herself. Because brook was a new eager face, she asked some camp directors if it were okay if she helped work with the pegesi. So she was granted her request, and here she was, wearing a her pair of jeans, riding boots and a heavy black jacket for the cold weather they were having. she had just taken her first fall from about ten feet in the air and Keeta seemed to be jeering at her. Don't get the horse the wrong way though; she was eager to be ridden, it was just new to her. They were still on take offs.

Really, this would be lessons for Brook as well. She had been horseback riding before--at least she thinks she has--so this came pretty easily for her, but being hundreds of feet into the air makes a lot of difference for your balance techniques don't apply. And to add on, there was no sadle. It's much more nerve racking and brook just loves the thrill.

so mounting herself back up onto Keeta, brook let out a short breath. She made herself as balanced as she could and patted the pegesus's neck. "alrighty, keeta. You're doing great! This time take it up with a little more ease and we'll be off and soaring--WOAH!" The pegesus bolted off down a section of the path. After only a half a dozen strides, Keeta lift off the ground with a sloppy and eager edge.

brook was expecting to be thrown right off of keeta's back, but the pegasus remained steady for an exceptional amount of time, and glided through the shallow air fairly well. She had a bit of wobble, but the keeta for once flew well with someone actually on her back. Back off towards the barn the two of them flew. it was more than likely the cocky pegasus wanted to show off to her friends in the barn, and brook didn't blame her. It was quite an accomplishment and a mile marker for keeta. she was improving well.

brook's laugh echoed through the fields, but it was only short lived as keeta must've hit a bad wind current. the pegasus wobbled and brook's smile faded. keeta pulled upwards very quickly and brook lost her hold.

the fall lasted much longer than a second. it felt like forever. she hadn't realized how high up they had been and if she survived this fall she was going to make sure that pegesus didn't have any sugar cubes that night. flipping violently, she tried to slow her fall, hoping and praying that something would stop it, or the pegesus would realize what she just did and come catch her or something, but the closer she got to the ground, the less she thought that would happen.

she closed her eyes when she was about ten feet from the ground, facing down like a sky diver. she braced herself for impact but it never came. holding her breath, she slowly realized she didn't feel the sensation of falling any more. her stomach returned to its normal state. she didn't want to open her eyes because she was afraid of what she might see. did she die? was the fall that severe? was she at least unconscious? why did she just stop so suddenly? slowly, the demigod opened her eyes and what she saw surprised her.

a foot below her was the ground. brook hovered in place for a split second, her body still outspread until she gasped violently and fell with a loud thud and a gasp, escaping her lips. as she sat up quickly, deciding she wasn't really hurt at all, she looked around and saw that she had landed right outside the barn door. brook saw the pegesus hovering in the skye above her. keeta looked at her sideways. running a quick hand through her long curly hair, brook couldn't help but laugh. either there were some force spirits looking after her, or she just used magic.

brook, still on the ground, had a first desire to see if the clumsy pegasus was alright and sure enough, keeta was on the ground and now trotting into the barn, probably gloating to all his friends just as the daughter of hecate had expected. Something that brook was not expecting was to find a boy next to her almost immediately after she sat up. Chandler, her called himself, and brook found that to fit just well. he spoke a lot, and it made her smile, especially at his concern for her. what most surprised her was that he firstly spoke in another language that she couldn't quite recognize. she had heard her fair share of greek while she was here, and even was able to speak some, but that's as far as she could go with foreign languages.

"oh no, i'm entirely fine," brook states easily, her southern accent was thin as usual but noticeable. she held up her hands and wiggled her legs. "no harm done here at all!" a wide smile continued to spread across her face. It wasn't everyday you learn to harness such abilities as what she had just did. she loved it here, and wherever she came from, she didn't think she wanted to head back.

He was a very interesting boy, just by this first meeting she concluded that. "I'm brooklyn, but my friends call me brook." it only seemed fair to introduce herself as well as he had done so to her. "I don't believe i'll need the infirmary, but if you could help me up that would be great!" she extended her hand to Chandler with a wide and friendly smile.