Winter Memories pv Logan Baird finished

Henry listened to Logan's explanation about Polaris name and was mentally hitting himself forgetting that it could also mean the north star as well, still Henry watched as Logan pet him before smiling at her when she said that he could touch him as well. Henry moved his hand slowly but gently up to the horses horse but stopped a few inches to let Polaris come to him as he spoke to Logan, " the north star? That's still a brilliant name and he still so adorable," Henry then would turn toward the two identical twins as he spoke " I enjoyed comics to before Hogwarts, I have a few xmen ones that I think you two might like if you want them?"

Henry heard Logan again and smiled toward Loki who she was addressing, Loki say there standing at her as he does whenever he likes a person since he's not really that affectionate however when Henry saw Sherlock he kneeled down and starched him behind the ears as he spoke " hey Sherlock, it's nice to see you again as well," Henry then got up just in time to watch Logan speak to Annabeth who had her arms crossed still and a rather board expression on her face.

The twins certainly has more differences than similarities as Henry reach gently to touch Polaris again while Annabeth spoke " whatever, I'm sure there fun to be had else anyway," Annabeth didn't snap at the identical twins through instead she almost seemed to like them as she spoke to the two " Mind if I call you Alex and you Rick?" Henry then saw Annabeth not even wait for them before she turned on her heel and headed back to the house Baird house.

Henry turned back to Logan when he heard her speak again and nodded as he spoke " yeah sure, I can help you Robin and meeting the rest sounds amazing as well," Henry then watched as Sherlock ran into the barn ahead of them but not after that did he see his own cat; Loki run after Sherlock toward the barn. Henry smiled at his cats before turning to Logan with a smile and once they were alone he would say " your family's nice and your house is amazing Robin," glancing over his shoulder Henry would then say " it might not happen because are father is here but if you here a preteen girl screaming that's just Anna and Arthur probably arguing as usual," Henry laughed a bit before adding " want me to carry anything to the barn for you Robin?"

Macey
Clementine
Mars and Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Olly

Logan shook her head at her brothers as they agreed to the new nicknames. She was afraid of what the three of them were going to come up with as they made their way back to the house, but it was too late at this point. She just hoped they wouldn't cause too many issues, as she was already dreading opening the presents from the boys.

As she listened to Henry talk, she shook her head with a smile. "It is fine if they argue, my father is used to screaming by now and I think I am okay with everything now. We should probably get to the barn though, before Sherlock finds the bag of cat treats I have hidden from him." Gently pulling on the reins, Polaris followed closely behind Logan as she started to walk towards the barn. The crunching of gravel could be heard under their feet, but other than that it was almost completely silent.

A grin formed on her face as they got closer to the barn, Polaris lifting his head and nickering in greeting to any of the horses that could see him. Logan enjoyed this area of the property, as you could see it from the front area of it, but it was still almost completely silent. At the sound of Polaris's shoes clacking against the cobblestone ground around the barn, the Hufflepuff sighed. Every horse in the barn stuck their head over the stall door to see the girl as she entered. There were five stalls on either end of the walk way and at the end were two rooms with solid walls. "Hi guys," Logan called out as some of the horses called back in greeting , or just wanting attention.

"Welcome to the barn, this is Macey, Clementine, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, and in that last stall is little Olly." Logan pointed to each of the horses as they walked by them. Although you couldn't see Olly as he was such a small Shetland Pony. Logan gently stopped Polaris in front of an empty stall and unclipped his bridle, then unclipping the girth from the saddle. "Grab the saddle and saddle pad please," Logan pointed out as she already had the girth and stirrup irons tossed over the back of the saddle. She was too short to grab them from the ground and was too lazy to bring the mounting block over to take it off herself. Henry was at least taller than her and could see over the back of the horse. Logan could not.

@Henry Knight

Henry nodded as he listened to Logan with another look back at the house before looking back at Logan and speaking " it's really just Anna who screams but if there's treats in there then Loki maybe accompanying Sherlock in the searching," Henry laughed a bit as he thought of the two cats being Sherlock and Holmes in there as he walked next to Logan and Polaris toward the barn which Henry thought looked amazing.

When they entered the barn, Henry looked around in wonder as he saw five stalls on both sides of them and two rooms in the back. Henry saw a total, counting Polaris, of seven horses but didn't see the Shetland pony so he couldn't have counted him. Henry turned his attention back toward Logan as she introduced each horse and Henry gave a smile to acknowledge each of them ending with the seemly empty stall that Henry approached and peered into to find the Shetland Pony known as Olly whom Henry smiled at and spoke to " aren't you a cute little thing, I bet your strong like the others though right?"

Henry heard Logan say to grab the saddle and saddle pad as he turned to find Logan in front of a empty stall with Polaris, Henry nodded toward her as he rose his hands and gently grabbed the saddle and saddle pad from the horse's back and held it in his hands as he stood next to Logan while he said " where should I put them?" Henry looked around for their spot before looking back at Logan and saying " this is bloody spectator Logan! Maybe after dinner or so we could go riding?" Henry smiled at his best friend as he went back to looking around at the horses completley forgetting the thought of his siblings fighting.

The Hufflepuff laughed a little at Olly. "At this point he is too old and too fat to do much. Maybe when he was younger, but not now. He was how Rorik, Alexander, and I learned how to ride. He was here before all the rest of them." Logan spoke with a smile on her face at the sight of the old pony. When Henry asked where he should put the saddle and pad, she nodded her head towards one of the rooms in the back. "Back here," she said with a smile as she walked away from the large horse. She wasn't afraid of him walking off, as she had left him on his own like this many times before.

Gently shoving the door opened, she enter into what looked like a tack room. Across one side were a variety of saddles and saddle pads, all on individual saddle racks, above each one a matching bridle hung. In another area were a few buckets and barrels of different types of feed. Beside that were bales of hay and a shelf of what looked like folded blankets and other various items.

"Put it here," Logan said as she gently hung the bridle off of an empty hook. As she waited for Henry to put the saddle on the rack, she turned to see Sherlock pulling a bag of cat treats off of the shelf. "Oh course you managed to find them," she muttered as she walked over and took the treats from the cat. She took two out, handing one to Sherlock and the other to Loki before shoving them back onto the shelf.

"After dinner we can go riding, as long as it is okay with your father. I don't really want him angry with me," she told her best friend as she grabbed a small bag of brushes off of a rack by the door, along with a full hay bag for Polaris. She thought about giving each of the horses a treat, but decided against it. She really did not want Henry to lose a hand by attempting to feed Jupiter.

@Henry Knight

Henry listened to Logan as she talked about the small pony; Olly and smile still holding the saddle and saddle pad the boy spoke " he taught you all to ride that's pretty cool and horses are suppose to be really intelligent so maybe he's still smart despite his age," Henry smiled toward the stall before hearing Logan and following toward on of the back rooms. He watched her shove it open and quickly followed her in with a quick glance toward Polaris wondering if he'll be okay by himself but knew Logan knew what she was doing so he probably was.

Henry then turned himself to the room which had matching saddles and other horse equipment all neatly line up along with bedding and food tucked away along the wall. Henry even looked around in awe there to as he loved animals so this was just amazing to him still looking around as he places saddle and saddle pad down on the rack that Logan pointed to neatly and gently.

Henry turned at the sound of her words to see Sherlock pulling a bag of treats out and on a near by shelf he spotted Loki who was peering up at Sherlock and jumped down to meet the cat on the ground. Henry watched as Logan gave both a treat except Loki dropped his own on the ground and passed it over to Sherlock with a meow.

" I guess Loki doesn't help Sherlock with the weight or food either," Henry said after laughing at his give his treat to Sherlock. Henry listened to Logan as he watched her grab some hay and brushes from the shelf, Henry reached for the bag of hay as he spoke " here I can carry it and sure we can ask my father but he'll probably won't mind," before carrying the bag of hay over his shoulder and opening the door for Logan and holding it for her with a smile.

"Loki, you are going to make Sherlock fatter," the Hufflepuff laughed as she watched Sherlock basically inhale his treat. She rolled her eyes with a smile and allowed Henry to take the hay bag from her and open the door. "Thank you Charm," she said with a mock bow as she walked out of the tack room to see Polaris standing in place in front of his stall.

"Good boy Ris," Logan praised as she ran her hand over the horse's neck. Carefully opening the stall door, she hung the bag of brushes on it. "You can hand that bag on the hook in the corner," Logan told her best friend as she pointed out a hook in the corner of the stall. As she told Henry where to put the bag, she grabbed one of the brushes out of the bag gently rubbing it in circles across the body of the large horse.

"This brush is called a curry comb," Logan explained as she glanced at Henry from the corner of her eye. As she ran the brush across the horse, she lay her other hand on his back to make sure he did not feel chilled. She didn't want him to get sick because he wasn't properly taken care of. "It loosens any dirt and old hair, along with takes some of the sweat off." The Hufflepuff wanted to make sure her best friend knew what to do, because she was going to teach him everything she could about horseback riding, even if it took her all year. She had almost finished with the one side when she decided that Henry was going to have to do the other side of the large horse. He was going to need the practice.

@Henry Knight

Henry laughed at his cat a little before commenting to Logan, " Loki's the Watson to Sherlock," as be held the door opened with one hand and the hay in the other smiling and returning Logan's bow as he spoke dramatically " anything for my lady Baird," Henry then watched as Loki looked over at Sherlock and got ready to follow wherever the cat went. Henry rolled his eyes a bit at the cat as he followed Logan back to Polaris and his stall.

Henry watched as Logan hung the brushes on the door before nodding and going inside his stall and hanging up the bag on hay on the hook in there. Henry did stepped outside of his stall and went next to Logan as he watched her start to brush the horse in circular movements. Henry nodded as Logan told him that was called a curry comb and it was suppose to loosen dirt and old hair as well as sweat, the but nodded toward his best friend before he would say " do you need any help with brushing him, robin?"

Henry looked at the horse and placed his hand on him gently as he felt his breathing, in and out and smiled at the creature. He truly was amazed and at awe with not only Polaris but also by being in the barn surrounded by horses and two cats.

Logan turned and handed Henry the curry comb. "Finish up with his other side, while I finish brushing this side." Reaching over, Logan grabbed a soft bristle brush and started to brush off the loose hair that had been pulled off by the curry comb. She felt Polaris shift as she glanced up at him and rubbed his neck gently. "Good boy," she muttered as she grabbed a hoof pick out of the bag and placed the soft bristle brush back in the bag.

"When you are done with curry comb, take the soft brush and brush off the loose hair and dirt." Logan told Henry as she gently ran her hand down Polaris's leg, causing him to lift up his foot. Gently Logan cleaned the dirt from his shoe and moved on the his back hoof. Thoughts of Henry's family came into her mind and she remembered that he had an older brother. "Did your brother come with you today Charm?" Logan questioned as she moved to the same side of Polaris as him. She quickly lifted his other back hoof and cleaned it gently but quickly. She could already tell that Henry was taking to helping with the horses rather quickly, and it made her happy.

A smile was on her face as she could tell how calm he already was. She didn't like how his sister acted around him and found it rather strange that the two of them did not did not act how Rorik and Alexander. The two of them were the greatest friends, yet it seemed that Annabeth did not want to spend any time at all with her twin. Logan had always assumed that twins liked to spend time with each other, but clearly Henry and Annabeth were not like the twins Logan had met in the past.

Henry nodded toward Logan and gave her a salute before taking the curry comb from Logan and went to Polaris other side before he started to gently but hard enough to still brush him while is other hand laid gently on his side. For a while there was silence as Henry brush out Polaris with the curry brush slowly and gently but hard enough so it worked which lasted for a few minutes and when he finished that was perfect timing when he heard Logan speak again.

Henry nodded toward Logan with a smile before placing the curry comb back inside the bag and taking out what he thought was the soft brush as he showed it to Logan while asking " this right robin," after he should hear her answer then Henry would moved to Polaris side and begging brushing him with the soft brush gently but hard enough so that it still had a effect. As he brush the horse neatly and gently while looking pretty focused, the boy still heard Logan's question as he muttered " uh yeah Arthur's here, I think I saw him head to the kitchens to help your aunt as yours brothers pulled me out."

As he brushed Polaris, Henry thought about the letter that Arthur set him and the fight that he got with their father about Annabeth earlier and how he said he moved in with some friends of sorts and he might not be around for the Christmas holidays. When Henry got home he did find that Arthur was living with some friends but he still visited and even spent Christmas with Henry which wasn't what the bot hoped for was better than anything.

Noticing he was finished with that side, Henry moved toward the other side of Polaris and started brushing his other side still with a smile on his face.

As Logan listened to Henry talk about Arthur going to the kitchen to help her aunt, she laughed. "Merlin help your brother," she laughed as she looked over Polaris one last time to make sure he was done before he went back into his stall. With a nod of approval, she stepped back away from the horse. "I believe you are done Polaris," Logan told the horse as she urged him to walk back into his stall.

With a snort, the horse complied as he gently shoved Henry with his nose before walking into the box. Logan sighed as she decided to leave the bag of brushes on the stall door until later. They would need them anyway when they went out riding after dinner. "We should probably head back, save your brother from my aunt. She is bound to have caught something on fire by now. Last year it was the ham."

Logan could remember how it was such a wonderful day, until the whole kitchen was filled with smoke and they were unable to eat the ham for dinner that night. Just thinking about Henry's brother, she wondered if he would want to go out riding with them after dinner, and decided she was going to ask Henry. "Do you think your brother would want to come with us after dinner? I know Anna won't want to, but what about Arthur." She hadn't met his brother or father yet, and she knew those were the people she would need the most approval from.

@Henry Knight