June and Liberty's 50 Foal Challenge

Reserved for foals~

I'm keeping an eye on this thread. I just started this challenge yesterday myself. :D

June, Liberty, and Marky had arrived on the quaint little lot that they all called "home" now.



It was fetching to begin with, and after a little sprucing up, June had made it even more comfortable for everyone.



There wasn't much time to waste, though! June got ready for the long day ahead of her, starting with scattering some hay for Liberty if she ever wanted some outside her stable.



Although she was really only stalling the inevitable. She'd never ridden a horse before, and she didn't know if she was really ready for it. But if she wanted to go pair Liberty up with a lucky stallion at the Equestrian Center, she had to.



Of course the first step was actually...getting on.
After just a little struggle, she climbed atop the mare and felt quite confident! She could do this! Everything was going to be okay!



Until Liberty actually started walking, of course.



And June sat in this awkward slumped position all the way to the Equestrian Center, clinging onto Liberty for dear life.



Once they were waiting to choose a stallion outside the building, a wild horse caught June's attention.



She wasn't sure if it was a stallion or a mare, but it definitely reminded her that the studs at the Equestrian Center weren't the only option for Liberty. Of course, June was nowhere near ready to tame a wild horse just yet!

Either way, June had finally chosen Earth-Shaker, a quiet, aggressive, but obedient stallion who was a solid golden-orange color. Surely he promised a nice foal!

Once everything was said and done, June lead Liberty home, ready to put her to bed and then hit the hay herself!



All that riding around had made the day seem so long, but this was only the beginning of her...metaphorical journey.

aicenar wrote:
I'm keeping an eye on this thread. I just started this challenge yesterday myself. :D

Yaaaay!! Thank you so much! :D Have you posted yours?? I'd love to see it!

Oops, nevermind, I see it in your signature haha. Definitely going to check it out!

Nice start. I used the same lot for mine. good luck!

SIMyth wrote:
A great beginning. I enjoyed reading it. I think your horse, Liberty is the very first ALL white mare I've seen thus far. She is gorgeous!

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I'm glad you did! And thank you!! The only problem with it is that the two foals so far just look exactly like their dads, haha

fleshjenn wrote:
Nice start. I used the same lot for mine. good luck!

It's a great lot, isn't it? Very convenient placement, too!
Thanks!! :D

The next day June was looking through her wallet when she spotted that she had very little money left, and she didn't really have a job, either. Yes, getting a job would help, but then how would she take care of the animals at home? She had to get a job that had something to do with her career choice!



She went over to City Hall and signed up as a self-employed horsewoman! It was a big step, and it didn't promise money anytime soon, per-say, but it would have to do. She then made a trip to the grocery store to make another two or three small purchases. "You've gotta spend money to make money," she reminded herself.



Ever since she'd bought the house she'd planned on gardening, but she hoped she wouldn't have to. But this lack of money certainly called for it!

After she'd planted a few things she brushed and generally loved on Liberty and found out that her horse was, indeed, pregnant with her first foal.



The days passed on at what seemed like a very slow pace, waiting for Liberty to have her first baby.



June tended to her plants and such. There wasn't much else to do. But one morning, Liberty's foal was born!



A little filly that June named "Bell," who was born with the traits Aggressive, Loves Jumping, and Untrained. And with traits like that, June new she was going to be a handful. A modest success. June celebrated by clapping and making a creepy face.



She lost the face soon enough and continued to celebrate by brushing the little filly to bond with her a bit.



And then June left the new mother to spend some quality time with her baby. June new she was going to be a great mom!



It didn't last long, though. As much as June hated to separate the two, she hopped on Liberty and headed to the Equestrian Center.



And while little Bell was at home wondering where on earth her mother went, Marky kept her company.



Although he probably wasn't the best dog to do it (and this isn't the best picture to depict it).

Anyway, this time a stallion named "Breaker" was chosen. He didn't really have the best prospects, but he was all that June could afford. And after everything was done, Liberty made no attempts to wait on her Sim-friend. She galloped all the way back home to Bell...



...leaving June to listen to two cowpoke paparazzi argue about lifting weights.



Before June left she distracted the two from their argument with some much-needed silly faces!

The next day June found out that Bell had a little biting problem,



and she taught Marky to hunt.



It didn't prove very useful, though. She had high hopes when she heard of a dog once digging up an entire space rock, but all Marky ever found was a snakeskin and a chip bag. Oh well.

As if things weren't looking down enough, June discovered that Liberty had been eating some of her plants! Two of them, actually.



And that was a lot when you only had eight to begin with.
She had to do something else to earn money. The plants weren't growing fast enough, and June only had about 30 simoleons in her pocket.



Fishing wouldn't be too bad. But she knew that the time she spent fishing she could be taking care of her horses. Liberty would be a busy mom soon and-- wait...



...were those...



BUGS! A quick fix to the problem! No matter how much money they were worth, they were at least worth something. June dropped her fishing rod and raced over to them. They didn't look very rare, but even five simoleons would help!

...If she had caught them, that is.



Things were just getting worse and worse. As June trudged back home she was beginning to consider just calling this whole thing off. Maybe she wasn't fit for this challenge. She had heard it was difficult, but she hadn't expected it to be this hard! Her self-pity was soon interrupted when she spotted something.



A crow! Okay, okay, okay...she could do this. She knew that would be worth a good bit.



"Come on little guy," she cooed, "I just wanna catch you and sell you for a lot of moneeeey! Just help me out, please?"



"YES!" A little over 500 bucks was pocketed that day, and June was definitely happy about that.

And she was even happier when she got home to find that Liberty's newest foal had been born!



She was named Lola, and she was born with the traits Nervous, Hates Jumping, and Untrained. She would be even harder to train than Bell, and yet June seemed a lot happier with this one.