Meme - Day 25

Getting closer and closer to the end ...

25. Do any of your characters have pets? Tell us about them.

Pets are one thing I have rarely given any of my characters.

I am a cat person myself, I'm not fond of dogs. Because of that I don't think I've ever included a dog in anything I've ever written. I also haven't given my characters cats, mostly because I feel like my characters move around so much, get up and go and do things that a pet would anchor them in one place (and thus, reality lol) so that they wouldn't have that freedom to just pick up and go.

I gave my character Ruby horses, as she rides. The horse riding aspect was a big part of her character - she was a trick rider. The horses were important to her, so I had to include them. Her horses were named after the constellation Orion (who was the sire of her two horses). Rigel was sold to her cousin as a racing horse, while she kept Bellatrix as her own trick riding horse, but was forced to sell her to her cousin shortly before the story begins. She's reunited with her horse at the beginning.