Megan Cheung seethed as she walked down the path behind one of the older barns on the ranch. Fallen leaves crunched under her booted feet as she stomped along, wondering what her parent’s deal was. She had spent the last ten minutes getting dressed down by her parents, making it clear in their disappointment in her inability to overtake Tina in the dressage event and with only one more round to go. It was always constant, how they were disappointed in her, how she didn’t meet expectations. It was ridiculous. Poking her head into one of the older barns and checking if she was empty, she sighed with relief at having a little bit of privacy. Once inside, she leaned up against the wall and pulled at her hair.
What was with then? Why did they need to put so much pressure on her? To be the perfect daughter, to be the best at everything. Sure life was a competition but this was ridiculous. She stared down at her booted feet, her white jodhpurs were a little dirty now from the barn wall but she didn’t care. She felt like she was going to finally crack under pressure after all these years but a small part of her told her she couldn’t. She was 18, a high school senior, a few months away from college and finally escaping from under her parents rule. She could hold out until then. “What’s up Cheung?”
Megan grit her teeth knowing exactly who it was and quickly tried to brush away the tears from her eyes. So much for privacy. Standing a few feet away from her was Tina Lawrence, a dark haired girl who under any other circumstances, Megan would’ve been friends with. Instead, she was just a bitter rival in dressage as the two went toe to toe all the time in their age group. She had a cocky smile on as she approached Megan, dressed in a navy riding coat, white blouse, tan jodhpurs, black riding boots and black leather gloves. “All down about losing to me again? Or are your parents just disappointed.”
Megan could feel rage building in her like a pressure cooker and tried to calm herself. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Tina smirked. “Come on Cheung. ‘How dare you bring shame upon the family name, we only expect the best and you have to deliver’, we all heard it.” She took on a tone to try and imitate Megan’s mom. “She really didn’t seem impressed with you, hell if I was her daughter I wouldn’t give her a reason to-“
Megan snappes before she could finish her sentence and lunged forward, grabbing Tina by her riding cost and shoving her backwards. Caught off guard, the taller girl had no chance to recover her balance and she was propelled backwards into one of the barn posts. Unfortunately for Tina, the old barn post had several planks of wood at lower heights and her head smacked solidly into one, stunning her and she collapsed in a heap on the ground.
Staring in horror at what she had just done, Megan’s heart was beating so fast she was sure it would pop right out of her chest. Whirling around, the barn was still empty and no one came running to see what the noise had been. Looking down at Tina’s semi- unconscious form, her eyes were drawn to the many leather straps hanging on the wall for working with the horses and an idea sprung to her mind. A quick and easy way to win the competition would be to eliminate one of her top competitors, who would be disqualified if she didn’t show up
Tina let out a low moan and Megan knew she had to act quickly. Grabbing her victim’s arms, she dragged Tina deeper into the barn until she found another thick post that would be suitable for a captive. Sprinting back, Megan grabbed numerous leather straps off of hooks around the barn and returned to Tina. It took a fair amount of work and exertion but soon Tina was seated on her butt, her back against the pole and it was time to go to work. She drew Tina’s arms behind the pole and placed her wrists side by side before taking a short leather strap and buckling it around her wrists. Longer straps were drawn around her waist and above her breasts, pinning Tina against the post. Three more straps at the ankle, boot tops, and thighs made sure that her legs were welded into a single limb and unable to move much. Finally, the neck scarf around Megan’s neck was untied and rolled up into a ball that was stuffed into her unresisting mouth. A leather strap pulled between her teeth and buckled at the back of her head completed the gag.
The captive girl had become somewhat aware of what was happening when Megan was stuffing her mouth, but the leather strap gag finally got a response from Tina. “Whmmph hmmmphng?”
She tried to pull away from the pole and was immediately halted by the many leather restraints around her body. “Hmmmmph!?”
Tina finally became aware of Megan standing over her, her eyes focusing on the Asian girl standing over her and she did her best to snarl behind her gag. “Got more words to say about how I’m a disappointment?” Megen asked before delivering a kick to Tina’s booted shins.
“Hmmmmmph!!”
“Thought not.” Megan said, the pressure in her chest finally settling down a little.
She spent a moment to admire her handiwork as Tina looked up with a trace of hesitation now in her eyes, probably wondering if Megan was going to go off the deep end and attack her again, and this time she was severely restrained. Her wrists flexed and twisted against the leather strap binding her and Megan decided she had to add some more.
Additional straps were soon wound around Tina’s forearms and elbows, pinning her arms painfully together behind the pole and eliciting many unintelligible complaints from Tina. “Suck it up.” Megan hissed before standing and backing away from her rival.
This was going to be a problem later, but for the time being it was a later issue that she didn’t need to deal with until Tina was found. She blew a mocking kiss at Tina who glared back in return before spinning about on her booted heel and departing the barn. She had a competition to go win, and without her chief rival in attendance, it was almost like there was no pressure at all.