The Sacrifice

Information
The Sacrifice is the third episode in the TV series Mystic.

Plot
Issie wakes up every morning to go to the Stables to look after Blaze.[2]After doing this multiple times she finally comes up with the courage to ask Tom Avery if she can ride Blaze.[3] He asks her if he says yes will she go away, making Issie excited at the prospect of riding a horse. She turns up for the first lesson but is annoyed that Blaze won’t let her put on a saddle pad, getting more and more frustrated every time. With the stables preparing for a competition, Issie tries to ride Dan’s horse, but go no avail. Getting more desperate, she tried to ride Blaze bareback, but ends up in the floor, with all her friends watching. The competition begins and Issie watches from the sidelines before encountering her grandmother who is trying to stage a protest against Mr Tucker’s water company, who is then escorted away be the Pony Club team, claiming that they were silencing her. Their team are then let down by a rider so Issie fills in for them on the new riders category. When Blaze is enclosed, Natasha accidentally lets her go, and she runs away. Issie sees visions of where she is, and takes Dan to find her. When Dan questions how she knew where to go, Issie explains that she sees mystic-like visions related to horses.

Trivia
• In this episode Natasha actually let’s Blaze out of her loose box, affirming her hate for Issie.[1][4]

• This is the second episode where Amanda and Mr Tucker are seen together, but in this episode they organise a date, confirming their relationship.

• This is the first episode where we see interaction between Issie and Dan, and Issie is slightly more comfortable around him than the others.

• In this episode we see the Dunmoth Park team, unlike the estate from the book, which actually happens much later on, but it is referring to the books nonetheless

• This is the first episode in the series where Issie actually rides a horse.