Finding Yourself
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Hidalgo besides a copy of the movie, a Breyer, and a Breyer stuffie. So no suing!
Chapter One: A New Beginning
Frank T. Hopkins had won the Ocean of Fire the previous year and also had, upon his return to America, let his prized horse, Hidalgo, go free. After letting Hidalgo go, he became somewhat depressed. He began drinking and gambling really heavy once more. But he ended up coming out of it when he saw the daughter of the Sheikh, Jazira, once more. Jazira had come to America to find Frank. And she had succeeded in her search when she found him one day, drunk and broke in a bar.
After a year of seeing each other once more, Jazira and Frank married. The Sheikh had okayed their marriage and given them his blessing. So the two settled down in the West, in Oklahoma, and visited the Sheikh in Arabia every so often.
In the year 1894, Jazira gave birth to a child. A daughter. Their daughter was very mixed blooded. She was half-Arabian and half-Indian and American. She was beautiful like her mother, but had her father's eyes and hair. She was named Kaitlin.
Kaitlin was very much like her father and mother. She loved horses and understood them quite well. And she loved to ride. Her father often joked that she was much better than he was and would do quite well as an endurance rider. But Jazira discouraged this kind of talk. Frank could have been killed in the last endurance race that he had been in and Jazira didn't want to take that chance with her daughter. But Frank had taught Kaitlin all about endurance riding and it was only a matter of time before Kaitlin decided to do it. She was Frank's daughter after all and it was in her blood.
Author's Notes:
I have some more already written but I decided just to post this bit and see what people think. If they like it, I'll post more. If not, then I wouldn't continue. I'm trying a different style than my other story on and I don't know if it'll work out well.