Will's Apprentice Part 2
Will had taken Cody out into the forest to practice their archery, there were already two targets set up, Will handed him a bow and quiver full of arrows. 'Go on' said the Ranger, Cody put an arrow on the bowstring and shot, the string hit him in the arm and it stung like hell. The same trick Halt had pulled on Will when he was an apprentice, Cody screamed in agony and Will almost fell over laughing, 'okay, first lesson of being a Ranger, always wear cuffs when arming a bow. He passed a set of brown cuffs to Cody and he put them on, Cody once again fired the arrow from the bow and hit the bullseye 3 out of 5 times, the other times he hit the blue around it. 'Nice work; said Will, 'thanks; my Grandfather was an archer in the army, he was in the war against Morgarath, and my Father fought at the Plains of Uthal, he was a foot man' said Cody. 'My Friend fought at the Plains of Uthal, Prince Horace,' Cody only nodded. 'Time to meet your pony' said Will, they walked down to Old Bob in the woods, besides his house was a giant riding area, Will went into the Barn and found his old friend, both of them. Out limped Bellerophon, Will patted his neck and said 'hey old buddy,' the horse tilted his head to one side, where's my apple, 'right here,' he pulled an apple out of his pocket and put it to Bellerophon's mouth, it was gone in a second.
'Excuse me if I'm interrupting' said Cody, 'but I believe I have a pony to get.' Will pulled away from Bellerophon and went to the house, he knocked on the door and Old Bob was there in a matter of seconds, 'Will, oo do you have here' he said, 'this is my new apprentice Cody, we need a pony for him' said the Ranger. 'Hello 'un' Cody, follow me' he said, the Ranger and his apprentice followed Old Bob to the Barn and he opened a room and out rode a small, yet still big enough to ride, brown pony, 'his name is Bolt' said the Ranger pony breeder. 'Here' he said, he threw an apple to Cody, Cody gave it to Bolt and he ate it, 'take him for a ride' said Will; the apprentice took his new pony out into the riding area. When he was out of earshot Will asked Old Bob, 'should we tell him about the code?' 'Nah, wait a couple of minutes.'
Every time Cody tried to get on Bolt he bucked him off, he tried to get back on but the pony ran away from him, 'come back here stupid horse' he said, he ran after it for about four minutes. He went back to Will and Old Bob, 'is there something you want to tell me?' he asked them, 'oh yes, I forgot, every time you ride a Ranger horse you have to say a code into their ear' said Will; 'a code?' said Cody, confused. 'Every Ranger horse has one, Old Bob, what is the one for Bolt?' 'I'm pretty sure it was Nice Legs' said the horse breeder. Cody went back to find Bolt and whispered something in his ear 'Nice Legs' Cody mounted Bolt and he did nothing, he grabbed hold of the reins and said 'hiii ya' he whipped the reins and Bolt lunged forward in a flash.