I'm Hiccup. Great name I know but it's not the worst. My cousins name is Snotlout. Bad names kind of run in the family. My mom and me own a horse ranch. During the summer a bunch of my school friends come live in the hotel on the ranch. They also bring their horses. I normally live in town with my parents but when schools out me and my mom always come out here to stay with my grandmother Gothi. She technically owns the place. My dad can't come due to his job as mayor but he comes and stays when he can. Gobber is one of the employees here. He's always been around. No body quite knows where he's from. Astrid is my girlfriend. We've only been dating like a month but who knows. We could be together for a long time. Toothless is my horse. He's a large black Friesian horse. He's missing a tail but I guess we're even since I lost my leg.
"Hiccup. It's time to get up." Hiccup sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Coming mom!" Valka knocked on the door again. "I mean now." Hiccup groaned and rolled onto the side of the bed. He attached his prosthetic and limped over to his dresser. His messy auburn hair covered his eyes. He threw on his green T-shirt and leather vest. Soon he was sliding down the staircase. "Will you stop that? You're going to hurt yourself." Gobber complained as he wiped off the handle he slid down. "Calm down. I'm fine and I don't have germs." Valka hung up the phone." Fishlegs and Meatlug are coming early. They'll be here in about an hour. If you and Toothless are going to go riding you might want to now." Hiccup nodded. "Do you and Cloudjumper want to come too?" Cloudjumper was Valkas Clydesdale." Sure. Once you eat." Hiccup winced at the burnt toast. And I mean burnt. You could mistake it for charcoal." Uh, you know what I'm not that hungry. But you can catch up if you want. See ya." Valka kissed Hiccup on the forehead.
He ran down to the stables. He slipped inside. Toothless was on the other side of the barn. Cloudjumper was right next to the door."Hey boy. Mom said she might come riding too. Hopefully. You look abit cramped in there." The horse stuck his head down for the boy to hug. Next to Cloudjumper was Thornado. Thornado was Hiccup's old horse. The Mustang had gotten old so he didn't go riding very often."Hey Thornado. how are you doing?" Hiccup strolled into the pen. He stroked the old horses mane. He tossed Thornado an apple which he caught with ease. He might be old but he was still quick a whip. But not as quick as Toothless.
Hiccup left Thornado to his business. Stoick's new riding horse was Skullcrusher. He actually kicked a man in the head during a rodeo. The man lived but he nearly had Skullcrusher put down. Hiccup found evidence of animal abuse from the man he kicked and got the horse out of trouble. Only Stoick can calm the horse down. He often had panic attacks which is what causes him to kick. Hiccup passed Skullcrusher to see Grump. Grump was Gobber's pony. He was small and kind of lazy. He even comes in the house sometimes. Even though he isn't really allowed. Finally Hiccup got to Toothless.
The large black horse jumped up and leaped on the gate of the stable. Hiccup laughed when Toothless kicked his cheek. "I know bud. I missed you too." It had been nearly half a year since the pair had seen eachother. Toothless always stayed with Gobber and the other horses here at the barn."Now down before you break the gate." Hiccup only barely got in the stall before Toothless lifted the boy with his teeth by the shirt. "Bet you want to go riding don't you." Toothless neighed showing his missing tooth. Hiccup flashed back a large buck tooth smile. He tossed the saddle over the horses back and strapped it one. Toothless refused to wear horse shoes. Valka never forced any of the animals to wear shoes. Hiccup ran his fingers over the claw marks on the animals side left by the bear that took his leg last summer.
He pulled himself into the saddle. Toothless charged out of the stall and opened the barn door with his remaining teeth. The pair rushed into the field. They didn't have time to set up the obstacle coarse but they still had the trail into the forest. They trotted into the forest slowly though. Toothless sniffed the branches and whinnied into the trees. Hiccup glanced past the bushes and trees. They didn't go on this path much anymore. Once the Friesian determined it was safe he dashed onto the dirt trail. Hiccup whooped with excitement. A large branch stuck out in the middle out the air. Hiccup smirked. He always wanted to try this. He slowly stood up. He readied himself to jump, wiggling his shoulders and bowing slightly. A few feet away from the branch Hiccup leaped over the branch. He felt like he was having a mini heart attack. He landed back on the saddle but he was laying long ways. He grabbed onto his friends mane and hung on for dear life until he regained his balance."Yes! Finally!"
Knock, knock, knock. Valka peeked around the corner to see who was a the door. She answered it to find a blond blue 'eyed girl with a round face and blue shirt. "Astrid! I didn't know you were coming today. Hiccup went out riding with Toothless." "Oh that's okay. I can surprise him when he get's back. Can you help me unload Stormfly please?" Valka grinned delighted. "Sure. Gobber don't let the eggs burn!" Gobber chuckled under his breath. "To late for that."
The young girl lead Valka back to her horse trailer. Her dad waved out the window at Valka who shyly waved back. The door lowered to show a gorgeous grey Fjord horse. She had little spike designs in her mane. Astrid climbed the ramp to show Stormfly down. "She's very pretty." Valka admired the horses well groomed coat. "She's a show horse so we spend a lot of time grooming her. She can finally have some fun. Get her hooves dirty. Sound fun doesn't it girl." She scratched under the horses chin. "I 'll show you where she can stay." "You know on second thought, maybe we'll go look for Hiccup. You know here he is?" The older woman giggled. The trailer was pulled away by the truck. "Bye honey!" "Bye Dad! So?" She looked back to Valka. "Why not Cloudjumper and I tag along?" Astrid's eyes widened. She frowned inside but gave Valka a fake grin. "Why not?"
"Whoa bud. What's that?" Hiccup stared at a large green trailer. It wasn't Astrid's. It must be Fishlegs. "Come on. Let's head back." They turned back into another path back to the house. Half way they found a clearing. It seemed familiar. Toothless started to freak out and thrash wildly. He was having flashbacks. "Toothless! Calm down." Hiccup flipped over his friends head and pulled down on the reins. "It's okay buddy." He pulled the horse in for a hug. The horse snorted still stressed. "It's okay." Hiccup patted Toothlesses neck. The muscles began to relax slightly. "Better?" Toothless nodded.
"Hiccup!" A cheerful voice rang into the clearing. Astrid and Hiccup's mom rode into the clearing. Valka sat on the giant Clydesdale bareback with soft boots so not to hurt Cloudjumper side. Stormfly had a brown saddle with fake jewels on the reins. "Astrid!" Astrid slid off Stormfly and hugged Hiccup."Hey Astrid. Um, your crushing my ribcage." Astrid released him from her death grip but pulled him in for a kiss. Valka smiled and clapped silently. Toothless shook his head and nudged Astrid off."Geez Astrid. It's only been a week." "Yes. A week with Snotlout's nonstop flirting, Fishlegs babbling about horses, and the twins destroying everything." Hiccup breathed a laugh." You know Fishlegs is on his way here right now?" "Aww man. I thought I might get a day away from him." Hiccup grinned and shook his head.
"Umm, mom? Can I show Astrid I new trick I learned? You can just tell Fishlegs I'm busy. Please." His eyes got big and his lip quivered. "OH fine. Stop begging. You're fifteen for petes sake." Astrid chortled at her boyfriends ridiculousness. Valka and Cloudjumper jogged back to the inn where Fishlegs would be unloading Meatlug.
While Hiccup showed Astrid his new jumping over the branch trick, Fishlegs mom pulled in with Meatlugs trailer. Her son tripped out of the truck and opened the trailer. A short stocky horse waddled out."Meatlug!" Fishlegs hugged the horse delicately. She was just a bit taller than grump and a lot more active. "Hello." Cloudjumper bowed down on his from knees for Valka to hop off. "HI Mrs. Haddock. Where's Hiccup?" He squealed excitedly."Oh, Hiccup? He's busy." "With chores?" Uh, yes." "Can he finish them later...possibly." Valka raised an eyebrow. "I guess not." Valka lead Fishlegs to the stables so he could show Meatlug her stall.