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 Two: Desire
Kaitlin Hopkins was 15 years old when she finally decided that no matter what happened she wanted to be an endurance rider like her father. Kaitlin adored her father and loved hearing his stories about the races he had been in. The ones that were her favorite were the ones about the Ocean of Fire, which had been her father's last endurance race. She also loved hearing about Hidalgo, who was the father of her own horse. Yes, her father had let Hidalgo go free, but they lived nearby to where Hidalgo and his band roamed. And Hidalgo often came by the house to visit Frank.
Her horse was also a stallion like Hidalgo had been, but Zodiac wasn't a pinto. Instead, he was all chestnut with an odd-shaped star and four white stockings and a light colored mane. Zodiac wasn't tamed, like Hidalgo, but he listened to Kaitlin all the same. They had an excellent bond just like Frank and Hidalgo had. But the one thing that wasn't similar at all was that fact that Frank and Hidalgo had never lost a long distance race and Kaitlin and Zodiac had never run one. Jazira had never allowed it.
But Kaitlin wanted more than anything to run a long distance race. But not just any race. She wanted to run the Ocean of Fire, just like her father had in 1890. And she wanted to win it. And nothing was going to stop her from doing it. Not even the distance between her house and Arabia, her parents or her inexperience mattered. Nothing was going to keep her from what she desired most. A chance in an endurance race.
Author's Notes:
Short again, but the next chapters are longer.
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