Soffía's POV (@rosakajo )

A new horse just arrived today, and I was of course here to welcome him. His name is Vopni frá Teitur, and he is 1.5 years old. He is already a tall boy, as you can see, and seems quite sensitive, which might be a good thing or a challenge when training him, depending on whom might be his trainer, when he grows a little older.

As you can see he walks very nicely on leadrope, even if there are horses in the background.

When I entered the stable for the stallions and geldings, where Vopni will be living, I could hear the loud chatter of Frederic and Froya. It was nice how lively the barn was being today. Froya was in the process of tacking up her oldest friend Hrafn, while Frederic was standing with Flóki in leadrope. The stallion was pearing curiously over his shoulder, as I walked by with Vopni.

"Is that the new one?" Frederic all but yelled through the stable, which made me shake my head at his antics and lack of manners, while Froya laughed loudly with a snort in the end.

"Yes, that's Vopni. From Rosa Kajo," I called back, though not quite as loudly.

"Woopie? His name is Woopie? Like Woopie Goldberg? What kind of Icelandic is named Woopie?" He was still talking very loudly, and his confusion really shone through.

Froya hit him on the arm with her reins, she had apparently finished putting on Hrafn's bridle, "Not Woopie, Vopni!" she laughed, rolling her eyes at him probably - I couldn't see her face as she had her back towards me.

"Oh..." his cheeks grew warm and red very quickly.

Later that day, when the rain had stopped, I had put Vopni into the stallions' pasture, so he could meet the herd. As the stallions are generally friendly, when it comes to the young ones, I just let him inside, clicked off the rope and then let him run off.

And that he did, quickly! Apparently he had gotten spooked when one of the stallions had neighed 'welcome' to him. Damn that little guy could run!

I waited inside the pasture for a little while, as the young colt seeked me out, so I could comfort him. Poor baby!

Nikolette's POV

Bottom line is, Frederic and Froya won't be at the stable for awhile. Neither will Floki and Gyllír who will be moving with them to a house nearby that has a stable. This will be retirement for the two horse boys. A life of luxury with Froya and Frederic is just what they deserve.

Whether or not Froya and Frederic will be back at some point is undecided. Thing is... Froya is pregnant, and want to full focus on the pregnancy and then her family afterwards. Frederic wants to focus on his family as well, and wants to get back into what he actually have an education for: Being an accountant, which honestly is a wise choice with a baby on the way, and a new house they have to pay off, alongside with two senior horses.

They have promised to come and visit though, and also invited Soffía and I to their new place.

We are of course happy for them, even if Soffía keeps mostly in the background of this. It hurts her a little that Froya got pregnant that easily, while her own pregnancy is a struggle. Both to hold into the egg, and the many fertility treatments on top of that. It's not that she is not happy for Froya, she just has a lot of hormones racing around in her body, making it difficult for her to be well... happy for anyone right now. I keep telling her that if she feels this hormone treatment isn't worth it, then we have other options. I can be the one getting pregnant, if that's what she wants. She of course has a hard time giving up the pregnancy and birthing her own child, but I leave it all up to her for now.

There is also the choice of adopting, if that's what she lands on. We will see. I can see and feel that she is tired. I can see that this drains her completely for energy and life, and it hurts me to see her that way. Hopefully we will succeed to, or we will retack that horse when we get to it.

Soffía's POV

Honestly it was NOT beach weather today. It was cold and windy, yet the crew wanted to go, so what could I do, other than go with them? Frederic and Froya is now officially dating (YAY! GO FREDYA!), or they have told the other staff members so here we go!

Just a little tölting at the beach to calm our nerves for any upcoming threat. Oh and both Gyllír and Vopni has come sooo far! I hope that Vopni will be ready for his first gaited show next month, but we will see. I promised to bring Declan and Peyton next time, when the ride doesn't involve cantering and galloping on the beach, as none of them are ready for that yet, haha :P

Nikolette's POV

Breaking in Fanta seems to be easy enough. Fanta doesn't care much about anyone been on her back, or at least not me leaning over her, and she likes going on hacks with me and her mother Furia.

Piro is a whole 'nother case. He is quite feisty, and doesn't like saddle nor rider. And when we had gotten him to be ok with the saddle, it was time for me to get on his back. Sure to say that he did not like that either. Good thing Frederic was holding onto the lunge, haha!

At least I wasn't thrown off, though it was quite close a few times. I am looking forward to actually sit in Fanta's new saddle by tomorrow, so I can train the easier horse. Piro definitely is going to be a challenge, that's for sure! But then again his sire was a wild child too xD