How to Train your Dragon

I stared. Hiccup was nowhere in sight and only his Nightfury was lying unmoving on the ground. Hus dad was on his knees horrified. Astrid looked like she was going to cry.

Hiccup was really dead? I couldn't believe it. Fireworm came up behind me and rested her head softly on my shoulder. I patted her absentmindedly. I remembered what happened barely an hour before this.

"Guys I need your help." Hiccup said bursting into the Meade-Hall where the rest of us were. All of the adults had left and now there were only us kids left in the entire village. "I'm going after them!"

"What do you want us to do?" Ruffnut asked.

"We don't have a ship." Tuffnut said.

"Or navigation skills," Fishlegs added.

"And why should we help you anyway you're on the dragons' side!" I demanded even though I didn't really mean it.

Don't ask me why but I didn't feel the same way as the adults about what Hiccup did. Actually if anything I was impressed. I would've thought that the Monstrous Nightmare would have bitten his hand off but it didn't even though it did attack him but I knew why. Look I'm not the sharpest tool in the box but even I could see why the Monstrous Nightmare attacked.

That's when Hiccup spilled his guts. He told us everything: what happened, how he found Toothless, what happened when he found Toothless, the past month and a half of what happened, his discovery of the Dragons' Nest, and his discovery about dragons.

And do you know what? I believed every word he said.

"If you're planning on getting eaten I'd definitely go with the Gronckle." Fishlegs said as we all stood in front of Hiccup who was about to let out the Monstrous Nightmare.

"You were right to seek help from the world's most dangerous weapon." Tuffnut said getting in Hiccup's face.

"Uh…"

"It's me,"

I shoved Tuffnut out of the way and said. "I love this plan." In reality I hated this plan. We were gonna die I knew it but it was better than having to wait here. Seeing Hiccup trying to protect Toothless somehow made me realize something though I wasn't exactly sure what yet.

Ruffnut shoved me out of the way and said.

"You're crazy!" She then whispered something that apparently Astrid didn't like because she pulled Ruffnut out of the way by her hair.

"So what's the plan?" She asked with Ruffnut was out of the way.

Hiccup smiled.

"The plan is we're going after them using these guys." Hiccup said gesturing to the Dragons' cages.

Yep Ruffnut was right he was crazy.

"And exactly how do you plan on doing that?" I asked.

"I'll show you."

And he opened the cage of the Monstrous Nightmare.

I scrambled backwards with the rest of the kids as Hiccup came out his hand so close to the Monstrous Nightmare it was amazing that it hadn't bitten his hand off yet.

It had been more than a little scary when Hiccup brought Fireworm out. My first impulse was to try to kill it and I nearly did by picking up a nearby broken spear but Astrid stopped me before I could. Then I remembered my utter amazement that shrimpy little Hiccup was able to stand inches in front of a Monstrous Nightmare and not be fried.

I thought it was a trick but then Hiccup grabbed my wrist.

"Wait what're you…" I began terrified.

"It's okay." Hiccup said not looking at me. "It's okay."

He led my hand towards the Monstrous Nightmare. Soon I found myself with my hand on its snout. Hiccup stepped back and the Montrous Nightmare turned to me. I laughed totally amazed and feeling pretty awesome at the moment. Fear came back when Hiccup left.

"Wait where're you goin'?" I exclaimed.

"You're going to need something to hold on." Hiccup said taking out a bunch of rope. He let out the Gronckle, Nadder Head, and Zippleback. "Ruff Tuff you guys take the Zippleback."

Ruffnut and Tuffnut slowly approached the Zippleback each extending a hand. The Zippleback each pressed their head to their hands. Tuffnut started laughing like I did and Ruffnut stared mouth slightly open in amazement.

"This is awesome!" She exclaimed.

"For once sis I totally agree!" Tuffnut said still laughing.

Okay if the twins could agree on something then this plan really was going to work!

"Fishlegs you take the…" Hiccup said but Fishlegs was way ahead of him. He was already patting the Gronckle on the nose and petting it. "Okay I was going to say Nadder Head but the Gronckle works too. Astrid that leaves you and me with the Nadder Head,"

Astrid was also way ahead of him. The Nadder Head was pressing its head to her hand and even stared nuzzling her head as best as it could. Astrid was laughing. The Nadder licked her.

"Oh gross dragon slobber!" Astrid exclaimed whipping the slobber off her cheek but she was still laughing and was now even smiling the widest smile I had ever seen on her face.

"Okay guys now we ride,"

The moment Hiccup said "ride" the dragons reacted. The Monstrous Nightmare sat itself onto the ground and looked at me expectantly. The Zippleback lowered its two necks the right one looking at Ruffnut and the left one looking at Tuffnut. The Gronckle lowered itself as best as it could for Fishlegs to get on. The only one who didn't do anything was the Nadder Head.

"Uh Hiccup…" Astrid said and Hiccup walked up wondering what was going on. Suddenly the Nadder Head pushed against Astrid and knocked her right into Hiccup. Hiccup's face turned scarlet and they immediately jumped away from each other.

"Hey!" Astrid exclaimed. "Well aren't you the prankster?" She asked as the Nadder made a funny sound that sounded like it was laughing. It then sat itself down waiting for her to get on. "Well I just thought of a good name for you, Loki."

The dragon looked at her like that had been his name for all his life.

"Wait do we have to name them?" Ruffnut asked.

She and Tuffnut had gotten onto their Zippleback and I was on my Monstrous Nightmare. Fishlegs was attempting to get onto the Gronckle.

"Well you can but once you do you're stuck with them forever." Hiccup said.

That didn't sound so bad.

"I know the perfect name!" I said. "Fireworm! Ya'know since it can light itself on fire?"

Fireworm looked at me growling a little.

"Uh Snotlout it's a she." Hiccup said.

"Oh she…since she can light herself on fire."

"Jabber," Ruffnut said.

"Wocky," Tuffnut said.

"Where'd you get that?" Fishlegs asked when he got onto the Gronckle.

The twins shrugged.

"Horrorcow," Fishlegs said scratching his Gronckle behind the ears.

Astrid and Hiccup got onto the back of Loki.

"Okay now let's go!" Hiccup said.

The dragons reacted on their own. They took off into the air.

"WWWWHOOOAAAAAA!" Ruffnut exclaimed grabbing onto Jabber's neck so she wouldn't fall off.

"OH GODS!" I exclaimed grabbing Fireworm's horns before I fell off.

"THIS IS AMAZING!" Fishlegs exclaimed excitedly.

I started laughing again only this time the fear had completely left me. I used Fireworm's horns to turn turn and she didn't seem to mind at all. I laughed even harder. Okay normally I'm not the sentimental type but I had to admit flying felt…amazing.

Then I realized we had a problem.

"HEY HOW DO WE FALLOW OUR PARENTS?" I asked. I couldn't see their ships anywhere.

"LET THE DRAGONS HANDLE THAT," Hiccup said.

Okay I had to admit I was a little jealous. He was sitting in front of Astrid her hands around his waist.

We flew for awhile. It felt so natural like we'd done this a billion times before. I could barely believe that the day before I wanted to kill these guys. Now pfff you couldn't pay me enough to do it.

"HEY HICCUP!" Fishlegs said suddenly after awhile of flying.

"YEAH?" Hiccup yelled over the wind.

"ISN'T THIS KIND OF STRANGE?" Fishlegs asked.

"DON'T WORRY YOU'LL GET USED TO IT!" Hiccup replied.

"NO I MEAN ISN'T IT KIND OF STRANGE HOW NATURALLY THESE DRAGONS ARE TAKING TO HAVING SOMEONE RIDE THEM?"

"I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN!" Hiccup said.

"WELL THINK ABOUT IT." Fishlegs said. "WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THE DRAGONS FOR OVER SEVEN GENERATIONS. AS FAR AS I KNOW YOU'RE THE FIRST VIKING TO EVER EVEN CONSIDER BEFRIENDING A DRAGON LET ALONE RIDE ONE. SO WHY ARE THESE GUYS AFTER ALL THE...STUFF WE'VE DONE TO THEM HOW COME THEY'RE OKAY WITH US RIDING THEM AND EVEN SEEM TO WANT US TO RIDE THEM?"

"THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION," Ruffnut said.

"Uuhh..." Hiccup said and for the first time since I've known him he was stumped for an answer. That was a good question though. I really couldn't help but wonder that for myself.

"MAYBE THEY'RE USED TO IT?" I suggested.

"SNOTLOUT WE'RE THE FIRST DRAGON RIDERS SINCE VIKINGS CAME HERE." Astrid shouted. "HOW THE HECK COULD..."

"NO WAIT THAT'S NOT A BAD GUESS!" Hiccup shouted.

"HUH," We all said.

"OKAY THINK ABOUT IT. WE DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE CAME HERE BEFORE US. MAYBE HUMANS LIVED HERE BEFORE US AND WERE FRIENDS WITH THE DRAGONS." Hiccup shouted. "MAYBE THEY EVEN RODE THEM. AFTER A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS HAVING RIDERS MUST FEEL PRETTY NATURAL TO DRAGONS!"

Made sense. But right now I didn't really care. We were getting close to fog.

"HERE WE GO GUYS NO TURNING BACK NOW!" Hiccup shouted.

The dragons turned right into the fog. I couldn't see anything except for rocks that Fireworm dodge pretty naturally. It wasn't long before we heard shouts and cries of Vikings.

"OH MY GODS WHAT IS THAT THING?" I exclaimed terror now coming back.

"THAT'S THE ROOT OF ALL OUR DRAGON PROBLEMS!" Hiccup replied.

Hiccup said that the Green Death as he called it was huge but I really hadn't been expecting it to be so big it was like a walking landmass! The ships were wrecks and most of them were on fire. The Vikings were scrambling to get to safety. Gobber and Uncle Stoick were trying to get the Green Death's attention. The Green Death was about to take a bite out of Hiccup's Dad.

OH NO YOU DON'T! I thought.

Without thinking I pressed the heel of my foot against Fireworm's neck. Like it was some sort of command she fired a huge fireball at the Green Death and it hit the back of it.

How'd I do that? I thought for a split second. I forgot the thought as we all circled the Green Death. Everyone was staring at us a couple shouting wordlessly or shouting "IT'S THE KIDS!" or "ARE THEY RIDING DRAGONS?"

"RUFF TUFF WATCH YOUR BACKS," Hiccup shouted leading us. "MOVE FISHLEGS,"

"LOOK AT US!" Tuffnut suddenly shouted totally excited now. "WE'RE ON DRAGONS! WE'RE ON DRAGONS! ALL OF US!"

"Fishlegs break it down!" Hiccup ordered

"Okay! Heavily armored skull and tail made for bashing and crushing steer clear of both. Small eyes large nostrils relies on hearing and smell!" Fishlegs said.

Who knew his spouting out information would come in handy one day!

"Okay Lout, Legs make some noise and keep it confused. Ruff Tuff see if it has a shot limit make it mad!" Hiccup ordered.

"That's my specialty!" Ruffnut said.

"Since when? Everyone knows I'm more irritating see!"

He flipped Wocky's neck upside down and made a face at Ruffnut who rolled her eyes.

"WOULD YOU JUST DO WHAT I SAID?" Hiccup exclaimed. "I'll be back as soon as I can!"

He directed Loki towards the burning ships. The rest of us raced towards the Green Death. Ruffnut and Tuffnut shouted insults that made no sense to me and nearly got fried. I flew next to the Green Death and banged my shield as loud as I could.

"UH...THIS THING DOESN'T HAVE A BLIND SPOT!" Fishlegs exclaimed.

I realized with a jolt that this thing had more than one pair of eyes it had three!

I kept banging and it looked like it was starting to get confused.

"YEAH IT'S WORKING!" Fishlegs exclaimed.

Suddenly I realized all the noise we were making wasn't irritating the Green Death: we were confusing our own dragons!

Fireworm fell and I landed on top of the Green Death's head.

"I'VE LOST POWER OF THE GRONCKLE! SNOTLOUT DO SOMETHING!"

Fishlegs tossed me his hammer and he and Horrorcow fell. He managed to crash land without getting either of them killed.

"I'M OKAY!"

Horrorcow flipped over and ended up on top of him. I yelled something I couldn't understand but I wasn't focusing on him now. I was trying to think of something to do. Suddenly I got an idea.

"I CAN'T MISS!" I exclaimed using the hammer to nail the Green Death in the eyes. "WHAT'S WRONG BIG GUY GOT SOMETHING IN YER EYE?"

"YEAH! YOU'RE THE VIKING!" Astrid exclaimed flying past on Loki. I noticed Hiccup wasn't with her but wasn't worried about that. She gave me a complement! I started attacking the Green Death's eyes with renewed energy. Suddenly it jolted and I dropped the hammer and barely caught onto one of its weird horns.

"WHOA!" I exclaimed.

After awhile I was able to get myself back onto the head.

"GET SNOTLOUT OUT OF THERE!" Astrid shouted.

"I GOT IT!" Ruffnut exclaimed.

"NO I GOT HIM FIRST!"

I rolled my eyes.

If they can't agree on this let's just meet in the middle!

I jumped and landed in between the Zippleback's two heads.

"Hey I can't believe that actually worked!" I exclaimed.

Who said Hiccup was the only one who could think up of bright ideas?

We got back onto solid ground and watched. The Green Death was sucking Loki and Astrid in!

"OH NO ASTRID!" I exclaimed.

Suddenly a blue fireball hit the Green Death and Astrid and Loki were knocked through the air Astrid falling off of Loki! Astrid screamed but something jet black grabbed her. Suddenly I realized it was Hiccup and his Nightfury!

"ALRIGHT!" I exclaimed and we all started cheering for Hiccup and Toothless.

They put Astrid back onto the ground and went towards the Green Death. Another fireball and this time the Green Death was on the ground. The ground shook so hard I nearly lost balance. Suddenly the Green Death extended its wings. Wings?

"OH GODS IT CAN FLY?" I exclaimed. I didn't think something so freakin' huge could actually fly!

It went into the air fallowing Hiccup and Toothless. We lost view for a bit. I heard loud booms and saw the silhouette of the Green Death. Suddenly Hiccup and Toothless were doing a nose dive the Green Death fallowing them. They held.

"C'mon," Astrid said.

And held,

"Whatever you're doing do it!" I exclaimed.

And held.

"Oh gods," Fishlegs squeaked.

The Green Death opened its mouth and even I could see the green gas filling its mouth.

"They're gonna die!" The twins exclaimed.

Suddenly they spun around and shot a ball of blue fire into the Green Death's mouth. The gas caught on fire and exploded right in the Green Death's mouth. Hiccup and Toothless pulled out of the nose dive but the Green Death kept falling its mouth on fire.

Suddenly I realized what was about to happen.

"GANG WAY!" I exclaimed. "IT'S GONNA BLOW!"

"MOVE IT!" Stoick shouted.

Everyone scrambled out of the way to get to safe ground. Of course I'm not the fastest person alive and I couldn't get away in time. The Green Death landed onto the ground and went out with a bang literally. I would've been fried if something hadn't grabbed the back of my shirt and flew me out of harm's way.

"FIREWORM!" I exclaimed.

My Monstrous Nightmare was okay! I was worried she had gotten hurt when she crash landed.

She landed far away from the flames and I was about to pet her to thank her when Astrid let out a blood curtling scream.

"HICCUP!" She shrieked.

I looked and gasped. Hiccup was falling straight into the inferno! Everyone else started screaming too. Toothless who was still diving after Hiccup was lost from view as the flames got higher. Fireworm grabbed the back of my shirt again and suddenly I found myself being shielded by her wings. When she stopped I realized that the placed was covered with ash.

"HICCUP!" Uncle Stoick exclaimed. We all followed him trying to find Hiccup.

We only found Toothless lying unmoving on the ground. Part of his tail fin was gone and I remembered how Hiccup said he made a prosthetic tail fin to help Toothless fly again. It must've caught on fire!

Hiccup was nowhere in sight.

Uncle Stoick looked around and fell to his knees.

"Hiccup!" He exclaimed and he sounded like he was going to cry.

Astrid looked like she was going to cry. Ruffnut was biting her lower lip hugging Jabber's neck who looked as sad as the rest of us. Tuffnut had the same look of shock I had.

I thought about all the times I was mean to him and called him a lousy Viking. How many times I said he shouldn't be the next Tribe Leader. Now I regretted it. If it weren't for him Fireworm wouldn't be standing next to me right now. I wouldn't have found out how cool it was to fly. And now he was gone and I never got the chance to say I was sorry.

"I did this..." Stoick said miserably. "I'm so sorry..."

Toothless suddenly unfolded his wings...revealing Hiccup!

"Hiccup!" Stoick exclaimed and we all held our breath. He felt his neck and took off his helmet and pressed his ear to Hiccup's chest. He let something between a sob and a sigh. "He's alive! You brought him back alive!"

I cheered with everybody else. He wasn't dead! The twerp wasn't dead! My dad Spitelout suddenly hugged me saying how proud he was of me and how amazing we all were. Fireworm nudged the back of me when Dad put me down. I glanced at Fireworm.

"Dad...can I keep her?" I asked.

Well don't ask me why but I got the sudden desire to write about what happened in How to Train your Dragon from Snotlout's point of view. I noticed that when someone dies people always wish that they had treated the dead person better and wondered how Snotlout felt. Tell me what you guys think of it! Review please!

I don't own How to Train your Dragon in any way shape or form.