Chapter I:
Flashback:
It was an exciting morning on Berk. The moment the sound of the morning horn was blown, signaling the start of a new day, thirteen year old Vetrarose Horrendous Haddock bounced out of her bed and ran down the stairs fully dressed and practically bursting with excitement. For today was the day that she started her training at her father's dragon training academy. At several other houses, similar things were happening. The other thirteen year olds, now old enough to train their own dragons, were cheering and running crazily around their houses chanting "Today's the day!" As loud as they could. "Alright, Vetra." Said Astrid, Vetra's mother, speaking loud enough to be heard over her daughter yelling. "Calm down and come get your breakfast." Astrid set down a plate off eggs and yak meat at the table for Vetra. "Don't have time to eat!" Said Vetra happily, stuffing pieces of parchment paper, ink and her copy of the book of dragons into her leather satchel. "I want to be the first one at the academy! Best trainers are always punctual you know."
"The best trainers ALSO make sure to have a healthy breakfast, young lady. You'll need your strength." Said Astrid, hands on hips. Grumbling, Vetra sat at the table, and began shoveling eggs into her mouth as fast as she could. "So, where's Dad and Toothless?" She asked, her mouth now full of yak. "They left early to get ready for the day." Astrid answered as she continued packing Vetra's satchel. "They have a busy day scheduled for you first-years today." Vetra just about choked on her breakfast in her haste to finish quickly. Now coughing, Vetra hopped up from the table, and quickly brushed her hair with a comb made from the tail-spine of a Deadly Nadder. "I gotta go now!" She gasped, her eyes streaming. "Class starts in ten minutes!" Astrid kissed her daughter on the head then handed her the satchel. "Have a great day, love." She said. "Learn something."
"That's kinda hard." Said Vetra, putting the satchel over her shoulder. "When you live with the dragon master and he has already taught you everything."
"You never know." Vetra waved goodbye to Astrid as she ran out of the house slamming the door behind her. Astrid gave a deep sigh. "She's growing up so fast." She said to herself.
Present day:
Sixteen year old Vetra was sitting on a barrel next to her best friend, Spikelout. They were in the middle of an important dragon training, but they, and their fellow student trainers were too busy laughing to be paying attention to Hiccup, who had both hands cupped on either side of his mouth, and was making a loud, almost bird like noise. "Will you knock it off?!" Said Hiccup impatiently, making the dragon call for the fifth time in a row. "I can't be heard over your noise!"
"We can't help it!" Said Vetra's other friend, Lugnut, who was wiping tears from her eyes. "What exactly is the point of this exercise?!" Hiccup groaned, rolling his eyes. "Look, I've told you." He told the class. "Dragon calls are very important. If you ever get separated from your dragon-"
"You need to be able to call for it." Finished Narsellus, another one of the student trainers. She was a big, muscular girl with messy red hair, and was currently leaning up against a stack of wooden boxes with her arms crossed. "We know. Although to be frank, you wouldn't catch me dead making a noise like that." Aloeverra, one of Narsellus' cronies, gave a dorky snort as she laughed agreeingly. Hiccup ignored this and once again gave another dragon call. A moment passed then Toothless came flying into the academy, landing next to Hiccup, who pet him on the nose. "Good job, bud." He said to him. "Probably just came to keep Hiccup from making that Thor-awful noise again." Spikelout muttered so Hiccup couldn't hear him. Vetra, however, blew Spikelout's cover as she burst out laughing, clutching her stomach. Glaring at his daughter, Hiccup said "Alright, Vetra. If you're so good that you don't have to pay attention, then you can go next." He made a hand signal to Toothless, who flew back out of the "We're waiting." Said Hiccup. "Call Toothless back." Vetra gave a moan like a child not getting her way and stood up. "Why does SHE always go first?" Interjected Narsellus. "Well, you're welcome to take my place, Narsellus." Said Vetra as she stood next to Hiccup. "Nope. Just kidding." Said Narsellus quickly. The other students chuckled. "Settle down." Said Hiccup, now fighting to keep his patients. Vetra cleared her throat. "Okay." She said. "Here it goes." She took several deep breaths before cupping her hands around her mouth as Hiccup had. She buffed out her chest and opened her mouth wide. But instead of a NightFury call, she gave a loud raspberry and started laughing harder than ever with her hands on her knees. The other students joined in, a couple falling to the floor. "I'm sorry, Dad." Said Vetra when she finally caught her breath. "I can't take this lesson seriously."
"For once, Vetrarose." Said Narsellus, in between gasps for air. "We can actually agree on something!"
"Okay. That does it." Said Hiccup reframing from yelling. "You all are grounded until further notice!" The academy finally went silent. "What?!" Said Vetra. "You've gotta be kidding me!"
"I'm not!" Said Hiccup, speaking to the entire class. "You need your Dragon calls to help your dragon find you . If you cannot call your dragon, he cannot find you. So, until you all learn to take this seriously, your dragons will remain here. Class dismissed!" The students all left the academy with the heads bowed, muttering silent insults to Hiccup and his dragon calls. "Dad!" Said Vetra angrily. "You can't take our dragons from us!"
"Oh yes I can." Said Hiccup, walking out to find Toothless. "You're acting like children, so, I will treat you like children. Besides." He added as he found Toothless and climbed on his back. "You seem to forget that Toothless is mine." Vetra opened her mouth to say something else, but closed it again as no words came to her. Instead she gave a loud growl and stomped away to find her friends. Hiccup sighed as Toothless grumbled at him. "I know I was hard, bud." Hiccup said to him. "But it's for the best."
