"C'mon, Toothless! Hold her down!"
"Get up, Hiccup! Show him what you got!"
Hiccup and Toothless decided to pass the time with a wrestling match to see who could do a better job of defending themselves. So far, Toothless was winning, as he had Hiccup pinned to the ground.
Toothless looked at his spectators and roared triumphantly. Hiccup saw her chance and gently nudged Toothless with her knee. When Toothless looked down at Hiccup, Hiccup stared up at Toothless, straight into his eyes.
Hiccup had just discovered a new power a few hours ago. If Hiccup focused hard enough, she could make her eyes glow so bright that looking at the sun would barely give the victim enough light to see. The blindness only lasted a few seconds, but it would last long enough for Hiccup to get up.
As her plan seemed to work, Hiccup crawled out from under Toothless and jumped on his back. She stunned Toothless with a scratch under the chin and held Toothless' head down after the dragon collapsed.
Hiccup chuckled as her friends cheered. Toothless changed form after Hiccup stood up and glared at her, "That wasn't a fair fight. You cheated. Everyone knows that a dragon's soft spot."
Hiccup smiled, "I was only using what I know about my opponent to beat him."
Fishlegs straightened his posture, "See? It's good to know about dragons."
Hiccup looked at Stormfly. The dragon seemed tense, more than usual. But it was possible that Stormfly heard some birds and was looking for them, so Hiccup excused the behaviour.
"Hiccup?"
Stoick walked up to Hiccup with a bucket in his hand, "I need you to get some water."
Hiccup nodded and took the bucket with her. As she walked away, Jack nodded Draymore into an alley.
Once they were alone, Jack was the first to speak, "Did you see her?"
Draymore nodded, "I did. But she didn't seem like she was having the same nightmare. There wasn't black sand flying over her head either. I stayed up until midnight. Nothing happened."
Jack sighed. "At least Pitch isn't behind this. But why is she having those nightmares?"
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Hiccup looked down the well to see how long the task would take, since she had a long flight planned. She wanted to get this done quickly so she could clear her head. After all, she hadn't had a peaceful flight for a long time.
When Hiccup looked down the well, she couldn't see any water. It wasn't because it was too dark. Hiccup had enhanced vision. But even with her special vision, she couldn't see the distorted reflection that water would make.
Hiccup set the bucket on the side of the well and jumped down the well, ready to clutch the wall if she ever needed to. When she reached the bottom, Hiccup never expected to be greeted by nothing but damp dirt.
