I apologize for both the delay and the poor quality of this chapter. Between big papers, studying for finals, and throwing up I haven't had much time. Anyway, here's the next chapter!

"What the…"

Morgan opened her eyes almost groaned when she saw the brown-haired freckled face that was staring at her. With a sigh she stood up.

"Hi."

The boy, presumably Hiccup, jumped back. "Y-you talk?"

"Yep." Morgan did a quick check and confirmed that she was once again a Pachirisu. Oh well. Maybe this little adventure would result in fewer injuries. No chance of a Nazgûl throttling her here, right?

"What are you? You look like a…"

"Call me a squirrel and you've had it."

"OK then…so what are you?"

Morgan stood to her full height, which wasn't very much. "I am a Pachirisu, thank you very much."

"A Pa-what?"

"Just call me Morgan." She looked around curiously. From what she could see it looked like Gobber's shop. She couldn't see too much, though, because she was between a wall and Hiccup's bola-throwing thing. "So what's going on?"

"Nothing much. Just another dragon attack." Hiccup replied with a hint of what might have been sarcasm.

Dragon attack, huh? Then this must be near the beginning of the movie. "So have you tried out this thing out yet?" she gestured to the machine in front of her.

"Um…no."

"You should go try it out."

"Wait. Like now?"

"You made it for catching dragons, right?"

"Well, yeah."

"There're dragons outside right now, so what better time is there?"

"Gobber told me to stay put."

"Since when have you listened to him?"

Hiccup's mouth opened and closed a few times before he was able to say anything. "H-hold on a second. Let me get this straight. I am being convinced by a talking squirrel to go out into extremely dangerous circumstances to try something I don't even know works. You have got to be kidding me."

"First off, I am not a squirrel. Second, I'm not kidding."

Hiccup ran a hand through his hair. "I have to be hallucinating."

"Afraid not."

"Prove it."

Morgan used just enough electricity to give him a shock. Hiccup yelped and jumped back.

"W-what are you?"

"I told you, I'm a Pachirisu."

"But what's a Pa…Pach…whatever you said?"

Morgan opened her mouth to explain the concept of Pokémon to him, but decided that might be a little too much. "Well, obviously I look like a weird squirrel that can talk and shoot lightning. And maybe do a few other things, too."

"Right, so…why are you here?"

"Um, probably to get you into going on a crazy 'try something out which leads to this secret that makes everything better until that secret gets discovered and then you lose everything only to go and almost get killed to get part of it back and everything turns out better than before' sort of adventure."

Hiccup stared at her in silence for a few moments. "And what will you be doing while I'm on this little 'adventure'?"

"Don't worry; I'll be with you most of the time to make sure you don't get fried or something like that."

"You're serious?"

"Dead serious."

They stared at each other for several moments. Finally Hiccup sighed.

"All right."

"Yes! Let's go catch us a Night Fury!"

"But there hasn't been any Night Furies sighted yet."

Morgan stared at him, disbelief on her face. "Seriously?" Without waiting for a reply she hopped into the windowsill. Outside there were a bunch of meaty-looking Vikings running around screaming and waving weapons. No sign of a Night Fury. "Toothless, if you don't show up you are in for some serious pain."

After a minute Morgan's ears caught a high-pitched whine. A burst of blue flame exploded in the distance, ripping apart a catapult. Cries of "Night Fury! Get down!" rang through the air as the Vikings ducked.

"OK, now let's go catch us a Night Fury." Morgan said, hopping onto the bola cannon.

"I was thinking more of a Nadder." Hiccup said nervously as he grabbed the handles.

"Oh, come on. Everyone's seen a Nadder. Who's seen a Night Fury?"

"Well, no one, but…"

"Hey, go big or go home. That's how things work around here, right?"

Hiccup sighed. "Fine. But if this goes horribly wrong it's all your fault."

"Blame accepted. Let's just hope it doesn't go horribly wrong."

As Hiccup began wheeling his contraption outside Morgan found a niche to hide in. Hiding was going to be a problem. In her last adventure all she had to do was duck into Aragorn's hood. Hiccup, however, had only his vest, and that wasn't going to work too well. Maybe he could convince people he'd suddenly put on weight? Not likely. She'd probably have to make do with watching from a distance and hoping he had enough sense not to get fried.

"Where should we go?" Hiccup asked as they weaved around people and dragons.

"Well, where do you think that Night Fury will strike next?"

"Umm…" Hiccup slowed down, "It hit a catapult, so it'll probably go after another one."

"Let's find a catapult to aim at, then."

Hiccup took off, huffing as he started up a hill. When he reached the top he stopped. Morgan hopped off as he set up his contraption. It was quiet up on the hill. The fires down below in the village were mostly blocked out by the hill itself, allowing the stars to glitter above. The catapult was a shadow in the distance, currently unmanned like it was in the movie.

"I've always wondered why Toothless hit that catapult when no one was using it." Morgan muttered to herself.

"Do you really think this will work?" Hiccup asked, scanning the skies for any sign of the Night Fury.

"Yes, I do. Whether it actually does or not is another matter."

Hiccup glanced at her, eyebrow raised, before continuing to look for a target. Morgan began silently praying. What if Hiccup missed? What if Toothless didn't attack the catapult? What if another dragon attacked the catapult? What if another dragon decided they would make tasty snacks? What if all these questions distracted her from doing something important?

A sudden sound made Morgan look up. It was that high-pitched whine again. A burst of blue flame struck the catapult, blasting it to pieces. Hiccup fired off his bola, getting thrown back in the process. He and Morgan watched as the weighted ropes hit something, sending it crashing a fair distance away.

"I-I hit it!" Hiccup said, jumping to his feet, "Yes! Did anyone else see that?"

A crunching noise caused him to turn. A Monstrous Nightmare was standing on his now-flattened bola launcher and looking like it was in the mood to fry something. Hiccup actually looked more disappointed than scared.

"Except for you."

"Now might be a good time to run."

Morgan and Hiccup took off in opposite directions. The Nightmare, understandably, went after the larger target. Morgan did a quick U-turn and dashed off in pursuit of the dragon that was getting uncomfortably close to Hiccup. A jolt of electricity caused the Nightmare to pause just long enough so that Hiccup could get behind a pole to avoid a torrent of flaming liquid. Now as long as Stoick wasn't late...

A violent yell announced the arrival of the Viking chief. He slammed into the Nightmare's head, distracting it from the boy cowering behind the now-burning pole. The dragon attempted to burn Stoick to a crisp, but was only able to produce a tiny amount of fire.

"You're all out." Stoick said before launching himself at the Nightmare, punching and kicking until it gave up and flew off. He turned to the pole right as it fell. Morgan, not really wanting to watch the ensuing scene, started heading towards where she guessed Hiccup's house to be. The worst thing that could happen now was if Stoick killed Hiccup, and she was pretty sure that wouldn't happen. If her memory served her right, Hiccup's house was up on the hill, close to that big building. All she had to do was wait until Hiccup came. Unless he had to clean up his mess, which would really suck. Was Toothless alright at this point, or had the crash killed him?

"Y'know, for a kid's movie this sure has potential for a lot of really bad things to happen." she muttered to herself.

Her reflections on how messy her adventure might get were cut short by Hiccup and someone who must have been Gobber coming up the hill. They stopped in front of the house Morgan had guessed to be Hiccup's and talked. She could make out "fish bone," "stop trying so hard to be something you're not," and "you guys." Then Hiccup went inside and Gobber went back down the hill. Great. She scampered to the rear of the house just in time to see Hiccup come out the back door. Instead of heading towards the forest, though, he sat down on the grass, head in his arms.

"What's up?" Morgan asked as she came close.

Hiccup looked up. He almost seemed annoyed to see her. "No one believes me. The one time I actually managed to pull something off, and no one believes me." He sighed and put his head back down.

"Well then, let's go find it."

"What?" Hiccup looked at her like she was crazy.

"Look, you saw it go down. I saw it go down. That means it has to be out there somewhere. The only way to get people to believe you is if you show them, and to show them we need to find it."

Hiccup continued to stare at her for a few moments before getting up. "You're right."

Morgan beamed as she climbed onto his shoulder. "Let's go find that Night Fury!"

The sun began climbing over the horizon as the two entered the forest, illuminating their path as they began their search for the one thing Morgan knew that could bring peace between Vikings and dragons.

Next week is finals, and then I'm off for the summer. Then I won't have an excuse for not writing! Catch y'all later! Review please!