Chapter 2

Hicca got up the next morning knowing she had to go watch Dragon training on her Fathers orders, so she got out of bed did her stretch routine, grabbed a quick breakfast and made her way towards the kill ring. One the way she saw the other teens walking in front of her. Ash in the lead followed by Snotloud, the Twins, and Fishlegs everybody carrying their individual weapons. As they reached the kill ring Hicca made her way towards Gobber how greeted her with a morning and welcomed the other teens to dragon training.

''That's it no going back'' Ash said to himself as he walked in the kill ring.

''I hope I get some serious burns'' said Tuffnut.

''Yeah like on the shoulder or lower back'' Ruffnut added.

''Yeah. It's only fun if you get a scar out of it'' Ash agreed.

Hicca couldn't believe them how could they want to get hurt.

''Yeah, pain. Love it'' she said sarcastically only loud enough so she could hear her own voice. What she didn't notice Ash laughing to himself after hearing her comment.

''Hey what is useless doing here. Don't tell me she will train with us'' Snotloud asked.

''No, she is here to observe dragon training. Now let us begin'' Gobber answered.

Hicca just stood next to the entrance and watched as Gobber told them about the different dragons they will encounter in Dragon training occasionally being interrupted by Fishlegs and his dragon knowledge until Gobber yelled at him to stop that. He grabbed a lever and opened the Gronckel cage.

''Wait aren't you going to demonstrate first'' Snotloud asked in a panic.

'very Viking like' Hicca thought.

''I believe in learning on the job'' Gobber replied.

Hicca just nodded to herself she had known his teaching methods from the forge and often almost lost a finger because of it.

''Quick what is the first thing you need'' Gobber questioned.

''Plus 5 speed?'' Fishlegs tried.

''A Shield'' Ash answered correctly.

''A Shield go'' Gobber confirmed.

''If you have to choose between a sword and a shield take the shield'' Gobber added.

Everyone runs to the pile of shield grabbing one except the twins who fought over a shield and got blasted by the Gronckel. The rest of the lesson was Fishlegs getting blasted after he answered the next question, Snotloud getting blasted next because he didn't pay attention to his surroundings. The Lesson ended as expected with Ash coming out as the only one not getting blasted by the Gronckel and even landing a hit on it. Gobber praised him for his performance in the ring. Then he said something to all of them which got Hicca thinking.

''Remember a Dragon always, always goes for the kill'' Gobber said dismissing them until dinner for a review of the lesson to which Hicca had to be present.

''Why didn't you?'' Hicca asked herself holding the bolas she cut the dragon free from.

She got up and walked in the direction the dragon flew off to. She didn't know what she was hoping for looking for the Night Fury but something in mind told her it was important.

As she continued to walk she hear a roar and a crash. Walking in the direction she found a cove looking. In it she saw the Night Fury, trying to get out of the cove by climbing the walls only to glide back to the ground.

The Dragon seemed very irritated until it noticed the fish in the small lake and stuck his head in it to catch one but not succeeding which got it irritated again. Hicca laid on her stomach, took her journal out and started drawing the Night Fury in it. Later erasing the one tail fin she drew too much, after looking that the Night Fury only had one tail fin.

''Why don't you just fly away?'' she asked herself. Dropping her pencil in the process of thinking out loud. The noise of the pencil falling down the cove got the Dragons attention. He glanced at the fallen pencil and looked up to see where it came from, spotting Hicca at the edge of the cove. He snarled at her and turned away and trying to catch fish again. Hicca got up from her laying position and made her way back to the village, getting soaked by the sudden rain on the way.

As Hicca stepped into the great hall she hears the other teens with Gobber talking.

''Now, where did Ash go wrong today? '' Gobber asked into the round.

''I mistimed my somersault dive. It was sloppy, it threw off my reverse tumble'' Ash responded.

''Yeah, we noticed'' Ruffnut said like she really did notice.

''No, no that was perfect so Ash'' Snotloud said sucking up to him. Ash just rolled his eyes.

Hicca grabbed her plate and sat down at the next table.

''No, Ash is right you have to be tuff on yourself if you want to improve'' Gobber said shoving the plates off the table and dropping a book on it.

''The book of Dragons, you need to live and breathe this stuff.'' Gobber said yawning and adding the word ''Homework'' as he left the hall.

''Wait you mean read!'' Tuffnut asked.

''While we're still alive?'' Ruffnut added.

''Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about'' Snotloud said.

''Oh, I read it like seven times, there is this one dragon that spits boiling hot water...'' Fishlegs started babbling until Tuffnut interrupted him.

''Yeah yeah there was a chance I may have read it'' he begun.

''But now'' Ruffnut finished.

''You can read I go kill stuff'' Snotloud said getting up and leaving the hall with the twins and Fishlegs following him.

With now only Ash and Hicca there, Hicca didn't know what to do and just keep looking at her plate. She heard steps coming toward her and suddenly the Dragon book dropped in front of her. She looked up to see Ash standing next to the table.

''Read it'' he said with a stern face.

Hicca looked at the book and nodded not being able to say anything to him. Ash stood there for a few seconds before he turned around and left the hall as well. Now only Hicca remained with the Dragon book.

Hicca cleaned up her plate and brought two candles to the table with the dragon book to see better. Hicca read the book seriously at first but soon she noticed that on every page basically stood the same, that every dragon is extremely dangerous and to kill on sight. Until she came upon the page with the Night Fury there was only the Name of the dragon no information no illustration only a warning.

'The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself never engage this dragon, your only chance hide and pray it does not find you.'

Hicca took out her drawing of the Night Fury and placed in on the Page. She thought that if she could encounter a Night Fury and still live then maybe the Dragon book isn't right.

With these thoughts she decided to ask Gobber about Night Fury's tomorrow.

The next day Hicca got to the kill ring before the other teens and walked inside in search of Gobber only to walk into a maze and get lost inside it. The next thing she knew was that the entrance to the ring was closed and a Nadder was out of its cage. Hicca run in the maze until she was at the wall of the kill ring.

''HICCA! what are you doing down there.'' a voice from above her head called.

Hicca looked up to see Gobber outside the kill ring.

''I was searching for you to ask you something and suddenly I was trapped in here'' Hicca said to Gobber.

''Well now your participating in this lesson so go grab a shield'' Gobber ordered her. Seeing no way out Hicca listened and grabbed a shield. And immediately returning to her original spot underneath Gobber. The other teens just ignored or mocked her like always.

''Today is all about attack. Nadders are quick and light on their feet, your job is to be quicker and lighter'' Gobber began the lesson.

The Nadder hops on top of the maze and shot its spikes at everything that moves.

''I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods'' Fishlegs said screaming as he hides his head behind his shield while running from the Nadder that shot its spikes at him.

Gobber ignored Fishlegs and went on with his lesson.

''Look for its blind spot every dragon has one'' he informed. Right after that the twins run straight into the dragon now standing right in front of it hiding from its view and moving with its head to stay in its blind spot.

''Urg, do you ever bath'' Ruffnut said as she smelled her brother's odor who stood in front of her.

''If you don't like it then just get your own blind spot'' Tuffnut responded. They began fighting with one another like always.

''How about I give you one'' Ruffnut said angrily. Than the Nadder shot fire at them and they stopped fighting to run away.

''Blind spot yes, deaf spot not so much'' Gobber said casually.

''Anyway, I noticed there is not much about Night Fury's in the Dragon book, so I wanted to as if there is another book or something'' Hicca asked from her spot underneath Gobber.

''No, now focus Hicca you're not even trying'' Gobber answered. Before Hicca could respond to that she heard her name being called and saw Ash.

''Psst, Hicca. get down.'' Ash said towards her with Snotloud behind him. Hicca knowing it was the best to listen got down behind them.

Ash was looking behind the wall and saw the Nadder with its back towards them. He jump rolled to the other side, with Snotloud and Hicca doing the same only that Hicca couldn't roll with the shield on her arm. The shield pinned her to the ground with a loud noise that got the Nadders attention. Hicca got up as fast as she could and run past Ash and Snotloud with a scream. The Nadder now spotting Ash and Snotloud raised its spikes, Ash raised his Axe for a throw only for Snotloud to get in the way.

''I got this bro'' he said standing in front of Ash and throwing his weapon towards the Nadder simply to miss miserably. Receiving a glare from Ash he started to try and defend himself for that throw.

''The sun was in my eyes.'' He started running behind Ash from the Nadder that was now chasing after them.

''What should I have done black out the sun sure I can do that but didn't have the time right now.'' Snotloud continued and run off in another direction. The Nadder now pursuing Ash crashed in a maze wall making the whole maze start to fall. Ash runs up the falling walls seeing he had no other way to run.

''So how would one sneak up on a Night Fury.'' Hicca began questioning Gobber after she spotted him again. Not noticing her surroundings.

''HICCA!'' came a warning from Gobber so she turned around seeing a wall falling with Ash jumping of it screaming her name.

Ash landed on top of Hicca their limbs tangled together, and his Axe stuck in her shield.

''Look love on the battlefield'' Tuffnut commented.

''He could do better'' Ruffnut said.

Ash ignored the twins and glanced around and saw the Nadder that it was charging towards them he hurried to untangle his feet and tried to pull his Axe out of Hicca's shield.

''W-Wait let me...'' Hicca begun until Ash's Hand landed on her chest pressing down on it. Her face went completely red. Gasps from the others could be heard.

Ash didn't even realize where his Hand was he only focused on getting his Axe out of the shield, finally getting it free he managed to hit the Nadder just in time.

Anger boiling up inside him and he turned around with his Axe towards Hicca, how was sitting on the floor with her arms over her chest. She didn't have much of a chest but there was still something.

''Is this a game to you. The livelong war of our parents is about to become ours, choose which side you're on.'' Ash said with anger in his voice.

After Ash said that Hicca got up and run out of the ring tears streaming down her face, passing Gobber how was making his way down into the ring. Everybody just stared at Ash how was trying to calm down.

Gobber came towards them after putting the Nadder back in its cage.

''Quick thinking Ash, good job.'' He said going near Ash and hitting him in the head. Ash looked up to Gobber confused by his mixed words and actions.

''I hope you going to apologize to her.'' He said to Ash and dismissing them.

Ash walked behind the other teen still not understanding what he did wrong.

''What did I do?'' He asked the others how immediately stopped in their steps and turned around to face him with a, are you serious´ face.

''You really didn't notice?'' Tuffnut asked.

''Are you serious bro'' Snotloud added.

''WOW way to be oblivious'' Ruffnut said crossing her arms.

''SO TELL ME WHAT I DID'' Ash shouted getting angry again.

''W-Well you…you kind of grabbed her c-chest.'' Fishlegs stammered out.

Ash's eyes widened he didn't even realize but now that he thought about it he did feel something soft in his hand. Staring at his hand he palmed his forehead. He had to go apologies to her.

''So how did it feel?'' Tuffnut asked curiously.

''Yeah bro tell us'' Snotloud said.

Ash ignored the two and walked passt them. He had to go find Hicca and apologize.

After Hicca had run out of the ring she went straight Home and cried until her tears run dry. She wasn`t crying because her chest got grabbed but because of what Ash had said. Hicca didn't know what side she is on. She is a Viking, yet she let a dragon free and even searched for it again. Hicca was so confused by her own actions. After thinking and thinking without getting anywhere.

She decided to go see the dragon one more time. She grabbed a Fish from the fish basket and went out the back door.

Ash knocked on Hicca's front door. He felt terrible for what he did and said to her that and he wanted to apologize immediately but it seemed that Hicca wasn't Home. He didn't know where she could have gone, so he went to Gobber and asked if he had seen where she had run of to.

''Don't know lad but give her some space first to calm down'' Gobber advised him.

He took the advice thinking it was probably the best to give her some space first, after all who knows how she will react seeing him right after he grabbed and yelled at her. But he was still going to apologize at the next best opportunity.

Hicca reached the cove and found a way down into it. She stopped between two boulders and threw the fish she had been carrying. With no sign of the Dragon she stepped forward into the open field picking the fish up again and looking for the dragon.

She didn't notice the Night Fury was on a heap of boulders behind her till the dragon started to climb down and made it way to stand in front of her on sniffing the air. Hicca stared at the Dragon and hold out the fish in front of her. The dragon cautiously made its way towards her starting to open its mouth until its eyes drifted down towards Hicca's dagger. The Dragon growled at her. Hicca realized it was cautious because of the dagger. She slowly took the Dagger out of her belt and let it fall to the ground. The Dragon made a motion with its head to throw the dagger further away. Hicca picked the dagger up with her foot and threw it in the lake.

After the splash of the dagger, the Dragon relaxed and sat down with big pupils. Hicca holds out the fish again and the dragon slowly stepped forward opening its mouth for Hicca to see that he had no teeth.

''Toothless, I could have sworn you had...'' She began until teeth appeared in its mouth and he took the fish out of her hands and eat it into bites.

''Teeth'' she said while the dragon liked his mouth. The looked at her and walked towards her with a curious growl. Hicca stumbled backward. Till she reached a boulder and was on her butt.

''Ah no no, I don't have anymore'' she whispered with the dragon right in front of her face.

She heard a gagging sound and suddenly the dragon spat out the fishtail in her lap.

''Iwe''Hicca said in disgust. She holds the fishtail in her hands and looked at the dragon who was now sitting on his behind looking at the fish and then her.

Hicca slowly bought the fish towards her mouth and took a bit out of it keeping it in her mouth.

''Mmmhm.''she gave a sound while nodding and holding the fish towards the dragon again.

The Dragon just made a swallowing motion and kept looking at her.

Hicca's eyes widened but she had no other choice, so she swallowed the fish in her mouth and smiled at the Dragon.

The Dragon watched her mouth and did something she didn't expect. The Dragon copied her smile with his own gummy smile. Hicca couldn't believe her eyes. She slowly got up and hold her hand out wanting to touch the dragon. The Dragons eyes turned to slits and its teeth appeared again. Growling at her the dragon took off to the other end of the cove, heating the ground with its fire to take a nap. Hearing a bird, the dragon looked at it flying off, he followed the bird with his eyes and as he looked down again he saw Hicca sitting there cross-legged. He then turned and brought his tail fin in front of his face.

Hicca took the opportunity to slip closer to it reaching her hand out to touch the Dragon, only for the dragon to look at her. She immediately stood up and walked in the other direction. The Dragon walked away as well and hung itself from a branch with his tail and took a nap.

Hicca didn't know what she should do now. She didn't want to go back yet and she couldn't bother the dragon.

Not knowing what to do she began her stretch routine. And soon a melody popped up in her mind (The Soundtrack of the Forbidden friendship scene). Humming the melody to herself she stood up on one leg and twirled around on it stopping she jumped forward with a split in the air. Landing she leaned back till her hands touched the ground and then she threw her feet slowly over her upper body one after the other all while standing on her hands. She started to run and jumped with one leg towards the ground and the other horizontally to it. Landing again she began to twirl on her tiptoes.

The Dragon woke up as the sun began to go down. He looked to see if Hicca was still there and got curious at what she was doing. She was twirling on her tiptoes at the moment and when the dragon approached her she stopped to look at the dragon who looked at her with big curious eyes. She smiled at the dragon and began humming again. She started her twirling and jumping again but now the dragon did the same as she did it twirled and jumped with her, even taking Poses along with her.

As she ended her Humming she stood in front of the Dragon and hold her Hand out towards it while looking away. The Dragon looked at her hand and slowly bought its nose towards it.

Hicca turned her head around after feeling something warm in her palm and saw her hand on the dragon's nose.

After a few seconds, the Dragon pulled his head back and looked at Hicca giving her a soft grunt it walked away.

Hicca looked at her hand and then to the Dragon. She was never going to kill a dragon that is what she knows for sure now. Smiling she walked out of the cove.

''Bye bye Toothless'' she said to the Dragon who now was not just the Dragon or the Night Fury.

He was Toothless.