I love waking up in the morning, checking my email, and finding a review from someone, eager for more of my work. It inspires me to continue on. Anyway, here is chapter 2!

Chapter II: Ten years later

Vetrarose was running through the trees towards Berk, a large black dragon in close pursuit, running on foot. She thought to herself, that if she made it back to the village, she just might have a chance. She jumped over a rock laying in her path, and dove into a somersault before continuing to run from the dragon. She could hear him panting loudly behind her as it drew closer. Vetra then jumped up to reach a tree branch, grunted loudly, and swung herself forward a distance. The village of Berk was finally in sight. Vetra continued to run for the clearing where the many houses stood, knowing that safety was only a few feet away. The dragon behind Vetra leapt forward, and pounced Vetra, knocking her into the dirt. Vetra began to breathe heavily as she came nose-to-nose with the great dragon. Toothless began to lick every inch of Vetra he could reach. She sputtered and gagged as she tried to push Toothless off of her. "Okay okay! You win!" She said, covering her face. "Get off me, you great brute!" Toothless gave a throaty laugh as Vetra got to her feet and shook herself off. "Ugh! I hate when you do that!" She said. Vetra had inherited her mother's eyes, but had her father's red hair, which she had shoulder-length, but a thin braid that was several inches longer. She looked to see how close she had gotten to the village. "Dang!" She said "I almost made it that time!" She shrugged, and turned back to Toothless. "On the upside, I'm getting faster." She said to him "Or maybe you're getting slower in your old age." Toothless glared at Vetra before swinging his tail around to trip her. Vetra fell flat on her back with a loud grunt. "Oh, so that's the way it's going to be?" She said, sprawled in the dirt. She got back to her feet and jumped at Toothless, who rolled his eyes refusing to move. Vetra growled as she slammed her entire body futily into Toothless. Toothless allowed Vetra to foolishly attempt to push him over for a moment, before tipping forward, and falling on top of Vetra, who grunted in pain under the wait of the dragon. "Okay. You win again." She said in a muffled voice. Toothless got off of Vetra, who groaned softly. "Note to self." She said, getting to her feet. "Never give a NightFury attitude."

There came a whooshing sound from behind as a Typhoomerang touched down by Vetra and Toothless. Vetra's friend, Spikelout, son of Snotlout and Ruffnut, slid off of it's back. He was a tall, muscular boy dark hair like his father's, that he kept tied in a long ponytail behind his back. "Yo, Vetra!" Said Spike, slightly annoyed. "Where have you been? The race is about to begin and everyone is looking for you!"

"Is that today?" Vetra smacked herself on the head. "I completely spaced!" She quickly climbed on Toothless' back. "We'll, come on then." Said Spike, climbing back onto his Typhoomerang. "Spiral-wing and I will meet you at the ring. Spiral-wing began to spark and spin in a wide circle before taking off into the air. Toothless jumped up and followed Spiral-wing towards the village.

The crowd was cheering loudly as the anticipation of the dragon race began to build up. Vetra and Spike were preparing by putting their usual war paint on their faces and dragons. Vetra and Toothless were wearing red on their faces, and Vetra was currently drawing the Berk Dragon Academy crest on Toothless' wing. Spike was wearing blue, and painted Spiral-wing with violet. On the other side was Vetra's other two friends, Meathead, son of Fishlegs, and Lugnut, daughter of Tuffnut. Tuffnut was thin and tall, and had long scraggly blond hair, and a Viking's helmet. Meathead was the spitting-image of his father, a chubby Viking with short blonde hair, and rode a Gronkle named Firestone. Hiccup stood up from the bench he, Astrid, and his right-hand man, Gobber, were all sitting. He raised his hands above his head. At once the crowd's cheers ceased. "Welcome!" Hiccup called for the crowd to here. "To the first dragon race of the season!" There was a roar of excited cheers from the crowd. "Today's match will be thirteen laps around the village. And for this of you with poor memory, each sheep caught and place the assigned basket, is worth one point each. The final lap will be for the black sheep, worth ten points. The racer with the most points at the end of the game wins!" The crowd applauded. "Our racers today will be Vetrarose, on the back of our standing champion, Toothless the NightFury!" Vetra Jumped on Toothless' back and waved enthusiastically to her fans that screamed and cheered. "Also racing will be" Hiccup continued. "Spikelout, on the back of Spiral-wing, the Typhoomerang," Spike whooped and hollered at the the cheers from his fans. "Meathead, on the back of Firestone the Gronkle. And finally, Lugnut on the back Dorknob, the Changwing!" More applause. "Riders, mount your dragons!" The four riders did as Hiccup instructed. "Let's show them how it's done, Toothless." Said Vetra, as she placed her foot into Toothless' stirrup. Toothless nodded, smiling a toothy grin at Vetra. "At the sound of Gobber's horn," Said Hiccup. "Let the race begin!" Robber blew into a large wooden horn. At the sound of the horn, the for teenagers and their dragons took off into the air, the crowd going wild.