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NOTE: I DO NOT OWN HTTYD

ALSO IMPORTANT NOTE: Bold= dragons talking; Normal = humans talking; Italic = both dragons and humans thinking

Chapter 3: What's A "Bye-Bye"?

I am still awake when Destin finally wakes up. "Morning, Destin," I chirp and nuzzle him lovingly. "Morning, Erika. Hey…did you get enough sleep last night?" he asks, no doubt seeing the signs of sleepiness on my face. I quickly nod my head but yawn anyway. Blame the girl Viking and her haunting violet eyes! I could hardly keep her out of my mind.

To wake myself up, I make an excuse to go catch breakfast for Destin and myself. Dunking my head into the water, I easily snap up two and toss them far to the shore. I do this four more times until the fish stop coming and I catch a total of 14 fish which Destin and I share, seven for both of us. After our rather light breakfast, Destin begins the first of several failed attempts to fly on his own. I know well that he cannot because he needs both of his tail fins to properly maneuver and balance but I do not stop him. Instead, I watch with admiration as he relentlessly tries and tries to get airborne. After an hour or so, I try to help him by flying near him on his left side. This barely lets him stay in the air for five minutes in a hover before he goes crashing down when he tries to make a turn.

"Thanks for trying, Erika. But I can do this on my own," Destin tells me and nuzzles me. "Okay. But if you need help, I'm right here," I tell him and plop down to watch him continue his, I must admit, fruitless attempts to fly.

At one point, Destin flies up to a cliff wall…and I hear that voice again.

"Get down!"

The girl is here again.

I try to not look but can't help glancing up to see her and the emerald-eyed boy watching us from above. My keen eyes see something on the girl's back. Two sticks, about as long as one of my legs when bent, that probably serve as her weapons. 'She won't use that on me and Destin, will she?' I think. Thankfully she makes no move to come down and fight us, and neither does the boy, and she merely observes. I see the boy take something out of his vest and another thing, a stick of some sort, and makes this weird hand motion on the surface of the first thing.

Before the girl sees me watching her, I resume watching Destin fail spectacularly for what seems like the umpteenth time in flying. But my ears are focused on the girl and the boy.

"Why don't you just fly away…?" the boy asks. "It's missing a tail fin, Hiccup. ('What a strange name for a human child!' I find myself thinking) He won't be able to gain altitude without a full set of wings," the girl tells him.

'That is true. The girl is a smart one,' I think when the Hiccup boy asks, "Well yeah…but what about the female?" and I then see Destin try to catch fish on his own, failing. "Ugh, the gods hate me today!" Destin groans. "Oh, just hang on for a second…" I sigh and dunk my head in the water. I catch a big one and offer it to Destin. "And now I've driven you to catch my food for me…Gods, I am useless," he sighs but accepts the fish. "You're not useless, Destin. You're just missing one tail fin," I remind him. He doesn't say anything and resumes his efforts to fly again.

That's when I hear the girl speak again. "She's his mate, Hiccup. Of course she wouldn't just leave him alone like that," she says. I feel a sudden burst of admiration for the girl. Already she knew that Destin and I were mates! What an intelligent Viking! And Destin and I have never encountered an intelligent Viking in forever. Most of the Vikings we fight, already at just one glance, we see are hopeless cases. But this girl and this Hiccup boy…they are smart ones and very special.

Suddenly I hear a 'thunk!' and Destin and I see something fall from where the two children are. I look up and see the Hiccup boy wince and the girl give him a look that clearly means that he had done something wrong and she is upset with him.

Then they see us looking at them.

"Hello…?" Destin softly growls, cocking his head to the side which the Hiccup boy does as well. I, on the other hand, lock my deep green eyes with the girl's deep violet eyes in a stare-off.

'Who are you, human youngling? And why have you come back?' I think to myself curiously, my head lightly cocked to one side. The girl stares at me, curious as well, for a little bit before she and the boy decide to leave.

When the boy leaves first, the girl gets up to go follow him…and does something that piques my curiosity.

"Bye-bye!" she says and does this strange thing with her hand, namely, moving it side-to-side. I slightly scrunch up my face as I puzzle this strange human hand gesture and try to copy it. But my paws do not have the bones or joints of that of a human and the best imitation I can do of the girl's hand motion is a jerky flicking of my front paw left and right. The girl giggles, just like in my dream, and leaves.

"Bye-bye…?" I mumble, confused, still doing the strange gesture with my front paw until Destin lumbers over to me and nudges me. "Erika, what are you doing?" he asks me. I get a little bit startled but regain my composure. "Destin, what's a Bye-Bye?" I dare to ask. Destin looks thoughtful for a moment. "I think it's a human's way of saying goodbye," he lightly shrugs his wings. I blink at him, surprised. And, then, I begin to wonder if the girl is never coming back…and I feel rather disappointed. I am rather curious of her now and hoping to learn more about her.

But…but that doesn't mean I am starting to like her! She is a human! The enemy!

…Right?

Night rolls in along with the rain. Luckily Destin and I take shelter under a rock shelf, curling up together in order to stay warm. The thunder flashes across the sky with a deafening 'CRACK!' followed by a loud clap of thunder. I whimper and snuggle closer to Destin and he licks me comfortingly. We try to sleep but the storm keeps us from doing so.

That's when we decide to just talk…about the Viking children we had seen in the Cove.

"That girl called the boy Hiccup. It's such a strange name…" I say. Destin doesn't seem so perplexed. "I've heard of some things. Apparently Vikings call their children that when they are born early. Come to think of it…the boy did look rather small for his age. Either he is an early-born child or his parents do not feed him well enough," he tells me. I nod before looking at my paw and do the strange gesture the girl did again just for fun. "Bye-bye…" I giggle and flick my paw left and right before looking at Destin, who is watching me with an amused look on his face.

"What?" I ask, a bit embarrassed. Destin just chuckles. "What is it?" I demand, a bit cross. "You are curious about the girl human, aren't you?" Destin asks me with a knowing look. I am unable to speak in my defense but make a good retort. "Well, you were looking at Hiccup curiously yourself!" I say. Destin looks thoughtful for a minute before he says, "Well this Hiccup is a rather curious human. And that's what makes me curious about him. Same as you and the girl,"

I have to admit that he is right. The storm begins to die down as Destin and I finally start to feel sleepy. "Do you think we'll see them again?" I yawn, closing my eyes. Before I fall asleep, I hear Destin say, "Hopefully…But who's to say. They are strange creatures, humans…"

The next update is going to be very interesting, I promise.

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-GuardianDragon98