Chapter III
They took off. The three humans, atop their dragon, flew up, high into the sky, Hiccup and Toothless leading the way. Ruth sat on Razor elegantly, like a lady riding a horse, except her legs were on either side of the saddle. Her eyes stared directly ahead, determinately avoiding Hiccup. Gen and Hiccup, however, were allowing their Nightfuries to fly happily around each other, which of course was slowing them down, and making the journey a lot longer. Ruth rolled her eyes at her sister's foolishness. Hiccup adjusted Toothless' tail, so they both dropped downward towards the ground. Gen and Titan dropped too, cheering gleefully. Before they made contact with the bottom, Hiccup readjusted the tail, causing Toothless to shoot back up. Gen and Titan followed, spinning around, and around as they did. They flew back up to Ruth's level. "Wow! You're a natural, Gen!" Hiccup called to her. Gen shrugged. We've had lots of practice." She said to Hiccup. "I must say, it's nice having somebody to fly with, Ruth wouldn't dare try anything other than a straight line."
"A dragon is meant for hunting. NOT for childish pleasures!" Said Ruth without looking at Gen. Gen gave Ruth a defiant glare, then she jumped up, so she was standing on Titan's back, did two graceful bridge-kick-overs, the second with one hand, so she was now at Titan's tail, jumped into the air, and dove backwards off of him. Hiccup watched wide-eyed, as Gen, who was whooping and hollering, fall back down towards the ground. After a moment, Titan dove down after her and picked her up, bringing her back to the others. "Good job Titan!" She said, scratching Titan behind the ears. "Alright, no more kids stuff!" Said Hiccup, locking Toothless' tail in place. "This is how a REAL dragon rider does it!" He jumped off of Toothless. After a moment, he pulled out the wings tucked inside of his pant-legs causing him to glide gracefully though the air. Gen watched mesmerized as Hiccup flew through the air for a while, Toothless right behind him, shooting plasma balls that Hiccup would either fly upward, downward, or side-to-side to avoid. Once Hiccup had glided too close to the ground, Toothless picked him up, and brought him back up next to Gen and Titan. "Oh my gods! That was amazing!" Said Gen, examining Hiccup's wings. "You have GOT to show me how to do that!" Hiccup laughed. "Yeah, maybe." He said. "If we get the chance."
"Gen! Will you quit screwing around?!" Said Ruth angrily. "Let's just hurry up, get to Berk, and grab what we need so we can go home!"
"As you wish, your majesty." Gen said to her. After that, she and Titan just flew next to Ruth and Razor, watching Hiccup and Toothless enviously play around her.
"There it is!" Said Hiccup after a long time. "That's Berk up ahead!"
"It's about time. Said Ruth, annoyed. "This had better be worth it, Gen. I'm not kidding." Gen rolled her eyes. Hiccup touched down first. Then Gen, followed closely by Ruth. They each hopped off of their dragons, and stretched. "Welcome back, Hiccup!" Said a short, heavy man, with a parastatic arm and leg. "It's good to see you're alright. You'd been gone or quite some time."
"Thanks, Gobber." Said Hiccup, as the man pat him hard on the back. Ruth stared at the man with disgust. "And who might this be?" Asked Gobber, eying Gen. "Gobber, this is Gen." Said Hiccup gesturing from Gobber to Gen. "Gen, Gobber." He gestured from Gen to Gobber. "Aw, I see how it is." Said Gobber. "Not single twenty-four hours, and you go off and find some other girl." Gen blinked. "Where might you be from, lass?" Gen paused for a moment, not sure whether to answer. "Um, the village of Haumour." She answered. "Haumour?" Gobber repeated. "Thought that place was wiped out long ago."
"And you would know, wouldn't you?" Said Ruth, grabbing Gen by the arm, an steering her away. "Let's just hurry and get out of here!"
"Well, it was good seeing you, Gobber." Said Hiccup. "But we've got things to do."
"What's the rush?" Said Gobber. "Not feeling very social today?"
"No, we're not!" Said Ruth through gritted teeth. "Now, if someone would be so kind as to direct me to where I might get some blankets and food, I would like to get out of here!" Gobber looked questioningly at Hiccup. "It's alright, Gobber. Just help her." Said Hiccup. Gobber nodded and led Ruth away. "Sorry about that." Said Gen, mortified by her sister's behavior. "I just don't understand why she hates Vikings so much." Said Hiccup, watching Ruth glowering at Gobber and every Viking that she passed. "Well." Said Gen, clearing her throat, and scratching her head. "I suppose you have the right to know." Hiccup looked at Gen. "T know what?" He said. "Everything." Said Gen.
Shortest chapter I've ever done. I usually prefer a MINIMUM of a thousand words per chapter, but I really wanted to save Gen's origin story for the next chapter. See you soon.