The next morning I woke up alone in my house with out my father around it felt empty and lonely without him. Getting dressed and brushing my hair I pulled it into a tight pony-tail but left my bangs down to hide my face mostly the area with the black and blue. Making my way to the great hall I thought a lot about what happened last night. Today I was going to be trained to kill dragons, Odin help me. Just the thought of it made me sick now after what happened with the Night Fury how was I suppose to do this, and if I didn't I would be disgracing my father.

Once I entered the great hall I saw the other teens and moved past them not wanting to be seen by them and got myself something small to eat. I was too nervous to eat anything big. I could hear them all of them excited and bursting to slay their first dragon. Oh boy I think I feel my breakfast coming back and I'm not even done. Eating what I could and drinking some water I stayed where I was till I saw the others get up to leave and I still not wanting to be seen by them kept a good distance behind them. I wasn't going to like this the five people he hated me most in one area with dragons wanting me for dinner. Why is it the one time my Dad decides to listen to me it had to be about this. Oh that's right cause I wouldn't shut up about it. Me and my big mouth.

Out side the training/slaying arena we saw Gobber standing there ready to train us in the art of killing the mighty dragon. When we were close enough he opened the area gate and let us in "Welcome to dragon training" He said as we walked down the slope into the wide round arena. "No turning back this is it" I could hear Ashter's smooth voice say from the front of us. He's been dreaming about this day for a very long time as we walked further in I could see them spreading out a bit some turning around but still not noticing me yet. They were far to excited and egar for this to care. "I hope I get some burns " Tuffnut said "or some mauling " his sister said "like on my shoulder or my back."

"Yeah its only fun if you get a scar from it" Ashter said agreeing with them making me swallow a bit for once speaking up "Yeah pain gotta love it" I said a bit sarcastically making then all turn to finally notice me. "oh great what is she doing here" Tuffnut said as he, Ruffnut, snot lout and Fishlegs looked surprised to see me there. Ashter though he looked a bit annoyed that I was there. Here Gobber stepped in saving me a bit. "Alright then lets get this started, the recruit who comes out on top shall have the honor of killing his or her first dragon, and this will be done in front of the Whole village." He said moving his hook in front of us and making a snapping motion with it. I think I feel breakfast coming back for a repeat. Swallowing before something happened. "well Hiccup already slayed a Night Fury so does that disqualify her or something" Snot lout said making the others laugh at me, Asther just shook his head. "I thought I was going to be training in the class with the cool Vikings" I heard one of them say making me sigh as Gobber came over.

"Don't worry" My godfather said putting an arm around my shoulder as we walked "Your tinny and thin, the dragons will see you as second best and go after the more meaty Vikings. This makes you less of a target" He said as I gave him a glare that he seemed to be looking away from that said 'Are you trying to help or make me feel worse.' As he pat my shoulder before moving away as I stood inline with the other teens making Fishlegs who was beside me move away a little.

"Alright, behind these doors is a different class of dragon that you will one day be fighting."He said as one of the doors rattled and a roar was heard making Gobber smirk and look at us. "First the Deadly Nadder" He said walking as Fishlegs said "Speed Eight, armor 16"

"the Hideous Zipple back "

" Plus eleven stealth, times two"

"The Monstrous Nightmare"

"Fire power fifteen"

"The Terrible terror"

"Attack eight, venom twelve"

"Will you cut that out!" Gobber yelled at Fishlegs making him stop the stats quotes making a few of us jump back. "And the Gronkle" he said placing his hand on the lever with an almost evil look with him. "Jaw strength eight." fish legs said to me in a whisper. Was he trying to help me? "Whoa wait aren't you going to teach us!" snot lout said fear in his voice as he moved out of line. "I believe and training on the job" He said before moving the lever down and opening the last door holding the Gronkle letting it fly out fast and making us scatter as I gripped my axe tightly. "Today is about survival" Gobber started as we all scatter trying to dodge the flying rock like dragon. "If you get hit by its blast your dead." He said as I saw the Gronkle fly into the wall before getting up and eating some...rocks? "Quickly what's the first thing you need on the battle field" He asked as some of us looked scared.

"A doctor?"

"Plus five speed?

"A shield."

"Shields go!" He said as we all scattered to get a shield the one I found I tried to pick up the heavy shield while the axe dad gave me in the other hand. "The most important equipment is a shield if you had to make a choice between your weapon and a shield pick the shield" Gobber said as he came over to me and helped me pick it up and get it on before pushing me back out there. Out of the corner of my Eye I saw the twins in a pile of shields and grabbed the same one a flame painted one with two skulls. "Get your hands off my shield" Tuffnut said as Ruffnut pulled on the shield "There are a million shields in here" she said annoyed as she kept pulling. "There take that one. That one has flowers girls like flower." He said, has this guy even looked at his sister she was not girly. My point was made as she ripped the shield from him and smacked him over the head with it. "Oops now this one has blood on it" She said with an innocent look at first before going back to the annoyed look as they fought over the shield only to get hit by a blast from the Gronkle.

"Ruffnut, Tuffnut your out of the match" Gobber said watching us. "Those shields are good for another thing, make enough noise with them and you can throw the dragon aim by confusing it." Gobber said as we started to bang on our shields. I watched the dragon as started to hover there. It looked dizzy as we circled around it still hitting the shields. "Each dragon has a limited number of shots. How many does a Gronkle have?" He asked.

"Five?" Snot lout asked as he stopped banging his shield. "No, Six!" Fish legs called out as the Gronkle circled behind him. "Correct six! one for each of you lot!" Gobber said as Fishlegs got hit with a blast. as I hid behind what looked like a door or part of a wooden fence. "Fishlegs your out, Hiccup get in there!" He yelled at me when he spotted me poking my head out. Sighing I started to move out when a shot hit not that far from me. Yelping I hid back in my hiding place peeking out again. When I saw the dragon more focused on Aster and my cousin I moved out of my hiding spot. "So I moved into my parents basement lately, you should come over to work out, you seem like you work out a lot" My Dorky cousin said to Aster before he moved over to where I was before snot lout got hit.

"Snot lout out" Gobber said as I moved a bit closer to where Aster was holding my shield. He was still in his battle pose as I spoke to him. "So its just you and me I guess" I said to him, he seemed to noticed something but I didn't. "Nope just you." he said before rolling away making me look up in time to see the Gronkle. Just before I got hit I put up my shield which got hit instead of me. falling back and dropping my shield I quickly got up chasing it down. "One shot left." Gobber said as I continued to chase the shield. Turning a bit I saw the Gronkle was still after me. 'Oh why me!' I thought as I heard Gobber call out my name. I was pinned to the wall as the Gronkle sniffed me. Unlike with the Night Fury this dragon wasn't planning on letting me live. As it opened its mouth I could feel the heat of its fire. I heard a shot hit above me making me curl up. The dragon was pulled away and I opened my eyes to see Gobber his hook in the dragons mouth pulling it away. "And that makes six. " He said as he moved near the dragons door. "Go back to bed you angry over grown sausage."

The dragon was flung back into the pen and the door shut and re locked. "You'll have another chance" Gobber said to it before moving from the door. "Remember," he said as I saw the faved Five moved together. Four looking worn out. " A dragon with always, always go for the kill" he said and moved down to my level and helping me up. as he walked away I looked at the burned wall and the embers that still glowed on it. That was almost me. But as Gobbers words rang in my head I couldn't help but think about yesterday. leaving the arena as fast as I could I made my way to where I found him.

It was a lot quicker since I knew where I was going now. When I arrived I saw the bolas I cut and knelt beside them. Picking up one of the rocks apart of it I couldn't help but wonder. "Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance." I spoke aloud. Getting up I looked at the path I saw him fly off yesterday. I don't know what I was thinking but I had to see him again. So walking down the path he few down I came across the cove. Finding a path that lead to a lower area I went down there and walked into the cove. It was actually rather beautiful. The way that the tree roots grew on to the rocks. The lake in the middle surrounded by the plants and other smaller rocks. It was breath taking. Hearing some birds chirp I looked around. No where could I see him. Where was the Night fury this is were he landed right?

"Well this was pointless" I sad rather sadly as I looked at the ground. That's where I saw them. Four black as night scales. Kneeling down I picked one up feeling the texture of the if it. Smooth and soft almost like a rose peddle. 'If these are here then that means-' I didn't get to finish that off cause a long black figure zoomed past me upward. Startled I fell back wards with a small cry. Hearing the walls get clawed at I got up and looked to my right. It was trying to climb out! Giving a cry it slipped to the ledge I was near before letting go. I watched him glide of over the lake. Its giant bat like wings helping to carry it with the help of the wind.

Breathing deeply to slow my rapidly beating heart I smiled. I found it! I found him again! Seeing he was going to give it another go I saw another ledge closer and I jumped over to it keeping low. I watched it run before jumping onto a fallen log and into the air. It's huge wings helping it take flight up. 'He was going to fly!' I thought my heart pounding as I watched then he faltered and hit the ground. 'What's wrong with him?' I thought in wonder looking at the black beauty below. I saw him trying again going straight up this time.

'I wish i could document this' I thought before I mentally hit myself. My book I could draw him! Quickly taking it out and the pencil I looked at him. I watched him make another failed attempt before drawing him. looking at him once more I finished drawing his tail. "Why cant you fly and get out of here?" I asked and looked at him and that's when I saw it. As he shot a flame to the ground to scorch it his tail only had half a fin. Looking at my drawing I wiped away the right fin and looked back at him. He took off again across the lake only to hit the ground hard.

He looked sad as he laid there till a fish popped out of the water. I watched him move to the water and poke his head in. when he came out with nothing i could feel my heart brake with sadness. As I slumped back I dropped my pencil into the cover. 'Crap!' I thought as I tried to grab it but no luck. I saw a movement of black out of the corner of my eye and looked. He was looking at me the Night fury. Studying me making almost a purr like growl as he watched me and I looked at him. I don't know how long we sat like that just looking at each other. It could have only been minute or hours.

When I heard thunder and looked over head I noticed the sky had gotten dark with storm clouds. This was not good. Looking at him I saw him look at the same thing. "I'll be back" I said before getting up and leaving the cover. I didn't even make it half way up the path before the down pour began. I got lost on the trail a few times making back to the village when the sky was black once more. Heading to the great hall I was soaked through and freezing. Walking in I heard everyone talking. "Where did Ashter go wrong today" Gobber had asked the fave five. "I miss calculated my summersult dive, It was sloppy and it threw off my reverse dive." She said as I got closer to every one. "Yeah we noticed." one of the twins said sarcastically rolling their eyes. "No you were perfect out there." I could hear my cousin say. Sometimes I wondered about him. Gobber shook his head. "No, Ashters right you need to be hard on yourself." He said and that's when he spotted me as I got my food from the table where they were at. Oh I so didn't need this right now. "Now where did Hiccup go wrong today." He asked them. This should be fun.

"He showed up." Ruffnut said only to have her brother say I didn't get eaten. As I grabbed my drink I noticed Snotlout was going to make it so I couldn't sit down. "She wasn't where she was suppose to be." I heard Ashter say annoyed. As I sat down on the table away from from them. "Thank you Aster," I heard Gobber say as I glanced over at them. Sitting down and poking at my food I saw Gobber pull out a book. "You need to live and eat and breath this stuff." He said placing the book on the table. "This is the dragon manual everything you need to know about dragons is in this book."

Looking up as if searching the room as the thunder sounded outside. "No attacks tonight, study up" He said as he started to leave. That apparently got to one of the twins. "Study as in read?" Tuffnut said surprised. "While we're still alive." His twin said after him making me roll my eyes. "Why read words when you can just slay the stuff the words are telling us about." My cousin said slamming his fist on the table. Sending the bones from his dinner into the air and onto the table. "Oh I've read it like several times! There's this one water dragon that spews scolding hot water at your face and then this other that can bury its self for a up to a week." Fishlegs said before getting cut off by Tuffnut. "Yeah..yeah, that sounds great. Probably a chance I was going to read that," Tuffnut said as his twin finished for him "Bit now."

Snotlout stood and started to leave. "Yeah you guys read, I'm going to go kill stuff." He said as Tuffnut got up messing his sister helmet up. Fishlegs stood up too nocking the table stool over. As the four of them left I walked over to Aster. "So I guess we'll be sharing?" I asked as he looked over at me. He got up and pushed the book over to me "I've already read it"

"All mine then. Well i guess I'll see you guys to-" I started getting cut off by a slam of the great hall door "morrow..." I sighed and looked at the book. "Well I guess I better study up, maybe something on the Night Fury in here." I said taking the book I would wait till I had at least dried off and finished eating before I would read it. Sitting down I started to eat my chicken enjoying it when I was done I would sit as close to the fire as I Could till I was dry. Taking off my fur vest and taking out my book I made sure it was ok. The leather was wet but the pages where fine. I let out a sigh of relief. I turned to my Night Fury drawing and looked at it. He was a pretty dragon. Out of the book I took out the scales and felt them still soft still smooth.

Hours later the fire was going to die and the room was lit by a few candles. I had dried off and put my vest back on. Making my way over to the table where I had left the book. Placing the candle I had down I sat down myself and opened the book. "Dragon classifications, Strike class, fear class, sharp, Mystery." I said naming a few of the Types of dragons that was listed. Turning to a random page it showed me a drawing of a round shaped dragon with a long tail covered it what looked like sharp scales. It had a mouth full of sharp teeth.

"Thunderdrum, this reclusive dragon makes its home in sea caves and dark tides. when scared the Thunderdrum lets out a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range, kill on sight" I read as I turned the pages to another one. "The Timberjack, this gigantic dragon has razor sharp wings that can cut through fully grown trees. Extremely dangerous kill on sight." I read turning more pages. This page had a dragon that's belly was huge, and at one drawing it was spewing water out. This must have been the dragon Fishlegs had mentioned. "The Sculdron, this dragon sprays scolding water at its victims, Extremely dangerous." I read just as a loud clap of thunder rang out making me jump with a yelp. Looking at the door I saw lightly flash. Maybe I shouldn't be reading this in the dark.

Turning back to the book I turned the page. This page had a drawing of a dragon spewing not fire but acid. "The changeling even newly born can spew acid, kill on sight." I said as I turned the page "Lets see, Gronkles, Zipple back, The Skrill, BoneNapper that one looks creepy. " I said and turned a few more pages. This book was starting to creep me out. "The whispering death." I said this dragon looked more serpent then dragon. There were spikes almost everywhere on it and very sharp seriated teeth. Shivering I turned the pages "Chokes its victims, buries its victims, turns its victims inside out." I read shivering before turning more pages.

"Extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous, kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight." I read as I flipped through pages till I came to it a black page with almost nothing on it but a name and other information. "The Night Fury, Finally found you. Lets see, Speed unknown, size unknown. This dragon is the unholy offspring of lighting and death itself. You should never engage this dragon. Your only chance of living is to hide...and hope it never finds you." I read almost breathlessly. Taking out my book I opened it to my drawing of him and threw it on to the book. Looking at the photo and the name. This dragon was suppose to be so dangerous that if it saw you you would be dead.

"If that was true he would have killed me when I set him free...I need to see him again this doesn't make sense. There has to be more information on Night Furies somewhere" I said getting up tucking my book away once more before doing the same with the dragon manual. looking outside at the storm I sighed. moving to the door with the candles and putting it by the door way for anyone else who was stupid enough to come here. "Ok, here we go" I said making sure the books were secure before opening the door and running out into the storm.

The rain was icy and cold, hurting as it hit my face from the wind. I saw lighting flash and the thunder was loud as I ran to my home which thankfully wasn't far. Running through my front door I was once more completely soaked. Going to the fire pit I started it up and then started to carefully take the books out and put them on the table. Taking my soaked clothes off I put them by the fire to dry then headed up stares to change. ringing my hair out over a bucket in my room I tied it back and looked for a cloth to dry with. Once dried and dressed I went back to the books. Tomorrow I will find out more about the Night Fury, there has to be more then just in that book.