Okay guys, here is the next chapter. Hopefully Hiccup and gang will help the girl.


Chapter 2: The Rescued Girl

" Good job, Bud," said Hiccup as he scratches the Night Fury's head. Toothless roared at the other dragons, telling them to back away just as he did to give his human a closer look.

The rest of the vikings stared at the giant mass of a dragon with awe. It had wings on its back, Astrid's almost convinced that the wings are similar to Toothless' but bigger.

" But I don't see the head," Fishlegs commented. Meatlug gave a sound that's a cross between a rumble and a small bellow. She is also confused to see why this giant reptile is not moving from its spot.

" Maybe it's a headless dragon," Ruffnut suggested. This earned her an elbow to the hip by her brother. " Don't be an idiot, Sis! No dragon can survive without a head!"

The twins again, bicker instead of observing the dragon. Their Zippleback is fed up with their trainers' sibling squabbling, so both heads nodded to each other before lifting their trainers, their heads inside their mouths with Barf holding Ruffnut while Belch holds Tuffnut.

" What confuses me is why is there a chick underneath this thing?" asked Snotlout as he went closer to the dragon's claws, where Hiccup was observing the girl.

" Well she's trapped," he sighed. " There's only one way to get her out. It may sound crazy!"

Astrid punches him affectionately on the shoulder. " We're vikings Hiccup, it's an occupational hazard." This gave the young chief a small chuckle which to her, was adorable.

" Right, right," Snotlout interrupts. " What's the plan?"

" We're gonna wake it up," said Hiccup. " Only to the extend of it removing it's claws so we could get the girl out."

" Sounds risky!" cried Fishlegs.

" But I like it!" Ruffnut cheered, punching her fist into the air. So the five vikings agreed with the plan. In the end, the dragons formed a circle around the giant beast while the vikings tried their best to wake it.

Hiccup and Snotlout were at the claws, since the both of them agreed to lift the claws while Astrid goes under to drag the girl out. The twins will make some noise to rouse the dragon from it's sleep and Fishlegs, was observing the massive bulk with interest.

" Guys," he called out. " Did you notice that the underbelly is purple?" The twins stopped to stare at their chubby friend with disbelief. A purple underbelly? Now that's something the vikings don't see everyday.

The chubby viking was thrilled. He can't wait to go back to Berk to write this in the Book of Dragons.

The twins were on top of the dragon's back. They could see black spikes protruding from the edge, guessing that they might lead towards the dragon's neck. They continue to jump soon it's back, hopefully that it will stir.

In fact, the plan worked. The massive bulk of a dragon stirred slightly that gave them enough time to get the girl out. " Hurry Astrid!" Hiccup grunted as he holds a claw. Snotlout did the same. Astrid managed to pull the girl out just in time before the claws sank to the ground.

" Phew, that was closed!" sighed Astrid. The other vikings approach her, eager to meet the girl they've rescued. Fishlegs peered over both Hiccup and Snotlout nervously.

" Heh, she's in bad shape," said Snotlout.

And he was right. The girl had messy black hair, with fair skin that looked yellow due to lack of food. Her body is slightly smaller compared to her clothes. Her clothes are similar to what Astrid was wearing but less metal armour. But what stands out are the gloves she' wearing, very rough and scaly almost as if it were made from dragon scales. To all the vikings including Astrid, they couldn't help but noticed how young she is.

Slowly, Hiccup takes out a small bag of water from his leather pouch. He cupped a few handfuls of water to wash the girl's face. Cough was spewed from the girl's mouth, clearly she was dehydrated as well.

" Ugh…" she groaned. " W-where am I?"

" Are you okay? Can you stand?" Astrid asked gently. The girl nodded as she tries to stand. Hiccup's ready to catch her if she falls. " W-water," said the girl hoarsely. Swiftly, Hiccup hands her the bag of water.

She gulped it until the bag was dry. Clearly she needed that. " Thank y-you," she thanked them gratefully.

" No biggie," Snotlout said it smugly. " Would do it for a babe like you~" This made the girl nervous, making her back up until her back reached the downed dragon's flank.

" Way to go, Snotlout!" Astrid growled in frustration. " You're scaring her!"

" We're the good guys," Hiccup raised both hands in defence. " My dragon found you under that other dragon."

The girl froze. But her expression surprisingly changed from fear to curiosity. " Y-you have a dragon?"

" Yeah," Ruffnut nodded. " All of us do!" On cue, the five dragons approached the girl with Toothless bounding over her like a cat, swishing his tail in the process! Stormily caws happily as she dropped a small stick she found. Hookfang hissed at her with his fork-like tongue. Meatlug gave her a rumbling growl as a greeting. And finally, Barf and Belch looked at her cautiously.

" Hello," she smiled softly to them. The vikings were impressed by how she, a stranger and outsider of their clan is taking the dragons really well. Especially on how she scratches the Night Fury affectionately on his back.

" You really know how to handle dragons," Fishlegs stated the obvious. The girl looked up from playing with the vikings' dragons. She smiled shyly. " Well, I guessed is the fact that they are beautiful and majestic creatures. Plus, I have a dragon as my best friend."

Hiccup stared at her with amazement. She has a dragon too? But where- Oh, don't tell me it's…

" What's your name?" asked Tuffnut who is out of the loop.

" Tarja," said the girl.

" Nice to meet you, Tarja," Astrid greeted her. " Name's Astrid. These are my friends: Hiccup, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Tuffnut and Ruffnut." She pointed to her friends and then introduced her again to their dragons.

" I-it's really nice to meet you," said Tarja.

" You too but now the real question is, where is your best friend? You know, the dragon?" asked Hiccup. Tarja chuckled.

" Well, he's already up!"

On cue, the vikings' dragon stepped back as the massive beige dragon roused from it's sleep. Slowly, the giant reptile raised it's head. All the vikings gasped. It didn't have one head!

Neither was it two.

Instead, the dragon had three heads!


Three heads? What is this a hydra? Oh I wonder if three heads will give more trouble than our two headed Zippleback here?

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