AN: Hello againnnn! And here's another chapterrrr, and yes, I was listening to 'Little Talks' while writing this.
"So I noticed that the book had nothing on Night Furies, so is there like a Night Fury or a...Night Fury pamphlet?"
Hiccup's axe was blown off the stick it was on by a blast of the Nadder's fire.
"Focus Hiccup! You're not even trying!"
Hiccup panicked as that Nadder bounded up to him, jumping away, he joined Snotlout and Astrid.
"Nadders are fast and quick on their feet. You're job is to be quicker and lighter"
The Nadder sat atop one of the fences that made the arena a maze, staring down at Fishlegs before lifting its tail up and firing spikes at him. Fishlegs lifted his shield and screamed. The spikes didn't hit him.
"I'm really starting to question your teaching methods!"
Fishlegs yelled just as the Nadder jumped down into the maze.
"Look for its blind spot. Every dragon has one"
Called Gobber as the twins ran around the corner to face the Nadder. The twins stood directly in front of the Nadder, which turned out to be its blind spot.
"Ugh, do you ever bathe?"
Ruffnut asked her twin rather annoyingly.
"If you don't like it, find your own blind spot"
"How about I give you one!"
The twins argued which of course got attention from the Nadder. It turned its head, saw the twins and tried incinerating them. Thankfully, Ruffnut got out of the way and pulled her brother along with her.
"Blind spot? Yes. Deaf spot? Not so much"
Gobber yelled from top of the arena.
Hiccup, no longer running with Snotlout and Astrid, tried taking up the opportunity to talk about Night Furys. Again.
"Um, how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?"
"No one has ever met one or lived to tell the tale. NOW GET IN THERE"
Hiccup grumbled to himself but still did what his teacher said.
"Hiccup! Get down!"
Hiccup turned to see Astrid beckoning for him to get down. Well, of course she would be.
Hiccup, doing as he was told, crouched down behind Snotlout who was behind Astrid. Astrid turned her head around the corner, ran out and rolled to get past the Nadder's sight. Snotlout did the same. Hiccup tried, but of course, he couldn't get it. The Nadder saw Hiccup, lunged at him and barely missed slicing him to pieces. Astrid had her shield into the Nadder's head, drawing the attention to her. Armed with just her axe, she lead the Nadder away from Hiccup.
"Astrid what the hell are you doing?"
Came the question from Snotlout.
"We're a team! Even if it means saving Hiccup's sorry behind!"
Hiccup stared at his crush who ran around the corner of the maze.
Hiccup didn't realise he was staring off into space until he heard Astrid scream his name. Looking to the source, he saw Astrid jumping of the top of one of the fences and onto him. The Nadder was caught under one of the fences and Hiccup was caught underneath Astrid. Her axe was planted in his shield.
"Let go of your shield"
"Wh-"
"Just do it!"
Hiccup let go of his shield and watched the blonde hair girl run around to the back of the Nadder who had just freed itself from wreckage of the fences. The first thing it saw was Hiccup. Before Hiccup even knew what was happening, he was caught under the claws of the Nadder. Looking into its eyes, he saw Thydra. The dragon lady.
If I can live in harmony with them, so can you.
Thydra's voice ran throughout his head, bouncing off invisible walls and echoing through his mind.
"Hey there"
The Nadder perked it's head to the side.
"I know you. We had a little talk not too long ago"
Hiccup whispered so that only the dragon could hear him.
"You're not the killers we say you are"
Placing both hands on the Nadder's claws, Hiccup pushed at the foot of the Nadder and the Nadder lifted its foot off Hiccup.
Before Hiccup could do anything more, an axe stuck in a shield hit the left leg of the Nadder. The Nadder whimpered and hobbles away from Hiccup. Hiccup, of course, came face to face with an angry Snotlout.
Hiccup's face fell.
"Is this some kind of a joke to you?"
"No, it's just-"
Hiccup started before he was cut off.
"Our parents war is going to become ours sooner or later. It's time you figured out which side you're on"
"It's not your place to discipline him Snotlout"
Came the voice of Astrid. She strode over to Snotlout and yanked her axe...? Yes, it was her axe. She took it from Snotlout, giving him a deathly glare while doing so.
"All of you, shut it. We meet at the lookout tonight"
The cove was deathly silent and neither the dragons nor Thydra were to be seen.
Hiccup, carrying a bag full of fish on his back, crept into the cove.
"Uh, hello?"
No response.
"T-Toothless? Cloudjumper?"
Still no response.
"Anyone...?"
Just as the words escaped his lips, a familiar black snout poked him from behind.
"Ah! Toothless don't...do that...where's Thydra?"
Toothless point his nose towards the sky. Thydra and Cloudjumper had gone fishing...or flying. He didn't know.
"Oh well, more for you then"
Taking the bag off his back and placing it in front of Toothless, he pushed it over, contents spilling everywhere. Toothless gladly dove into the stack of fish, only to recoil against one of the rocks. He was hissing at the bag, which made Hiccup curious.
"Ah, there's only fish in here..."
The dragon growled at Hiccup, as if to say there wasn't just fish.
"Well, if you don't want to eat, that's fine by me"
It was then that a certain dragon returned to the cove, it's four wings beating nightly as it gently lowered itself to the ground.
Hiccup gasped at the sight he was watching. A human was actually riding a dragon. Riding a dragon. Riding a freaking dragon. Hiccup smiled one of his wry smiles at the pair. The rider was carrying her staff and shield. She was not sitting on the dragon, but standing upon it. He may not trust this girl, but boy, what he would give to be as badass as she was.
The rider, jumped off, took off her mask and glared her dangerous turquoise eyes at soft forest ones. Hiccup just looked at her with a questioning face.
"Only Typhoomerangs eat eels, don't you know anything?"
Hiccup's expression didn't change.
"For goodness sakes!"
The girl walked over to the pile of fish and pulled out a rather large black and yellow eel. Both dragons, and the girl herself surprisingly, hissed and growled at the animal.
"Oh..."
Was the young Viking's reply.
"You Vikings know nothing about dragons, do you?"
Thydra asked with acid in her voice as she threw the dead eel behind a few rocks.
"Well, we know enough to kill them"
Toothless, who was standing behind Hiccup, whacked him across the back of the head with his tail. Hiccup glared at the Night Fury and started to complain to Thydra about dragons having no respect. Thydra simply laughed it off.
He'll learn.
Is what she told herself. And with that thought, she walked off to the other side of the cove. The pair needed some bonding time and she needed a good talk with Cloudjumper.
"You know, you're going to have to start trusting him more"
Cloudjumper hissed. He was clearly still not very happy about Thydra's choice for stopping the war.
"I trust him enough. He's already made so much progress in the relationship between him and the Nig- I mean, Toothless"
"You need to trust him to take matters of the village into his own hands for the while instead of watching it every five minutes. Why couldn't you have picked that blonde haired maiden?"
Thydra, who was removing her 'mysterious dragon rider' armour, tore off her shoe and threw it at the dragon's face.
"Hey!"
"You know just as well as me that she would've killed us both within seconds of seeing us. This boy at least had the thought to listen to us because he can't kill dragons AND he knows what's good for his village"
Thydra's glare dropped as she gave Cloudjumper a disappointed look. She walked over in silence to the dragon, picked up her shoe, put it on and sat down on a rock looking over at the other side of the cove. She removed the last piece of her armour, leaving her in a tunic, layered pants and the side skirt she always wore.
"This boy is our only hope Cloudjumper"
She spoke softly, a hint of sadness tearing at her voice. It was true.
"He can bring peace everywhere. Not only does he basically have no choice now, but he could hold the key to stopping..."
Thydra sighed and began playing with the tips of her brown hair. Well, brown hair with gold streaks.
Cloudjumper walked over and sat just behind Thydra, his size blocking the increasing cold wind and his colour beginning to blend in with the sky.
The pair observed the other two boys over the water. Toothless had drawn a squiggle drawing, it seemed, and Hiccup was walking through the blank spaces. He kept walking and spinning around until his back was against the Night Fury. Hiccup timidly looked up at the dragon, reached out his hand, turned away and waited. This was the moment for Toothless to trust a human that lived with dragon killers, that wanted his head on a stand. Hesitation clawed at the expression in the dragon's face before he pressed his snout to Hiccup's hand.
The pair was building up their trust.
"This boy is not a Viking Thydra"
Cloudjumper whispered while watching the pair play tag.
"You may have chosen the right one"
Thydra looked up at the Stormcutter with sad eyes.
"I hope like hell I did"
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