Not much reviews, buuut, I checked my inbox, and heck I was grinning from ear to ear. You guys are the best, but I would appreciate it if you review, doesn't have to be a sentence, a smiley face or anything would be good. This is still in Astrid's POV ^_^
I don't own How to Train your Dragon
Deadly Training
So, here I am cleaning the Arena with the mess that both Hiccup and I made. There were chunks of wood everywhere, as well as hay straws. Gober was on the outside of the Ring, looking down on us, making sure we don't kill each other. Was I angry? Well, does slamming a shovel full of hay stack into a wagon show that I'm angry? And if your stupid enough not to figure that out, that means yes, I am angry.
Hiccup didn't seem as angry, he seemed….distracted. He saw me looking at him, then looked away in disgust. I huffed, and continued doing my work. Stupid idiot, getting us into this mess; that was my target!
Gober was singing some song, while replacing his prosthetics with something else. I wiped the sweat off of my forehead. This is hard labor, not as hard as dragon slaying(not that I've ever slayed one), but still, I was given a job and a warning.
"Eh, yer missed a spot Hiccup!" Gober shouted. Hiccup just grunted in annoyance. I smirked.
We spent the next four hours cleaning the mess, and I was about ready to collapse, but that'd make me look weak. So, I just walked up the Arena, but not before hearing a thump. I turned around to see Hiccup passed out, I wondered if I should just leave him there or help carry him back. Then I remembered why we were even in that mess, forget it. Just leave him there.
"Not a nice young lad, are we now?" asked Gober, as he passed by me. I'm pretty sure he's strong enough to carry Hiccup. I felt a little guilty, but I had to get cleaned up, and meet up at the diner pavilion. Our parents aren't home, so we have to go there to eat.
I went to the nearest waterfall, and just bathe there. I'm not going into details, you perverts. I put my outfit on, and headed straight back home.
I laid on my bed, completely drained and exhausted. Well, at least we didn't kill each other, and better, not one exchange of words. I nearly dozed off when I heard the bell ringing for dinner, I groaned, but I heard my stomach growling too.
I headed out the door, and went straight to the pavilion.
"Hey Astrid!" I was greeted by Ruffnut and Tuffnut. They looked they were strangling each other for a turkey leg.
"Hi, Astrid." Said Fishlegs, still a little shy.
"Hey, Astrid! What's up?" Snotlout said, but I can tell he's trying to flirt with me. And failing big time.
"Hi guys." I sat myself down next to them, took a plate, and grabbed some food. I noticed Hiccup wasn't anywhere near in sight. Well, at least I'll get a good dinner tonight.
Gober was telling a story of how he met the great Beowulf, I've heard stories of that guy. He's not only a dragon slayer, but he also managed to kill off Grendel. He's like a role model for all the vikings here, even to the chief. Then we heard in all how he died, and had a son with Grendel's mother. Eww, way to mess up your reputation.
I heard the doors open, and of course, Hiccup came in. The universe just loves to ruin my life, doesn't it? I was done, but before I left, Gober told us that tomorrow we started our dragon training. And he left us a book about details with various dragons. Everyone besides Hiccup and me left already, things were rather…awkward.
"So, it's just you and me. Wanna read the book together?" I gave him a look that said Are you kidding me? We hate each other.
"Right, right, I guess I'll read the book." He mumbled, I raised an eyebrow. Why would he want to read a book about dragons and how to slay, he practically killed several of them already. I just shook my head and left, focusing on tomorrow's training.
The next morning, we were to report at the Arena at 9:00 AM sharp, there weren't any dragon raids so that's a good thing. I was getting myself ready for what's to come, I brought my own axe.
I met up with group, Hiccup was running a little late so went ahead. Gober open up the gate to the Arena.
"Welcome to Dragon Training!"
"No turning back." I said, following Gober, but walking ahead in front of everyone else. I looked around, everyone else did the same, the arena looked…..grimier than usual. And weapons were scattered everywhere, probably part of the training.
"I hope to get some serious burns." Ruffnut said, obviously excited.
"I'm hoping for some mauling, like on my shoulder or back." Tuffnut said, the same as her brother. Ok, ouch.
"Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it." I pointed out to them.
"Yeah, no kidding. Pain, love it." A voice said sarcastically out in the gate. We turned around and saw Hiccup there, rolling his eyes and shrugging.
"Let's get started! The recruit who does best will win the honor of killing his first dragon in front of the entire village." Gober explained, while turning his hook sideway as if to gut something.
"Hiccup already killed a few dragons, so does that disqualify him?" Snotlout asked, Hiccup just punched his shoulder playfully, but they were both smiling. We moved on forward towards a huge gate, which was locked by a very thick log.
Gober started explaining what will we face, " Behind these doors are just a few of the many species you will learn to fight! The Deadly Nadder!"
"Speed 8, armor 16." Fishlegs informed, like we cared.
"The Hideous Zippleback." A tough one I heard
"Plus 11 stealth. Times 2." Fishlegs said again.
"The Monstrous Nightmare."
"Firepower 15." Okay, getting on my nerves now.
"The Terrible Terror."
"Attack 8, venom 12." I rolled my eyes, who cares?
"Can you stop that?" Gober finally shouted, he was peeved off too. He was standing next to a lever, to open the gate.
"And the Gronckle."
"Jaw Strength 8." I heard Fishlegs whisphered to Hiccup. As if he didn't know that, oh wait he probably didn't. Gober opened the door, and Snotlout seemed to have panick.
"Wait, aren't we suppose to practice first?" Gober just chuckled.
"I believe on learning on the job!"
WOOSH. A gronckle came flying out, aiming straight for us, on instinct, we all scattered. I saw that the gronckle flew straight into the wall. But he wasn't down for long, he started shaking, and getting back up.
Well this will be fun. I grinned, now it's official, our training has begun. And that honor will be mine, not Hiccups.
Well, I got the dialogue in the last bit of the chapter from the movie, which I do NOT own. I just tweaked it a bit. Next chapter will go back into Hiccup's POV, but I'm still on about that co-author thing. So, if you feel like you want to help write the story as well, that'd be great.
