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Now the fun begins as Hiccup teaches Lani on riding the Night Fury!


How to Ride a Night Fury

Lani screamed at the top of his lungs as Toothless continued soaring in high speed.

"Toothless!" Hiccup shouted. "Slow down! You're making Lani, uh, scared!"

But the Night Fury refused to listen to him as he did the loop! Lani screamed even more! "TOOTHLESS!" Hiccup screamed, thinking that his best friend had gone a little too far. Just then, Lani's peg leg caught the gear that allowed it to operate the fin tail. He accidentally trigger the gear, causing the fin tail to close up and Toothless started to fall!

"OH NOOOOOO!" Lani shrieked in terror!

"What's wrong!?" Hiccup quickly searched for the problem.

"I don't know, but we're about to crash into the sea right below us!" Lani saw the sea below them as they were coming close to it!

Hiccup found the problem as he spotted Lani's peg leg got stuck on the gear. "Your peg leg!" he yelled.

"WHAT?!" Lani cried out.

"Your peg leg's stuck on the gear! Quick, open the fin tail!" Hiccup said.

The Chief of Berk looked back at the sea as they were getting real close! Lani quickly triggered the gear again and opened the fin tail. Toothless slowed down and continued to soar the sky again.

Hiccup and Lani sighed in relief. "Phew! That was close," Hiccup said in relief.

"Yeah… It was surprising that your Night Fury is extremely fast…" Lani muttered, still a little shock after what happened just now.

Hiccup looked at Lani and then looked at his peg leg that was still stuck on the gear, which gave him an idea. "Hey, Lani. I'm gonna let you ride on Toothless on your own."

Lani looked at Hiccup in surprise, "A-Are you sure?"

"I'm sure," Hiccup replied with an encouraging smile, "Now, where's Sandstorm?" That's when Sandstorm appeared beside Toothless.

"Oh, there you are, girl. Mind if I ride with you while your rider takes a little practice on riding my Night Fury?" He asked her. Sandstorm growled and nodded as she allowed him to ride on her.

Hiccup carefully transferred himself and rode on Sandstorm. On the other hand, Lani adjusted his sitting position on Toothless. Then, he grabbed on the handles and gave a command to the Alpha. "Okay, bud. Let's see your tricks."

Toothless let out a thrilling growl and he sped off! Lani tried his best not to scream and held onto the handles tightly so he won't fall off. Then, Lani started to stir Toothless in different directions. They flew over the sea as they flew pass all the Tidal Class Dragons. Suddenly, Lani pulled the handles, causing Toothless to fly upward while doing a spin!

After that, they reached the clouds. Toothless stopped flying and then fell! Lani let out an exciting shout as he was having fun riding on Toothless.

Toothless spread his wings and decided to fly upside down! Luckily, Lani held on the handles so he wouldn't fall. "This is amazing!" He cried out.

"You're doing great, Lani!" Hiccup shouted. He and Sandstorm were not far behind. Seeing Lani enjoyed riding on Toothless, Hiccup couldn't help but smiled.

About 30 minutes later, Hiccup, Lani, Toothless and Sandstorm landed on the Cove. Lani dismounted Toothless. "Wow! That was an awesome ride!" he exclaimed and fell backward, his back against the soft grass.

"Whoa, you okay?" Hiccup came up to him and asked him if he's alright.

"Yep. I'm good." Lani replied.

Hiccup joined him as he laid on the soft grass next to Lani, while Toothless and Sandstorm decided to play tag. Both the look-alike Hiccups watched the sky and clouds. In a few minutes of silence, Hiccup broke the silence. "So… Lani? I had been wondering of something."

"What's that?" Lani said.

"Well, why do we look so alike as if we were… twin brothers?" Hiccup questioned.

"I had the same thought too." Lani responded. "Maybe we were born at the very same moment, or we were blessed by the gods and goddesses."

"I see." Hiccup muttered. "Do you have parents, Lani?"

Lani suddenly became silent. "Lani? What's wrong?" the Chief of Berk asked.

"My mom passed away when she gave birth to me, and my father passed away due to his illness. I was 15 back then… I was all alone…" Lani muttered in sadness.

"Oh… I'm sorry for the loss of your parents…" Hiccup apologized.

"It's okay. At least I have Sandstorm. She's my only family left," Lani explained.

"I see now." The young chief of Berk responded with a small smile. "By the way, Lani, what were you doing when you spend your life over 5 years ago?"

"Oh, I departed from Berk and spent my life at Skerry Island." Lani explained.

"Skerry Island? I never heard of that island before." Hiccup said.

"Well, Skerry Island is quite similar to Berk, and its chief is Hallvard Skufsson. He was my mentor and was a friend of my father. He offered to train me into a fine warrior for 5 years, which I've been away from Berk for 5 years now," he explained.

"Wow…" Hiccup was amazed.

"5 years have passed, and I have completed my training and become a fine warrior. Since then, I finally returned to Berk this day," Lani said.

"And that's when Toothless suddenly rushed out of my house to see you and then, I met you," Hiccup added.

"Heh. I guess he was excited to see me again. He does miss me a lot," he chuckled.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that Toothless is an Alpha," Hiccup added.

"Oh, really?" Lani was surprised by that fact. Then, Hiccup told everything about the final battle of Drago and his Dark Bewilderbeast. Toothless and Stryka defeated the Dark Bewilderbeast and became the new Alphas of Dragons.

"Wow. That's amazing," Lani remarked. "Man, I wished I was there… I can't believe I missed that event."

Hiccup chuckled at his double's complaint. "That's alright. But if you were there, along with Sandstorm, your Sand Wraith would have been mind control by Drago's Bewilderbeast."

"Oh, you're right." Lani said in realization. Hiccup gave him a pat on the shoulder. "But it's alright. At least Sandstorm was safe."

The two look-alike Hiccups looked back at the sky in silence. "I wish I could go back – go back in time, those old days when we were teens back then," Hiccup suddenly blurted out a few minutes later.

"Me too," Lani agreed with him.

All of the sudden, Hiccup got an idea. "Hey, Lani. Is it okay if you and I switch place?"

"Switch?" Lani looked at him in surprise.

"Yeah. I do want freedom to avoid my chief duties. Will you do it, just for a day?"

Lani looked away from Hiccup to think about it. A moment later, Lani finally agreed with a smile. "Sure thing, Chief."


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