And, I'm back! I actually wrote chapter five before chapter four, and I had difficulty tying them together, which explains why this wasn't up sooner. So, many apologies. Also, a million thanks to every reviewer! Whenever you guys review, it really lights up my day! So please, REVIEW! I would be so happy if you did! And maybe an update would happen sooner, who knows? Actually, I plan to post the next chapter in about a week, so your reviews would help it along! Anyway, onward with the disclaimer! Hiccup, please?
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We flew for about three hours until we spotted the large island. It looked pretty neat, too. It had two large snowy mountains, rising out of fields of grass and forests. We could see one small lake inland, which is where we landed our dragons. Arrowflash had to land a bit away from the others, at least until he folded up his wings. He was then able to walk over and become acquainted with the other dragons. Hookfang was eager to show that this was his pack, and the newcomer wasn't going to become his best friend so easily. Toothless inspected Arrowflash, running a lap around him, coming up under his wing, trying to figure out what exactly he was. Barf and Belch were helping light a fire to cook lunch on (not the smartest idea, I must say) Meatlug was asleep, and Astrid was scratching Stormfly's head. I strode over, plopping down next to Fishlegs who was engrossed in a book. I leaned over to see what he was reading, but quickly looked away as I read a paragraph that was way too advanced for me to read. Seriously, how did he do it? We were all rudely shaken out of our thoughts by a massive explosion, followed by happy shouts from the twins. Barf and Belch had managed to light one of the trees in the forest on fire.
"Whoa!" Hiccup said, quickly running over to the nearby pond with a bucket in hand. He scooped out some water and hefted it onto the burning tree. Fishlegs and Astrid followed his example, soon completely extinguishing the blazing inferno. When they returned, Toothless had a fire crackling merrily away in the makeshift fireplace. We all dug in our saddlebags, (except for me, I didn't even have a saddle yet. My stuff was stored away in Meatlug's ginormous bag) and took out a medium sized basket. Inside each basket was a wide assortment of fish. I cooked one for myself, and tossed three others to Arrowflash, who happily slurped them up. He was probably quite grateful to be able to eat something besides eels.
We spent an hour exploring the island on foot, until I heard something behind me. Each dragon and rider pair had gone in a separate direction, so I was all alone. I spun around, but nothing was there. Arrowflash growled, his eyes narrowing. Both of us were on guard. We heard a screeching roar a looked around, only to become confused. Nothing was there. At least, nothing we could see.
'Think!' I though to myself, 'think think think! What dragon can't you see? Bonenapper? No, maybe a whispering death? Night fury? No, I'm pretty sure toilets is the last one. Argh!' I hit myself in the head before drawing a fairly good sized dagger from my belt. I held it out in front of me, inwardly cursing myself for leaving my sword back with Fishlegs. Suddenly, I felt something wrap around my foot and yank me to the ground. I would've landed on my dagger if Arrowflash hadn't had such quick reflexes and caught me on his wing. He used one of his claws gently and straightened me up. I glared into the trees and slowly mounted my dragon.
"Come on, Arrow," I said, "let's get out of here," slowly, very slowly, the two of us rose into the air, leaving behind the usual spiral shaped scorch marks. We flew back towards the camp, when I heard a loud horn. It was Astrid's. Arrowflash turned towards the sound at my command, and we flew towards the distress signal.
We arrived in a northern field of the island, discovering where Astrid was coming from thanks to her Deadly Nadder who was flying in circles above her head. We landed, and I ran over to the Hofferston. She was holding a small bundle of cloths that I took a minute to recognize. She was holding someone, someone quite important to our team. Hiccup.
"What happened?" I said, as I slid into a kneeling position next to them. Hiccup was conscious, but had a nasty bruise on his head. His eyes were unfocused.
"Something attacked us. We couldn't see what it was," Astrid said. I squinted at the wound, it didn't look too bad, but the probable would be if he had a concussion. I heard a thump as Fishlegs landed, and ran over to Meatlug's saddle bag. I dug through it until I found what I was looking for, a candle. I grabbed a flint and steel too, before whistling to Arrowflash, who came over and folded his arms around us, almost like a tent. I then lit the candle and held it close to Hiccup's eyes. His pupils retracted, like normal, but he hadn't said anything, which was weird. I tapped Arrow's wing signaling we were done. Fishlegs came over and immediately began an actual medical exam. He said Hiccup was fine, but someone else should help him fly Toothless back to Dragon's Edge. Hiccup made an annoyed sound, the first sound I'd heard him make yet, and said,
"Fishlegs, I'm fine," Fishlegs didn't look convinced, and said,
"I don't care, Hiccup. As soon as the others get here, we're taking off and someone is riding with you," Astrid volunteered, and we waited until the other riders arrived before taking off. Not exactly how I thought my first adventure would be.
