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Chapter 4
Later that evening Hiccup and Kaida headed to the great hall, in the rain. As they entered Gobber was talking to the group of teens.
"Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?" Gobber asked the group.
"I mistimed my summersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble." Astrid replied.
"Yeah, we noticed." Ruffnut said sarcastically.
Snotlout then quickly said, "No, no, you were great. That was so 'Astrid'."
"She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves. Where did Hiccup go wrong?" Gobber asked the group as Hiccup and Kaida walked towards them. Hiccup grabbed a plate off food and a cup and headed to another table with Kaida while the other teens answered Gobber's question.
"Uh, he showed up?" Ruffnut said.
"He didn't get eaten." Tuffnut then said.
"He's never where he should be." Astrid said sounding annoyed.
"Thank you Astrid. You need to live and breathe this stuff. The Dragon Manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of." Gobber said as he set a book on the table, he was then interrupted by the sound of thunder. Realizing that it was still raining, "No attacks tonight. Study up."
This surprised and disappointed the twins and Snotlout. "Wait, you mean, read?" Tuffnut asked in disbelief
"While we're still alive?" Ruffnut asked in equal disbelief
"Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?" Snotlout asked, not happy about the idea of studying.
"Oh! I've read it like, seven times. There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face. And-And there's this other one that buries itself for like a week-" Fishlegs started to explain as he got more, and more excited but was soon cut off by Tuffnut.
"Yeah, that sounds great. See, there was a chance I was going to read that..."
"...But, now..." Ruffnut added, bored by this.
"You guys read, I'll go kill stuff." Snotlout boasted before he left with Ruffnut, Tuffnut and Fishlegs in tow, leaving Astrid, Hiccup and Kaida.
"So I guess we'll share?" Hiccup started to offer before Astrid cut him off.
"Read it." she said as she pushed the book the the two Haddock twins.
"All mine ours. Wow, okay. So, I'll see you, uh..." the door slammed shut "..tomorrow."
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Afterwards, when everyone else left, Hiccup and Kaida brought lighted candles and then opened the dragon manual.
They decided to take turns reading each chapter. Hiccup then started reading "Dragon classifications. Strike Class, Fear Class, Mystery Class. Thunderdrum: This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight." He then let Kaida read.
"Timberjack: This gigantic creature has razor sharp wings that can slice through full grown trees. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight."
"Scauldron: Sprays scalding water at its victim. Extremely dangerous." Lightning and thunder suddenly crashed in the sky, scaring Hiccup and Kaida. The took and deep breath in and continued with the reading.
"Changewing: Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight." Kaida said sighing to the words 'kill on sight'.
"Gronckle, Zippleback, the Skrill, Boneknapper, Whispering Death. Burns its victims, buries its victims, chokes its victims turns its victims inside-out?"
"Extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous, kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight..." Then an almost blank chapter made Kaida stop and stare along with her brother. "Night Fury: Speed, unknown. Size, unknown"
Hiccup then took over reading "The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray it does not find you."
This made the two stare at each other in shock, before Hiccup pulled out his journal, turned to the page which had the drawing of the Night Fury, and set it on top of the Night Fury chapter which had no drawings of its own.
"We're going to be seeing more of those Night Furies aren't we?" Kaida asked, knowing the answer. Hiccup only nodded in reply.
