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~Dragon Lessons~

~Merida's POV~

I had motioned Hiccup to follow me back that way we could talk to each other more and learn more about each other. That was then we both heard not only dragons but other people gasping as the yell 'Dragons!' I saw about five people hopping off their dragons, one was bigger than the rest had blonde hair with a large dragon next to him.

Next was someone slightly shorter than him, he had black hair with black fur and curled horns on his helmet. I saw two other people who had blonde hair and looked the same, except one was a man the other a woman. I saw another beautiful woman who had blonde hair, she was caring an ax with her and I could see her staring at Hiccup.

As I turn my head to look at Hiccup, it was as if he felt sorry or possible regretted something he had done. I started to feel guilty, could Hiccup have possibly been in a relationship before this arranged Marriage?

"Is there something wrong?" I asked him.

"Huh what? Oh... N-no nothing... It's nothing..." Hiccup Answered.

Hiccup only turned around looking away as he didn't turn back around, I turned my head seeing the blonde haired girl walking towards us.

"You must be the Princess Hiccup is arranged to marry." She Acknowledged.

"Aye, my name is Merida Dunbroch of the Dunbroch clan." I introduced myself.

"The names Astrid, Astrid Hofferson." Astrid introduced herself as she held her hand out.

I shook her hand as the others that were following her walked up to us.

"H-hey guys, so nice of you to finally come by." Hiccup joked.

"You could thank the twins for that." Astrid added.

"Hey! Not my fault Ruffnut and Tuffnut couldn't stop messing around." One of them yelled.

"That's Snotlout. He's always wanting to show off." Hiccup whispered to me.

"Hello beautiful. The names Snotlout, not sure if you've heard of me. But a big deal, I tamed a Monstrous Nightmare-" Snotlout bragged as his dragon whacked the back of his head.

"Ow! Hookfang!" Snotlout scolded.

I only laughed seeing his 'tamed' dragon only whacked his head to stop him from bragging so much. Snotlout regained himself as he smiled back at me showing off his muscles, I rolled my eyes as I saw Hiccup rolling his eyes as well.

"This is the twins Ruffnut, and Tuffnut." Hiccup introduces the two.

"Hey Hiccup why are you next to a talking fire?" Tuffnut began.

"Idiot that's her hair." His sister corrected him.

"Oh, well she has very bouncy fire hair. Oh! Do you have like fire powers or something?" Tuffnut asked.

"Aye don't have any powers. It's just my hair." I answered.

"And this is Fishlegs, he keeps track of all of the dragons we discover around." Hiccup interrupted.

"Hi, nice to meet you." Fishlegs introduced himself.

"Aye, likewise." I added.

"So, have you gotten used to having dragons around?" Astrid had asked me.

"It was something new at first, but aye gotten use to having Toothless around. He's a sweetheart." I smiled.

Astrid nodded her head in agreement as she gazed at Hiccup only seeing him look down away from her eyes. I could see the hurt in Astrid's eyes at Hiccup refused to look at her as if she just wanted to see him smile.

I could only feel sorry for Astrid, she is a beautiful woman that was very lucky to have Hiccup... I was starting to feel jealous about how beautiful she was...

"I'll let you be Hiccup. I'm sure you would like to catch up with everyone since you've been gone." I smiled. I quickly turned around making my way towards Angus.

I didn't hear Hiccup calling for me so I assumed he didn't need to stay any longer, as I went to Angus I could almost feel my heart beating fast as I held onto the fence. What was this? Why am I feeling this way? W-what am I saying?

"Aye, Princess so you are left alone without the dragon lad?" He smiled at me.

I only glared at him as I looked away.

"Hardie, I didn't hear you." I glared at him.

"Princess no need to be alarm." Hardie raised his hands off of me.

"Why are you really here Hardie?" I questioned him.

"I saw the other dragon riders and saw all the dragons that they have, I was only wanting to share my thoughts about them." Hardie added.

I raised an eyebrow as I crossed my arms.

"Do share." I allowed.

"The last attacks we've had have been dragons. Can we really trust the Berk clan? What if they turn against us or even worse are working with the ones attacking us?"

I could see where Hardie's concerns are at, but the question should be why would Hiccup or Stoick want to turn against us? We could help them with the war they are also going through.

"There's no need for concern Hardie. My mother trusts them very well. Aye trust Hiccup with my life so aye know he means well." I asserted.

Hardie only glared at me seeing where my opinion stand.

"Mark my words Princess, someday they will turn on us and till then what will you do?" He asked.

"I will fight like I always have." I concluded.

Right as I said that, Hiccup walked in seeing me and Hardie next to each other. He only gazed at us seeing we were talking to one and other.

"Very well." With that Hardie left us two alone.

"I-I was wondering where you went off to." Hiccup started.

"Why?" I questioned.

"You left without letting me know where you were going." Hiccup explained.

I was caught off guard at what he had said seeing that he wanted to make sure I was all right, though I do appreciate the gesture.

"Thank ya Hiccup. I really do appreciate the gesture that you've shown me." I smiled.

"O-oh your welcome. I was just worried I said something that made you leave..." Hiccup stopped.

"N-no it's not that. It's was that..." Do I even want to say it?

"What?" Hiccup asked me.

"A-aye thought you wanted to catch up with ya friends. I know you were away from them since ya gotten here." I quickly changed the subject.

"W-well... Yeah... But I-I'm sub-post to be with you, so I thought..." Hiccup stopped.

"L-let's go inside! I'm sure ya hungry aren't ya?" I interrupted.

"Well, now that you mentioned it I could eat." Hiccup answered.

"Come, we should head inside." I motioned Hiccup again to follow me.

After heading inside we both ate at the table to each other as both of our parents stared at us with glee. We could only smile and laugh about our day after having our fill. It wasn't long till Stoick had to be on his way seeing the rest of his clan had made their trip safely here. I could see him looking at Hiccup as Hiccup stood up excusing himself as he went on with his dad.

"Sure sounds like the two of you had fun together." My mother commented.

"Aye we did, and nothing more mum." I added.

"Are ya sure nothing more happened?"

"Mum!" I screamed.

I could feel my face blushing.

"I'm only teasing dear, I'm glad you and Hiccup put all that has happened aside and choose to give this Arrange Marriage a chance. Aye know it's going to be hard for the both of ya, but if ya are strong. Aya knows it." Mum added.

I glanced at my hands looking away from her view as I could only believe what happened earlier.

"What is bothering ya dear?" My mother questioned.

"It's nothing." I quickly added.

"Oh don't start with me, Aye know when something is wrong with ya. Now, what is it dear?" Mum asked.

"It's nothing to do with Hiccup... It's Hardie..." I started.

"Hardie? What has the boy done now?" My mother implored.

"He won't stop bothering me that's for one! But, he's questioning about the clan of Berk. He said he doesn't trust them at all, that they might attack us." I informed her.

"Don't ya worry dear, Hardie is just full of himself but like his father. You have nothing to worry about. I'm sure you trust Hiccup yes?" She asked me.

"Aye do trust Hiccup. He hasn't done anything with me at all since he came here."

"Then you have nothing to worry about dear. Now, you may be on your way as I have a business to attend to." Mother excused me.

"No lessons?" I asked.

"No lessons." Mum confirmed.

The next morning came about and I had no idea what to expect from Hiccup after he had left. I woke up early so that way after I had fed Angus Hiccup and I could go on our way to ride Toothless. However, finding the skinny lad wasn't easy since he was nowhere to be found along with Toothless.

As I walked around I felt as though it wasn't the time just yet to meet up with Hiccup seeing he was nowhere to be found. I thought this was strange since Hiccup did promise to met me in the morning to give me lessons with Toothless. Though I was starting to get worried about Hiccup that all came to past seeing the black blur in the sky landing near me.

"Ya late." I joked.

Hiccup hopped off of Toothless quickly as he walked over to where I was currently standing.

"Sorry sorry, I was working on Toothless tail." Hiccup added.

"What for?" I asked.

"Since I've usually the one going on rides with Toothless, his tail is set for my leg. So last night I had to work on the mechanical to set for you." Hiccup smiled.

I didn't know what to say, I thought he had forgotten about our agreement today. But seeing having him explain why he was late was, to say the least. What am I saying?

"Aye thank ya, I just thought ya forgot about today." I implored.

"What? No, how could I miss this? I just want to see the Princess admit that she can't handle dragons." Hiccup smirked.

I glared my eyes at him as I puffed out my chest seeing how cocky he was being.

"Ya will see aye will never back down from a challenge." I argued.

"All right." Hiccup shrugged.

He hopped onto Toothless lending a hand for me to get up, I accepted and climbed behind him where he patted Toothless to get us away from the castle.

After landing somewhere far Hiccup helped me down as he started my first lessons on Dragons.

"One thing you need to know about Dragons. You need to gain the trust of a dragon, you can't ride any dragon without their trust with you." Hiccup explained.

"Well that's easy, I already got Toothless trusting me. What else do I need to know?" I assured.

"Hey now, it's not as easy as you think it is. Just because Toothless trusts you doesn't mean it's like this with any dragons. All of them are different, and I don't want you getting hurt by any of them." Hiccup asserted.

I only rolled my eyes seeing he only thought about my safety but I knew I could take care of myself fine.

"Aye can handle any dragon Hiccup, ya don't have to worry about me." I smiled.

"All right Merida, if you really think you can handle just any Dragon. Then let's start with riding one." Hiccup motioned me to go onto Toothless.

"W-what? Aye thought I was getting my own." I stuttered.

"Since you said you could handle any dragon you can learn about riding one." Hiccup smirked.

I puffed out as I glared at Hiccup, I only climbed onto Toothless as I didn't want to show that Hiccup was right.

"How will aye know how to fly Toothless?" Merida raised her brow.

"Oh so are you admitting that you need help?" Hiccup smirked.

"Aye didn't say that!" I screamed.

"I'm only joking Mer." Hiccup joked.

"Mer?"

"You don't like? I thought I would give you a short name." Hiccup rubbed the back of his neck.

I only shrugged my shoulders as Hiccup climbed behind me, though I don't understand why he gave me a nickname though I do appreciate his gesture.

"All right, you move your foot to adjust Toothless's tail wing. You're going to help him fly as you ride him." Hiccup instructed me.

"O-okay..." I started.

"All right Toothless, let's just start off easy all right?" Hiccup patted his friend.

Toothless hummed in agreement noting that he knows what to do, lifting his wings up he took the two up towards the sky as they flew into the sky.

~Outside of Dunbroch~

Astrid had taken the chance to check out the scenery around the Dunbroch area as she a Stormfly flew around the area. Seeing Kari up ahead she wanted to greet Kari up with her sister Nightlight.

"Hey, Kari." Astrid greeted.

"Hey Astrid, I didn't think you'd be here." Kari greeted back.

"So how's the area?" Astrid asked.

"So far very nice I really think the family has been very nice to us since we've moved near to the Castle." Kari noted.

"I saw Hiccup..." Astrid stopped.

"What did he say?" Kari looked at me.

"He introduced us with the Princess, I really didn't think he was going to marry her or someone like her." Astrid looked down.

"Why are you sad about it? Shouldn't you be the least happy that Hiccup is doing what best for our clan?" Kari questioned.

"I just don't trust the Princess." Astrid stopped.

"I see no reason not to trust her, her family already welcomed us in their home so what is there to distrust them?" Kari added.

"I-I know that! It's just-"

Before Astrid was going to add more of her thoughts into the conversation, she was interrupted by screaming in the background. The two women turn their heads seeing Merida and Hiccup flying in the air as the two seemed to be having a blast with their flight together.

"Is that?"

"The Princess and Hiccup, I believe so." Kari smiled.

"So what do you think of her now?" Kari asserted.

"She seems all right... For now." Astrid commented.

"(Giggles) Sure, but what am I to say? I can tell from the look on your face you still care about Hiccup." Kari observed.

"I-I... Do..." Astrid had stuttered.

"But." Kari added.

"But, I knew he's doing this for our clan and I can't let my emotions be the better judge of me. I just want what makes Hiccup happy." Astrid babbled.

"You still love him." Karie spoke for her.

"Yes..." Astrid admitted.

"It must have been hard for the two of you to move on." Kari implored.

"When Hiccup broke the news to me... I was the first to end it... I knew Hiccup couldn't do it, so I did what was best for the both of us..." Astrid continued to look away.

"I know it seems... Lost for you right now but there will be someone out there for you Astrid. You've just got to move on and be happy for Hiccup." Kari comforted Astrid.

Astrid could only smile at Kari seeing she was always wanting to make sure everyone is happy, she's always been a good friend between her and Hiccup. But deep down inside she still loved Hiccup, and wants to care from him. Though she knows it's best to keep her feelings aside for now only for Hiccup.

~Dunbroch Castle~

The Queen had sat down with the Lords once again as all three of them reported about the ongoings that were happening onto their homes. So far most of the currents attacks that have been happening have continued one and must to attended too soon if the Lords will be helping their Queen out.

"It's always the same dragons, armored with sound knowledge as if they know how to separate out men apart." Lord Macguffin mentioned.

"Aye, what on you Lord Macintosh?" The queen questioned.

"The same situation as Lord Macguffin, though aye know it's not my place for me to say. My son is very worried for the Princess safety my Queen. Though Hiccup is with her, would it be best for her to get a dragon as well?"

"Why not all of us?" Lord Dingwall interrupted.

"Aye see. Very well, I will talk to Hiccup about all of your concerns though aye myself know nothing about these dragons. Aye know for now, in order to push the enemy away we must learn about these creatures. Aye, I'm sure that Hiccup will be willing to teach all of us about all of these dragons." The Queen smiled.

The Queen dismissed the Lords on their way as Stoick entered the room walking next to the Queen.

"You called for me?" Stoick spoke out.

"Stoick! Yes, aye need a favor of ya. Aye, know it's hard putting your son in this situation is already hard for ya. Aye, do apologize that there is nothing aye can give back as of this moment." The Queen acknowledges.

"Your husband was a dear friend and that's all I need from your family. I'm willing to give back for a dear friend and family." Stoick affirmed.

"Would your son Hiccup be willing to teach all of us about training dragons? Though aye myself wouldn't want to be near one, aye know for my daughter's safety would be best for myself to know as well." The Queen added.

"Hiccup would gladly help your family out, I'm sure of it. He's always stubborn but he will do anything to get people to understand Dragons." Stoick smiled.

"I'm only hopping once we and the Lords understand the dragons perhaps they won't be giving you and your son a hard time."

"Don't worry about Hiccup, he's been fine of his own. I know he will do well even if others don't seem so. I believe he will be better than what he was made for." Stoick added.

"Very well."

~Outside of Dunbroch~

After the lessons the Hiccup had taught Merida, it was time for the two to get back the to castle since it was close to eating time soon. Both Hiccup and Merida were smiling as they both had their fun riding along together.

"See? Dragons are not as easy as you think it is." Hiccup smirked.

"AYE! Just because aye didn't know about Toothless tail doesn't mean ya won!" Merida yelled.

"Well, I guess that means she admitting something isn't she?" Hiccup smiled.

"Aye didn't admit anything!" Merida smacked Hiccup's arm playfully as Hiccup only laughed at her actions.

"I'm only joking Mer, it's only fair that you know about the dragon by ridding them. So what have you've learned so far?" Hiccup asked.

"That they can fly pretty high!" Merida smiled.

"Well, not only that but all dragons have different skills and qualities. Not all of them are the same but some are different from the others." Hiccup informed Merida.

"Aye see, but aye must know more about these dragons of your Hiccup. Your Princess requests of it." Merida stood herself tall as she smiled playfully at Hiccup.

"Of course milady." Hiccup playfully bowed to Merida.

"Hiccup!"

The two turned their heads overseeing Stoick waving over Hiccup to come towards him, though Hiccup was hesitant to do so he walked over to where his dad was. Merida only looked over to Toothless wondering what his Dad could want that didn't matter as of right now since Toothless was making sure Merida was all right.

Right as Toothless played with Merida's hair, she looked over seeing Hiccup calling her over in which she went over to where Stoick and Hiccup were at currently.

"What is it?" Merida had to ask.

"Your mother had asked Hiccup to teach all of you about riding dragons." Stoick informed her.

"YES!" Merida screamed with joy as she jumped around giggling out loud.

"That also includes the Lords their sons." Stoick added.

With that, Merida stopped smiling and stood still as she only crossed her arms dreading the fact that Hardie would be following her around possibly with a dragon now.

"Wait, dad, I really can't teach Hardie Duncan and Marcus." Hiccup stopped.

"Why not?" Stoick questioned.

"I don't think you really know dad, but they all you know... Don't trust me!" Hiccup advised.

"I know Hiccup, but they asked Merida's mother about us teaching them dragons son. We have to son, we have to help them understand the dragons so they won't harm any more of them." Stoick added.

"Fine, guess I'll just stand in a field by myself with all three of them. What could go wrong?" Hiccup joked.

"Why not bring Merida with you?" Stoick suggested.

"What?" Merida answered.

"They trust the Princess so with her being with you will let them ease themselves and surely allow them to trust you more." Stoick advise.

"B-but dad... What if they still don't trust me?" Hiccup spoke out.

"Don't worry Hiccup they will come around trust me." Stoick smiled.

"I've got to get going now. Have fun the two of you." Stoick smiled.

Hiccup sighed out loud as he was stuck with the situation at hand and seeing this was not going to go well for himself. Merida only feeling bad for him put her hand onto his shoulder getting him to look over to her.

"Aye will come with ya, that way I'll make sure they could turn you into fish bones." Merida joked.

"Yeah, thanks for the concerned, but I'm pretty sure right as you leave they will have a LOT to say to me before you know it." Hiccup spoke.

"Aye, Aye agree but only one way to know is if they are willing to give ya a chance to do so. You gave me that chance what could be so different about them?" Merida questioned.

Merida brought up a good point about giving Hardie and the other sons a chance in learning about dragons. Though it was a miracle that Merida was willing to trust Hiccup what could there be a chance for the Lord's sons to give Hiccup a chance? What could he do that will help them understand that they would trust him?

"I already know how Hardie feels about me." Hiccup reminded Merida.

"Aye know, aye was there when he said it Hiccup. Hardie will never know when he should be put into his place to shut his mouth. He is most stubborn of them three and will be harder to gain his trust from him." Merida smiled.

"Great thanks for the encouragement." Hiccup joked.

"Hiccup, ya no need to worry about anything since aye will be there to be sure nothing happens to ya." Merida assured Hiccup.

"I know that Merida, but what if a small chance that when your gone they turned around and oh I don't know teach me the old Highlander ways?" Hiccup argued.

"Hiccup." Merida warned.

"(Sigh) All right all right. Tomorrow morning have Hardie and the others come here and I'll take us somewhere else to learn about dragons." Hiccup agreed.

"Good, look aye know how ya feel..." Merida stopped.

"What-... Whatever happened between you two?"

"Aye thought Hardie was a very clever lad that know about the battlegrounds, but I learned the hard way I was wrong." Merida stopped.

"Is that why you always seemed very angry when he's around?" Hiccup asked.

"Really? Do aye look like it?" Merida raised her brow.

"W-well not all the time but... O-only when he's around!" Hiccup assured.

"Aye rather not say more about Hardie and aye." Merida spoke softly.

"O-okay."

"Come now, ya must be hungry." Merida motioned Hiccup to follow her.

It seemed only one day that Hiccup and Merida were just hating to being friends and now that Hiccup is now having to teach Hardie and the others about dragons one can only ask how they will think of him. Hiccup can only do what he can to gain their trust and hopefully gain their favor so they all can help each other build together an army to push the enemy away.

AN: Hello everyone! I'm so very sorry about posting these chapters very late as of late again once again I've been very busy that I haven't gotten any chance to write anything about the next chapters. But please do enjoy what I have written so far and we will see what will happen next. Bye~! :D