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"Sorry Gobber, it escaped." Astrid said glumly as she walked into the blacksmiths, the two scales she found hidden in her belt.
"Well at least we got the sheep back, eh?" Gobber replied, as he sharpened a sword. Astrid shrugged. She fingered the scales under her belt. Should she tell him? It would be best…there was something in that forest….
"Gobber…um…"
"Ya' lassie?" Gobber asked, not looking up from his work. Astrid made a split second decision. She decided maybe she should gather more information…plus it would be awkward to tell Gobber, and hard to tell him about the beautiful, sleek looking scales she found in the forest.
"Erm…can you sharpen my ax?" Astrid asked, holding it out.
"Sure…but didn't I just sharpen it yesterday?"
"Uh, yah but, you know, can't have it to dull or anything." Astrid finished smoothly. Thank god for her cleverness.
"Alright, hand t' over" Gobber said without another question. Astrid gave him her ax, then bid goodbye and walked home. She was in desperate need of sleep.
"Hey honey!" Astrid's mom said as she came in, setting down a bloodied sword, and whipped off her hands.
"Hi mom." Astrid groaned, stumbling up the staircase to her room. Her mom chuckled, and helped Astrid up the stairs. "Thanks…" Astrid said before collapsing on her bed and immediately drifting off to sleep. Astrid's mom patted her back, then walked downstairs to clean her sword.
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Hiccup woke up to growling. Looking up drowsily, he saw a black blur come in the cave. Shaking his head, he saw both Stormfly and Toothless with arched backs and bared teeth.
"Guys, calm down" Hiccup murmured, getting up. Toothless glared at the dragon boy.
"Who is this?!" He growled.
"Her names Stormfly, and she'll be around for awhile, calm down you overgrown lizard" Hiccup snapped back. Stormfly seemed to scoff before calming down again. Hiccup glared back at Toothless. "And where did you go last night?"
"The Queen called me. I can usually resist it, but for some reason I couldn't. Sorry." Toothless relaxed from his defensive posture, and gazed innocently at his friend.
"Night Fury, I heard she is getting stronger. You must be more aware." Stormfly squawked at Toothless. The Night Fury nodded, before sitting on his haunches.
"So, Hiccup. What are you going to do today?" Toothless asked, peering at him. Hiccup came out with the minnows again, setting them down for Stormfly.
"Well, you and I can go hunt for some more food, check the traps, and so on. Stormfly will be safe here, I'll get her some food other than minnows." Hiccup listed, patting the injured dragon's neck. Stormfly chirped in agreement, as she quickly finished the little fish. Hiccup frowned. There goes his winter supply.
"Ok! And I was thinking maybe I could teach you how to use those wings!" Toothless exclaimed, already going towards the mouth of the cave.
"Yah, ok. Because we all know how well that will turn out." Hiccup said blankly, before waving goodbye at Stormfly and following his Night Fury friend.
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Astrid grabbed her ax from Gobber, thanking him and starting back into the forest. She swiftly ran through it, back to the place where that Deadly Nadder should have been. Astrid walked back over to the trees, the sunlight making them better to make out. Whatever did the damage must've been mad or something, you could tell by the jaggedness of them. The thing who did this was strong to.
She took out the scales again, running her thumb over them. They were smooth and air foiled, and a pure black. Curious, Astrid walked around the trees and trampled bushes.
"Ah ha!" Astrid beamed, ripping a piece of black cloth snagged on a gnarled old bush. It still didn't help much. The fabric looked really old and worn out anyways. Sighing, Astrid tucked it into her belt beside the scales.
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"Ow…" Hiccup moaned, as the back of his hood got caught in a tree, and he just stayed there, hanging. Toothless chuckled in his dragon way, looking up at Hiccup. The boys wings were tangled in the tree branches, also not helping with him getting down as he squirmed around.
"Ok, stay still." Toothless laughed.
"Wait…why do I have to stay-ah!" Hiccup yelped as a plasma blast knocked him from the tree, and he tumbled down. "Ouch. Again." Hiccup grumbled, as he got up.
"Ha ha, oh sorry" Toothless said between laughter. Hiccup rolled his eyes. He got up and dusted off his pants. He opened his wings again, looking at the sky.
"Ok, I'll try again." Hiccup said determinedly. Toothless watched as the dragon boy got a large running start, before jumping into the air. He got above the canopy, enjoying the rushing air on his cheeks. Toothless took off to, gliding beside Hiccup.
"Good job! Now try a right turn." Toothless instructed. Hiccup nodded and tried to tilt his body to the right.
But he made it to rushed, and made a huge swerve sideways, flipping. With a small scream he crashed into the trees again. This time no branches were able to hold him up, so poor Hiccup crashed down and thumped on the ground.
Toothless came down smoothly, landing perfectly beside Hiccup. Done with flying, Hiccup folded his scratched wings into his back.
The Night Fury sniffed his friend, but Hiccup rolled over. "What's wrong?" Toothless asked.
"My everything hurts." Hiccup muttered, his sore limbs like dead weights. Toothless started laughing again, but pulled himself together.
"Well you can't just lay there, you cripple." Toothless joked, nudging his friend. Hiccup rolled over again. Toothless looked down at Hiccup, and nudged him again.
"Stop. Even that hurts." Hiccup complained. The Night Fury then picked up Hiccup by the collar of his hood, lifting him onto his back. "No. Don't you dare!" Hiccup yelped, suddenly more aware. Toothless grinned a gummy smile before shooting into the air.
"Ahhhh!" Hiccup screamed, clutching onto Toothless desperately. "Go down! Go down! Not-aw not up you useless reptile!" Hiccup shouted over the whistling wind. Toothless started plunging into the ocean, then coming up, thoroughly enjoying himself as he did barrel rolls, and a loop-de-loop for good measure.
Meanwhile, Hiccup was sputtering out the cold water and starting to feel very sick. His face turning a light green, he struggled to keep lunch down.
Finally Toothless swooped down gracefully, and landed on the ledge outside of Hiccups cave. Hiccup stumbled off of the crazy dragon, cold and slightly sick. Stormfly came out of the cave, looking at Hiccup who was now throwing up his insides, to Toothless.
"What happened to him?" She asked. Toothless gave another gummed grin.
"I took him for this awesome ride." The Night Fury boasted. Stormfly just looked at him funny. "What?"
The Spine Scale herded Hiccup inside with her wing, motherly instincts taking over. She sat down, pulling Hiccup close to her warm body.
Toothless growled a little bit before prying Hiccup from Stormfly, and setting the boy down beside him. Hiccup was his friend anyways. The Night Fury wrapped his wings around Hiccup, keeping the shivering teen as warm as he could. "Sorry" Toothless said.
"Its ok." Hiccup answered, muffled by the large black wings covering him. A pang in his stomach suddenly warned him. "Toothless! Let me out!"
Yes! You get another update!
Hehe, poor Hiccup. Barfing his insides out everywhere…. XD
Ok, just a warning, the climax will start building next chapter. Yay! Yup, it may be up soon though. Right now where I live its April and yet its snow storming outside, so I can't really do anything besides draw or write :I
See you later!
