The Tale of Whoshadow

Chapter Seven: The Dragonstone

That morning as I was visiting the stables, I watched as the young Dragon Chief came in to propose to a young woman named Astrid (second one this day, Valka had just accepted a proposal from Gobber, a blacksmith). She was delighted to accept his proposal, but the moment lasted for a short while; and From afar, I saw Toothless trying to check out the blue Night Fury named Sapphire in the stables. I couldn't help but think that they would make such handsome mates, but Shadowrath, despite seeing the massive tusk of Drago's Bewilderbeast, he wasn't going to give his daughter up to Toothless without proving his worth. I had noticed that when we had arrived on Berk, Toothless' prosthetic fin had been replaced with another false fin that looked almost natural. I assumed that Hiccup made it and thought that it was wise of him. Toothless was the Alpha dragon here, and in being crippled, it would be likely for him to be challenged for his place by other dragons; but Shadowrath didn't notice the false fin. It was obvious that the dragon had seen a lot of battles, from the scars on his hide. Apparently, Shadowrath just saw Toothless as a big-headed dragon who was just very lucky in defeating the Bewilderbeast. I don't blame the older Night Fury, Toothless was rather lacking in scars.

When Toothless found out that he would have to prove himself as a competent Alpha and a worthy Night Fury, he went outside the stables to the center of the village, where he called out to us dragons to gather around. I took my perch on top of the Ingerman house with a Gronkle named Meatlug.

Toothless roared out his plans and the instructions for making a Dragonstone, using a rock to demonstrate it. Then he called out dragons in pairs, I was in their ranks, and then he led us into the sky. When we gained the proper altitude, Toothless instructed us to form a circle and to make sure that in the diameter, we were matched with a dragon of our own breed.

Now that we were properly set up, we started flying in our circle, until our slowest dragons had reached their maximum speed, we started firing into the circle's center. Those with continuous streams of breath fired first, and as more elements met inside the circle, they formed a rock where the elements were meeting up; and it swelled greater in size when Aric lent his breath from below in a gentle stream. In my case, it felt great to release a gentle flow of lightning as I was flying around this incredible disc of fire.

When the Gronkles, Hotburples, and Zipplebacks finished taking their shots, Toothless discharged up one of his most powerful plasma blasts, and we scattered when his blast created an impressive explosion while he dove into the heart of it to retrieve our creation and he landed before his rider, and allowed Grump, a Hotburple, to split the rock open with his jaws, and the rock revealed a beautiful gemstone. Not just any gemstone, it was the Dragonstone Loki told me about.

Toothless made it as a gift for Hiccup, and to show Shadowrath that he was a good Alpha, but to the other dragons, the making of this precious stone was meant to show that Berk was a mighty and powerful nest. I suppose that I felt that was the way it felt for me. I am a mighty and powerful dragon; but little did I know, the ultimate enemy of Berk had been travelling around the world, and had discovered a Dragonstone for himself.

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Not long after the creation of the Dragonstone, the Dragon Chief was preparing for his wedding. I silently wished them much happiness to come and good fortune. I wasn't there for the ceremony, but I did attend the reception. The bride was quite a lovely sight this day, but the real highlight took place when Astrid and Hiccup were singing. Gobber had suggested that they should sing the same song for their own wedding.

"WHAT?!" Stoick, the former Chief boomed. The people recognized his voice, so he finally revealed his true identity to the people. There were amusing expressions all over the place, but none were as comical as that of Toothless'. His eyes were as wide as they could go, his pupils were slits, wings were dropped to the floor, his jaw could not have dropped any lower, and his tongue hung out of his mouth! Well, I laughed.

When Toothless recollected his senses, he pounced Stoick, and began nuzzling him like crazy, saying how glad he was to find out that he didn't kill the former Chief after all, and he thanked Stoick for returning with Aric and Night Furies. Looking at this sight made me feel happier than I've ever had in years. It felt strange, but I wanted to savor this moment. I was finally happy, and I wanted it to stay that way for a while.

Even after Hiccup left with Shadowrath to let the news that his father had 'returned from the dead' to sink in, Toothless proceeded to bounce around for a bit to show just hw happy he was to have Stoick back, causing dragons and Vikings alike to laugh at the Night Fury; and when they settled down, they listened as Stoick told them how he was rescued by Thor and Loki from his pyre and nursed Aric back to health…

…Then to kill the mood, that was when I found out that Drago Bludvist was still alive and was plotting his revenge on Berk.