Hope you guys enjoy this chapter! Here's Chapter 9
Toothless was eating the fish I had caught him while I ate a medium sized fish. I was never one to eat much. I had caught the fish and Toothless set up fire for me to cook my fish. But I couldn't focus on eating. I could only focus on my mother's death. It kept replaying in my mind and I couldn't help but cry to myself a little. It may have been seven years, but it's still really hard to get over. Though, what I didn't understand, was, she was the best viking in the village, yet I'm the worst. All I could do was make weapons. If my father finds out that I have befriended a Night Fury, I could be disowned. Than, I would be an orphan. And when your disowned, you are banished from the village. I decided to pull myself out of my thoughts, only to realize I had almost burnt my fish.
"Gah!" I shouted. Toothless heard me and stood in an attack position. "Settle down bud. I almost burnt my fish, that's it." He settled down and went right back to eating. I did too. I stared to eat my fish and I started to think about beating the Purple Horror. It would be awesome if we could beat it. But, how? I looked up at the sky and saw the suns were halfway down the sky.
"Toothless?" I asked.
*Yes?*
"Let's go back to the cove so I can tweak the saddle."
*Okay.*
I got on his back and we flew back to the cove. I was really happy that there was actually someone who I could talk to. The only thing that was still troubling me, was my mother's death. I just wish she was alive. Then, I wouldn't have to feel like a mistake. But, at least I have Toothless. We had landed in the cove and I tweaked the saddle. I made sure all the seams were still in tact. And I made sure that my white tunic hadn't been burnt. I took my harness off and put my on my black vest. I shoved my harness inside my bag and told Toothless I had to go home. He nodded, so I scratched him behind the ears and ran back home. I knew it would only take me five minutes to get home so I wasn't worried. Though, I was worried because when I got home, my dad and Gobber were home. Should I tell them about Toothless? How would they react? Hat would my dad think of me teaching dragon training? I decided to put those thoughts aside and went to talk to my dad.
"Hey dad." I told him as we walked back to the house. "Did you guys find the nest?"
"Not even close." he replied. I could tell he was disappointed.
"Hiccup?" Gobber asked. "How is dragon training going?"
"WHAT?!" my father asked with clear anger in his voice. "My daughter is in dragon training?"
"Actually, she teaches it."
"Why would she-" he turned to me. "Why would you be teaching dragon training?"
"Gobber told me to." I calmly replied. "And I can tell that either Snotlout or Asher will be defeating the Monstrous Nightmare. Besides, I like teaching dragon training. It's pretty fun. And I know a lot more about dragons than you think I do. Why don't you two come to my class tomorrow? Please?"
"Alright." said Gobber and my dad. I was actually happy here on Berk. My father and Gobber were going to see how much I know about dragons. My dad and I walked back to my house and Gobber walked to the forge. Good thing I didn't leave any drawings there. Once my dad and I were at the house, we both went to our rooms to get some sleep. Before I went to sleep, I was thinking about which dragon they should face tomorrow. How about the Hideous Zippleback. That one will be fun. I fell asleep to a dreamless sleep after choosing the dragon for them to fight. When I woke up, it was about 8:00 in the morning and Vikings were starting to walk out of their homes to do their jobs. I went to do my job for training. My dad and Gobber were already there so I told them about the dragon the teens were facing. I grabbed five buckets of water for the teens to throw at one of the Zippleback's head. I told my dad and Gobber why they would need the water buckets. The water keeps the sparks from igniting the gas around the dragon. The teens started to file in at about 8:25. That's right, I can tell time through the sun. When they filed in, I told them to pick a partner. Ruffnut went with Tuffnut, Fishlegs went with Asher and Snotlout wanted to do things on his own. I gave each one of them a bucket and started the training.
"Today," I began. "you will be facing the Hideous Zippleback. You will need the water buckets to throw at the head that lights the gas. But, you must throw the water at the correct head. If not, then you get lit on fire. Ugh...I have no pun for this one. Anyway, here's the dragon." I released the dragon and ran out of the arena and up to the top to join my father and Gobber. Once I got to the top of the arena, I started the actual training. "Today, your job is to figure out which head leaks gas and which one lights it. Use the water bucket on the head that lights the gas." The dragon had let out a ton of gas that covered the room. Although, I could see where the others were, but they couldn't see each other. Which could be bad. I noticed that Gothi, the town healer, decided to come and observe the battle.
"That dragon is so dead meat." I heard Snotlout say. I saw when he wasn't looking, the dragon pulled him into the smoke. But he managed to drag Tuffnut along with him. The next thing I knew, Snotlout and Tuffnut were running out screaming, "Oh I'm hurt, I am very much hurt!" I had to let out a little chuckle. The dragon showed itself to Fishlegs and she threw the water at the dragon, but the wrong head.
"Oops, wrong head." I heard Fishlegs mumble to herself. The dragon spit more gas at her and she ran away. And so did Ruffnut. That's when the sparky head showed up, in front of Asher.
"NOW Asher!" I yelled hoping for him to hear me. He did and he threw the water at the dragon. It almost touched the dragon's head but it just missed. He ran away and I had to go deal with the dragon. My dad and Gobber tried to stop me but I refused. I got down into the arena and pushed the dragon back into it's cage. When it was almost in it's cage I whispered, "Thanks for doing that to Tuff and Snotlout."
*No prob.* It whispered back.
I closed the doors and checked on the class. "Everyone okay?" I asked. They all nodded. Except for Tuffnut who was holding his nose. "You'll be fine you big baby. Anyway, class dismissed." They all walked back to their houses and I went to talk to my dad and Gobber. "So, how did I do?"
"You did way better than I expected." my father exclaimed.
"You surprised me too." Gobber added. "I'm glad I put you in charge."
"Thanks Gobber. Oh and Gothi." I said to them. "Who do you think should beat down the Monstrous Nightmare?" She wrote on the concrete and I asked Gobber to translate.
"She says that will be determined by who gets the most defeats." Gobber translated. He's the only one who can understand what she says. How? No clue.
"Now, I gonna go and play around in the forest." I said before anyone else could add any statements."
"Alright, just be home by dinner." my dad replied.
"Thanks." I hugged my dad and went to my house to grab a basket of fish. Once I grabbed it, I ran out the back door and towards the cove. What I didn't know, was that someone was following me.
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