Chapter 9:
(A/N: Hey guys, Just to clear it up: Isunder is the Island that Eret, son of Eret is from. One year before Drago attacks Berk in HTTYD 2, he conquers Isunder. Now, of course, Hiccup is there, so Drago will have a hard time. Valka moved the Dragon sanctuary from ten minutes flight away, to three hours flight away, so no one had time to warn her.
That's all that spoilers for now, but hope you enjoy this chapter!)
"That was awesome!" Luneah exclaimed, jumping off of the Night Fury and onto the wooden floor of the treehouse. "I want a dragon too!"
"Sure, once I find a dragon suitable for you."
She combed through her seriously wind blown hair with her fingers. "Ok, I can wait."
Since she looked like she was struggling with untangling her messy hair, Hiccup took a comb from next to him on the dresser and handed it to her. Mouthing a thanks, she began to brush through her golden-brown locks.
"So, what dragon?"
"I was never afraid of heights, and I love animals, so I have no idea."
"Describe what you want."
"I want something small, so it can go fast. Something intelligent, that can act as my best friend."
"Any color?"
"I like black, but blue is my favorite color."
"Nadders?"
"No, they are kinda full of themselves. Those would be good for the popular girls."
Hiccup chuckled. "You have a point. Monstrous Nightmare?"
Luneah shook her head. "Too big. And same thing, too full of themselves."
"Gronkle? Oh wait, never mind. You said you wanted something fast."
The girl nodded and stared thoughtfully out the balcony door.
"Do you want another Night Fury?"
Luneah's eyes widened. "Another Night Fury?"
"Yeah, I saw one at my Mom's cave."
"That would be awesome."
There was an awkward silence between the two, before Hiccup asked her one thing.
"Where did you learn to fight?"
"That's kinda a long story."
"So? I can stay here all day. I doubt my mom would be worried about a boy with a Night Fury."
"You sure? My story's kinda depressing."
"Positive. Mine is too."
"Ok," she said, sighing. Luneah collapsed, laying down on the bed and Hiccup sat next to her. "I was born on the Supermoon Eclipse, as I told you before. Well, our culture says that the one who was born on a blood moon has divine power, and they would become next Chief or Chieftess. But, a lunar eclipse is prophesied to be the birth of a great warrior. It also means that the person was to die in battle before their 20th birthday by the hands of a great dragon." (A/N: Hint, Hint)
"Ok, I don't mean to interrupt, but since you were born on the Supermoon, you are expected to become Cheiftess AND die before you turn 20?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Wow. But isn't your village at peace with dragons?"
"Yes, but we still occasionally get a couple of stragglers coming for food."
"Oh. Ok, continue."
"So. One day, when I was six, the raids still occurred, by the way, a Monstrous Nightmare broke into my house. It saw me hiding, and prepared to shoot fire at me. My mom jumped in the way before the fire could hit me. My dad eventually died during that raid because of a Nadder spine. One that was headed for me. I never actually went to their funerals, nor did I see them die. I just was told, and had to live with it."
"So, your parents died protecting you?"
"Pretty much. I was taken in by Allen's parents. His dad is the military commander here."
"So, Allen's dad trained you to fight?"
"Yeah. They also raised me. The thing is, my dad was the commander. Allen's father only moved up a rank because of the death of my father."
"So, in a way, he really did become your father."
"Exactly."
Hiccup thought for a moment. If Luneah was as good as she was, and her adoptive dad taught her at a young age, maybe this would benefit him.
"So. Do you think he can train me to fight?"
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"The dragon had riders."
"But how?"
"He's a disgrace to Vikings."
"He betrayed his own race."
"SILENCE!" Stoick bellowed, effectively shutting everyone up. All of the fighters were gathered in the town hall, discussing the recent events.
"We are here to talk about the Night Fury and it's riders." The hall that was silent suddenly became loud, as people were yelling at Stoick.
"I SAID SILENCE!" The hall quieted down again. An angry Chieftain was scary. An angry Stoick was terrifying.
"What should we do, Chief?" Someone piped up.
"We have no way to track where they came from."
"They had no tribe symbols or anything!"
The chief let out a heavy, burdened sigh. "Other than Astrid, they did not hurt anyone. I have a feeling that they were protecting the dragons, not bringing war. They are very powerful, even with just two of them, so imagine a whole tribe against us. When we see them next, we capture them, and bargain them for mercy and they escape with their lives."
"But Chief-"
"That is final. Unless you want to track a God's Damn Night Fury to its island." He said. "We have tried following dragons to the nest. What would happen if we try to track the most elusive dragon out there, where we have no remote idea where they are from."
The crowd nodded in agreement. They were all scared of the Night Fury.
/
Toothless brought Hiccup and Luneah down to the village. Once again, they were crowded by teenage fan girls, wanting attention from the cute newcomer and his dragon.
"Hi Hiccup!" One of them called, as the dragon slowed to a halt in the town square.
He hopped off, still wearing his cloak, and Luneah kept her hood on. She decided to stay on Toothless and keep quiet.
Once Hiccup jumped off, all the girls gasped at the other person on the dragon.
"Why can't we ride on your dragon, Hiccup?"
He just ignored them, and motioned for Toothless to follow him walking down the street. All of them pranced up to Toothless and tried to pet him as if he was an overgrown puppy.
"Stupid Human Girls," Toothless growled.
"You can take your hood off, no one will hurt you." Hiccup said to the girl on the dragon.
She reluctantly nodded her head and grasped the hood of her cloak. She hesitated before removing her hand and shaking her head.
"Just do it, it's fine."
Luneah shook her head again. Hiccup came over to her and looked her in the eyes. Well, er... The darkness that was her eyes, and smiled. Luna pulled her cloak off slowly.
All the girls turned toward Luneah, who suddenly felt small in their presence. The tallest one out of all the girls was fuming, and spoke up as if she was the leader of all of them.
"Her? That ugly creature? You definitely don't have any taste in girls."
Luneah felt tears well up in her eyes. She was used to the girls bullying her, but in front of her new friend and crush? She didn't want them tearing Hiccup away from her, too.
Hiccup spoke calmly. "No, I have perfect taste in girls. Why would I want a useless prick who can't defend herself if her life depended on it?"
The girl stood silent for a moment.
Luneah was surprised. This boy who she had just met stood up for her, against ten other popular girls? Was she dreaming?
Instead of letting the two bicker anymore, Luna jumped off of Toothless, and grabbed Hiccup gently by the shoulder.
"Don't touch him, Mica." The girl hissed.
"Don't call me Mica, Ingrid," Luneah whipped her head around to stare at the girl.
"Why not? Does it remind you of your non-existent parents?"
"Don't insult her parents. At least they loved her enough to sacrifice themselves for her," Hiccup growled, stepping in front of Luneah.
Luneah took a deep breath to calm herself, the tears pooling at the corners of her eyes. She didn't want the village popular girls to see her fight. "Hiccup? Don't let Ingrid get on your nerves. Let's go." She replaced her hand on Hiccup's shoulder.
The two walked away, leaving the ten others alone.
