wow its been a long time! i would have to say this! is my best chapter. it should be concidering how long it took me. thank you for anyone who is actually reading this, i hope you like it. in this chapter i took a quote from the book, about bashie ball. as ive done a million times by now, im sorry i suck at spelling, grammer, and puncuation. plus i type most of these up at night which is not a good idea at all for !
chapter 9.
We soon climbed up the hill to a big grassy field. The place had only been discovered not long after the alliance with the dragons because people no longer had a reason to stick around the village in case of an attack. There were large trees and boulders surrounding the field were the dragons would perch on or play around while their masters trained.
Though the sun had come out, the field was still wet from rain. It was really more of a mud pit by the looks of it. Perfect condition for a good game of "Bashie Ball" a very violent contact sport with lots of contact and very few rules. As we approached the field I could see Snotlout, the twins, Astrid, and Fishlegs all in the center caked with mud and wrestling . A ball whizzed out from the center of the heap. Astrid launched herself at it. In mid air, just as she grabbed it, Tuffnut got a hold of her ankle and yanked her back to earth were Ruffnut and Snotlout jumped on top of her to get the ball. fishlegs then came over and pick up Ruffnut and Snotlout in a huge bear hug and nonchalantly tossed them to the side. Then he when after Astrid who saw this as an advantage and sprinted away. She didn't get far before Tuffnut tackled her and they went sliding through the muck. It was so slick that they almost slid right into Toothless and I, but they stopped right before my feet.
"Oh, hey! Glad you could finally come join us." Astrid said getting to her feet.
Tuffnut saw that Astrid was distracted , grabbed the ball, and turned around to see Ruffnut knee him in just the right spot to make him drop it.
"Hiccup! Did you get a babysitting job?" Snotlout laughed.
"Thats his cousin." Astrid chimed in.
I've seem to survive more of Snotlout's attacks since I got Astrid on my side.
I tried my best to sound cool about it "yeah, he's not from here."
"I bet he's from outer space!" Tuffnut said brushing mud from his face.
Everyone turned to look at him.
"Well Hiccup did say he wasn't from here!"
Ruffnut punched him "you're so stupid!"
"You would know."
Instinctively we all backed out of the way so Ruffnut could launch herself at Tuffnut.
"All right, so Hiccup are you joining us for another game?" asked Astrid backing away from the scuffle.
"I guess I'm up for one game, hang on a second though." I turned to Toothless "is it ok if you just hang out on the side?"
"Its fine! You hang out with your friends and I'll hang out with mine." he pointed over to were the teens dragons were lounging in the shade. There was a tone to his voice that almost sounded hurt.
"Be careful, you aren't as big as you used to be" I whispered.
"I think I'm aware of that" Toothless grumbled.
I chose to ignore the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach as I watched him walk off towards the edge of the field.
Making my way across the field I kicked up a clump of mud, mumbling to myself.
"Hiccup...talking to me like a little kid!" I stumbled a little; still getting used to walking on two legs. "Well im not!" I looked down at my stupidly human hands, borrowed furry boots, shirt, and pants. "At least not on the inside *sigh*"
I started to come up to were the dragons were all laying in the shade. I already knew they had picked up on my sent a while ago but not one looked my way. My guess was they thought the sent was just coming off of Hiccup. To them I was now a stranger.
Scanning the rocks I searched for a failure face. I found a few , but hesitated before walking again because I couldn't help but be nervous. There were a few other dragons dotted around the trees and rocks, waiting for their masters who were in the field or off hunting.
Once I got close a few did notice me. A monstrous nightmare that was sunning itself on a bolder opened one eye. Two or three terrible terrors come over to investigate, keeping a safe distance they sniffed the air then scampered off whispering amongst themselves. I quickened my pace, keeping my head down.
A million eyes were on me by the time I reached my destination.
Four dragons lounged in the shad of an oak tree. An odd mix of species including a gronckle, deadly nadder, hideous zippleback, and monstrous nightmare. Out of the group the nadder was the first to look up. Stormfly; the beautiful but harsh dragon of Astrid Hofferson. Her radiant colorful scales shone in the in the patches of sunlight that floated through the branches of the oak tree. I looked on in amazement as she approached. But my awe soon disappeared once she spoke.
"Shoo!...who is this human and why is he here?"
I recoiled a bit. Never had I taken account of her treating humans like this. Two other dragons grunted and turned to look down at me.
"He's much too small to be my master" Horrorcow squinted.
"Stormfly shot her a look then glared at me "he's non of our masters! I know that for sure."
Their few, simple words felt like ice. Stormfly was my friend! well...when I was a dragon... . I felt like a rock sinking into the ocean. hearing her words made any feelings I had for her crumble. I shifted my weight back and forth wondering if I should speak. Not one of them bothered to realize my sent was no longer coming off of Hiccup who was now on the opposite side of the field. Sadly enough I had been one of the only smart ones of the group.
Spit and Noxious snaked their two heads around. "What is wrong with these stubborn vikings? Can't even share a simple field."
"This side is reserved for dragons, human. Do yourself a favor and get out!"
Anger was beginning to build up and I felt an odd prickle on my skin.
Stormfly hissed "don't bother TELLING it. The human can't understand you" she gave me a smirk.
I clenched my fists, trying to keep down the frustration. It was as if I was becoming a joke. They were too stupid to figure out who I was and I couldn't stand my silence anymore. I stepped up ready to give them a piece of my mind but was quickly interrupted by Fireworm, Snotlouts monstrous nightmare. She had been the onlu one not really giving a care about the situation. All she was doing was catching a few Z's and eavesdropping on the conversation.
"I wouldn't be so sure if I were you, Stormfly." Fireworm breathed.
Stormfly snapped around. "What are you saying?"
"What im saying is, this so called human you've all been insulting CAN understand us."
I straitened up. Fireworm most of the time was more like an enemy, but at this point I was ready to hug her. I watched the dragons turn and look at me. They seemed a little nervous now. I grinned.
Stormfly hissed "Fireworm, if you're messing with me! I'll..."she paused
"you'll what?" I asked. Speaking in front of them for the first time as a human.
There was a dead silence. Stormfly's eyes were about the size of dinner plates, and I think she stopped breathing. Horrorcow, Spit, and Noxious looked like they got hit by a boulder. Fireworm just shook her head and went back to sleep. I cleared my throat. Stormfly's eyes were fixed on me, freezing us both with her gaze. I examined her face watching her scales melt from blue to purple, yellow, or white around the edges. Her neon orange eyes glowing around the deep sky blue and purple that circled them. I could hear her breathing. I t was short, like little gasps that only came through her mouth. I now realized why Stormfly couldn't identify me. She was sick. Nothing serious like I had, just a little cold that stuffed up her nose and mad a few patches of scales seem duller.
I looked around at Horrorcow, Spit, and Noxious who were now whispering and shooting me glances. Unlike Stormfly they had no real excuse for not knowing it was me. They began to creep forward. I watched their nostrils flair as they tried to recognize the sent. All of a sudden Horrorcow almost shot into the air.
"Oh my gods!"
I recoild a bit. Fireworm woke from her short snooze and gave a growl before putting her head back down. Spit and Noxious, who were right next to Horrorocow, gave a screech in surprise.
"What? What is it?"
Horrorcow ignored their question and rumbled up to me, almost knocking down the still staring Stormfly. Just inches from my she inhaled as much as her lungs could take then let it all out in one colossal gust. The small bits of hair that stuck out from my helmet fluttered in the dragon made breeze. Delight began to spread across Horrorcows face as she took a few more whiffs just to be sure. Then she nuzzled her snout against my face.
"Toothless!"
Her scales felt warm and I spread my arms across her face in an awkward hug, being cautious of the large fangs that jutted out from her jaw.
"Hey, Horrorocow"
She purred. I released my grip then back up. Stormfly was slowly coming out of her shock. I watched the spikes on the back of her head twitch. It seemed like she was trying to decide what exactly was going on. I this a dream or real life? She took one step towards me, but then took two steps back ,shaking her head.
"This isn't real..."
"What?" Noxious turned.
"That can't be Toothless!"
"Im pretty convinced." Horrorcow smiled.
"Yes, I'd know that scent anywere." Spit replied.
Stormfly shook her head, "well I wont believe it. Its not possible!"
I chimed in "I thought the same thing!"
She winced at the sound of my voice, like it scared her or caused pain.
Then she turned and faced me "what?"
"I...didn't think this was possible...I sure wouldn't do this to myself!"
"But how...h...who. If you didn't then..."
"Toothless, why don't you just tell us what exactly happened before we babble like an idiot" Fireworm growled from her sleeping spot.
I coughed. A spark flew from my mouth and I watched it burn out before it hit the ground. "You want the story of what happened up there in Gothi's hut?
Stormfly nodded "yes!"
I looked around for more of a response, and saw almost everyone nodding. Even the little terrible terrors I saw earlier came over. Settling down then looking up at me to begin my story.
I sighed "all right then"
toothless's story will hopefully be following shortly, thank you for reading.
