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Chronicle One in the

Chronicles of the Dragoniters:

Dawn of the Dragoniters

Updated: 9.01.2018

Chapter 9: More Training and More Learning

The next morning saw Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Aniu, Heatwave, Nava and Icicle waking up bright and early in the Forms they had fallen asleep in. Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane were already awake and getting breakfast ready for their students, assisted by Sorina, Sprinter, Stryker, Akira, Caruso, Edme, Zena and Artemis who walked over and nuzzled Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava. "All right, guys, we are awake." They groaned sleepily and stood up in their Dragon Forms, walking over and sitting down to eat their breakfast. "I am so much more used to sleeping as a Night Fury." Toothless mumbled, rubbing his eyes clear of sleep. "I will say the same for my Human Form, bud." Hiccup replied, yawning as his teeth popped out of his gums. They talked about what they had learned the day before and what they could be learning that day as they ate.

Sorena, Caruso, Stryker and Zena were breaking their fast on some mice, squirrels and voles. Edme and Artemis were eating a dead wild boar they had hunted together and Sprinter and Akira were grazing on a patch of grass nearby. Darkfang, Lilith, Amaya, Nightus, Ebony, Crowden, Raven, Aleron, Onyx, Spike, Magnus, Sera, Spark, Electra, Bolt and Violet were sating their hunger on fish and a variety of meat such as wild boar, stag and moose. Soon, breakfast was over and Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Aniu, Heatwave, Nava and Icicle prepared for their first lesson of the day, awaiting Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane's instructions as they stood in front of them. "We believe you eight have spent enough time in your new Forms and wish to shape-shift back into your original Forms. Is that right?" Elenia asked and they nodded.

"All right, all you have to do is focus on returning to your original Forms. I am sure you eight know how to do that. Begin." Solarfira said and they did, focusing. Within seconds, Hiccup and Astrid began shape-shifting back into their Human Forms, Aniu and Nava into their Elf-Fae Forms, Toothless into his Night Fury Form, Stormfly into her Deadly Nadder Form, Heatwave into his Summer Dragon Form and Icicle into her Winter dragon Form. Only mere minutes after they had begun, the eight of them were back in their original Forms. They took a few minutes to adjust to being back in their original Forms and their teachers waited patiently. Thankfully, Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Aniu, Heatwave, Nava and Icicle still knew how to move with the same ease as they had before. They awaited further instructions from their teachers. "Now it is time you eight shape-shifted back." Lunastar said and they nodded.

Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava returned to their Dragon Forms and Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle returned to their Humanoid Forms. Fortunately, their lessons on how to move came back naturally to them. Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane made them shape-shift back into their original and then back into their new Forms once more before deeming the lesson learned and they could move on to the next lessons. "This next lesson will be a fun and very important one for Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava because you four...are going to learn how to breathe your respective Breath Weapons." Softmane said and the four Soul-Mates glanced at each other, eyes wide and faces bright with excitement. "Because this could be quite dangerous, we will lead over to a place where nothing will get set on fire. Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave, Icicle, you four will help your Soul-Riders." Elenia said.

The Griffin, Phoenix, Alicorn and Hippogriff lead them over to a rocky part of the Cove with a large, flat, smooth, rock wall that would provide an excellent target for the new Breath-Weapon Breathers. Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava took up positions in front of the rock wall, a fair distance apart and Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle stood beside their respective Soul-Rider, ready to help them and transmit memories. "We are ready." Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava said. "You may begin." Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane said. Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle nodded and took that as their cue to begin instructing and transmitting memories to their respective Soul-Rider. "All right, Hiccup, to shoot plasma blasts, you must open your mouth, not wide, inhale deeply and focus on opening your plasma lungs to let the air in. The plasma will then travel up your throat and be ignited by a flint-like tooth at the back of your mouth. That is when you must release the plasma blast at your target. Remember, once your plasma lungs are open and sending plasma to your mouth, you must release it or it will ignite, explode and severely injure you, perhaps even kill you so you must let the plasma out of your mouth. Here, let me show you how to do it..." Toothless said and begin transmitting memories of how he shot plasma blasts.

As he viewed the memories, Hiccup got the idea on what to and facing the rock wall, opened his mouth, inhaled, felt the plasma travel up his throat, be ignited by the flint tooth in the back of his throat and surge into his mouth, accompanied by a wailing shriek that sounded like a banshee, a noise he heard often during a Dragon Raid when Night Furies were among the attackers. "Fire, Hiccup! Release it at the rock wall!" Toothless urged him in his mind. When the pressure became too much, Hiccup spat the plasma blast out and it shot straight at the rock wall, exploding upon impact and sending fragments of broken rock flying out from the force of the explosion. Smoke billowed from where the plasma blast had struck and everyone stared at Hiccup in awe as smoke billowed from his mouth, including Toothless. "I did not know my plasma blast would be so powerful and explosive." Hiccup gasped and Toothless nodded mutely in agreement.

With Hiccup's spectacular display of success, it was Astrid's turn next. Stormfly gave her pretty much the same instructions as Toothless had given Hiccup and transmitted some of her memories. Astrid nodded and gave it a try. She opened her mouth, inhaled and when she exhaled, a stream of very bright, super hot fire streamed out of her mouth in an unbroken arc and onto the wall, melting the rock so fast that Stormfly had to stop Astrid before she melted too much of the wall. Inspired by Hiccup and Astrid's successes, Aniu listened to Heatwave's instructions, viewed the memories he sent her and opened her mouth, inhaled and exhaled. A stream of red hot fire surged out of her mouth and onto the rock wall four metres away. The steady, sustained torus scorched the rock and began melting it until Aniu cut off the stream of fire.

Finally, it was Nava's turn to breathe ice. With instructions and memories from Icicle, Nava opened his mouth, inhaled and shot out a stream of pure, freezing cold ice with an exhale. The section of rock wall Nava was firing at was instantly frozen solid with the ice expanding outwards. When Nava needed to breathe again, he cut off the stream of ice and admired his work. One part of the rock wall had exploded when Hiccup's plasma blast had struck it, the next two parts were half melted by hot fire and the last part was frozen solid in thick ice. There were many admiring whoops and congratulations and Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Aniu, Heatwave, Nava and Icicle walked back to the camp. Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane were waiting for them. "Well done, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava. You four now have a way to defend yourselves and fight in your Dragon Forms." Elenia said. "And I can shoot tail spines. That ought to count." Astrid said.

"Yes, indeed, Astrid." Solarfira smiled at her. "But we only breathed fire once. What if we cannot do it again or forget how to?" Aniu asked. "Do not worry, Aniu. You will remember and still be able to do it as long as you keep practicing." Lunastar assured her soothingly. "What will Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and I learn now?" Icicle inquired. "You four will learn how to jump." Softmane said and they nodded. Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava lay down to have a break and watch Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle as Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane made the four of them stand in a square. "To jump, you four must lower yourselves by bending your knees, tensing your muscles and pushing upwards hard and fast using your feet. Give it a try." Elenia said. Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle did what they were told by lowering themselves by bending their knees, tensing their muscles and pushing upwards hard and fast using their feet.

Their first attempts were successful and Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle jumped several inches off the ground, landing again, stumbling and wobbling slightly as they tried to regain balance, which Heatwave did first. "Again!" Solarfira said and the four Dragons-in-Humanoid-Forms jumped again, managing to get slightly higher on their second jump. Their teachers made them jump again and again until Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle were jumping a foot high into the air and landing without the slightest stumble or wobble. Pleased with their success and progress, Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane told them to stop and led them over to a fallen log. "Now you four must climb onto this log, stand along its length on its edge, jump off it and land without hurting yourselves, stumbling or falling." Lunastar instructed them. Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle nodded and climbed onto the log, following their instructions until they were standing along the curved edge of the fallen tree where they hesitated and held hands before jumping off. Thankfully, the log was not a particularly high one, only about three feet high or so and they landed on the ground, stumbling and wobbling but did not fall over.

When they recovered, Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane made them climb back onto the log and jump off it several times until they could land without stumbling or wobbling. Then they made them jump onto the log and land without falling off, stumbling or wobbling which they did the first few times until they got the hang of it and landed without falling off, stumbling or wobbling. Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle grinned eat each other victoriously, proud of themselves and each other and walked back over to the Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava who congratulated them. Astrid and Stormfly sniffed each other and grimaced, realizing that neither they, Hiccup, Toothless, Aniu, Heatwave, Nava or Icicle had bathed, groomed or preened for a week. Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane glanced at each other knowingly and knew what they had to teach them next. "We really need a bath." Astrid muttered. "But if we want to have a real bath, we need soap, sponges, towels, a change of new clothes and perhaps even a bath tub." Hiccup said. "We are in our Dragon Forms, Hiccup. We do not need that stuff even when we shape-shift back into our Humanoid Forms." Aniu replied. "I am sure Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle should learn how to bathe in their Humanoid Forms." Nava said.

"Before you eight learn how to bathe in your new Forms, you must first learn how to swim." Lunastar told them. "All right, when do we begin?" Nava asked enthusiastically, he loved to swim. "Once you four get enough soap, sponges, towels, hair and wing brushes and combs for eight Humanoids, a fresh set of clothes for you four and perhaps even a bath tub or two for your Soul-Dragons. I assume you four know how to get back to your Soul-Bond-Ling Home from here without walking to the village?" Elenia asked. "Evelyn, Torian, Miniki and Stryka told us to hold our Pendants and say "Home" so we can teleport there. As for the stuff we need, I am sure we can cast a few shrinking spells and put them in a basket." Nava said. "Smart boy. Off you four go." Softmane said. "Wait, when can we go to the Soul-Bond-Ling Home? I am sure Stormfly, Heatwave, Icicle and I already have rooms there." Toothless interrupted. "Toothless, I am sure we can wait until we do not have much training to do." Stormfly said. "You four go without us. We will wait here." Heatwave said. "Be quick because I am eager for a swim and a bath." Icicle told them.

Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava nodded and shape-shifted back into their Humanoid Forms. They pulled their Children of Sunheela Pendants out of their clothes. "Home." They said and with a sensation akin to a hook pulling on their magic, were instantly teleported to their Children of Sunheela Soul-Bond-Ling Home. The front door appeared and they realized they had been teleported inside with brought much relief. Knowing their Room had a rather modern for the year they were in bathroom completed with a toilet, a marble bath tub big enough to fit all four of them, a sink, shelves and a cupboard filled with everything a bathroom could possibly need in that time including medical equipment, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava instantly made their way down the hallway to their Room which was marked with a sign above the door and went in through to the bathroom door, casting longing glances at their Room which they hoped they would have an opportunity to sleep in again.

They quickly found towels, soap bars, sponges and went back into their Room where they found fresh, clean changes off their clothes in their respective wardrobes. Unfortunately, they could not find bath tubs they could take with them as the one in their Bathroom was set into the marble ground. So they bundled everything into a basket they found in their Room, pulled the straps onto their shoulders and held their Pendants. "The Cove." They said and were instantly teleported back to the Cove within less than a second. Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle were waiting for them with Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane. Sorina, Sprinter, Stryker, Akira, Caruso, Edme, Zena and Artemis were waiting nearby. The four Soul-Mates removed the baskets from their backs, lay them on the ground, began removing the contents and laying them on the ground. "We have the stuff you wanted, Masters." They said. "Good, good. Now let us go for a swim. Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu, Nava, you four will be with me first but first you four need to shape-shift back into your Dragon Forms." Lunastar said.

The four Soul-Mates blushed and shape-shifted back into their Dragon Forms. Nava and Icicle shared excited smiles as the Alicorn led them over to the lake in the Cove. "Remember, spread your wings wide when you are in the water as it will hold you up and stop you from drowning as long as you keep your heads above the water. I think you will have no problem with drowning because I seem to recall Water Elementalists can breathe underwater." Lunastar cocked her head curiously at Nava who smiled and nodded. "All right, let us move in." Lunastar said and walked into the water which instantly submerged her golden hooves and fetlocks. Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava followed her in, spreading their wings open as the water grew deeper and deeper until it reached their bellies and chests. "Do not panic. Stay calm and you will be fine." Lunastar soothed them. The depth and movement of the water threatened to knock them over and lift them up to float at the same time. Nava's excitement emboldened Hiccup, Astrid and Aniu and they could sense their Soul-Dragons-In-Humanoid Forms watching them anxiously from the shoreline.

Remembering Lunastar's instructions, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava spread their wings open which allowed them to float on the water's surface. "All right, we are just floating now. To actually swim, paddle with your legs, rudder with your tails and glide with your wings half-folded. Give it a try." Lunastar instructed them and so they did. Soon, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava were swimming through the water with growing ease and confidence. Lunastar swam around them with as much as ease and grace and beauty as she did on land. "Excellent. Now let us try dipping our heads below the water and holding our breaths." She said and her students were willing to give a try. Taking deep breaths, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava dipped their heads, noses, mouths, eyes, ears and all, below the water, staying there with their eyes open. Hiccup, Astrid and Aniu only managed for ten minutes until their lungs began to beg for air again. They lifted their heads above the water and took deep breaths.

Nava was still holding his head underwater and from the faint stream of bubbles billowing up to the surface from his nose was, they knew he was still breathing. Aniu tapped him on one wing and Nava lifted his head above the surface. "How did you guys do?" He asked. "Ten minutes." Hiccup remembered. "Impressive. You three are good swimmers." Nava complimented. "Thanks, our love." Astrid accepted. "Good work, you four now let us try diving underwater." Lunastar praised. "Copy what I do." She dove underwater and Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava followed her. Together, they swam around underwater until they had to go back to the surface for air, then they dove back underwater. Before they knew it, they had been swimming for two hours and through their Soul-Bonds, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava could sense Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle were waiting impatiently for them to swim back to shore. Lunastar noticed how much time had passed.

"I think we have swam enough today. We cannot forget about Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle now, can we?" She said and they swam back to shore. "How do we dry ourselves off in our Dragon Forms?" Hiccup asked. "Dragons usually dry themselves off by shaking off excess water and then laying in the sunlight and breeze on shore, breathing fire over themselves or just letting themselves dry off naturally." Solarfira said, flying over to them. She landed and Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava moved away from each other so they could shake, sending excess water flying everywhere before walking back to their teachers. Solarfira spread her wings and sent hot gusts of air and bright light washing over them, drying them off. "Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave, Icicle, your turn!" Lunastar called. Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava helped Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle remove clothing, stripping them down to their tunics or shirts and leggings.

Lunastar led the four Dragons-In-Humanoid-Forms over to the lake and walked ahead of them into the water which was stronger to them because Toothless and Stormfly were in their Human Forms and Heatwave and Icicle were in their Elf-Fae Forms. First, Lunastar had them stand in the water until they were comfortable then slowly walk further and further into the water until it was up to their waists. Second, she had them hold onto her legs and float, one at a time until they were at ease. Third, Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle had to hold their breaths underwater for as long as they could until they had to come back for air then she made them float and hold their breaths underwater at the same time. Fourth, while each of them were still floating, Lunastar instructed Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle to kick with their legs. Soon, they were able to let go of her legs and float without aid. Fifth, Lunastar taught Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle how to move their arms and propel themselves through the water. Heatwave and Icicle's wings were very handy when it came to that as they allowed them to float and paddle with ease.

Sixth, Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle began learning how to dive underwater and more difficult swimming skills. They spent another two hours practicing their skills and having fun until Lunastar told them to swim back to shore and dry off. Reluctantly, Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle swam back to shore and waded back onto dry land. Out of the four of them like Nava, Icicle had the most fun and least difficulty learning how to swim as she could breathe underwater. She told them she could not do it before she Soul-Bonded with Nava, so she must have gained quite a few of his abilities and powers. Despite their swims, Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Aniu, Heatwave, Nava and Icicle were still in need of baths and grooming. "Did you four bring any bath tubs from your Home?" Elenia asked Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava. "No, we did not, sorry but our Soul-Dragons can bathe in the lake, can they not?" Astrid said. "We could not find any except for the one in our Bathroom but it was built into the marble. I concur with Astrid, by the way." Aniu added.

"It is all right, children. You four can teach your Soul-Dragons how to bathe in a bath tub in your Home." Softmane soothed. "But first, we are going to teach you four how to preen and groom yourselves as dragons usually do this after swimming. It is how they bathe, after all." Solarfira said. And so with help from Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle's advice and memories, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava began learning how to lick with their tongues, nibble with their teeth, comb with their claws and ruffle their scales until they were freshly groomed and preened, feeling much cleaner as they usually did after a nice bath in their Humanoid Forms. Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane examined them to make sure they had done it properly. "Well, you four are all clean and freshly groomed now. The four of you will not need another bath until next week." Elenia said and Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava beamed in success although the embarrassment of watching each other bathe, groom, preen and clean made its presence well known.

Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle could sense their embarrassment and sniggered and teased until Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane told them quite firmly to stop and announced it was their turn and to strip off their clothes, all of them which renewed the embarrassment felt by Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava as they watched Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle strip down until they were as naked as when they had shape-shifted into their Humanoid Forms for the first time. The four Soul-Riders transmitted memories and instructions of how to lather up the sponges, rub the soap all over their bodies, through their hair (and Heatwave and Icicle's wing feathers), rinse out and soak the sponges and wash the soap off and out with them. One could scarcely imagine the embarrassment and even sexual arousal felt by Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava as they watched Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle bathe naked in their Humanoid Forms.

Most people would find what they were experiencing sinful and shameful to be sexually interested in someone other than their spouse or betrothed but Elf-Faes were surprisingly rather sexual beings, known for their freedom of love and physical intimacy. Same sex couples and even polygamy were as common as two people, one man and one woman relationships but there were lines even Elf-Faes did not cross. Blood-kin incest, meaning sexual relations between two people related by blood and not marriage, abusive relationships, bestiality, rape, sexual relationships with children younger than 16 and prostitution. Because Soul-Bonded Dragons and Riders could shape-shift into each other's Forms, sexual relations were not uncommon amongst them even if one or both of them had a lover, mate or spouse of their original species. This, along with the fact that Elf-Faes and Soul-Bonded Dragon Riders regularly ate raw food in their non-Humanoid Forms, was not well known known among non Elf-Faes, as people could be quite judgemental and prejudiced.

Soon, Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle had finished their baths and walked out of the lake. Through transmitting their memories and instructions, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava taught them how to taught to pick up the towels, drape them around their naked bodies and rub themselves dry. When that was done, they put their clothes back on. Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava shape-shifted back into their Humanoid Forms and hid behind rocks, bushes and trees so they take off the clothes they had been wearing all week and dress themselves in a set of fresh, clean clothes which were basically copies of what they usually wore as Vikings and Elf-Faes tended to not go for difference and variety in their everyday clothing. The four Soul-Mates shape-shifted back into their Dragon Forms and taught their Soul-Dragons-In-Humanoid Forms how to brush their hair and wing feathers with the combs and brushes they had brought. After that, Astrid and Aniu led Stormfly and Icicle away so they could braid their hair. Stormfly chose to have her hair braided just like Astrid's while Icicle opted for a simplistic braid down her back.

"Well, it feels nice to be all fresh and clean and have groomed hair and wing feathers." Heatwave sighed, brushing some feathers back into place. "Yeah, definitely. Although we might need another bath soon from all of the training we will be doing." Toothless agreed. Now that swimming and bathing was over, it was time for lunch and they ate happily. When lunch was done, Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane moved on to teaching Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava how to...bite in their Dragon Forms. "Okay, what will we be biting?" Hiccup asked. "These." Elenia said and using her Griffin magic, floated a dozen thick wooden logs over to them, depositing them at their feet. "Here is what we are going to do. I am going to float a log in front of your face and you must lunge forward and bite it. We will continue doing this until you have sunk your teeth into the right place, exerted the correct pressure and bitten through the log. Let us begin." She said. Hiccup was the first, his teeth popped out of his gums and he calculated his aim before lunging forward and sinking his teeth into the log.

"Remember, Night Furies have vice-like jaw strength and very sharp teeth compared to other dragons. Use them wisely." Toothless advised him. If he could have, Hiccup would have nodded but instead he sent a "Thanks, bud, I will remember that." Through their Soul-Bond and focused on biting through the log. Only a few seconds later, it snapped in three and Hiccup spat out of the part of the log that was still in his log. "Well done, Hiccup. You have exceptional aim, correct bit location and jaw strength. Toothless must be quite pleased with you." Elenia said. "Oh, I am more than pleased!" Toothless exclaimed, proud flowing through their Bond. Astrid's turn was next. She narrowed her eyes at the log hovering in front of her face and lunged forward, sinking her teeth into it and trying to bit through. She succeeded only seconds later. "Well, Deadly Nadders are not known for their jaw strength but most certainly for the sharpness of their fangs." Elenia commented.

Astrid gave herself a proud grin and watched with Hiccup and Nava as another log floated in front of Aniu's face. She lunged forward and sank her fangs into it but the log refused to snap under the pressure of her jaws and the sharpness of her teeth. Aniu resorted to heating her teeth but when that took too long to work, she began shaking and tossing her head around with the log in her mouth until it finally broke. "Well done, Aniu. You may not have broken it right away but the head shaking and tossing in something many dragons and other creatures do when their jaws are not strong and their teeth are not sharp enough even though it causes lots of damage to prey and other dragons in fights." Elenia said. Aniu smiled and Heatwave complimented her through their Bond. Finally, it was Nava's turn. His teeth were sharper than Aniu's but the cold his mouth radiated seemed to cool, freeze and harden the log as frost shimmered and spread over it. Even shaking and tossing his head was not enough to snap it right away but Nava persisted until he finally managed, taking a minute or two longer than Aniu but he was still pleased at his efforts, even more so when Icicle told him he had done well.

Elenia had them biting logs until she said they had done enough and it was time to move onto another lesson and that lesson was: for Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava and they were going to be learning how to...scratch themselves to relieve itchiness, rock walls to sharpen their claws and to learn how to scratch someone who was attacking them in defence or battle. "Shall we begin?" Elenia and Softmane inquired as they would be teaching the lesson. "Yes, we shall." Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava said. Scratching themselves was quite easy and relieving as they had some itches that needed relief although they had to twist their bodies around in order to reach different places and be careful not to scratch too hard, too deep or pull any scales out. Their scales bore red marks when they were done and their teachers told them how to relieve itchiness if it got too much and how to heal the red marks. After that was scratching a rock wall to sharpen their claws.

That meant standing on their hind legs and rearing against the wall, dragging the tips of the claws on their front legs down it and leaving deep scratches which was also taught them how to scratch hard surfaces and leave deep wounds then how to do the same with the claws on their rear legs. By the time they were finished, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava's claws were much sharper and Elenia and Softmane told them to teach Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle how to read books and scrolls as they considered it a very important skill for dragons Soul-Bonded to Riders to learn. "Do you four have any books, scrolls and writing utensils with you?" Lunastar inquired. "No, we do not but we can get some from our Home." Nava said. "All right. Bring back picture books, children novels, teenage novels, adult novels, notebooks, charcoal pens, quills and ink pots. Okay?" Lunastar requested. "We will." Nava said and shape-shifted back into his Humanoid Forms with his Soul-Mates. They pulled their Pendants out of their tunics, said "Home." And were instantly teleported away to their Home.

They reappeared by the main door and walked down the hall to where they kept most of their personal books in their Room. They quickly gathered the necessary equipment. "Which books should we take?" Hiccup asked. "How about each of us choose four books?" Nava suggested. "Good idea. I know which books I am going to bring." Aniu said. "Remember, we have to choose books we can teach them with." Astrid said. They nodded and separated, each of them choosing books to bring and putting inside the basket they were using to carry their equipment. Checking they had everything they needed and satisfied with what they had, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava teleported back to the Cove and began taking everything out. Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle gathered around and Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane watched from close by. The four Soul-Mates picked up notebooks, charcoal pens, quills and ink pots and sat with their respective Soul-Dragon-In-Humanoid Form.

Hiccup gave an empty notebook to Toothless to hold. "All right, bud. This is how you hold a book." He said, guiding Toothless's hands into the proper positions. "And this how you open it and turn pages." He taught Toothless how to lift the leather front cover of the book to open it and then lift each individual page until the Night Fury-In-Human-Form was flicking through the blank pages. Hiccup took the book back and sat right beside Toothless. He grabbed a charcoal pen and wrote two letters on the first blank page. "That is the capital letter "A" and that it the normal letter "a". Now the difference between capital letters and normal letters is that capital letters are used at the beginning of every sentence and every name of someone or something." Hiccup said and from that point, began teaching Toothless about capitals, punctuation marks, grammar, sounds, nouns, verbs, adjectives and so on and so forth.

Luckily, Toothless was a very fast learner thanks to Hiccup's teaching, the memories he transmitted, the instructions he gave and his own natural instincts. It was not long before Toothless was writing punctuation marks himself, albeit messily due to having trouble holding the pen and his hand steady. Then they moved onto the alphabet. At first, Hiccup was writing out the capital and normal letters himself but then Toothless began writing them out too, impressing Hiccup and earning him his pride and joy. With that quick success, Hiccup began teaching Toothless how to read, write and spell simple words and when he succeeded, moved on to their names and more difficult, complicated words but Toothless quickly excelled and Hicucp pronounced him a natural at reading, writing and spelling. Astrid, Aniu and Nava were also having brilliant success with Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle but Icicle had been learning faster than even Toothless, showcasing her intelligence.

When they quickly became proficient readers, writers and spellers, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava moved them onto reading picture books and they were honestly amazed at how they got through them. Then, it was time for Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava to teach them how to read picture-less books. "Okay, bud. This book is titled "Guardians of Ga'hoole: The Capture"." Hiccup said and let Toothless read the title himself. "Let us begin, shall we?" Hiccup said and when Toothless gave him an enthusiastic response, Hiccup opened the book to the first page of the story, skipping the other pages. Sorena flew over and landed. Hiccup stroked her feathers and began reading:

"CHAPTER ONE

A Nest Remembered

"Noctus, can you spare a bit more down, darling? I think our third little one is about to arrive. That egg is beginning to crack." ...

He finished the page and passed the book over to Toothless so he could read it aloud himself which he did well, except for some mistakes and having to ask how to say a word. Hiccup helped him along and Toothless soon read the entire chapter so Hiccup decided to have him read the first chapter of the next book he had brought which was "Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy". He quickly got through that too and they moved on to the next book which was "Eragon: Book One In the Inheritance Cycle" and then "A Game of Thrones" which was book one in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. Toothless soon discovered that he loved reading and so was almost pleading to read the rest of the books and then the rest of the four series but Hiccup had to (quite reluctantly) tell him no and say they had more lessons to more and when they had breaks, they could read more books. Toothless sighed and nodded his agreement. Astrid, Aniu and Nava were having as much success as Hiccup in teaching Stormfly, heatwave and Icicle how to read. Nava even said Icicle had 'gone through the alphabet and books like they were nothing', earning him and her congratulations from the others.

For their next lesson, Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane told Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava to shape-shift back into their Dragon Forms and that they will be learning how to claw which was basically consisted of slashing at a rock wall with their claws and leaving deep gashes crossing over each other like wounds from a whip. Their teachers told them that slashing with their claws was essential in a claw to claw Dragon Fighting. Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle projected their agreement through their Bonds to their Soul-Riders as they read more of the books nearby. When the rock wall had been sufficiently slashed, Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava's claws were blunt, aching and tired, as were the rest of them so Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane told them to take a break and help them out by teaching Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle how to climb in their Humanoid Forms, beginning with trees.

The Soul-Mates stood on stand by while their Soul-Dragons in Humanoid Forms climbed the trees, tensing whenever they slipped, stumbled, lost their grip or balance, accidently snapped a branch or just got stuck but as with the rest of their lessons, Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle were learning at an astonishing rate and soon they were climbing the walls of the Cove which honestly amazed them but Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle were soon climbing well enough to impress Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane so much they said it was time for Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava to move onto their next lesson which was...digging. Lunastar looked up at the darkening sky and said they still had enough light to that so Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava found a patch of dirt and began digging, scratching with their claws to loosen the earth and scoop it out until they had dug sizable holes big enough for Nightus, Onyx and Violet to sleep in.

After that, there was not enough light left for Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle to learn archery, which was the next thing Elenia, Solarfira, Lunastar and Softmane wanted them to learn. Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Aniu, Heatwave, Nava and Icicle took another swim to wash away the sweat, grime and earth from that day's training despite having already taken a swim and a bath earlier that day. "Digging makes us dirty so why not?" Nava asked when asked why would they want another swim. "So does climbing. Yikes, that was hard work." Icicle admitted. After their swim, they ate dinner with everyone else and Toothless, Stormfly, Heatwave and Icicle chose to spend the time reading and talking to Hiccup, Astrid, Aniu and Nava before going to sleep.


Midnight came and went as everyone slept deeply but in the early hours of the next morning, a massive, round, metal object flew down from the sky with lights and engines of low power. Four Aliens meditated on pods specifically suited for that purpose in a dimly lit. "We are close. I can sense the presences we are looking for." A female Twilek said, raising her head. "They are asleep. It is very early in the morning here. We should land not too far away from where they are." A male Twilek replied. "The Force is with us. No one here has sensed our presence other than the native non-sentient wild-life." The female Togruta said. "There is a village occupied by several thousand Humans. They must be the Vikings of the Hooligan Tribe of Berk." The male Togruta replied. Two more Aliens were recalibrating their Blaster Rifles close by. "Well, I sure hope they do not shoot us down with those catapults of theirs." The female Cathar said. "We are too far away for them to send out hunting parties for food or other such thing." The male Cathar added.

A door slid open and another two Aliens walked inside. "Good news, we landed safely. Throttles are down." A female Mikkian said. "Should we wait until morning to go seeking them out? I think that is safer, less chance of running into hostiles." The male Mikkian said. "Yes, we will wait until morning but let them find us. They will be leaving their sanctuary soon to learn the ways of the Soul-Bonded Dragons and Riders." The female Twilek said, her lekku twitching. "They need to learn we are a part of their destiny too and...they need to learn the ways of the Force and the Jedi." The male Twilek said. "Get some sleep. We have a long day tomorrow." The female Togruta said and stood, stretching her back and raising her arms above her montrals. "But first, we need to activate the cloaking device otherwise people will find us." The male Togruta said. "Good idea, sir. I will check to see if the weapons system is still operational." The female Cathar said. "I will lock down the armoury and bridge in case someone finds their way on board." The male Cathar said and they split up. The two Mikkians faced one another and sighed. "It may be a while before we haul jets. Let us have some fun on this place." The female said, grinning. "Agreed. Come on, beautiful. Who knows when we will have another chance." The male smirked and followed her into their quarters where they began snogging.


Whoo! Two chapters in three days! I am on a role! It usually takes me like two weeks to a month to publish another chapter but it has only been three days since Chapter 8. The eight Aliens and the big ship will play a very, very important role in the Chronicles of the Dragoniters and yes, they are from Star Wars: the Old Republic and will be meeting our heroes next chapter, once they have done some training, that is! I will try to update on a weekly basis but of course, do not make promises you cannot keep! See you later, alligators! May the Force Be With You All!