I really hate that last week of school. You know that last-minute scramble to get all of your stuff done? Yeah, that.

Anyways, between watching Tenchi Muyo! (Mmm… Sakuya) and doing homework… I really haven't put much thought into this story. Ah, well. Let's wing it, just like I do every week!

Chapter Ten

I Hate Meeting New People

That night was a peaceful one. Since that second night, there had been no storms to speak of. None of the deadly-quick flashes of lightning filled the sky anymore.

A few questions still plagued me, foremost being why a human had taken me in instead of killing me. Was it for the same reason that the boy had discovered? That everything I thought that I knew about the humans was wrong?

I shrugged this question off for later and turned in for the night.

When I woke up, there was yet another commotion stirring in the human settlement.

'Really?' I thought to myself. 'They must be an extremely loud society, these humans.'

As time went on, so did the human's rowdy event. Suddenly, the noise grew louder, then slowly died down. Even afterwards, the area was buzzing with excitement.

About a half hour later, I sensed the boy coming, but there was also an unpleasantly familiar smell. I didn't like it, so I hid in some trees for the smell to leave the area.

The boy walked in through the usual split in the rocks, hefting a large container on his back. He seemed to be preoccupied, speaking to himself.

"Of course, I had to wing. Well, it doesn't matter anyways, I was just leaving!" he said. I couldn't tell if he was talking to me, or the human female that slipped in quietly behind him. "We're leaving. Let's pack up! Looks like you and me are going on a little trip… forever." He knelt down and started rummaging in the contents of the container.

As this was happening, the female silently picked up a stone, hefted herself onto a boulder directly in front of the boy, took out a weapon, and began to rub the stone against it, creating a loud screeching sound.

The boy looked up, startled by the sound, and apparently more startled by the appearance of the female. Once more, his pheromones skyrocketed. "What the—" he said, jumping back. "What are you doing here?"

"I want to know what's going on." She said calmly, sliding off the rock and forcing him to back down. "No one just gets as good as you do. Especially you! Start talking! Are you training with someone?"

"Um… training?" he replied timidly. He truly seemed to be scared of this female. Well, perhaps I would be to, but I wouldn't show it.

"It better not involve this!" she continued, grabbing his flight gear.

Seeing this human act so aggressively towards the boy, towards my human, infuriated me. I accidentally snapped a branch in anger.

The female, suddenly curious about this, started towards my hiding spot. Once more, the boy became my saving grace.

"You're right! You're right!" said the boy, chasing after her. "I've been making… outfits! So... you got me. Drag me back" He put her hand on the flight gear, attempting to draw her attention. His pheromones soared even higher, a feat I thought impossible. "It's time everyone knew—AAGHH, why would you do that!" Suddenly, the female twisted his arm back, forcing him down.

"That's for the lies!" she spat. "And that's…" She bounced her weapon on the boy's stomach. "…for everything else!"

Unable to take it, I let out a warning growl. The female swung about, finally seeing me.

"Get down!" she screamed, shouting the common human greeting for Night Furies. "Run! Run!" She lifted her weapon, ready to kill me.

"Fine. If it's a fight to the death you want, it's a fight to the death you'll get."

I bounded toward her, but the boy once more did the unexpected.

"No!" he screamed, tackling the female and knocking her axe away, then turning around and stopping me mid-pounce. Apparently we both meant something to him. "No! It's okay! It's okay! She's a friend," he said, gesturing to the female, who wore a confused expression on her face.

"Friend? So, apparently nearly breaking your arm and dropping a weapon on you is what friends do, eh?"

"You just scared him," he said, turning to the female.

"I scared him?" she said in disbelief. I actually agreed with her. "Who… is him?"

The boy straightened himself. "Astrid, Toothless," he began, gesturing to her and then me. "Toothless, Astrid." He reversed the motion.

'Astrid' simply shook her head, turned tail, and ran off. "Good riddance!" I shouted at her.

"Dat-da-dah, we're dead!" the boy said in a singsong voice. I didn't care. I turned around and headed for a nice, flat area. "Where do you think you're going!"

"To take a nap! Tell me how it goes with your mate!"

"Oh, no you don't!" he said, swinging himself onto my back.

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Somehow, the boy got me in the air and searching for the girl. I found her in moment and snatched her up.

She didn't take it well. In fact, she proceeded to scream at the top of her lungs, maybe even higher. "Oh, great Odin's ghost! This is it!"

Unceremoniously, I dropped her into a tree, and then landed on it, keeping her from easily climbing up.

"Hiccup!" she shouted at the boy. "Get me down from here!"

'Oh… So this "Hiccup" word I've been hearing is the boy's name!' " Well, then, Hiccup, could we please leave her here?"

"You have to give me a chance to explain!" he said back.

"Damn."

"I am not listening to anything you have to say!" she shouted up at him.

"Then I won't speak. Just let me show you. Please, Astrid."

"No, I think she's made up her mind, Hiccup. Let's leave her here, please?"

Much to my dismay, Astrid hefted herself up onto the branch that she was hanging from. Swatting away Hiccup's extended hand, she went about lifting herself onto me.

"Don't touch me," I growled as she attempted to use my scales as a grip. Instead, she grabbed onto the saddle and swung her leg around, finally sitting on me.

"Now get me down," she said, fear beginning to creep into her voice.

"Toothless? Down. Gently," Hiccup said.

Slowly, I extended my wings, feeling a nice updraft catch them. I began to from an idea…

"See?" Hiccup told Astrid. "Nothing to be afraid of."

Mischievous smirk on my face, I shot upwards.

Well, that was a long one! God, I was getting so tired of always calling Hiccup 'the boy'! Anyways, I'll leave this chapter off with a random definition!

The Sasami Effect – a state in anime, film, and other media where a young, cute female character is introduced. This character then generates an inexplicable high fan following. Derived from the character of Sasami from Tenchi Muyo!, who gained massive popularity among fains, and went on to star in her own series: Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (don't ask).

And yes, the Terrible Terrors in the last chapter were based off the Grunts from Halo.