I looked around and saw toothless follow Hiccup to the door of his room.
"You comin?" Hiccup asked as I shook my head out of my thinking state and nodded.
"I'll be right behind you. I just need to grab my field guide." I replied while he walked outside the door and downstairs. When I grabbed my field guide, I looked around to see if there was anything about dragons that i could snag and read about, since Alexia had the book of dragons at the moment. I got confused when I saw a cylinder-like object. It seemed like it needed a key still. (This is a day or two after Hiccup found the Dragon Eye BTW)
"Interesting..." I said as I observed it. Suddenly I heard footsteps and I immediately put it back and opened the door to see Hiccup.
"Did you find it?" Hiccup asked.
"Yup, just did. turns out it got under the bed." I replied as I closed the door and followed him downstairs.
"So Hiccup, I heard from Astrid once that you guys went on a fun adventure a little past the Archapelago. Is it true?" I asked as we walked outside.
"Sure it. It was a little too dangerous for my taste." Hiccup replied as toothless nudged him.
"Well, for both me AND toothless." Hiccup remarked while he pet toothless on the head.
"Did you find anything?" I asked curious of what he would say.
"Well, the twins found some jewels. Snotlout found royal hair. Fishlegs found scrolls and maps.."
"Wait. Snotlout found hair? Of all things?" I asked a little creeped out.
"Yeah, trust me. We were all pretty disgusted." Hiccup replied as he continued on.
"And I found this weird thing on the ship called the Reaper. I still haven't found out how to work it."
Hiccup continued.
"Interesting. So did anyone really keep what they found?" I asked as i took notes in my field guide.
"Well, fishlegs got to read the scrolls and maps, but the twins got the jewels taken from them.."
"By who?" I asked a little confused. "I thought you guys were alone." I said.
"Well, we thought we were, but turns out an old enemy named Dagur had escaped from outcast island not long ago." Hiccup replied and continued on.
"Anyways, I did get to keep the object and we decided what it is or what it does." hiccup said while i took the last of it down in my guide and put it away before he noticed i was taking notes.
"That all sounds very exciting if you ask me. I mean come on! You ride dragons, go to new places,
and fight the enemies? Sounds like a dream." I implied as we got closer to the great hall.
"Well, it isn't all that it's cracked up to be." Hiccup replied while we walked inside.
"What do you mean?" I asked a little confused by what he meant.
"Well, first of all. Dagur was harder to take down than we thought and having him back out again just makes our jobs just a little bit tougher than expected. Second, traveling is tiring and a rough expierience to go through. Especially for the dragons." Hiccup replied as we grabbed a serving of mutton and sat down.
"Oh, I get it." I said while we sat net to the group.
"Get what?" Astrid asked.
"Oh, Elsa asked me about our trip outside the Archapelago. That's all." Hiccup replied.
"Man was that a fun trip!" Tuffnut said while smiling and headbut Ruffnut.
"No. Not fun. We almost got KILLED last time i checked." Snotlout replied while crossing his arms in frustration.
"We did get that wierd object though." Astrid interferred. "Any new breakthroughs on that yet, Hiccup?" Astrid asked while giving Hiccup an excited stare.
"No, not yet. I haven't even figured out how to open it." Hiccup replied while looking a tad bit angry.
"You'll get it. I know you will." I said while giving him a reassuring smile.
"Thanks, Elsa. That means a lot." Hiccup replied while we finished up breakfast and headed to the Arena. When we got to the Arena, I remembered I left my shield at Hiccup's house.
"Hey guys, I'll catch up on the lesson when I get back. I left my shield at Hiccup's house. I'll be right back!" I said while running off towards the house. When I got there, I ran up the stairs and into Hiccup's bedroom. When I got there, I found my shield and I looked around. When I looked around, I tried to find that cylinder object. When I did, I sketched it into my field guide and walked back to the academy. When I got there, I had my shield ready, and they seemed to have been waiting for me.
"You know you guys could have started without me." I said as I set my shield down.
"We are doing this as a team challenge. We don't leave anyone out of it." Hiccup replied as we grouped inside the arena of the academy.
"Okay so what dragon are we doing today?" Alexia asked excited of what was to come.
"Today we are doing Ruff and Tuff's dragon. The Hideous Zippleback!" Hiccup replied, while the twins cheered and high fived.
"Yes this is Barf and Belch's big moment!" Tuffnut yelled as he pet Belch.
"Okay you two calm down. So who wants to go first?" Hiccup asked.
"Umm. Can't we do a terrible terror or something?" I asked as I looked at the two headed dragon.
"No. We are doing the Zippleback. It won't be that bad!" Hiccup replied as I sighed with some anger and a little hate for having to do this dragon first.
"Ooh! I'll go first Hiccup! Please!" Alexia asked as she cupped her hands together.
"Sure. You seem very enthusiastic so why not?" He replied as we got Barf and Belch in position along with Alexia and everyone else got outside the Arena.
"Are you she's ready Hiccup?" I asked nervously.
"Positive. Just watch okay. You'll see." Hiccup replied as we watched. Alexia was doing really good until the Zippleback suddenly got out of control and Barf started to spit out gas.
"Oh no. Alexia!" I yelled as I jumped in through the top of the arena with my shield and covered us with the shield and I took the burns from the explosion of the fire. When Barf and Belch backed off,
I almost fainted. I tried to slowly get up, but my leg seemed to have felt like rubber. I ended up stumbling over.
"Oww.." I said as I sat up on the ground. I saw everyone get into the Arena except for the twins.
"Are you two okay?" Astrid asked as she inspected me and Hiccup was inspecting Alexia for any injuries. When astrid saw my burns, she notified Hiccup, when she tried to touch my leg, I cringed from the pain and she backed her hand away.
"I think it may be sprained. Possibly even broken." Astrid said as she helped me stand up.
"Alexia seemed to have taken no lethal damage. Just a few scratches from the fall." Hiccup replied while I breathed through the pain of standing on my leg.
"You must have hurt your leg when you jumped in through the top." Hiccup said while he took a closer look at my leg. He noticed that it was only red and swollen nothing too major.
"I'll take you to Goathy, just to be safe." Hiccup said as he and Astrid took me up to Goathy's hut.
Hiccup knocked on the door and helped me inside, Astrid shortly following.
"Goathy? Are you home?" Astrid asked. Shortly after, we saw Goathy walk in and she gestured us to the outside part of her cottage. She sat me down in front of her and started to examine me.
"We think that she may have some serious burns and a possibly broken leg." Hiccup said as they sat down near me. When she was examining me, she ended up handling my leg, so i ended up cringing from the pain every now and then. Goathy stood up and walked over to a sandy area and started scribbling in the dirt. Hiccup walked over and began reading it.
"Ok.. So good news and bad news." Hiccup said as he turned to me.
"What is it?" I asked sighing.
"Well good news, your leg isn't broken, just sprained, Bad news, both the burns and your leg are going to take a bit of time to heal, even with the medicine." Hiccup replied. I looked at him, he seemed to be a little upset at what he was about to tell me.
"Your going to have to miss at least a week of training. I'm sorry." Hiccup said as Goathy started putting some cream on my burns. I cringed and backed away when I felt it sting. Goathy gave me a reassuring pat on the shoulder that it was ok. So i stayed still as she applied the bandages and wrapped my leg and gave me a crutch. I slowly stood up and thanked Goathy. She scribbled that she hopes that i feel better soon and to see her when I do. Once we had left her hut, Astrid and Hiccup had told me that i could awlays catch up when I felt better.
"I could still train dragons. Sure i'm not in the best condition, but I'll be fine!" I replied while seeing Hiccup turn to me and give me a serious look.
"Elsa, we don't want you getting hurt worse than you already are. Plus Goathy knows what she is talking about. You will just have to rest for the week and you will be back on your feet in no time."
Hiccup replied as he walked me back to his house and I laid down in bed.
"I'll be back later to see how you're holding up. Please, don't try and do anything stupid while I'm gone." Hiccup asked while he was about to head out the door.
"Hiccup, I'm not the twins." I replied as he smiled and closed the door behind him. I just sat there and looked up at the ceiling. I got bored and decided to look through my field guide.
"Hmm... Deadly Natter, Night Fury, Aha! Beyond the Archapelago." I said as I opened the pages of the section that i created of what Hiccup told me of what he saw beyond the border of the Archapelago.
I kept going until I saw the sketch of it, including the key hole.
"Interesting.." I said while i ran a hand through my hair. "I wonder if I could make it beyond the Archapelago." I questioned as I tried to imagine what could possibly be out there. I got interrupted by a knock on the door. I quickly put my field guide away and covered myself in the warm blanket.
"Yes?" I asked. The chief came in and asked if i was doing alright. He even gave me some good news saying that he got me a job to be Gobber's intern at the blacksmith shop. I thanked him and he continued on with his day of cheifing duties around berk.