Chapter Ten "Introductions"
What is your name, half-breed? The Alpha growls.
N-Night Wing. I growl.
What is your real name, son. The Alpha growls. I take a breath.
Shawn. I growl.
And yours, miss? The Alpha growls.
C-Carla. Carla growls, nervous.
Rise, Furies. The Alpha growls. The others do as told. What are your names? Let's start with you. The Alpha growls, looking at Kaz.
ShadowRider. Kaz growls.
Try again, half-breed. The Alpha growls.
Kaz. Kaz growls. I see the Alpha's eyes widen a bit.
Next. And say your rider's name. The Alpha growls, directing his attention to Toothless.
Toothless, and my friend is Hiccup. Toothless growls.
Toothless? I have heard rumors, but never believed them. I am honored to have you two here. The Alpha growls, slowly nodding. And how about you? The Alpha growls, looking at Siare.
Siare. She growls.
I see you have kids. What are your names, Youngbloods? The Alpha growls.
N-Nightsh-shade. Nightshade growls.
Your growl, it is broken. Why? The Alpha growls.
W-we don't k-know. Nightshade growls.
And yours? The Alpha growls.
Gracia. Gracia growls, trying not to act scared.
Beautiful name. I am Kaldvar. Kaldvar growls.
Alpha. Kaz growls.
Call me Kaldvar. Kaldvar growls.
Kaldvar, why have you asked for us? Kaz growls.
I fear a corrupt half-breed may challenge me to become alpha. I fear he may win. Kaldvar growls. I'm going to kill Lukas. You know who that man is? Kaldvar growls, noticing the rage in my eyes.
Yes. I let out a deep, threatening growl.
Well, I thank you all for being here. Kaldvar growls.
It is our honor. Kaz growls.
You may be dismissed. All but Shawn. Kaldvar growls. As the others leave, I walk up to the alpha. Show me behind your ear. Kaldvar growls. I turn and show my discoloration. Ah, as I thought. You, my Fury, May be more special then you think. Kaldvar growls. As if I'm not different enough. Show me your human. Kaldvar growls. What? Well, he's the alpha. If it's shocking to disobey the omega, I'd probably get banned for disobeying the Alpha. So, I change, wrapping my wings around my body, letting the saddlebags fall. Ah, yes. I've been waiting for you. Kaldvar growls. What!
"What do you mean?" I ask.
Yes, Kaz is special, and he's the same marking, but you, you're more dragon. You can speak and understand our tongue, even as human. There's more to you that I yet don't understand. It is only to be learned. Kaldvar growls.
"How do you know this?" I ask.
I don't. Kaz does. I was his father's friend before I became Alpha. Kaldvar growls.
"Oh," I say.
You should be proud. Kaldvar growls.
"Thank you," I say, bowing my head.
You may leave, and remember, be proud. Kaldvar growls.
"Goodbye," I say, reaching down for some clothes. Walking out the cave, dragons are just staring.
It's the half-breed. A Thunderdrum growls.
Hey, isn't that that dark blue Night Fury you think is cute? I hear a Scauldron growl.
He's a half-breed? The Skrill growls. I start to walk to the Skrill. Ooh, he's coming over! She growls.
"Hello," I say, smiling.
H-hello. She growls.
"How are you?" I say, reaching out slowly. She's nervous, but she moves her snout in my palm. "And here I thought Skrills were scary," I say.
You were scared of us? She growls.
"Yeah. But I never really got to see, nevertheless talk, to one," I say.
Wait. Can you, hear me? She growls.
Yeah. I growl.
You can even speak our tongue? She growls.
"Yeah. But I've got to go. Carla's probably wondering where I'm at," I say.
Whose Carla? She growls.
"My girlfriend," I say.
Oh. She growls, sounding kinda disappointed.
"Yeah. Goodbye," I say, quickly petting the Skrill.
Goodbye. She growls. Walking away, I hear the Skrill talking. He talked to me! And he touched me! She growls.
Just take it easy, from what I heard, he's got a mate. The Scauldron growls.
Yeah. He's still kinda cute though. She growls. I head to where the others are.
Hello, babe. Carla growls.
"Hey," I say.
What took you so long? Carla growls.
"Stopped and talked to a Skrill real quick," I say.
You talked to a Skrill? Carla growls.
"Yeah," I say.
"Wow," Hiccup says.
I'll be over there if you need me. Carla growls, pointing to the woods.
"Okay. See you later," I say, hugging her, giving her a quick kiss.
"I'm still never going to get used to that," Hiccup says. I only laugh a bit.
"Wait, where's the saddle bags?" I say, noticing they're gone.
Carla took them. Toothless growls.
"Ah. Thank you," I say, walking off towards the woods. After a while, I hear the chick sound of a sword hitting wood. "Hello," I say, seeing Carla is swinging a sword at a dead tree.
"Oh! Hey, babe," Carla says. I walk up to her and give her a kiss. We are just standing there, kissing, until I feel Carla wrap ahold of me. Next thing I know, I had my wings around Carla, and, we were, sorta, making out. Yeah. I'm just gonna say it, it was nice.
Get a place. I hear a growl behind me.
"Oh! Grr, Toothless! Please don't do that again!" I jump, tightening my wing's grip on Carla.
"Shawn, you can let me go, now," Carla says.
"Oh, sorry babe," I say, letting her go.
Having fun? Toothless growls sarcastically.
"Need we answer?" Carla jokes back.
Just take it easy. Toothless laughs.
"So, why are you here?" I ask.
I was just walking around. Toothless growls.
"Ah. Well, just continue on your little walk, if you may, please," I say.
Okay. Take it slow, you two. Toothless laughs.
"Whatever. Hey, if you see Kaz, tell him I'm wanting to talk to him later," I say.
Uh, sure thing. Toothless growls, walking away.
"What was that all about?" Carla says.
"Oh, just wanting to talk to him," I say, lying down.
"About?" Carla asks, lying down beside me.
"Stuff that I'm going to talk to only Kaz about," I say, wrapping my wing around her. We're just lying there for a while.
"Love you," Carla says.
"That was random, but, I love you too," I say, kissing her. "I've got to go talk to Kaz. I'll be back," I say, getting up.
"Okay," Carla says. Flying around, I see Kaz walking with Toothless.
"Kaz. Can I talk to you?" I ask.
Sure. Kaz growls.
"He'll meet up with you soon, Toothless," I say.
Eh. He was just tagging along. Toothless growls, walking away.
Whatcha want? Kaz growls.
"You know the alpha, don't you?" I ask, making sure nobody is listening.
How do you know this? Kaz growls.
"He told me he knew your father before he was alpha," I say.
Yes. Before he was alpha, he was curious to what it was like as a half-breed. Kaz growls.
"How did you know about half-breeds that are more dragon?" I ask.
I- hmm. I don't really know. I just did. Kaz growls.