Okay, I totally forgot to do this last chapter so here goes... HOLY FRICKEN CRAP, I HAVE OVER 100 REVIEWS! You guys rock you know that? Anyway I just had to get that out of my system. Also, I found myself finally watching the show last week and it is as I thought. Though, it has lots of lol moments that are totally priceless, I still believe it has little relative plot, and character development. Then again, I simply have to look at the intended audience and shout to the heavens it wasn't horrible like all the other shows now. I give it a 6.5 cause that's how I am.

On a side note, I am finally introducing one of my OC's in this ch and am even going to give you a glimpse into his mind. He's kind of a trolling old man, but what's more fun than that.=^-^=

Edited - 1/13/2016 (last edit notice)

Disclaimer: If I owned it, I would have watched the new movie at this point!=^-^=

Ch. - Musings of an Old Man

An old man stood on the cliff's edge waving to the two teens who had just landed their dragons. "Hey Bo'mar. It's been awhile." "Yeah but at least I wasn't lonely." The spry old man turned to his dragon companion. "Ain't that right Balrog?"

Balrog was a large mostly black dragon. He had grey rock like patches on various spots on his body and glowing red veins in random arrangements. He towered over the old man with a common frown like expression as he looked over his new guests.

Hiccup approached first, raising a humble hand to the stoic dragon. "You remember me right Balrog?" The dragon took a moment to sniff Hiccup's hand and then looked him over. His eyes widened as he brushed up to his hand which Hiccup turned to pet him with. "I was afraid you'd forgotten me." The dragon gave a deep grunt in response, then turned his head to the still unidentified guest. "This is Astrid. She's a friend."

Bo'mar who had moved over to the young girl, was looking her over. He wasn't very tall, being a few inches shorter than Astrid. He wore a blue tunic over grey pants with what could have been white leg wrappings at one time. He stroked his slender white beard with one hand and held his walking stick in the other positioned around his back. "You bring your girlfriend with you this time round?"

Both Hiccup and Astrid blushed at the thought. "N-no, I'm just from his village. My name is Astrid."

Bo'mar's eyes seemed to widen as a grin spread across his face. "Even better eh Hiccup?" He winked at the boy before turning back to his companion. "So lass, You're from Berk as well? I heard it's horrible this time of year." He smiled as he awaited a response.

"W-well, it's the ice season, so yeah it gets pretty bad." Balrog, who'd been eyeing her the whole time stepped forward. He moved his face extremely close to hers and seemed to look at her very soul with his piercing auburn eyes. "Uh… hello?" Balrog then turned his head to the side, never braking his gaze.

"Oh! Aren't you a lucky one! He wants you to pet him."

Hiccup looked over to the old man. "That's surprising; He's normally very hostile to people he just met."

"Tell me about it. He tried to toast me within 5 minutes of meeting me."

Hiccup rolled his eyes. "I can think of plenty of reasons why he would too."

Astrid, though hesitant at first, stroked the side of the dragon's face. "Wow, he's really warm."

The old man laughed. "He beats an old fashioned fire any day."

Hiccup trudged forward to Balrog. "Balrog is a lava dragon. I call him a Lava Guardian." Astrid turned to Hiccup eagerly awaiting the explanation as she continued to rub the dragon. "I've found several kinds of nests, some having only one species while others had several. The lava dragons had several, much like the dragons of Hellhein's Gate. I've found 4 different species of them in the 1 nest I found."

"Actually this mountain was probably a nest too. I've found several chambers deep down that Balrog showed me."

"Okay so the one nest still occupied was in Hodhr's Peak. It's also called Blind Man's Mountain if you've heard that name. It comes from the nearly impenetrable fog that surrounds most the mountain itself. Anyway, the 4 different kinds are Lava Crawlers, Lava balls, Lava Guardians and the queen which I call Lava Spout."Hiccup turned and pointed to a bag on Toothless' saddle. "You might remember them from the book."

"Yeah, the one's you added right?"

"Yeah, as far as I can tell, these dragons are all Stoker Class dragons that only inhabit volcanoes or other active lava sites. Balrog requires lava to survive and keep his fire going." Hiccup then gestured to the glowing red veins on Balrog. "These are veins for the lava he eats to circulate through his body. Lava Guardians can go for much longer without a lava source because of them."

"So does he guard the nest or something?"

Hiccup looked at Astrid with a pleased expression. "Yes actually, it was a literal name after all. Lava Guardians are far fewer than the other two types aside from the queen. They only have a few per generation and they keep outsiders out. Though they are Stoker Class dragons, they do have a lot of Boulder Class traits. As you can see he's very rough and rocky looking. He uses these attributes to beat intruders."

Bo'mar then moved over to his companion and looked at Hiccup. "You remember that problem I wrote to you about?" Hiccup thought for a moment before responding.

"Oh yeah, you said he was too hot to ride."

"Yup. You think you can help with that?"

"I'll see what I can do." Hiccup then motioned for the rest to get inside the cave just behind them.

"In case you're wondering Hiccup, I haven't touched your room. Of course Balimund was trying to break into it while you were gone after he ran out of Dragon Powder."

Hiccup laughed in response. "Figures he would."

"I'm serious Hiccup. I'm surprised he didn't bring Loki in here to melt the bars down." The old man wore and amused smile as he talked about the crazy smithy.

"Well I've brought lots more with me, so I'll be sure to get him some."

Astrid looked around the homey cave. "So you lived here for how long?"

"A little over a year, but this part isn't very lived in." He pointed forward to where the cave splits off. "We live further down the right path. If you take the left one, you'll end up down near lava flow. I recommend only going down their if you have a dragon with you." They all started down the right tunnel which split into several a few meters in. Two signs were visible from the main tunnel; one bearing Hiccup's name and the other Bo'mar's.

Astrid's pov

Hiccup turned to me. "I need to go down to the village at the base, and see Balimund. Could you stay here and get things settled in?" Can I not come with him? Just who is this Balimund anyway?

"I guess, but can't I just come with you?"

His expression screamed that he was trying to dodge that question as he hesitated to answer. "I… I just need to talk to him alone…. That's all. I should be back in a few hours." I guess that wouldn't be a bad thing. We've been together for the past week so I guess he deserves some time to talk with someone else without me around.

Hiccup then proceeded to the cavern marked with his name. It was pretty dark as we went further in, with the light from the main tunnel torches fading. "I guess we're going to need a little light." Hiccup then pulled out his sword and scratched it along the wall. It produced sparks which found their way to a line of torches. The whole room lit up rather fast as I looked at it brighten through iron bars I couldn't see before. Hiccup then rolled a rock away from the wall to reveal a switch.

"What's with all this anyway?"

Hiccup pulled the lever to the left and the bars moved up. "Well, I really don't want people going through my things even if I'm not around to use them. Call it traveler's caution. I learned the hard way how fast one's stuff can go missing if left unguarded." This is a side of Hiccup I had gradually seen along our journey. He was always careful, always wary of anyone he saw nearby wherever we set up camp and he would even set up traps around the site. Hiccup was not as naive as he used to be, that's for sure.

As we entered the main room I noticed drawings littered the walls. Some were of dragons, mostly Toothless, while others were of the strangest things. One of them looked like a modified catapult. The tables near those drawings were also covered with random things such as metal scrap, leather and wood shavings. A shelf on the wall next to his bed had many small objects on it, some of which could be weapons but I wasn't entirely sure from looking at them.

"I kind of left in a hurry so it is a bit of a mess." He started to unlatch the bags on Toothless' saddle and place them by a large scorch mark.

"Toothless' bed I presume?"

"Yeah." It was on the other side of his bed from the shelf. He pulled out a large bag from his luggage and then motioned Toothless out. "Feel free to use any of the caves, but make sure they dead end before going too far. The one on the other side of Bo'mar's is a good sized one if you want."

"Sure." Sleeping in a cave may not of been at the top of my list of places to sleep, but it's better than others. I grabbed Stormfly and followed him out.

The old man was waiting for us. "Careful down there Hiccup. The man can get pretty crazy ya'know." Hiccup laughed at that. "Believe me I know. Oh, and I need to talk to you later about something really important, so don't go disappearing like you always do okay?"

The old man smirked. "Oh, I wouldn't dream of it." He definitely would, if only because Hiccup asked him not to. I can tell he likes to mess with people. I remember Hiccup talking about this guy before, something about being a seer. I doubt that of course, he doesn't seem serious enough. Then again, he could just be putting up a front. Hiccup left through the main tunnel with Toothless and the man turned to me. "I know you think I'm a kooky old man, and just so you know, I am." He motioned for me to follow him.

Bo'mar's pov

This girl is every bit of what Hiccup described her as. She's observant and serious almost like a hawk watching it's pray. She seems to have her guard up even now, and at the risk of sounding like a perverted old man, beautiful. I lead her out into the main tunnel again and to the empty cave next to mine.

"I've been across the world in my 91 years and I've seen many things; everything from island utopias to stone monoliths to ruined civilizations. I've seen all this and still, when I wake up in the morning I still learn something new before I go to bed. Even after all these years, there still so much to know, so I guess I am a bit crazy. Crazy to think I could learn all the worlds' knowledge in my short life."

I turned to her as we walked and she seemed to still be analyzing me. She seem to be genuinely interested in what I had to say, much like Hiccup did when I first met him. "Just thought I'd talk a little about myself."

We stopped in the center of the cavern and I placed the torch into a crevice in the wall. "I'm glad you came with him. It's good to know he won't be on his own in his latest venture." She seemed like a good girl to me, and she obviously cared deeply for Hiccup. "I know it's not Berk, but I hope you'll feel comfortable here for the time being. I don't know how long you will be here, so whatever you decide, this is yours."

She looked around the cavern. "Thanks, a cave is better than out in the open in my book." She then turned back to me. "So you've traveled all over huh? Why come here of all places?"

I smirked at her. She was rather to the point wasn't she? "Well first off, I was born in this region and second I saw in a vision that I needed to be here. I was given this power by the Norn's you see, on the one rule that I follow any vision given to me, even if it were my own death." She gazed at me intently, seeming to mull over whether she believed me or not. "Regardless of whether you believe or not, it's true, and although I'm not allowed to change them I embrace it."

"No, Hiccup told me about you. I just find it hard to believe. Why would you agree to something like that? Knowing when you die and being unable to stop it would be horrible." I guess to most, seeing that sort of thing would be a pretty horrible thing to live with, but I am grateful for it.

"I know it may seem strange to you, but I asked for this gift. Being able to see the future can be a curse, but only if you let it be one. Although, to be honest, I can't actually see my own future. I can only see events of others futures, and sometimes they overlap, giving me a glimpse at my own."

I turned away and started walking out. "Besides, I also get to see the future of those around me, though only in short waves, I don't always get a clear idea of what exactly is going on. I have even seen the day that both you and Hiccup take your last breaths. Once I come in contact with someone, I can see their whole life before my eyes, past, present, and future. Although I'm not able to interfere in it for the most part, I do enjoy a few of the things I can see."

I got silence for a few minutes as I stopped in the tunnel. I turned to her and it seemed she had a whole medley of emotions on her face. "Don't worry, I'll be sure to keep it to myself. It wouldn't be any fun to spoil an ending like that now would it." I then continued out the tunnel.

"Wait!" I felt the smile spread across my face. I turned to her as she walked back to me. "Can you at least tell me one thing?" I gave no response at all before she spoke again. "Did I make the right choice in coming with him?" It almost makes it boring that I knew she was going to ask that.

"You love him don't you?" Her face flashed red as I asked that. "Don't you worry lass, I won't say anything about it to him. I know you will say it instead." I laughed a little as I continued. "Ah to be young again, what I wouldn't give. Alas, I am an old man, unable to give my heart away from all those harsh experiences in life. I know you'll be far more successful than I."

She seemed to still be a bit flustered but was now quite calm. "You see all this and yet I think you enjoy keeping it to yourself." I laughed hardily at that.

That was one of my only pleasures in life at my age. "I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it." I then composed myself and leaned both hands on my walking stick.

"I'll tell you this much though, he talked about you all the time back before when he lived here. It would come up randomly in conversation about his village or every time he'd work on some new weapon. He talked about how you were serious, focused and a great fighter. To be honest, anyone who heard him would be able to figure out he had a crush on you, and believe me, that hasn't changed. As for whether you made the right decision in coming, well that's up to your judgment. What's happening now was already in the works, I just sent him to his village to get the best outcome."

She didn't respond so I left her to her thoughts. Oh, how I envy the young and in love. I sighed as I rejoined Balrog. "All my attempts at love were failures and one by one they fell apart." Even the last woman I had seemed to have an ulterior motive in meeting with me. I'll never forget her though, she was beautiful, a goddess among women.

Balrog grunted as he rubbed his face to mine. He's been so good to me recently; almost like he knows all that I've been through and can relate himself. I guess I do have a companion in life after all, it's just not a woman. I then lead him down into my own room. "Things are getting interesting at least. As the gears of time turn so does the world, and I shall watch in earnest." I hummed a tune as I continued to my room.

And there ya'll have it. first, I warned you he was sort of a troll so there. Second I've posted concept art of Balrog on my profile so check it out if you want. Third, I've also updated the cover image, I think it turned out okay for the most part. (I drew it around midnight a few days ago.)

Any other questions can be easily answered so please review and ask to your hearts content!=^-^=