p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"We were in position, ready for battle. Hiccup waited to give the signal; our timing was important. Once he raised his arm, we were off, aiming for the large dragon./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Our dragons fired and we pulled up, heading for the sky before spreading out. I picked up my speed, nervous and terrified of the giant's potential. It could cause a lot more damage than us. We were quicker, though. We could dodge its attacks fairly easily. It was also a larger target../p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"We continued to bombard it with fire until it sank down into the ocean. We waited, but the surface was calm. Hiccup seemed to think that it would come up at a specific spot as he was squinting into the water. Astrid was watching him, trusting him with the battle. Something was off, though, and I couldn't figure out what it was. I began scanning the sea and searching for a clue./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Just as I turned to look behind Hiccup, I barely spotted the water rippling and the points of spikes appearing above the surface. The sight startled me; the dragon was a lot closer than before./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"I was able to see it clearly then. It was a large, deep blue monster. Spikes protruded from its skin in hundreds of places. There were crustaceans and other aquatic life glued to the many scales. Such a characteristic was said to be found on the largest sea monsters that flourished in the darkest of depths of the ocean./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"I called out to the other two just as the dragon prepared a shot. We turned our dragons and sped from the blast. The explosion pushed us even faster, threatening to dislodge us all from our rides. The water leaped up in the tall waves seen during the recent storms. I was just able to see Hiccup and Toothless speed off towards the dragon to deliver another shot in retaliation./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Things began to calm down, and Astrid and I made our way to help Hiccup in his current task. I could tell that the monster was preparing another blast, so I turned my dragon to avoid it. Astrid and Hiccup's ignorance to the fact took a moment to reach me. By the time I yelled at them, the attack was already fired. I could see Hiccup lurch out of the way, but Astrid was heading for the opposite side of the blast: I couldn't tell if she had dodged it or if she hadn't./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Hiccup and I braced ourselves for the explosion to come. The water splashed up again, and we were temporarily blind, save for a few feet around us. As the droplets rained down around us, we kept a careful watch out for Astrid, ignoring the large dragon's movements./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Just as soon as we saw Astrid and Stormfly in the air a bit away, the monster swung his tail around, smashing right into me and my dragon. I began tumbling down to the ocean. The only things my eyes could decipher were the water and the sky. I could feel my body twisting and turning in the air. Suddenly, I sensed an extra rush of wind and saw a black blur just above me. Toothless was barely able to grasp onto my flailing foot. As we flew, I could feel myself slipping, though./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"I tried to lift my torso up so I could grab onto Toothless, but I was too late. My foot was free and I was falling again. I was calmer this time. I decided to dive into the water, figuring that would hurt less than landing however the air decided to allow me./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"I placed my hands together, and the water rushed around me./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Our dragons fired and we pulled up, heading for the sky before spreading out. I picked up my speed, nervous and terrified of the giant's potential. It could cause a lot more damage than us. We were quicker, though. We could dodge its attacks fairly easily. It was also a larger target../p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"We continued to bombard it with fire until it sank down into the ocean. We waited, but the surface was calm. Hiccup seemed to think that it would come up at a specific spot as he was squinting into the water. Astrid was watching him, trusting him with the battle. Something was off, though, and I couldn't figure out what it was. I began scanning the sea and searching for a clue./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Just as I turned to look behind Hiccup, I barely spotted the water rippling and the points of spikes appearing above the surface. The sight startled me; the dragon was a lot closer than before./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"I was able to see it clearly then. It was a large, deep blue monster. Spikes protruded from its skin in hundreds of places. There were crustaceans and other aquatic life glued to the many scales. Such a characteristic was said to be found on the largest sea monsters that flourished in the darkest of depths of the ocean./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"I called out to the other two just as the dragon prepared a shot. We turned our dragons and sped from the blast. The explosion pushed us even faster, threatening to dislodge us all from our rides. The water leaped up in the tall waves seen during the recent storms. I was just able to see Hiccup and Toothless speed off towards the dragon to deliver another shot in retaliation./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Things began to calm down, and Astrid and I made our way to help Hiccup in his current task. I could tell that the monster was preparing another blast, so I turned my dragon to avoid it. Astrid and Hiccup's ignorance to the fact took a moment to reach me. By the time I yelled at them, the attack was already fired. I could see Hiccup lurch out of the way, but Astrid was heading for the opposite side of the blast: I couldn't tell if she had dodged it or if she hadn't./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Hiccup and I braced ourselves for the explosion to come. The water splashed up again, and we were temporarily blind, save for a few feet around us. As the droplets rained down around us, we kept a careful watch out for Astrid, ignoring the large dragon's movements./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Just as soon as we saw Astrid and Stormfly in the air a bit away, the monster swung his tail around, smashing right into me and my dragon. I began tumbling down to the ocean. The only things my eyes could decipher were the water and the sky. I could feel my body twisting and turning in the air. Suddenly, I sensed an extra rush of wind and saw a black blur just above me. Toothless was barely able to grasp onto my flailing foot. As we flew, I could feel myself slipping, though./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"I tried to lift my torso up so I could grab onto Toothless, but I was too late. My foot was free and I was falling again. I was calmer this time. I decided to dive into the water, figuring that would hurt less than landing however the air decided to allow me./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"I placed my hands together, and the water rushed around me./p