(this chapter was proof read by Warrior nun)

THUNK...THUNK...THUNK.

That is the satisfying sound my ax makes as it embeds its self into the trees trunk. How could I have let this happen! She's showed me up again! How did someone...someone as weak and scrawny as her get so good at dragon training! Pulling my ax out of the tree I turned and threw it at another, watching as its blade dug deep into the trees bark. I hated how much she had gotten so much better at this than me, and she didn't even use a weapon! She used that brain of her and, where in the name of Thor how did she learn all of that! Pulling my ax out and giving another furious cry I turned to throw my ax again only to freeze and see hiccup standing there, just as frozen as I was. Then just like that she was taking off again. Growling I went after her. I was not letting her get away this time. Following her through the brush I lost her as went behind a rock. Moving above I looked out to see if I could see her and didn't. Cursing I hit my fist on the rock, hard. I was extremely pissed now. Walking away, though I couldn't help but wonder...what was that thing she was carrying in her arms?

That was way too close for comfort! Hiding behind the rock I heard Ashter hit his fist on it as he grumbled and walked away. When I was sure he was gone, I sighed and looked around. Seeing the cost was clear I hurried to Toothless. I was so excited! I had finished it. The new gear for flying and I wanted to show it to him as fast as I could. When I finally got to the clearing I looked around for him finding him asleep in the sun. Chuckling softly I placed the gear gently on the ground and slowly tiptoed my way to him. He looked so adorable when he slept. Slowly I knelt down and started to pet his head softly. Almost immediately he started to purr and I smiled. I kept this up for a while and scratched behind his ears before he started to wake up. "Afternoon sleepy head" I told him as he yawned and got up stretching. Standing I waited till I had his attention before I told him the news. Looking at me curiously he noticed my excitement and tilted his head curiously. "I finished it." I said to him as I moved back to where the new saddle was. "I finished everything the mechanism for the tail fin, how to control it. Now we just have to do some tests" I said as I got it ready. Pulling out something I tied my hair into a high ponytail: to keep my auburn hair out of my face as I worked. Toothless nudged me and I looked at him. Looking to the basket in the corner with the fishing rod, he looked back to me. Almost forgot he can't really swim with part of his tail gone.

"right let me get you some lunch first then we can do this" I said sheepishly with a chuckled.

Fishing in the pond was great there was plenty of fish in here to feed toothless when he wanted to; of course, most of the time he had the makeshift tail. So I guess it should have been obvious to me that he needed some help with this. When the basket was full of fish I moved it and pushed it over for him and got to work on the saddle. While he ate I carefully moved around him and started to tighten the straps having him move when I needed him too. When that was done it came to the fun part. Hooking up the new tail I moved the cords to the mechanism on the saddle. Pulling them I tested to see how they would work and smiled when everything moved according to plan.

"Ok done!" I said stepping back to look at my handy work. I had to say it wasn't that bad. Looking up from his fish lunch toothless looked at the saddle curiously. "Does it feel ok? Walk around and see if anything bothers you so I can make adjustments"

Getting up he did just that. First he started with simple walking which turned into a run. I watched him and he seemed to be moving just fine. "Test your wings, nothing is bothering them right?" I asked. tilting his head as he came to me he spread out his wings and tested them. Nothing seemed to bother him there either. Purring he nuzzled me, His silent way of saying you did a good job. Chuckling I smiled. "Thanks boy." she said to him smiling. "Now want to test this out? We can go to a small hill and tie a rope to something till I can get the pedal to work." I said and he looked at me odd. "The pedal helps me to control the tail fin. I have to test to see which way I need to move it to help while you fly" I told him. This he seemed to kind of get and nodded and let me on his back.

The takeoff was bumpy as was the flight to the hill and we almost fell, twice. When we got to the widows peak and landed we stumbled and almost fell. "Ok...practice...yeah that's a biggie" I said to him getting off. The wind here was pretty good and we would be able to do this with him gliding. Seeing a stump at the top of the peek I went over with the rope. Wrapping one end around the stump twice I tied a good not before tying the other half of It to the saddle harness on toothless.

"Ok..ready?" I asked him. He gave a nodded of his head and I got on his back. As a good wind current came, Toothless spread his wings and we were lifted up. The knot I tied held pretty strong and I smiled. "Ok, here we go" I said and moved my foot back hearing the pedal click and the tail fin open. looking behind me I saw the fin was wide open.

Patting Toothless' back he closed his wings and we landed. Marking on some paper I brought I made a small drawing of the position and what the fin looked like and smiled before tucking it away again. Feeling another breeze come I patted him on the back to let him know to go again. Spreading his wings out we were lifted up but this time...the rope snapped. "Whoa!" I cried out as toothless gave a startled cry of his own as we flew back into the forest. Hitting a few trees and bushes we finally came to a landing. Getting up onto all fours I shook my head but at the sudden pull of being lifted I gave a startled yelp. "Wha-wha!" I yelled out and looked at toothless was sitting up a bit. Being careful I knelt on my knees and looked up at the saddle. "Oh great..." I said and tugged on the safety line. Our fall must of bent the hook piece. Now were stuck!

Sighing I looked at toothless. "Were...going to need to go to the village" I told him. The look he gave me was a startled wide eyed one. Probably asking If I was completely serious. "I'm serious, Toothless, the hook is bent over the safety line. I can't get it open unless I use my tools in the work shop." I told him and he sighed giving a grumble laying down almost pouting. "Would you rather we be stuck like this?" I asked him. The look he gave me as he turned and grinned that almost smirk like grin made me blush in shock. That's when he laughed his dragon laugh and I glared and smacked his arm. "That was not funny toothless!" I cried out blushing.

He only continued to laugh at me. sighing I carefully moved to where I could stand while we were connected and climbed onto his back. "Alright chuckles, we better get to the village. From here we should make it by nightfall. Perfect cover for you." I told him patting his side. He made a groan like he didn't want to but stood and turned in the direction of the village. " We could try flying" I said to him and he glanced back at me with a look. "Right.. maybe now's not a good time" I said sheepishly. He gave me a half smile and a small purr. His small sign of we would fly again soon, and I smiled.

As we arrived at the village it was indeed nightfall as I saw the torches lit. Getting off his back I started to lead him through the village keeping to the darker parts so he would be hidden. "Okay, almost there were almost-shoot hide!" I said in a hushed whisper shoving toothless the best I could into the shadows behind someones house as I leaned on the wall. "Hiccup," One of the village men addressed as he passed me. I waved a bit keeping a small smile on my face as he passed. I saw toothless peek out from where he was as the man passed and I started to move.

When he wasn't coming I pulled on the safety line connecting us and pulled him along. As we entered the work shop I looked around to make sure the coast was clear before I continued in. As I looked around for what I needed I picked up the tool as I heard a loud crash jumping. Turning around I saw a bucket and tools littering the ground and toothless with a sheepish look. Sighing I shook my head "we need to be quiet" I said In a Hushed whisper. Moving to him I tried to pry open the hook when I heard someone call my name. "Hiccup," I heard Ashter call out, "are you in there?"

'Oh no, Ashter!' I thought and quickly moved to the window. Jumping out of it I quickly shut it behind me and faced him. "Ashter, hey! Hi Ahster, hi Ashter, Ashter hey" I said like a bumbling idiot. This was just not turning out as well as I hoped it would. He raised a brow at how I was acting and I knew he found it suspicious. "Ok, usually I could care less what people do, But your acting really suspicious and weird" He said crossing his arms looking at me pointedly. I chuckled as I felt a strong tug on the cord. 'Toothless your not helping!' I thought and chuckled. "Well...weirder" He said as my back was now pressed to the window sill.

Next thing I know I'm lifted in the air and pulled back inside. Getting on toothless's back we quickly went out the back way. "That was not helpful" I said as we ran around to the front seeing Ashter looking into the building. Toothless grumbled and run up the hill before taking off into the air. As we flew ,which was still pretty shaky, I sighed. "Great and I thought this wasn't going to get anymore complicated with him" I said as we flew back to the cove. When we landed It was pretty dark and just a bit of the moons rays reached us. Gather some branches and twigs from the ground we started a fire and I got to work fixing the hook. "That did not go so well. Now he's going to be more suspicious" I said as toothless growled at that. "It's not my fault!" I said to him loudly and he gave me a sharp look. He was basically asking 'and its mine?'

Sighing I put the tool down and knelt to him. "No it's not and I'm sorry for yelling. I'm just...scared" I told him hugging him softly. He gave a soft purr and nudged me letting know it was ok. After while I did get the hook undone and removed the safety line. "There...now I better get back before anyone else gets suspicious" I told him kissing his nose softly. "Goodnight Toothless" I said quietly with a soft smile as he nudged me softly in his way of affection. Grabbing a branch from the fire I looked back at him with a small smile before heading home. It was going to be a long long night.