Okay, now. I just received a message from DG98 few days ago, requesting me to create this chapter about Lani spending time with Zenna when they went out for a flight. You will get surprised as Zenna already knew for quite some time about the little trick from Hiccup and Lani.

Enjoy the chapter!


Exposed

The next day, Lani, now disguised as Hiccup, was walking through the village plaza with Toothless by his side. Hiccup disguised as Lani to have more time in creating the flight suit in Gobber's workshop. So, Lani would have to carry out Hiccup's chief duties with Toothless.

"Okay, bud. What should we do?" Lani asked the male Night Fury. Just then, Lani heard Zenna calling out to him.

"Hey, Hicc!" the one-eyed Dragon Doctor ran up to him and Toothless with Stryka following behind.

"Oh, hey, Zenna. What's up?" Lani questioned.

"Wanna go have a flight with me and Stryka?" She asked him. Lani thought about it for a moment before he agreed. "Sure."

Grinned, Zenna mounted her female Night Fury and 'Hiccup' mounted on his male Night Fury. Then, they flew off to the blue sky.

"Woohoo! This is awesome!" Zenna cheered.

"Uh, yes! It is!" Lani exclaimed.

"Hey, Hicc, watch this!" the one-eyed Dragon Doctor suddenly jumped off of Stryka!

"Wha-?! ZENNA!" Lani screamed in horror. He made Toothless dive down to catch Zenna. However, she opened the wings of her flight suit and was soaring through the sky!

Lani was stunned to see that! "What? You got worried so sudden?" Zenna questioned as she was soaring beside Stryka.

"Uhhh… yeah." Lani said, scratching the back of his head awkwardly. Toothless looked at Lani for a moment and he suddenly went upside down, causing 'Hiccup' to fall!

"WAAAAAAAAHHHHH! TOOTHLESS!" Lani screamed at the top of his lungs!

"Hiccup!" Zenna cried as she dove down to save him. Lani was falling in a rapidly high speed and kept screaming in terror!

"Gaaahhh! Help! Oh, Thor! Help me!" he cried, begging for help. He saw Zenna flying towards him who then yelled out to him, "Hiccup! Open your wings!"

"I don't have wings!" Lani yelled back.

"Yes, you do! Your suit is also a flight suit!" Zenna shouted.

Lani looked down to his suit and realized that it was a flight suit. He might not know how to operate it but he did learn how to open the wings that Hiccup instructed him. With no time to waste, Lani managed to open the wings and started soaring.

"Oh my, gods!" he exclaimed in great surprise as he flew along with Zenna, Toothless and Stryka. Although, this was the first time Lani used Hiccup's flight suit and he tried to be steady and fly properly.

"Hiccup! What's wrong?" Zenna called out worriedly.

"I-I-I'm fine, Zen! J-Just trying to adjust my flight suit!" he said, and just then, the right wing broke off!

"Oh no!" Lani cried and fell again!

"Hiccup!" Zenna cried in terror, Toothless quickly did a dive bomb to save him. The male Alpha was now below him and 'Hiccup' landed on his back safety.

Lani let out a long sigh of relief that his life was saved. "Ooohhh my, gods…. Never do that again…" he muttered as he tried to gather his breath.

Zenna has just got back on Stryka and the female Night Fury was flying beside her beloved mate. "Hiccup, are you alright?" the one-eyed Dragon Doctor asked him concernedly.

"Y-Yeah… I'll be fine in a minute…" Lani slowly replied, trying to calm himself down after his frightening experience.

Zenna looked at him for a moment and said, "Let's head to the Cove."

"Why there?" Lani asked as he managed to recover.

"You and I need to talk privately," she replied. Her voice sounded serious. Lani blinked at her before he nodded.

Zenna, Lani, and the two Night Furies headed back to Berk and made their way to the Cove. Once they arrived there, they dismounted their dragons and walked a few distance away from them to have their private talk.

"So, Zenna. What is it you wanna talk about?" Lani asked first.

Zenna looks at him with a serious expression, "Alright. Drop the act." Lani was confused by her words. "Drop the act? What are you talking about?"

"Look. I know it's you… Lani," Zenna said his real name instead of Hiccup. Lani slightly flinched in surprise but quickly brushed that aside.

"Wh-What? Come on, Zen. I'm not Lani. I'm Hiccup," he denied, but she was not fully convinced.

"Lani, I consider Hiccup to be my brother in all but blood. I probably know him better that anyone in Berk. And while it took me a while to figure out the little stunt you two pulled, I did notice some things that were out of character for Hiccup."

Lani was shocked by her words! "Y-Y-You knew that I'm pretending to be Hiccup?"

"Yup. When I saw you dancing back at the village plaza, I was confused. Hiccup never danced so well before. And today, when you tried to use his flight suit, you didn't know how to operate it and that was your first time," she explained.

"Wow… I-I'm amazed that you managed to figure out our secret a bit too soon," Lani remarked.

"Hehe, yeah," she giggled. "You may look exactly like my surrogate brother, but I only notice your act that Hiccup doesn't have before."

"And you knew it, right away. What a shocker…" Lani sighed. "But Zenna, please, don't tell anyone about this. Hiccup just needs some time to be free to avoid his chief duties. So, he and I switch our roles."

"I see now. And speaking about Hiccup, where is he right now? I knew he's disguising as you, right?" Zenna questioned.

"Oh, yeah. He's in Gobber's workshop. He's creating a new invention: a flight suit for me," he responded.

"Really?" the one-eyed Dragon Doctor was surprised to hear that her surrogate brother was creating a flight suit for Lani.

"Uh huh. It was a surprise, no?" Lani replied with an awkward smile.

"Well… After this, I'm gonna have to talk to him for making up his ideas to avoid his duties as a chief," Zenna said with a serious tone.

"H-Hey! Zenna! Don't get mad at Hiccup!" he said, not wanting Hiccup to get into trouble.

"I'm not mad at him, Lani. I'm just a little upset," she explained. "I'm upset that he never told anyone about this, especially that he had been skipping his duties as a chief. And if Astrid finds out about this… she will totally beat Hiccup up…"

Lani gulped a little. "Yikes…"

"So, you have to be careful when you're with her. She may think you are really Hiccup but she does not know it's really you, Lani," the one-eyed Dragon Doctor reminded him.

"Yes. I understand. And promise me that you'll keep this secret, okay, Zenna?" Lani asked.

"Of course. I won't tell anyone," she promised and then added, "Lani…you're now my second surrogate brother."

Lani was surprised by that. "R-Really?" Zenna nodded and smiled. "Geez… Thanks, I'm happy to be, well, as your second surrogate brother."

"Yeah. Because your personality is almost identical to Hicc's," she stated.

"Hehe. So, my appearance and personality remind you about him, right?" Lani asked.

Zenna nodded and said, "We'll keep this a secret. For now."


Done!

Lani was so shocked that Zenna figured it out! That's amazing, no? This was GuardianDragon98's request on creating this chapter. I thank her for that, that she supports me.

And I know you guys are really excited about HTTYD 3: The Hidden World that is coming up very soon. Thanks for reading and reviewing my story! I'll do another new chapter and this chapter will be very interesting!

See you later!