Chapter 12 The voices

The next days wasn't actually as hard as Nightclaw thought. But the voices in his head never leaved. But the voice was kind of helping him to win dragon training. But it was like he was fighting between this voice and his true self. Like it was trying to take control or something.

Next day

Nightclaw awoke with a yawn. He heard that Gobber was pushing many dragon training lessons in this day. According to chief Stoick, he should be back from searching tomorrow. He went downstairs and walked towards the Great hall where Gobber and the other teens sat. He looked at the other teens who ate together. He knew they didn't want to sit with him, so he sat down behind them. He heard Gobber talk with them. "Okay lads, today we are going to face the Gronckle and the Nadder and even the Terrible terror" said Gobber. Nightclaw startled and lost his appetite for food. "Come on ye, we begin with the Gronckle" said Gobber and walked away. The other teens Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruffnut and Tuffnut followed him. Nightclaw got up and followed them to the arena.

In the arena

"Okay, let's begin!" shouted Gobber and pulled the lever and released the Gronckle. The teens weren't that afraid as they were in the first lesson. "Use the knowledge you have learned!" shouted Gobber. Nightclaw was in complete silence. It was like everything moved in slow motion. He turned his head to the right and saw Fishlegs running away from the Gronckle with his hands in the air. Nightclaw turned his head to the left and saw Snotlout and the twins arguing. He looked behind him and saw Astrid was the only one who tried to attack the Gronckle. Nightclaw couldn't just let her hurt the dragon. He then suddenly heard Gobber shouting to him. "Hiccup! Fight the dragon!" He went back in reality and saw that the Gronckle was coming towards him. He all of a sudden dropped his weapon and shield. He felt that he had something. When he took it up, it was some grass, or dragon nip that was what his mother told him. Then, that freaking voice showed up in his head again.

"Use the dragon nip, boy! Use it!"

That voice. It felt so, controlling and wanted him to succeed. Without knowing it, he stretched the dragon nip towards the Gronckle and it fell down and quickly forgot about the Vikings. The other teens and Gobber stood with mouths wide open in shock. Ten seconds passed before Gobber talked. "How did…" but Nightclaw was already gone. The former Night fury ran out of the arena, but the other teens caught up with him. "Hey Hiccup! How did you?" Fishlegs asked but was cut off by Snotlout. "I've never seen a Gronckle do that" said Snotlout. Nightclaw couldn't take this. "Eh, I left my…um shield back in the…arena and I…uh need it, I'll catch up with you" lied Nightclaw. The other teens saw him left with excitement, except for Astrid. She was irritated that Hiccup, who was new to this whole thing was better than her.

In the cove

Nightstrike awoke to see Spiketail and Rockwing in front of him. "How is your wing Spiketail?" asked Nightstrike. Spiketail showed him her wing. "It doesn't hurt as much as yesterday, but I still can't fly" said Spiketail. Nightstrike stood up on his legs. "I'll go and see if I can find some food for us" the night fury said. Spiketail and Rockwing nodded in agreement and Nightstrike flew off.

While flying, Nightstrike thought about Nightclaw. 'I haven't been on this island since the attack, and when I was about to kill that- 'Nightstrike was so focused on thinking that he didn't notice that he was flying near the Viking village. His eyes widened. "Not this village again" said Nightstrike. Suddenly, his ears perked up. The night fury was felt a smell that was familiar. He followed it and saw some Vikings inside a large place with dragon proof chain over it. But Nightstrike's eyes was focused on one Viking. That one boy that backed away and looked very unsure. 'That's the same boy that I was about to attack when the Queen controlled me' thought Nightstrike. But he still had Nightclaw's smell on him, no doubt there. 'It looks like they're up to do something, maybe I'll just watch in the shadows' thought Nightstrike and hid behind in the shadows.

In the arena

"Let's begin with the nadder again" shouted Gobber and pulled down the lever again. Nightclaw saw the deadly nadder coming towards them. Again, he saw that Astrid was the only one who attacked the nadder. The other teens panicked and ran away from the Deadly nadder. Nightclaw felt he became dizzy of all this mess. Then, he heard that freaking voice again.

"Scratch it! Scratch it now"

Nightclaw had no idea of who was talking to him. He heard that it was a female creepy voice. It felt so controlling, like he felt that he wanted to do exactly what he was told. The nadder suddenly spotted Nightclaw and ran towards him. Astrid threw her axe at the nadder, but it dodged it and continued to run towards Nightclaw. The nadder smelled at him but was interrupted by Astrid running towards it with her axe screaming. Nightclaw couldn't watch her hurting that dragon. Without knowing it, Nightclaw scratched it and the nadder fell to the ground. Astrid looked him on shock. Nightclaw remembered his mother always scratched him that way when he was young. Gobber and the other teens was very shocked about Nightclaw's sudden skills. "Okay! It's food time, meet here after that. We will later meet the Terrible terror" said Gobber and took the nadder inside its cage. Nightclaw followed the teens inside the Great hall.

Nightstrike had seen enough. "Weird. How does that boy know how to scratch dragons like that?" asked Nightstrike to himself. "I remember our mother did scratched us that way" Nightstrike wanted to watch the boy a little more before going back to Spiketail and Rockwing.

The other teens Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut was so excited over Nightclaw's process so fast. Astrid was more irritated. She was meant to be best in dragon training. They entered the Great hall. The others sat with their table. But when Nightclaw sat down by his table, everyone else run towards him and talked about how good he was. Astrid was irritated by this more and more.

Later

The teens entered the arena once more. Gobber told them that they should face a Terrible Terror. Nightclaw had no idea what kind of dragon that was. "Okay, last training for today. Meet the terrible terror!" shouted Gobber. They all looked down and saw a little dragon standing there. 'That's not a terrible terror. That's a Small-claw' thought Nightclaw. He heard Tuffnut talking. "Ha! It's like the size of my- "he was cut off by the terror bit him on his nose and pinning him down. "AGHH! GET IT OFF" Nightclaw had the shield in his hands, but then heard the freaking voice again.

"Use the shield!"

Nightclaw started to feel dizzy, like the voice drained him for power. The voice became stronger and higher in his head.

"Use it as a light projector! USE IT!"

Nightclaw got strong headache. 'These voices are becoming stronger and worse' thought Nightclaw. He also had to help Tuffnut. Nightclaw used the shield as a light projector and the Small-Claw began following the light spot until it was back in its cage. Tuffnut got up and looked at Astrid. "Wow, he's better than you ever were" he said. Nightclaw startled by that comment. 'Am I really better than Astrid? Am I maybe going to win?' thought Nightclaw in fear. Nightclaw left the arena in fear of what the others were going to say.

Nightstrike watched carefully when these Vikings fought that Small-Claw. It was actually quite fun to watch. "How fun" said Nightstrike lowly. But most of his attention was with that boy who defeated the dragons without any weapon. "Every Viking I've fought have used some kind of weapon, but this one actually knows some dragon tricks" said Nightstrike. "It's kind of reminds me of- "Nightstrike was cut off by Vikings that stood right behind him. "Night fury!" they shouted and ran towards him.

Nightclaw walked away from the arena when he suddenly heard the sound of a blast. He quickly turned his head towards the sound and saw a Night fury fighting four Vikings. 'Nightstrike' thought Nightclaw. The Vikings threw themselves on the night fury and pinned him to the ground.

"Stupid Vikings!" roared Nightstrike. He was about to shoot a plasma blast when another Viking pinned his head to the ground and put a muzzle on him. "NO!" roared Nightstrike. He turned his head to the right and saw that boy again. He stared at him both scared and disappointed at him at once. Tears came down his face. Nightstrike knew that his fate was sealed. The Vikings dragged him inside the arena, and Nightclaw followed them. Nightclaw startled when he felt someone touched on his shoulder. He saw that Astrid stood behind him. "Hiccup? What's happening?" she asked. She then saw the Night fury laying in front of her. The Vikings that were pinning the night fury down looked at them. "Astrid, Hiccup. This is dangerous, we have just captured the night fury, and this is not the right time to stare at us" said one of the Vikings. 'If I kill the night fury, maybe I'll win the training' thought Astrid. She stepped forward. "Can I have the honour to kill it?" she asked. The Vikings looked at each other. "Well, I guess we can't say no. Chief Stoick would be happy when he hears that the night fury is gone for good" said the Viking. Nightclaw could feel the heartbeat in his body.

Nightstrike saw the girl with the axe that was about to kill him. He closed his eyes and waited for the end. "I'm sorry Nightclaw, this is all my fault" he said lowly.

Nightclaw saw Astrid walking towards his own brother with the axe. He saw that Nightstrike was afraid, and he had never seen his brother being afraid. "NO!" he shouted. Without thinking, he pushed Astrid aside, making her fell to the ground. Astrid looked at him. "What is your problem?" she asked. Nightclaw breathed heavily. "I can't let you kill that dragon" he said.

Nightstrike saw that the Viking boy pushed the girl aside. He saved him. Astrid looked at him both shocked and irritated. Nightclaw ran towards Nightstrike and removed the muzzle. 'This Viking isn't like any other Viking I've seen' thought Nightstrike. He bowed to Nightclaw. "I owe you my life" said Nightstrike and flew away as fast as he could. Nightclaw watched him fly away. "Again, he couldn't recognize me…" said Nightclaw. He then suddenly remembered that Astrid stood behind him. He could hear her ask "Who are you?"

End of chapter 12. Next chapter is one of my favourite parts in this story.

Chapter 13 coming soon.