Author's Note: Hey everyone. Sorry for the long wait. Around mid Novermber I lost internet and had to buy a Hotspot but haven't been about to get it working until recently. But now I'm back and I've read that the next thirteen episode of Dragons Race to the Edge have been released so I'm gonna watch those soon.
I don't own How to Train Your Dragon, only Hicca (female Hiccup), Asher (male Astrid), Bones (Boneknapper), Serpentina (Grapple Grounder), Mist (Scauldron), and Blazer (Monstrous Nightmare).
"..." Human p.o.v.
"..." Dragon p.o.v.
'...' Human thought.
'...' Dragon thought.
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Chapter 14: What Flies Beneath
It was nighttime on the island of Berk and yak disappears in a cloud of dirt, followed by several sheep. Ominous cracks appear suddenly appear in the ground and begins moving towards Hicca's house.
'Everybody has a past. Even dragons. And sometimes, the past can come back to haunt them…'
Toothless was woken up by the sound and growls at the ground while Hicca sleeps.
"Wait, this scent. It can't be." Toothless says growling.
"Ah, Toothless, sweetie, go back to sleep." Hicca says sleepily.
"All right, Hicca. It better not be who it think it is." Toothless says to himself.
'And when it does, you're gonna need to be there for them.'
The next morning everyone was gathered around a large hole that appeared to have been made last night and were wondering where it came from. Toothless makes his way to the hole and sniffs it then growls angrily at it.
"This scent! It is hers." Toothless says angrily and lets out a loud roar.
"Whoa, hey. Come on. It's just a hole, sweetie." Hicca says.
"It's not just a hole! It's like an underground village." Bucket says from inside the hole.
"Bucket. Oh, there you are. I've been looking for you all night." Mulch says.
"Sorry, Mulch, but I think I finally found it-my happy place." Bucket says but was then thrown out of the hole in a cloud of dust.
"Are you alright, Bucket?" Stoick asks the Viking.
"Not so happy anymore." Bucket says.
"What happened?" Stoick asks.
"Something pushed me out. Something's down there, something big." Bucket explains.
"I know you're down there." Toothless growls jumping down into the hole and looks around the tunnels before jumping into one.
Everyone watches in confusion and then feels the ground start rumbling as well as a whispering sound.
"What is that sound?" Asher asks.
"Eh, whatever it is, it's giving me the willies." Gobber says as they all back up while Hicca clutches her head.
'Wait this only happens when…' Hicca thought.
Suddenly a dragon, that is somewhat similar to a Deadly Nadder, but with bulging eyes, face and spirals of barbed teeth that line the entirety of his inner mouth, a snake like body and neck, similar to a Zippleback, but the dragon have no legs, only the lower spikes, shoots out of the hole and hovers over the Vikings.
"Whoa. Look at the size of that thing." Snotlout says about the dragon.
"Do I have to?" Fishlegs asks covering her eyes.
"Dragons, everyone!" Asher orders as they mount their dragons while Hicca's dragons surround her to provide protection.
The dragon looks at the riders and their dragons with its bulging eyes.
"Uh, I don't like the way it's eyeballing me." Snotlout says.
"Uh, don't worry. It's not just you." Fishlegs says.
"Thanks, big relief." Snotlout says sarcastically.
The dragon lets out a roar and dives back into the ground.
"What was that?" Asher asks not sure what the dragon was.
"Whatever it was, I want one." Tuffnut exclaims.
"If I had to take a guess, I'd say that was a Whispering Death." Fishlegs says.
"Whoa, great name. So much better than Zippleback." Tuffnut says putting his hands over what he thought was Belch's ears.
"Hey!" Barf and Belch say clearly offended.
"Where'd it go? Why's it here? What's it gonna do to us? Why aren't you slapping me to snap me out of this?" Bucket asks while standing on top of a barrel and yelling.
"Because I'm scared too, Bucket." Mulch says also standing on top of a barrel.
The Whispering Death bursts from the ground making a fresh hole and Hicca read it's emotion and could sense it was mad about something.
"Ah, it looks angry. Why don't you do that think where you touch its nose and feed it grass?" Gobber asks.
"It is angry but at what I'm not sure. Uh, Fishlegs, what do we know about the Whispering Death?" Hicca asks.
"Boulder Class, Razor-sharp teeth, incredibly strong, hunts from underground." Fishlegs says.
"Now I really want one." Tuffnut says.
"So how do we deal with this thing?" Snotlout asks.
"Stand back, everyone!" A voice calls out as they all turn to see Stoick arriving while riding Thornado who bellows at the intruder. "Thornado's got something to say to this beast." Stoick says.
"All right, whisper to this!" Thornado roars at the Whispering Death, but it quickly roars back, unaffected.
"I don't think it's got its listening ears on." Gobber says.
"All right, let's run this thing out of here." Asher says as he and the other riders have their dragons fly into the air and move behind Stoick but then Toothless emerges from the hole.
"So it is you! All of you get back! She's mine!" Toothless growls at the resident dragons.
"What's Toothless doing?" Snotlout asks.
"Is he trying to get himself killed?" Hookfang asks.
"I think he wants us to back off." Asher says.
"Toothless." Stormfly says with worry for her crush.
"Will he be able to handle this alone?" Blazer wonders.
"No problem here." Fishlegs says.
"Yep, no problem at all." Meatlug says backing up.
"Toothless!" Hicca calls out to her Night Fury from her circle of dragon protection.
Toothless and the Whispering Death start fighting but when Toothless has the Whispering Death pinned he breaks free and gets up into the air which Toothless unable to do.
"Toothless can't fly without me, he's a sitting duck." Hicca cries watching her main dragon try to get into the air to fight the Whispering Death.
"Gobber, man the catapults, and when that thing is clear of Toothless, fire!" Stoick says.
"Daddy, wait. Just let me help you, sweetie." Hicca says trying to mount Toothless.
"No!" Toothless says not allowing her to get onto the saddle.
"What? Toothless, what-what's wrong?" Hicca asks feeling hurt at what her Night Fury just did.
"What was that all about?" Asher asks running over to his crush.
"I have no idea." Hicca says.
The Whispering Death and Toothless continue to fight until Toothless is injured with a razor-sharp spine that drives itself into his leg.
"Gobber!" Stoick shouts as Gobber launches a boulder at the Whispering Death, hitting it in the face twice.
What they didn't notice was that the sunlight hit the Whispering Death causing it to retreat down into the hole, carving a new path underground while Hicca runs to her Night Fury.
"Oh, no. You're hurt." Hicca says as she reaches for the spike and pulls it out.
"Thanks." Toothless says to Hicca after she removed the spike from his leg, then runs away.
"Toothless, wait!" Hicca calls out.
"Where's he going?" Asher asks.
"Probably running away to lick his wounds." Snotlout says snickering.
"It's not funny. He could've been killed. He can't fly, remember?" Hicca asks reminding them.
"And whose fault is that?" Snotlout asks.
"Seriously, did you just go there?" Asher asks in anger.
"Hey, I call it like I see it." Snotlout says.
"Um, does anyone want to talk about what in the name of Thor just happened?" Fishlegs asks.
"Uh, dragon fight. Just another day on Berk." Tuffnut says.
"Uh, not really. It seemed like there was way more to it than that." Fishlegs says.
"She's right. The Whispering Death singled Toothless out." Hicca says.
"And Toothless wanted that dragon all to himself." Asher says.
"Yeah, he certainly did. But why?" Hicca asks.
"Uh, are we going to be tested on this? 'Cause I'm completely confused." Tuffnut says.
"Well, don't look at me." Ruffnut says.
Hicca doesn't listen as she continues to watch Toothless angrily stare out to where the Whispering Death headed while her other dragons come up to her staring at their brother as well.
That night, Hicca is worried for Toothless as he is fully in self-defense right now.
"I-I really wish you would just tell me what was going on out there today." Hicca says.
"I can't. It's for your own good, Hicca." Toothless says but then growls at the sound of footsteps on the stairs.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy, sweetie. It's just my daddy." Hicca says as Stoick enters his daughter's room.
"How's our wounded warrior?" Stoick ask.
"He's still a little on edge." Hicca says.
"For good reason." Toothless grumbles under his breath.
"And that reason is what?" Hicca asks.
"Never mind, Hicca." Toothless says.
"Don't worry, Toothless. I think we showed that dragon a thing or two about uninvited guests on Berk. I don't think he'll be coming back any time soon. At least I hope not." Stoick says exiting the room and heads down the stairs.
"Yeah, me too. Okay that should do it, sweetie. You just need to take it easy." Hicca says as she gets into her bed and goes to sleep as Toothless lies down.
A few moments later Toothless then awakens and looks at his rider.
"I'm sorry Hicca, but I just can't let anything else happen to you." Toothless says and leaves via the window.
The next morning, Hicca awakens and is stunned to see Toothless is gone.
"T-Toothless?" Hicca asks not seeing her main dragon in his bed. "Toothless! Oh, no. He went after him-alone." She says after running outside.
Later that day Hicca and her remaining dragons had gathered the other dragon riders and their dragons at the academy.
"Maybe Toothless just went for a morning flight? Oh, that's right, he can't." Snotlout teased while laughing.
"Really? You're going there again? Now?" Asher asks in anger ready to punch the girl but Hicca stops him.
"Toothless must be looking for the Whispering Death. We find it, we find Toothless." Hicca says.
"What do we do if we find the Whispering Death first?" Fishlegs asks holding 'The Book of Dragons'.
"Well, I'll train it." Hicca says.
"You know it's got death in his name, right?" Tuffnut asks as Hicca walks past him and his sister.
"Fishlegs, is there anything about the Whispering Death in the Book of Dragons that can help us?" Hicca asks the girl as she opens the book.
"It can shoot razor-sharp spines from any part of its body." Fishlegs says.
"And how's that gonna help us?" Asher asks.
"Well, it would help if we stayed away from those." Fishlegs says.
"Or we can get near them and use Ruffnut as a human shield." Tuffnut says but then Ruffnut savagely kicks him in the kneecap. "OW! MY KNEE CAP! That's new. I like it."
"This dragon must have a weakness." Hicca says.
"Actually, no. Yeah, it says right here, "no known weaknesses"." Fishlegs reads from the book.
"Ha, I really love this thing." Tuffnut says.
"Okay, great. Uh, can we go now, please? We don't know how much time we have." Hicca says as she mounts Serpentina.
"Let's go find our brother." Serpentina says to her siblings.
"Don't worry, Hicca. We'll find him." Asher says as he climbs onto Stormfly.
"I hope we find him soon." Stormfly says sadly.
As they explore through the forest, they spot two large holes.
"There, down below." Hicca says pointing to the two large holes as they land.
Once on the ground Hicca dismounts Serpentina and runs to the holes.
"Uh, Toothless? Toothless!" Hicca calls out but gets no response.
"How do we even know the Whispering Death made these holes?" Snotlout asks.
"So you think it might be the other 2,500-pound rock-eating Dragon we're following?" Asher says with a smirk.
"I know what you're-don't try to confuse me!" Snotlout shouts.
"Look at this." Hicca says bending down and picks up a dragon tooth. "He must've lost a tooth." She says examining it.
"Is it sharp? If it is I want it. I like sharp." Tuffnut says.
"Yeah, sharp is good." Ruffnut says agreeing with her brother.
"Think about this-hundreds of those spinning together, ripping through dirt and tree roots, discarding rock like it's not even there." Fishlegs says standing beside Hicca but then all the dragons start acting frigidity.
"Stormfly, Blazer, what's wrong?" Asher asks his Deadly Nadder and Monstrous Nightmare.
"What's wrong with you, dragon?" Tuffnut asks seeing his and his sister's dragon acting the same way.
"Barf, settle down." Ruffnut says to her dragon's head.
"Stop! Listen." Hicca commands as all the dragons obey her.
"Listen for what?" Tuffnut asks loudly.
"I don't hear anything. What are we listening for?" Ruffnut asks loudly as well.
"Be quiet!" Asher shouts.
"How are we supposed to hear anything over him yelling?" Tuffnut asks but Asher shushes them.
"The whisper." Fishlegs says backing up as the ground shakes violently.
"Looks like we beat Toothless." Snotlout says timidly.
"Yeah. We win." Asher says not so confident at the moment.
The Whispering Death emerges and growls at Fishlegs.
"I'm not feeling like a winner." Fishlegs says looking at the dragon in front of her. "Hi, sir. Love the teeth." She says.
The Whispering Death then stares at the dragons around the riders and then burrows back underground.
"I hate it when it does that. Can you at least tell me why it does it?" Snotlout asks.
"Maybe to hunt. Maybe because it's cooler. Maybe to look for water. MAYBE BECAUSE SHE CAN'T STAND THE PRESSURE OF EVERYBODY ALWAYS EXPECTING HER TO HAVE THE ANSWERS!" Fishlegs shouts.
"She's losing it." Tuffnut whispers to his sister.
"I know. It's awesome." Ruffnut says.
The ground begins shaking again and the Whispering Death emerges from below again.
"Somebody hold it still. I wanna pet it." Tuffnut says but Ruffnut holds him back while Hicca walks towards the dragon.
"Do you actually have a plan, or are you just trying to get yourself killed?" Asher asks his crush.
"If I can train it, it'll leave Toothless alone…" Hicca says.
"Right, so you are trying to get yourself killed?" Snotlout says.
The Whispering Death charges towards Hicca. Her dragons were ready to step in to save their rider but then see the Whispering Death stop short in front of Hicca's outstretched hand. The dragon sniffs it and turns away and retreats back into the hole it emerged from.
"Okay." Hicca says.
"Um, I know what you're thinking, and the answer is no." Asher says trying to convince her but Hicca jumps down the hole anyway. "Why does she always do that?" He asks.
"Oh, man. I am so glad I'm not down there with her right now. Whoa!" Fishlegs yells as Snotlout pushes her down the hole.
"Oops." Snotlout says shrugging her shoulders innocently
"Ah, thanks, Fishlegs. I kinda figured you'd be the last one to volunteer." Hicca says looking around.
"Yeah, I didn't want you to have to face that thing all alone." Fishlegs says.
"This things been busy." Hicca says seeing all the connecting tunnels.
"Quick question. Why are we down here again?" Fishlegs asks.
"This is where it spends all of its time. There's gotta be something down here that can help us." Hicca says walking forward but then feels rumbling and looks into the tunnel to her right and spots the Whispering Death. "There it goes, let's follow it." She says but looks back to see Fishlegs not moving.
"Oh, you were talking to me?" Fishlegs asks.
"Fishlegs, new Dragon. You love this stuff." Hicca says.
"I hate that about me." Fishlegs says.
Hicca and Fishlegs follows the Whispering Death lurking around it's maze of tunnel networks in attempt to find any advantage to thwart the dragon. They then look into a tunnel spotting a pair of eyes looking at them.
"Wha-?" Fishlegs asks scared.
The eyes turn out to be a sheep lost in the tunnels and walks away from the girls but a second later the Whispering Death appears and Hicca pushes Fishlegs into a nearby tunnel to hide as they watch the dragon avoid the light.
"Hicca, did you see-?" Fishlegs begins to ask but the Whispering Death heard the girl and turns around.
"Can it wait?" Hicca asks covering Fishlegs' mouth pushing her against the tunnel wall as the dragon comes back towards them. "Let's just hope it keeps going." She whispers. But the dragon stops.
"How'd that work out for us?" Fishlegs asks but then spots something and gets Hicca's attention.
The girls look to see a bite mark on the Whispering Death's tail but as Hicca reaches out to touch it the dragon moves away.
"Did you see that?" Fishlegs asks.
"Was that a bite mark?" Hicca asks.
"Not just any bite mark. That's a Night Fury bite mark. I think I know why these two are looking for each other." Fishlegs says.
"They have a history. That's what Toothless didn't want me to know about." Hicca says.
"A grudge." Fishlegs says.
"If that's true, how long to dragons carry a grudge?" Hicca asks feeling a little scared at the answer.
"To the death." Fishlegs says making go pale at the thought.
"Let's get out of here before it comes back." Hicca says.
"That is a really good idea." Fishlegs says but unfortunately the Whispering Death finds them.
"They've been down there forever." Asher says getting on his knees to get a better look. "Hicca! Fishlegs!" He yells into the tunnel.
"Yep, right here." Hicca says coming out of the tunnel.
"Did you see the Whispering Death? Was it cool?" Tuffnut asks.
"Did you touch it?" Ruffnut asks.
"I wanna touch it!" Tuffnut says.
"Can we talk about this later? We really need to get out of this hole." Fishlegs says.
"Yeah, you do." Asher says seeing the ground shift in the distance and making its way towards the girls.
"Fishlegs, you go first." Hicca says helping Fishlegs up.
"No argument here." Fishlegs says.
"Grab my hand!" Asher says as Fishlegs grabs it and they pull Fishlegs out of the hole. "Hicca, hurry!" He yells holding out his hand
"I can't reach!" Hicca says and tries to reach for it again and succeeds but then slips from his grip.
"Hicca! Just a-little more." Asher says reaching for his crush's hand.
"I'm trying!" Hicca says struggling to reach. "Everyone stand back!" She yells. "WHOA!" She screams as she is thrown out of the hole by a dust cloud.
"Wow, I bet she can see our house from up there." Tuffnut jokes but Ruffnut wasn't amused.
The Whispering Death then emerges from the hole and is ready to catch Hicca-WITH ITS TEETH!
"Stormfly!" Asher orders his main dragon as Stormfly saves Hicca from being eaten.
"I got you." Stormfly says.
"Thanks, Asher. You too, Stormfly." Hicca says as her dragons surround her.
"I don't think it likes you in its hole." Tuffnut says.
"Yeah, I got that." Hicca says in an annoyed voice.
"Can we get out of here, please?" Snotlout asks.
"No. I know I can train this thing. Anybody got some Dragon Nip?" Hicca asks as she was suddenly handed an armfuls of Dragon Nip. "Don't be afraid. I'm a friend. Here. You'll love this. All the dragons love this." She says but when she got close to the Whispering Death, it sneezes causing the Dragon Nip towards the other dragons, making them swoon blissfully.
"Oh, great. Now we're defenseless." Snotlout says.
"Any ideas? I'm throwing it wide open to the group." Hicca asks backing up.
"I got an idea. RUN!" Snotlout yells.
The Whispering Death chases the group but is suddenly tackled by Toothless.
"Toothless!" Asher shouts seeing the Night Fury.
Toothless chases the Whispering Death away. Hicca tries to mount him but Toothless once again doesn't let her.
"Hey, sweetie. It's me. I know what's going on with you and that other dragon." Hicca says.
"I didn't want you to get involved." Toothless says sadly.
"Let me help you." Hicca says but Toothless runs off. "Toothless, come back!" She cries chasing after her Night Fury but Toothless fires a blast at Hicca's feet, stopping her from following.
"I'm sorry." Toothless says and then runs off.
"Awkward." Tuffnut says as Hicca glares at him.
Much to Hicca's dismay, they head home, by flying with Hicca riding on Mist.
"So Toothless has an archenemy. Kind of like you and me." Snotlout says.
"Snotlout, you're not my archenemy." Hicca says.
"Well, you're mine." Snotlout says glaring at the girl.
"He's just trying to protect you." Asher says.
"That's not what it is. Toothless doesn't want you around because this is between him and the other guy. He's a fighter, like me, not whatever you are." Snotlout says but Serpentina smacks the girl with her tail.
"I never thought I'd say this, Snotlout, but I think you're right." Hicca says.
"Wait, huh? You guys heard that, right?" Snotlout asks.
"It's not a fair fight. If Toothless is gonna win, he has to fly, and he can't fly without me."
"So, what are you saying?" Asher asks.
"I'm saying we need to find him, and soon." Hicca says.
Meanwhile Toothless was running through the trees looking for the Whispering Death.
"There he is. Get me down there, Mist." Hicca says.
"You got it Hicca." Mist says.
Hicca approaches Toothless, with his hand extended out. Toothless finally touches his nose to Hicca's hand.
"Hicca…" Toothless says sweetly.
"Hey, sweetie. You had me so worried there for a while. You haven't been yourself lately. Good to see you're still you." Hicca says but then the Whispering Death appears from the ground. "You can just walk away from this, sweetie. Let's just go home." Hicca says trying to mount her dragon.
"No!" Toothless says pushing Hicca away again.
"You were so close. I thought you had him." Fishlegs says.
Toothless tries to fly towards the Whispering Death, shooting plasma blasts but is knocked down by the Whispering Death.
"He needs our help." Hicca says.
"Stay away!" Toothless tells the other dragons.
"Come on, girl! Blazer?!" Asher says trying to get Stormfly and Blazer to move but they won't.
"Hookfang won't budge!" Snotlout says.
"I think ours is broken." Tuffnut says as he and his sister can't get Barf and Belch to move.
"They know this isn't their fight, guys." Fishlegs says after not being able to move Meatlug.
The Whispering Death corners Toothless on a cliff ledge, with no escape.
"Toothless! Sweetie." Hicca says. "It's gonna knock Toothless into the canyon!" She says.
Hicca looks at Toothless one last time before coming up with a plan and steps off the ledge and freefalls into the canyon.
"Hicca!" Asher yells in shock.
"Hicca!" Toothless yells and dives to save her.
Once Toothless was close to her, Hicca mounts him in midair.
"Yes!" Asher cheers
"You save me, I save you. That's the way it is." Hicca says.
"Sigh. You're right." Toothless says as he turns around and flies towards the Whispering Death.
Toothless and Hicca fight the Whispering Death and during the fight sunlight strikes the Whispering Death which Fishlegs notices.
"The sunlight, Hicca. That's its weakness." Fishlegs shouts.
"Okay, sweetie. Keep him aboveground." Hicca says.
Toothless shoots plasma blasts down the Whispering Death holes causing eruptions to occur.
"This is amazing." Ruffnut cheers.
"We've got to find you an archnemesis." Tuffnut says to Belch.
"No thank you." Belch says.
Toothless finally defeats Whispering Death and pushes Hicca off his saddle and goes to finish with plasma blast.
"Toothless! Don't!" Hicca says
"No. I'm going to end this once and for all." Toothless says ready to fire the plasma blast making Hicca growl in angry.
"Okay that's it! Serpentina!" Hicca yells as Serpentina swoops in and knocks Toothless off the Whispering Death.
"Serpentina, what are you doing?" Toothless asks but she doesn't answer.
"Bones! Mist! Sit on them!" Hicca orders as Bones traps the Whispering Death and Mist holds Toothless down under her weight.
Hicca and walks up to the Whispering Death with her hand out.
"Now you hold still." Hicca says and places her hand on the dragon's snout. "Okay now what is this all about?" She asks but the two dragons start talking at the same time. "Enough!" She yells causing them to quite down.
"Wait, she can understand me?" The Whispering Death asks in a scratchy female voice.
"Yes, any dragon Hicca touches with her right hand she can hear their voices because of the dragon's blood in her arm which is now a scar." Bones explains causing the Whispering Death to stare at the girl in amazement while she looks him.
"You tell me what this is all about." Hicca demands.
"Five years ago that Night Fury appears in the skies of Whispering Death territory and I was the protector so it was my job to deal with him." The Whispering Death says and Hicca read heremotion and could tell she was telling the truth.
"Okay. Toothless why did enter their territory?" Hicca asks.
"I was making my way back to the Queen's nest." Toothless says.
"Wait, queen? As in Red Death queen?" The Whispering Death asks.
"Yes. I was supposed to locate new islands close with large amounts of food but unfortunately I was behind schedule and had to take a shortcut to get back before I was punished." Toothless says.
"So you attacked Toothless thinking he was invading your territory when in reality he was just passing through and that's how this whole thing began?" Hicca asks as both dragons nod their heads. "This whole thing was a misunderstanding but you're both at fault." She says as she looks at the Whispering Death. "You failed to ask why Toothless was in your territory." She says and turns to Toothless. "And you failed to explain yourself." She says.
"Looks like it." The Whispering Death says.
"Yeah the dragon's irrational behavior got the better of us." Toothless says.
"Okay now can we please put this behind us so I can have my Night Fury back to his old self?" Hicca asks Toothless and the Whispering Death.
The two dragons look to each other and sigh as they nod their heads making Hicca smile as she signals Bones and Mist to get off them. Once freed Hicca immediately wraps her arms around Toothless as his sibling join in the hug as well. The Whispering Death looks on at the scene and is touched by it to see different kinds of dragons so protective of each other and the girl.
"You all really care for this girl don't you?" The Whispering Death asks.
"We do. She the one who gave us each a home and she helped me regain my ability to fly." Toothless says.
"Why don't you stay with me?" Hicca asks.
"I'd like that. I gave up my position as protector to hunt down your Night Fury five years ago and I have nothing to return to." The Whispering Death says.
"Great! Now all I have to do is give you a name." Hicca says staring at the Whispering Death and spots hertail drawing in the dirt unknowingly. "That a really great etching you do there." She says.
"Huh? Oh that's just something I've done unknowingly." The Whispering Death says.
"Hmm, oh I've got it. I'll call you Etch." Hicca says.
"Etch…I like it." Etch says but then the sun shines on her and she cringes. "Ow the sun hurts my eyes." She says.
"Don't worry I'll make something to help with that." Hicca says hugging her newest dragon.
"Thank you, Hicca." Etch says as the others come over.
"Aw, man! Toothless could have finished him off!" Snotlout says.
"Well, I guess all dragon grudges aren't to the death." Hicca says rubbing Toothless and Etch's snouts.
"I guess I'll have to change that in the book." Fishlegs says.
"Hey, everyone. What do you say we go home?" Hicca asks as her five dragons nod their heads.
'When our past rears its ugly head, it usually doesn't have six rows of razor-sharp teeth and a bad attitude.'
Hicca's dragon drops boulders to cover Etch's hole openings with Etch now wearing metal shades over the tops of his bulgy eyes and tied around his head by leather straps.
'If it does, you're going to need a great friend who has your back. I will always have my dragons' backs. And they will always have mine.'
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed the newest chapter. I'll try to have the next one out soon.
Hicca's dragon count is now up to five: Toothless (Night Fury), Bones (Boneknapper), Serpentina (Grapple Grounder), Mist (Scauldron), and Etch (Whispering Death).
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