Hey peoples! I'm still alive!... maybe, that has yet to be determined, I could be a ghost for all we know.
Anyway, we all know what happened in the last chapter... Riders and Stoick found out about the rest of Hiccup and Daystrid's abilities.
Well... um... ON WITH THE STORY!
"I see you decided to follow me," Hiccup said, as I caught up to him.
"You say that like I had a choice to come up here."
"Well, I know that you didn't, really… cause I didn't, Toothless just grabbed me and took off, but y'know, you didn't have to follow me."
"Eh, I prefer to be around someone who knows the area, like you. I don't like getting lost."
"Oh, that makes sense." He paused, as if wanting to say something, but unsure of how to say it. "Uh, I have a question for you. This may seem a little weird, or like it's none of my business, but when you go flying with Firewing, how far out do you guys usually go?"
"About to the edge of our waters, why?"
"Okay…" He muttered something under his breath that I couldn't hear.
"Um, how would you feel about having a fake name? Like a second life, that you just leave sit and don't touch unless you needed to." Hiccup asked, suddenly.
"Uh, I don't know. Why do you ask?"
"Because it might be safer for you to go flying if you have one."
"What do you mean?" I was starting to get confused. Is he hinting that he has a second name, that none of us know about? And if he does, why? And why would it be safer?
"I mean that there's a tribe of Dragon Trappers out there that take pride in capturing and killing Halflings, and the original Fyrests. I've had a couple really nasty run-ins with them, and it's easier to have a name to give them without giving them your actual name."
"So you have a different name?"
"Yes, my father doesn't even know about it. I'm guessing you want to know what it is?" I nodded, and he turned towards me and smiled: "Ever heard of Night Rider?"
"Yeah… wait, are you Night Rider?!" There's no way he'd bring Night Rider into the conversation if he didn't have something to do with what we're talking about.
"Yep. You weren't expecting that, were you?" he asked, smirking.
"No-no I wasn't. I'm finding that a little hard to believe. I mean, Night Rider's had run-ins with the Outcasts and Berserkers, people who know you."
"Do you know what Night Rider is known for doing?"
"No."
"Keeping quiet and hiding in the shadows. He never speaks and wears all black."
"Okay, I'm seeing how you could be Night Rider now."
"Could be?! Daystrid, I am Night Rider. There's no 'could be' about it.
"I'm just thinking that if you were to come up with a name like that, if you were caught by the Trappers, then they can't trace you back to Berk, which keeps Berk safe, as well as you when you're on Berk. But you would have to hide your identity too. Like if you're caught."
"Okay, yeah, you have a point. So how would I go about coming up with a name?"
"You could make it similar to mine, that would show that we probably know each other… and make it easier for me to remember. Or you could come up with something all your own."
That got me thinking: He did something that had to do with his dragon side, that would be the easiest. And similar to his… I got it! "What about Flame Rider? Would that work?"
"That works, but you need to find a way to hide your identity quickly. I don't know how well I can help you with that.
"We should probably head back to the Edge, before they come looking for us."
"Yeah," I replied as I turned Firewing around.
So, yeah, anybody catch why this chapter was called Night and Flame?
We're getting closer to where this story started, Daystrid goes off on her own next chapter...
Daystrid out!
*vanishes into thin air...like a ghost would*