Toothless P.O.V
Controlling the Plasma thing wasn't nearly as hard as I thought. I could command it as if it was part of my body. That time in the Sandman' zone, I refuse to call it Sandman's Island for my sole belief that a island is a place meant to relax and that was the most stressful thing I ever experienced, was simply a trigging to this amazing and powerful power of mine.
The trees splattered all around the ground of the forest were a very good example of it. Agafya told me to train there, that way I wouldn't make any damage in her property nor would I bring attention. Due to my dragon teeth coming out, I had to spit the blood multiple times to the ground, but I continued to train. Agafya left me alone after awhile, stating that she had to go look for the sword that Hiccup was going to train with. I don't know how to react to that new. Plus, apparently Agafya doesn't understand very much about dragons although they fascinated her.
Proud and confident about my ability to create Plasma, I went to see how Hiccup was going. He was doing well, very well. Most of the times he hit the middle and the other he was near of it. I never expected him to be this good with weapons. Then again we never actually felt the need to.
I leaned against the wall by Hiccup' side, safe from the daggers.
"Anxious for the fight?" I asked to him. Hiccup, having no other weapon and not knowing where Agafya kept the rest, walked to the targets to take the daggers. I took some of them, knowing that I should improve my aim.
"A bit" Hiccup answered "You think it's going to be worse?" He hit the middle.
"It may be, but I don't really know how the Tooth Fairy is nor I do know her zone" I threw the dagger, not really expecting to hit anywhere near of the target. Apparently I was on luck since it hit the arm.
"Eve told me that she is a Sister of Flight" After explaining me what it was I stopped in the middle of my movement to throw another dagger. A winged warrior was possessed by a nightmare who is hungry to fight and ready to shed blood… Keep calm "Where's Agafya?" I asked, desperately trying to get rid of those thoughts.
"Still searching for the swords" He answered and looked at me with excitement "She is going to teach me how to use one. Isn't that awesome?" I got a bit of shocked of how happy he was at learning this. Sure, it's everybody fantasy to learn how to use a sword, but this is reality. A distraction could get him really hurt.
"Yes it is" Agafya said as she entered the training room. In her hand, there was a big, rectangular black box "Toothless, can you do plasma without worries now?" She asked.
I nodded proudly while remembering the warm and tingling feeling on my throat from forming the plasma.
"Good" Agafya turned to Hiccup and walked to him "Ready?"
"Yes" Hiccup answered, determination obvious in that simple response. Agafya smiled, noticing how fortitude Hiccup was being, and made a silent order to Hiccup for him to raise his arms, placing the box in them. She opened them to show two small swords, the ones using in fencing. Agafya took them out of the box and gave one at Hiccup. Hiccup, placing the box on the floor, gladly took it and immediately started to analyze it, focusing on the pattern on the grip. I leaned against the wall to give them more space.
"These types of swords are called a foil. For starters, we start with these"
Hiccup nodded. He wasn't exactly sure what to do, so he placed himself in the position that we regularly see when sword fights begin. Hiccup extended his left leg behind, bended the front leg and raised slightly his right arm. The left arm was awkwardly hanging on the side.
Agafya smiled at this and also raised the foil. She was calm. I could clearly see that by how different her position was compared to Hiccup's. Her left arm was resting behind her back and her feet were perfectly joined together.
"Attack" Agafya ordered, allowing Hiccup to have the first hit. He, having no idea how to begin this, extended rapidly the foil. Changing the direction of Hiccup' attack, Agafya made a swift movement with her own sword before rapidly placing the tip of the foil an inch away from Hiccup' chin. I fought against the instinct to run to him, knowing well that Agafya wouldn't do something that would actually hurt him.
"Don't let yourself so open, darling" Agafya pulled back and went to her original pose, smiling at Hiccup. He stayed in his place for a moment, shocked at what just happened, before returning to his spot "Lunge."
Hiccup made a kicking movement with the leg behind him and launched himself to Agafya, knowing that this wasn't safe at all but had to. Agafya dodge to the side with such grace that could be mistaken for a dance step. She raised the foil and, with the grip pointed down, rapidly hit Hiccup on the middle of his back. He fell, his face only a inch away from my feet and his left arm tugged uncomfortably under him and the right one stretched to the side, the foil a few feet away from his hand.
I picked him up and looked angrily at Agafya, surprised to see her amused expression being switched to a concerned and confused one.
"Are you okay?" I asked to Hiccup. He nodded, obviously trying to hide his pain, and went to get the foil. When Hiccup reach it whit his right hand, Agafya interrupted him.
"Hang on. Use your left hand" Hiccup was about to start complain that he was right-handed, but she stopped him "Hiccup, I will love to explain why you should use your left hand, but we don't have much time, especially if those three are working together, and you will need it to fight the nightmares. So do what I say."
In the other trainings Agafya wasn't as serious as she was in this exact moment. She used to teach us with an amused and patient smile on her face and her voice was always dripping with laidback sarcasm. Now she is dead serious and impatient.
Hiccup walked to her and nervously switched the foil to his left hand. He experimented a bit. to the side, spinning and then pointing the foil to one of the targets, etc. Feeling confident, Hiccup threw the sword to the air, the foil circling in the atmosphere before he grabbed it again.
"Ok" Hiccup said lowly, almost as a whisper "Lets try it again."
They both placed themselves in position. Hiccup attacked first, launching to Agafya' stomach. She placed her foil to defend herself and used it to push Hiccup back, rapidly using the open target he was. Hiccup defended back, making the foils to hit together and being raise to the air.
I couldn't help but remind myself of how much of a classic battle position they were right now.
Hiccup was shocked at how quick his movement was, his mouth and eyes wide-open. Agafya smiled at this before making her move. She gracefully spun behind Hiccup and used the grip to push him down. This time Hiccup only took a few steps forward, luckily not falling, and lunged to Agafya once again, holding the foil with both hands. The attack stopped inches away from each other faces, the only thing separating being the foils placed in an X position.
"Holy shit…" I whispered in amazement. They kept the position for awhile before floating letters made of dreamsand, forming in the end five simple words.
'THE HOLE IS READY.'
I and Hiccup were staring at the phrase in amazement, not only due to its magic but how fast they were. Agafya was the one to talk.
"Very well" She dropped the foil by her side and walked to a near closet, taking another sword from the inside. The prime difference in between this one and the foil would be the size. The new one was a larger and didn't hold the beauty of the foil. To be completely honest, it reminded me the ones that are most used in the movies. "This is literally called a Viking sword. Perfect for you, Hiccup. Lets go to your room and pick the daggers and to let you guys brush your teeth" With that, she walked away from the room
"I still think that it's stupid" I said as we walked to the doorstep. Hiccup was busy fawning over the sword and Agafya was picking her coat from a hanger.
"Tell that when Tooth rips your teeth off solely because they are a light shade of yellow."
'Did they brush their teeth?' Was literally the first thing that Sandman wrote on the air and the answer was the same as the following ones, made by Eve and Sebastian. Yes, we fricking did it. It wasn't that we didn't care about or dental health, we did, but it gets annoying when someone is constantly asking you this. Unless you're my dentist, you really need to stop asking theses questions.
We went to the antique store only to find it closed so we had to enter by the back. I reminded that Eve told me that no one could enter if it wasn't by the front door so I got a bit of worried, but apparently Sandman was already waiting for us to go to the storeroom.
Eve and Sebastian were facing each other in a circle with a star on the center painted in a dark shade of violet. An odd looking door was in the middle of it. Only an door. Absolutely no wall behind her or any room…Makes perfect sense.
"Oh, you three are finally here" Sebastian said. His usual glow was lacking although he tried to hide it, stating that he was tired from preparing the hole. Eve, on the other hand, didn't seem affected. The only difference from her normal self was her hair being tied in a low ponytail and not having her cat-cap. She was also holding her memories behind her back "Did you guys-"
"If you ask us if we brushed our teeth I swear I'll rip off your front teeth, Bugs Bunny" I threatened him impatiently.
"I'll take that as a yes" Sebastian turned to Eve "Ready?" She nodded and placed her memories on the middle of the star, returning calmly to her place as Sandman and Agafya pushed us away from them.
Eve and Sebastian moved their arms in circular and synchronized motions as they both chanted a hauntingly beautiful and mysterious mantra in an unknown language. The box started to make a light pink glow, illuminating the circle around them and the inside of the door. The designs of the door started to dance around as they moved to the center, opening slowly a hole, letting us see how our next destination was.
At first I couldn't see a lot, just fog. But as the hole became wider and the glow of the circle became stronger, the fog started to fade slightly and I saw a plain and lightless red and purple wall. In no time the hole had occupied the entire door. Now I could perfectly see that the wall was part of a floating column. No wait…A giant palace constituted by SEVEN identical floating columns hidden by mountains. Like Sandman' zone, Pitch' presence could be seen. Bits of nightmare sand was randomly splattered around the palace and nightmare shaped owls were circling each one of the columns.
"Hm" Hiccup started "I expected to be worse."
"And it is" Agafya said back as Sandman nodded his head in agreement. Eve and Sebastian ignored us and continued their work. The memory started to float in the air and their hands started to glow their respective color. Violet for Eve. Gold for Sebastian.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked in curiosity, raising an eyebrow for effect. That seemed...normal is not correct word but the only one that comes to my mind right now…"normal" enough.
"It's too quiet. Yes, Tooth is possessed by a nightmare, which enables her to be her usual loud and excited self, but not her fairies. I expected them to be…well, a bit crazy due to the lack of their queen presence. But I hear nothing."
Sandman, turning himself so that Eve couldn't see him, maybe so it wouldn't disturb her, made a small cage with his dreamsand and showed it to Agafya. Her response was a raised eyebrow accompanied with wide open eyes.
"Pitch put the fairies in cages? Again?" Sandman nodded to Agafya' question "The poor things…" She looked distantly at the hole.
"Enter" Eve ordered us.
"Are you sure this is safe?" Hiccup asked. Sebastian made a sarcastic laugh at him.
"Oh, now you're asking? How about when I was almost screaming due to this idea? Enter the bloody hole" He said impatiently and jokingly at us "The moment you two enter the hole we'll close it so that the nightmares won't use it or Pitch senses it. But we'll open it when you two need it."
"How will you know when we need it?" I asked in disbelief.
"Assuming that you will fight the nightmare of Toothiana in two maybe three hours, we'll open it at the time. But Jamie will be here with the book any minute so it's no problem."
"Well, except maybe one." Eve added at the same time she stretched her arms. Sebastian did the same movement.
"Besides the possessed Tooth Fairy?" I and Hiccup said in unison, both with the same level of sassness…If this isn't a word, it should be.
"Yes. Alvin" As Eve said that I could clearly see Agafya face-palming herself and whispering:"Oh, dear God and Man in the Moon not him."
"Yes him. Now would you two enter the hole, please? I'm literally using the magic to cover my form for this so please" Sebastian turned his head at us, showing his glowing eyes and that his whisker and ears starting to appear "Get. In. The. Bloody. Hole."