Hey Everyone! Sorry it's been a long time but I've been really busy lately. My sister's graduating (YEAH!) and I'm helping prepare for her graduation party. It's also her birthday party. Everything is so close together for her and my mum is freaking out a bit. Yesterday was my first free day and I spent it writing and editing my story. Today, I think that I will post maybe a chapter or two. It's getting down to the nitty gritty.

I love the APOCALYPSE as you guys put it in the reviews. I didn't think of that but it was like an apocalypse wasn't it?

Well, here we go. ENJOY!

"They what?" she exclaimed.

"You didn't hear about that?"

"I hadn't left the house yet."

"Well, they saved us again."

Astrid and Ruff went and bought ten fish, two for each dragon. They traveled to the cove and found all of the dragons sleeping in the cove.

"Wait," Ruff said as Astrid began to descend.

"What?"

"The other dragons. I've never met them. They might not be as accepting of me as Dragon was. Especially the Monstrous Nightmare. They're the top on the dragon chain."

"No, the Night Fury is and he trusts you. Besides, Dragon will protect you. He did for me."

Ruff nodded and followed as Astrid began to place the fish in front of Dragon. Astrid quietly walked up to Dragon and whispered, "Hello Dragon. We've got a surprise for you."

Dragon slowly opened his eyes and groggily looked at Astrid. He was confused why she was there then noticed Ruff as well and became even more confused.

"Can you wake the others? The surprise is for them as well."

Dragon softly cooed at the other dragons and they slowly began to wake up. The other dragons were groggily at first but when they saw Ruffnut, they began to get uneasy.

Ruff began to back away. "See what I mean? They don't like me."

Dragon stood up and growled softly and soon the other dragons calmed down.

"I told you Dragon would protect you." The dragons looked at Astrid in curiosity. "Ruff and I are here to thank you for what you guys did last night. We are very grateful to you. You saved our village once again even though we are the only ones who know."

"Thank you from the village of Berk," Ruff said. She then slowly approached the Zippleback and tossed the fish to each of the heads. The Zippleback enjoyed it and the right head bent down and looked at Ruff on eye level.

"Ruff," Astrid whispered. "Put your hand out."

"Which hand?"

"Any."

Ruff put her hand out and the Zippleback closed the gap between them. Ruff gasped in surprise and excitement. She grinned and looked at Astrid then looked back at the Zippleback head. She felt a strange transference between them and she was completely at ease with the dragon.

She grinned even wider and then she involuntarily said, "Barf."

Astrid turned to her and asked in surprise, "Barf? Really?"

"Hey! It just came to me okay. Like you could do any better. You named the Night Fury Dragon!"

Astrid rolled her eyes and shrugged at the truth of it all. "Well, I also named the Nadder Stormfly!"

"You did?"

"Yeah. The name just came to me when Stormfly and I connected but not when Dragon and I connected."

"That's weird."

"Tell me about it."

"Come to think of it, this whole situation is weird."

"Agreed."

The dragons enjoyed the fish except Dragon. Dragon refused to eat the fish and gave his to the others. Astrid was confused by this act. She walked up to Dragon.

"Are you ok? You're not eating the fish. It's your favorite." Dragon nodded his head and made Astrid even more confused. "But you like Icelandic Cod." Dragon nodded again. "Then why aren't you eating them?"

Dragon sighed and twisted his tail around and placed in front of Astrid. He then looked at the others, then the sky. He looked back at Astrid then used his claws to draw a miniature field. Astrid looked at Dragon and the field but finally understood what Dragon was trying to say.

"You think you don't deserve them because you didn't help create the fields. Because you couldn't fly." Dragon nodded. Astrid gave Dragon a sad smile and hugged Dragon's neck. "You did do something. You saw that we needed help and you helped us. You may not have done the physical work but you did do something. You are just as important as the others."

Dragon did his best to tighten his hug and smiled a gummy smile. Astrid pulled back and said, "How about a flight? We didn't get to finish ours yesterday."

"Wait. You fly him?" Ruff asked in shock.

"Yeah. You should try it," Astrid said as she hopped onto Dragon's back.

"Uh. Maybe when I'm more comfortable with the whole dragon thing."

Dragon rolled his eyes and gurgled something to the Zippleback and it nodded his head in understanding. Dragon and Astrid took off leaving Ruff alone with the other dragons.

"Hey! You can't le- ahhhhh!"

The Zippleback interrupted her when it grabbed her shirt and flung her onto its right head. The Zippleback followed Dragon and all of the other dragons began to follow as well.

"Oh Thor! This is-this is-" Ruff said as she looked around. "Awesome! You can see so much from here. It's unbelievable!" Together the dragons and the two Vikings flew all that afternoon. They went around the island of Berk and to the neighboring islands as well. All the while, Ruffnut and Barf bonded even more and soon, Ruff didn't want to leave her dragon head.

"We need to get back," Astrid said. Dragon landed in the cove and nudged her in thanks after she got off.

"Do we have to?" Ruff asked. "This was such an amazing day. I don't want it to end."

"I know what you mean."

Astrid and Ruff walked back, after they said goodbye, and talked about their little experience. Ruff was completely ecstatic and so wanted to tell Tuff but knew it wasn't time to tell anyone quite yet.

"Did you have the same feeling?" Ruff asked.

"Like I was invincible? Yes."

"That was amazing! And the water was just gorgeous!"

"I know. It was breathtaking."

"Oh, and the colors of the sky! Perfect!"

"Maybe one day we can go flying when it's dark. Seeing the stars and Arvin Dale's Fire was just…I can't even describe it."

"You flew at night? Lucky. When was this?"

"When you and Gobber caught me."

"Oh. Sorry. Didn't mean to ruin your perfect moment," Ruff said genuinely sorry.

"You're fine. We had just landed anyway. But it was still amazing."

When they approached the village, they changed the subject of their discussion to one of weapons.

"How was your day?" Gobber asked as they came to the forge.

"It was fantastic!" Ruff exclaimed.

"I'm taking it she flew today," Gobber said knowingly.

"You got it," Astrid nodded.

"Well keep it down, though," Gobber whispered. "Dagur's been putting his nose into my business. Soon, he'll get in yours."

"Thanks Gobber. If you're available, I'll be sleeping in my house tonight."

"I can't unfortunately. Stoick has called me again for another meeting. Apparently, he and the council are worried about why Thor and Odin keep doing this to us. He wants me to be there."

"I've heard. What do you think Thor could be upset about?" They all turned to see the owner of the voice.

"We don't know Dagur. That's why the council is going into a meeting," Astrid spat.

"That may be true but Gobber must have some ideas."

"I actually don't," Gobber said furling his eyebrows. "And if I did, it's none of your business."

"Gobber!" Stoick called from up the hill. "The meeting is coming to order."

"Bye lass. See you tomorrow," Gobber said as he ran toward Stoick.

"Well, I guess you'll be staying at Ruff's house again."

"It's Ruffnut to you Dagur," Ruff spat.

"As a matter of fact. No," Astrid said as she put her hands on her hip. Ruff, who was behind Dagur at this point, gave Astrid a grave look.

"Then where are you staying?" Dagur asked.

Oh my gods! Does he really think I'm going to tell him so that he could get another chance? "It's none of your concern where I'm staying. Now get out of my sight before I bring out my axe."

"All right, all right," Dagur said as he backed away. "See you around."

"In your dreams creep," Ruff whispered. "Where are you going to sleep?"

"I think I'm going to go to the cove. I'll make it look like I went to my house then sneak out of Berk."

"All right. Be careful."

"Mildew," Dagur said as he knocked on the door.

"Come in Dagur," Mildew said annoyed.

"Ok something weird is going on," Dagur said as he opened the door.

"You're telling me. First my crops are destroyed then my field is repaired."

"No, no, no. Not about that. About Astrid."

Mildew rolled his eyes. "What now?"

"She's been staying over at Ruffnut's house a lot or Gobber's been staying over at her house."

"So?"

"So…she's never done something like that before. She's never been one to have others protect her."

"Do you think that she told them?"

"Yes I do but I also don't."

"What do you mean?"

"Tuffnut said something about them talking about girl things when Astrid stays over. Tuffnut may be an idiot but he doesn't lie about things."

"Okay, so she didn't tell Ruffnut. What about Gobber?"

"That's just it. Gobber's been acting weird. He'd say that she's somewhere and when I go to look, she's nowhere to be found."

"Maybe you just missed her."

"Five times? And that was just today."

"Okay, that's just strange. Maybe he knows something."

"He definitely is because my group of friends have said that they've seen her go into the woods."

"She goes in there every day to practice. What's the big deal?"

"And she's gone most of the day? She's always come back for meals but she hasn't and Gobber doesn't seem to be panicking. He knows where she goes and is lying to me about it."

"Well, find out where she goes and why and try to somehow use that against her. Get Gobber involved somehow," Mildew said in frustration. Why can't this kid think on his own?

"Very well. I will. Just watch."

"Just come to me first. You're not smart when it comes to being sneaky."