Chapter XXV: Ecstasy

A fan requested moment to follow:

The first class the Ravenclaws had the next day was Herbology with Professor Anton, a large beefy man with a short beard and long hair. He stood at almost nine feet tall, to Hiccup's amazement, as his father was the tallest man he had seen before Anton. The Herbology teacher also had a slight obsession with beanstalks. He grew every type of beanstalk he could get his gigantic hands on. However, as far as plants were concerned, today was a bit different.

"Alright, gather 'round students! I've got a real treat for you this time!" Anton announced. He stood in front of a large counter with shoots of grass growing out of a large planter. When his students were gathered in front of her, she stood on top of a ladder and handed each student a pot and a small sack of dirt.

"Today we'll be working with an herb more commonly found in the Northlands. It has a marvelous effect on dragons and it is a potent ingredient in some powerful potions." Anton explained. Then he added: "You'll be learning how to plant it. Don't worry, as long as you're not a dragon you should be fine.

Hiccup wanted to take a step back but his peers blocked him in. He was unsure as to whether or not the grass would have any effect on him in his human form. No matter what state Hiccup was in, there was still a dragon inside of him.

Pretty soon he was standing between Elsa and Rapunzel, working on his pot, they were just planting seeds and switching the growing plants into larger planters. As far as working with the seeds was concerned, Hiccup did just fine, but then they had to work with the dragon nip that had actually grown and began budding. That was a different story, this stuff had a strong odor to Hiccup, his peers could smell it a bit, but not to Hiccup's extent. One whiff and he was in a world of rainbows and kittens!

"Psst, Hiccup, not a good idea." Rapunzel hissed quietly to bring Hiccup back to reality. He apologized, but that didn't stop the scent of the dragon nip kept meeting his nostrils, and he worked leisurely while swaying on his feet. It got to the point where Elsa had to give him a nudge to snap him out of it too.

"Stop sniffing it unless you want your secret exposed!" Elsa hissed. Hiccup finally shook off the scent before anything awkward happened in the class. Compared to the rest of the Ravenclaws, Hiccup's work was a bit clumsy, and Anton noticed. He knew that Hiccup was a Viking and was more at home in a smithy than a garden, but he had usually done his work well enough to get high marks.

"Are you having an off day, Mr. Haddock?" Anton asked.

"Sorry, I guess I'm just a bit out of practice." He replied.

"I should hope so. Plants are delicate things, Mr. Haddock, and like most people, time is what makes them strong." Anton told him.

"I agree, and I try to better next time." Hiccup stated before leaving the class with his friends.

Once they were well away from the greenhouse and their peers, Hiccup told his friends: "I'm planning on visiting Toothless in the forest if you girls would care to join me."

"It would be nice to see our Night Fury friend again." Elsa spoke.

"That sounds like a great idea, Hiccup! I've missed him!" Rapunzel added.

"Great, we can go and see him right after we can snag some lunch." Hiccup told them.

"Hold your horses, Hiccup, we still have Charms to go to before lunch, and then we can see Toothless." Elsa replied. As they were returning to the castle, they caught Jack and Merida passing by as they were going to their Herbology class.

"Merida, Jack, you're going to be working with dragon nip, and we're going to be paying a visit to Toothless after lunch… Please don't get any ideas, especially you, Jack." Hiccup told them, but he didn't miss the mischievous twinkle in Jack's eye as he passed.

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Professor Patin was a rather eccentric and bubbly fairy whose feet never seemed to touch the ground as she gave her lectures. Rapunzel, Elsa, and the other students seemed to like her just fine, but the fact that the hum of her wings was constant kind of annoyed Hiccup. With the dragon inside of him, he felt that he was suppressing the urge to tackle some prey, and it made Hiccup irritable enough for Elsa to notice.

"What's going on with you? Was it the dragon nip?" She asked in a whisper.

"It must be. I just really want to be a dragon right now." He replied. So while he lesson was interesting, it was very long and tedious to Hiccup, and he made an impressive rush to the door when the class was dismissed. Professor Patin was almost offended by that, because she thought that he found her lesson to be absolutely boring.

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Hiccup only stuck around the Great Hall long enough to snag a sandwich before he headed out again and ventured out into the forest with his friends catching up behind him, when they met up with Professor Maleficent heading out of it!

"Professor, what are you doing here?" Hiccup asked innocently.

"I simply enjoy taking a stroll though these woods. Now, I assume that you're off to meet up with your dragon friend. I hope that the two of you have a pleasant reunion." Maleficent replied as she carried on her way back to the castle.

That short talk was all Jack, Merida, Elsa, and Rapunzel needed to catch up to Hiccup, as he had been well ahead of them, but Hiccup wasn't stopping again until he reached the Black Lake. Once there his eyes widened in delight as he spotted his favorite dragon soaring over the treetops.

"TOOTHLESS!" Hiccup called out to the soaring dragon. Toothless halted in midair, turned, and spotted the five friends, and zoomed in for a landing. He touched down in front of Hiccup and nuzzled each and every friend before turning back to Hiccup and began pouncing playfully and flapping his wings.

"Fly with me! Fly with me!" Toothless told Hiccup. Hiccup's eyes widened for a second, but then he pulled back his sleeve to reveal the leather gauntlet with the Dragonstone inside of it. Now it was Toothless' turn to look surprised. He looked up to Hiccup and said: "You can understand me! We can talk to each other!"

"Yeah we can." Hiccup replied.

"Hiccup, have you been wearing that thing ever since you arrived at the carriage train?" Elsa asked him.

"How else am I going to make sure that no one else, besides us, know where it is?" He replied.

"He's got a point, Elsa, that stone is an object of value, an' we can't have it fall into the wrong hands." Merida spoke.

"Come on, fly with me! I haven't had another dragon to fly with since you left." Toothless said, giving Hiccup a nudge.

"Alright, I'll fly with you." Hiccup told Toothless with a smug on his face. He leapt at the dragon shifting his form in midair and tackled Toothless to the ground, earning laughs from his friends. Hiccup quickly let Toothless back up and the two dragons took flight.

While the girls were marveling the aerial display, Jack pulled something out of his pocket, a little something he stole from Herbology class, and he sprinkled it all over the ground while the girls weren't looking. To Jack's delight, he didn't have to wait long for the dragons to come down and watch his herb take effect. As soon as the dragon nip's scent made it to Toothless' and Hiccup's nostrils, they were sent into a magical meadow with galloping unicorns and a stream filled with jumping salmon.

In reality, the dragons were rolling on the ground playfully.

"Jack, what did you do?" Rapunzel asked.

"Who, me?"

"Yes, you, did you steal dragon nip from your Herbology class after we told you not to get any ideas?" Rapunzel asked.

"That I did. On come on, are you telling me that you guys weren't curious too?" Jack replied.

"You're lucky that Hiccup and Toothless are enjoying themselves." Elsa stated not taking her eyes off the silly dragons.

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