Ok I am ever so sorry for not updating! I haven't really had much chance and muse to write 'cause I've been rewriting some stories and beginning to start a new one, BUUUUUT here's the next chapter! I also have to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU for supporting me and for starters even reading this story!
Again. THANK. YOU!
How To Train Your Dragon
Night in the Twilight Sky
Chapter 35 ~ Brush Of Death, Again
I pressed my wings closely to my body, my heart pounding in my ears, I felt myself cut through the cold air like a knife, the closer I got to the approaching ocean the faster my blood pumped around my body, my pupils contracted while I felt the salty water spraying up at me as I flew open my wings, consequently pulling my body up sharply in a horizontal manner, I swerved left and right as I skimmed the water with my wing tips, my entire being was overwhelmed with ecstasy, my scales shimmering in the early morning sun, I felt myself being dragged into a world of daydreams, it was only until I heard Flare screaming to the top of his lungs behind me that knocked me back into the real world, I smiled as I tilted my wings upwards and began to beat them rapidly, soaring upwards, high into the sky, every one of my senses was on edge, I then glided on the wind, allowing myself to slow down, and get my bearings, looking down I saw the now small island of Berk
Do you have to do that?! I heard Flare shout down my ear, I winced momentarily
"Thor! No need to shout" I grumbled, I looked down and scanned my eyes over the area "Where is this mountain cave meant to be?"
How the heck am I supposed to know?! Flare shouted, I rolled my eyes, then I swooped downwards slower this time, it felt like I was floating in the sky, until a sharp gust of wind knocked me sideways, I instinctively
"Ok, we need to avoid... well, a lot, firstly the other dragon trainers, then the villagers, oh yeah these 'Outcasts' and those bandit dragons while trying to find Astrid in time to get ready for Ruff and Tuff's party tonight" I listed
Well that should be a piece of cake then! I heard Flare's sarcastic tone, I snorted before heading far out to the edge of Berk
"Well, Stormfly basically said that she was stuck in a mountain cave... It would be so much more helpful if she had told us which one!" I grumbled as I fought against a sharp breeze, my wings tilted slightly
Just check all of them! Flare snorted And quickly! I grinned
"Oh you want to go quick do you?" I readied my wings and waved my tail mischievously
No, No! I-I didn't mean that! Flare held on tighter, while I chuckled
"Just messing with you Flare" I grinned as I heard a snort of annoyance come from Flare, I rolled my eyes before perking my ears forward, listening for any sign of Viking noises, specifically Astrid's call for help, my left ear picked up something... strange, to say the least, it was like a shallow breathing, a sound that I had been too familiar with before my life in Berk, the sound of crying "Y-You hear that?" I managed to speak
Hear what? Flare tilted his head, he clambered over my shoulder and put his face next to mine
"I... I thought, I think I hear someone crying" I spoke quietly, adjusting my ears, swivelling them like tiny radars, trying to get the sound as loud as possible I wonder... no, I don't think she'd ever cry... well, it did sound more of a cowering noise, so she wouldn't be making the noise... right? I fought against another sharp gust of wind, tilting my wings and beating them sharply to stay airborne "I think... it's coming from..." I twitched my ears, swivelling and lifting them up and down until I had found it, my ears stopped as they pin-pointed the source of the sound, it was emanating from a tall rock that jutted out of the sea, it was as if this rock had floated out into sea since it was that isolated "There!" I pointed to the rock
What noise?! Flare looked around frantically, trying to see what I was pointing at
"Flare" I spoke sharply
Yeah Twi? Flare cocked his head, I smiled
"Hold on tight!" I pressed my wings against my body, diving downwards, Flare gripped onto my scales again and screamed for his life, I opened my wings quickly but flapped them strongly, causing me to increase speed, even against the sharp gusts of wind I cut through the air, each stroke of my wings I grew closer to the rock, my pupils widened in fright as another, but much stronger and sharper gust of wind knocked me sideways, my senses seem to go numb temporarily, and then in the next moment I felt myself tumbling through the air
Twi-Twilight! Flare's shout became distant as I fell down towards the ocean Please Thor save me! I screeched in terror as I collided with the ocean, my aerodynamic body slid down through the water like a sword, the cold and salty water chilled me right down to the bone, shutting my eyes instinctively I felt panic rising within me, I tried to move my arm, but no use, my wing, still to no avail, I was completely paralysed, cold and blind in the ever darkening, murky water, my mind seemed to slip away into the depths followed by me, I felt my heart thud in my chest, and that was all I could feel, other than the ice cold ocean surrounding me So Twilight... you've had a good run, now let's see how good Valhalla is... this was the first time I felt all hope leave my body, even before when I was escaping the Bandit Dragons, even when I was struck by lightning, it was as if everything was building up over time and finally it had came crashing down on me, my lungs began to feel weak, followed by my limbs and brain, and the feeling of myself sinking deeper into the water made it ten times worse, it was only that an image in my head popped up like an annoying fly, the vision became less blurred and I finally saw it, it was Hiccup and Toothless, it was that wonderful day that I spent the entire afternoon with them at the Cove, I smiled weakly at the nostalgic memory, until something rose within me that caused me to lash and cry out
"N-No!" I regretted shouting as the salty water filled my mouth, I lifted my tongue to stop it entering my lungs, I lashed out my forelimbs in an emotion of anger, this time I had the foresight to think what I was going to say N-No! I'm not going to die here! Not now in the water, not ever! I've survived this ocean tons of times, and I can do it again! It was as if a new light had kindled within me, I twirled my body upwards and flew open my eyes, my vision was blurry but I could see that I was a long way down, I snarled before I outstretched my wings and limbs, thrashing them through the thick water, pulling myself upwards towards the far away surface, a new emotion of determination had settled within me and I knew that I was going to fight 'til the very end to make it out alive, I hauled myself up through the sea and I saw the light surface becoming closer, so close that I could see a rainbow shimmer on the surface
Twilight! I then saw a green and orange flash enter the surface, destroying the shimmer of rainbow hue and it darted down towards me Flare? Flare! I couldn't help but break out a smile, the little Terror swam down towards my arm, before grabbing my black and slippery arm with his small claws, he then pounding his wings up to the surface, grinning I pounded my wings, and with our combined effort, I broke through the water, with a loud and triumphant roar I leapt into the air like a dolphin, with Flare holding onto my arm, he let go and flew back up to the sky, I opened my wings and gasped for air, grateful for the oxygen that entered my lungs, I had no strength to attack the winds again so I glided down onto the base of a rock that jutted out of the sea, the same rock that I was looking for, outstretching my legs I landing on the ground with a tumble, nevertheless a smile lit up my face, I lay down, panting on the warm rock, the heat entering my body and oxygen filled blood pounding around me, I smiled as I heard the fluttering of Flare's wings, he flew down to my lying head and tumbled, giving me a grin before collapsing on the ground in exhaustion
"Thank you Flare" I said as I nudged his body, he snorted
Never, do that, again, 'kay? He lifted his head while I chuckled
"Ok, deal" I replied That's it, I'm not gonna fly out for Astrid ever, again!
Bit rushed at the end but I'll edit this again later because I just wanted to show people that I'm ALIVE!