Suddenly, a jet of fire shot past me, missing me by mere inches.

"Element of surprise-" I heard Gustav say, as Astrid and I turned around.

Daystrid flew up next to him, saying, "-key to any battle."

The choice between my father and Astrid was easy now; Astrid could now hold her own, the backup team was here. I shot towards my father, landing quite softly on the ship.

Toothless had my sword attached to his saddle, and after asking him for it, it was in my hand with a flash of purple fire. The fire had caught the attention of the Berserkers on the ship, as well as my dad. For a moment, a look of confusion passed over his face, before he realized it was me. I knew that I looked different in this form, with my scales actually visible along with my wings and tail. Dad had never seen me like this, so I didn't pay too much attention to his confusion.

I dodged most of the swings from the Berserkers. Soon the only Berserker left was the one holding my dad's axe to his neck. My dad just shrugged him off, knocking the guy out with his fist. He then walked over to me, as I let Toothless take my sword back.

"You look different," was all he said as I helped him free Skullcrusher, who had been near me.

"Yeah, well, when Toothless breaks a wing, that happens."

"What?" Dad questioned, climbing onto Skullcrusher.

"Uh...I'll explain later. Now, I think we should get Dagur outta here."

"Good idea, son," Dad said, as he took off on Skullcrusher. I wasn't too far behind him, heading straight to Dagur's ship.

Daystrid

As soon as I finished Gustav's sentence, I flew off to help Astrid, only for a chain to shoot up and wrap around Firewing's tail.

"Uh, oh… uh, Days…" Firewing said, just before the Berserkers started pulling on the chain. The dragon lurched back with such force that I was knocked over his horns and almost fell off of him. "Daystrid, I can't hold you."

"I know… I'm gonna let go."

"No, if we combine, it'll free me, and I can give you more firepower!"

"Okay…" I was unsure of what he was talking about, but I trusted him to know what he was doing.

With a flash of orange, Firewing was free, and I could hear him in my head, even if I couldn't see him. I then understood what he had meant. I had changed form at the same time, so I stayed in the air when he disappeared.

"What the…?" I heard one of the Berserkers ask. I couldn't have been the first one to change form and combine with a dragon during this. Hiccup was in his Halfling form and Toothless was nowhere to be seen.

I flew over to Astrid, helping her sink the ship that she had been working on. She then turned to me and did a double take.

"Days?"

"Yep. You looked like you could use a little help."

"Since when are you part dragon?!"

"Uh, since always. Listen, I'll explain later. This isn't really the best time to be talking."

"Okay, but one more thing. Where's Firewing? I know he was with you."

"Same place Toothless is." I think the spot where the dragons are when they're in the tattoos is linked, as I could hear Toothless in my head, he was just quieter than Firewing.

"Uh, what?"

"Later!" I called and flew off, leaving my sister dumbfounded.

A Couple Minutes Later

"You're a cheater, Hiccup! You've always been a cheater!" Dagur yelled, as he left the island. The backup riders and I were flying over what was left of his armada, blasting it to pieces.

Firewing had left his tattoo, and I was riding him again. My wings hurt as I had never flown that much before.

Once Dagur was gone from the island, the riders and I landed in the arena on the Edge.

"They did pretty good, for the B-team," Snotlout told Hiccup, as we dismounted.

"B-team? No, this is Astrid's team… the A-team." Hiccup corrected him, smirking.

"Alright," Astrid started. "whose idea was this?"

"It was mine." Gustav said, dropping to do push ups, which was likely what she was going to make him do. The rest of us followed suit, but just as Gothi was writing it in the dirt, Astrid cut her off.

"Okay, I get it, it was all your idea. But that doesn't change the fact that you disobeyed my direct order. What you did was reckless, and entirely not what you were trained to do, but you have proven yourselves to have what it takes to be a Rider.

"I've decided that I'm going to stay here. After all, I can't protect Berk every second, of every day." She said, glancing at Hiccup, he must have said something about that. "I'm leaving Gustav and Daystrid in charge, as they have the most experience."

"Alright, A-team, mount up!" Gustav said, diving headfirst into his role as leader. I could tell that there was a strong possibility that this was going to end badly. I went to mount Firewing, when Astrid came over.

"Hey, can you stay a while? You said you'd tell me about… all this," she said as she gestured to me. I was confused for a moment but soon realized what she was talking about.

"Yeah, sure." I watched the rest of the A-team take off towards Berk, then turned towards the rest of the group. Stoick was still here, which I didn't expect.

"I didn't know you were staying, Chief," Tuffnut said.

"I'm just curious about," he paused, as if trying to figure out how to say it, "this." he finished while gesturing to Hiccup, who was still in Halfling form.

"You just gestured to all of me," Hiccup said sarcastically, with a smirk on his face.

"That's why I asked Days to stay too," Astrid said. I then realized that I hadn't changed back to my human form.

"Uhhh, can we talk about this tomorrow, maybe?" Hiccup seemed a little uncomfortable.

"Why?" Stoick asked.

"I, uh, just kinda wanted to talk to Daystrid about, uh, something."

"Okay," Stoick replied.

The rest of the riders and Stoick left the arena, and Hiccup turned to me. I was confused. I mean, yeah I wanted to talk to him, but…

"Hey, are you okay? You seem a bit nervous."

"Uh, yeah…" I didn't know what to say. I realized I was still in my Halfling form, so changed back with a flash of light. Firewing must have decided I wasn't going to say a whole lot, so he came over.

"Are you sure you're okay? You seem a little…"

"Different? Yeah, well that happens when you find out you're part dragon only yesterday." I said sarcastically.

"You found out only yesterday?!" Hiccup exclaimed, surprised. "Okay, now I'm curious as to how you found out. I mean…" he trailed off, it sounded like he was going to tell me how he found out about his dragon side, but then decided against it.

"I'm not sure if I'm okay with saying how I found out," I said, hoping he would understand. Having only found out yesterday, I wasn't fully comfortable with it yet and didn't know where to even begin talking about it.

"Yeah, I understand. Just… you can always ask me if you have questions about your dragon side. I've tried to find out as much as I can in the last three years."

"Okay." I turned and headed towards Astrid's hut. It was pretty easy to tell which one was hers, it had a ballista on the roof.

Hiccup

As I watched Daystrid walk away, I thought about how she seemed to be okay with her dragon side. When I'd discovered mine, I'd been freaked out.

I changed back to my human form and headed towards my hut, where I could look at Toothless' wing without being bothered. Since I preferred to keep the others as in the dark about my dragon side as possible, I didn't want anyone to see Toothless just showing up out of nowhere…that was sure to raise some suspicions.

As I bandaged up Toothless' wing, I thought about Daystrid, and how she was keeping Astrid in the dark about her dragon side. I told my dad when I'd found out… but he'd been there, so I really hadn't had a choice, but I would've told him anyways. Why wasn't Daystrid telling her sister?