Thank you MMM for the ideas in the Rango story and Gabriel the Avatar 2009 I didn't watch that movie yet and I don't get about Pandora's secret...is it about Val's ancestors or Neytiri? Just let me know okay?
Chapter 13: Terrible Two
When riding a dragon, communication is key. It almost have to read each other's minds or else and have to have an open mind, because sometimes, a dragon knows better than human.
Mira, Sapphire and Windstreak were gathering the things for winter. Mira was still thinking about Tidelwave. She wonders if he was alright. The little ones are with Phelgma. As the three females store the foods in the Storage House, Stormfly landed with Astrid. "Mira!" Astrid called out, "Come to the academy, Hiccup discovered something really cool!" with that said; she took off in a hurry. Mira gets on Sapphire while Windstreak went over to Phelgma's. As the two landed at the academy, Mira gets off and saw a hatchling in Hiccup's arms. It has two large horns and orange eyes. It has legs that look exactly like a Monstrous Nightmare. It looks like a mix-breed of a Monstrous Nightmare and a Timberjack.
Mira blinks and the hatchling blinks at her, "Uh…should I ask?" Mira steps back a bit when Hiccup came over to the table where she and Sapphire are.
"Hiccup found this new dragon specie in the forest." Astrid explains.
Fishlegs nodded excitingly, "This is so exciting! It's a whole new species!"
Tuffnut came forward and looks at the hatchling, "Doesn't look like a flaming squirrel to me."
Mira looks at Tuffnut in confusion, "Flaming Squirrel?"
"Long story," Fishlegs said before clearing his throat, "We have no idea what it's capable of! There's no telling what it might do."
Tuffnut wasn't paying attention. Instead, he came in front of the hatchlings face and ordered, "Flame! Do it!" but the hatchling had another idea. The hatchling latched to Tuffnut's face, biting his nose off, "AH! Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!" Tuffnut screams while Ruffnut snickers. Unfortunately, the hatchling got bored on Tuff's nose and latched on Ruffnut's face making her scream, "Oh, that is funny." Tuff said as he rubs his nose. Hiccup went over to the hatchling and took it off from Ruff's face.
"Come on, you guys, this is serious! We have to figure out what to do with him. He's hurt!" Hiccup gestured its leg.
Tuffnut looks at him plainly, "He's hurt?" he rubs his nose.
"He's just really scared. He'll settle down." Hiccup puts the hatchling on the table.
"Um, new species, remember? We actually don't know what he'll do." Fishlegs said, getting really excited.
Astrid came forward, "Well, somebody's got to take him home."
Everyone looks at the baby dragon before backing away. Hiccup was holding the hatchling, "Well, big guy, here's your somebody." The hatchling chirps before looking at Mira curiously. She looks different from the rest and she smells sweet. Mira pats Sapphire gently before getting on. As they all go home. Mira picks up her siblings as well as Sapphire. Windstreak returns back to the barn with her son. Mira will have a free day tomorrow means she has to go to the academy with her and Sapphire siblings and with that new hatchling that Hiccup found.
On the next day, Mira woke up bright and early. She prepared breakfast and stated doing her chores. After she did, they all went to the academy. They saw Hiccup putting Torch at a table. Joe, Jon, Lightning and Thunder gasp at the new hatchling as they came close to the table and awe at the hatchling. The hatchling looks at them curiously. "Hey Mira," Hiccup greeted.
"Am I late?" Mira comes in while Sapphire carries Betty and Aqua on her back.
"Nope you're just in time to watch Torch do his thing." Hiccup said.
"Torch?" Mira asked. Hiccup gestured the hatchling, "Ah."
"Alright, Torch. Let's figure out what you are." Hiccup said.
Fishlegs was particularly getting excited "Oh! This is so exciting! Documenting a whole new species... learning all about it!"
Tuffnut looks at him blankly, "Wait, learning?"
Ruffnut scoffs, "No thanks."
"I want to know about Torch," Mira came over to Fishlegs and Hiccup with Torch.
"Yeah, me too!" Tuff changed his personality as he went over to Mira dreamily. Ruff rolled her eyes at her brother. His obsession of Mira is getting in his head.
Hiccup looks at Torch "There's nothing in the Book of Dragons that looks anything like him." He spoke.
"We even get to determine what it's called. Heh. That is... that is a really big responsibility." Fishlegs was feeling all happy, "I don't know if I'm ready for that."
Snotlout came in, "I am! I'm gonna name the snot out of it!"
Mira and Sapphire look at him blankly before looking at each other, "He will never learn." Mira mutters out and Sapphire nodded. Mira then notice something, "Hiccup? Where's Toothless?" Hiccup points at a cliff near the academy. Mira saw Toothless and he seems not happy, "What's wrong with him?' she asked worriedly.
"He'll be fine. He just needs a time alone." Hiccup puts Torch at the table.
Astrid took out a measuring tape and measure Torch's wing, "Twenty inches for the wings." She said.
Hiccup was impressed, "That's a big wingspan."
Snotlout pops in, "Big Wing! Big Span! Big-Wing-Span!"
Fishlegs started thinking, "May I have the honor of administering the claw-test?" Fishlegs took out a piece of paper. Torch looks at it and in flash with his talons. The paper was slice, "Look at these talons... They're razor-like."
Snotlout pops over again, "Sharp-Claw! Razor-Feet! Razor-Sharp-Claw-Talon-Feet!"
Tuffnut looks at Snotlout, "Hold on. Is he serious?"
"Yes, Tuff, yes he is." Mira rolled her eyes at Snotlout.
Fishlegs then had an idea, "You know what's next, don't you?" he was getting excited.
Hiccup shrugs, "No. Not really."
Fishlegs then spoke, "Only the single most important test to determine a dragon's reaction to eels...The Eel Reaction-Test!"
"Eel?" Joe looks at him with wide eyes in realization.
"Reaction?" Jon looks at him with wide eyes.
"Test?" they both said unison as they look at their dragons worriedly. When the word eel was pronounce, Lightning and Thunder hide under their sister. They hate eels! They are bad and unhealthy! When Fishlegs took out an eel all the dragons, minus Sapphire and Torch, runs away. Lightning and Thunder refused to leave while Aqua was fast asleep. Hiccup shows the eels to Torch. Torch flinched before sniffing at eel and eats it like spaghetti. That made everyone, minus the dragons, gasps. The dragons made gagging sounds at Torch, minus Sapphire and Aqua.
What kind of dragon eats an eel!?
Fishlegs gasps in shock, "He ate it! He ate the eel!"
Snotlout pops in again, "Eel Eater! Come on, that's perfect." He said. Mira and Sapphire shook their heads at him. Lightning and Thunder comes out and went back to their riders.
Hiccup looks at Fishlegs in shock, "Fishlegs, has there ever been a Dragon who wasn't afraid of…"
Fishlegs cuts him off, "Never in recorded history. We're in uncharted waters, my friend." He said. He was getting excited.
Hiccup smiles, "You hear that, Torch? You're one of a kind." He pats Torch on the head.
"Now we need to get him to fly." Fishlegs said.
Hiccup nodded, "Maybe if Torch saw Toothless fly?" Hiccup looks at Toothless at the cliff, "Toothless! Let's take a ride, bud!" But Toothless didn't even want to fly down to him. Instead he continues to glare at the horizon. "Toothless!"
Mira looks at Toothless worriedly. Something is wrong and Toothless knows about it. Snotlout chuckles at him as he went over to Hookfang, "So much for the dragon trainer. We've got this!" he gets on Hookfang, "Watch and learn!" he said but suddenly Hookfang took off in high speed, "HOOOOKFANG!" Hookfang flies violently ignoring his Rider struggling to hold on.
Joe and Jon and their dragons watched in amusement, "We're watching." Joe grins.
"But we're not learning." Jon finished before laughing happily as they high fived. Lightning and Thunder snickers at Snotlout's misfortune. They finish and Snotlout pants, "Okay, your turn. Don't think you have to live up to that."
"Which he won't," Astrid whispers to Mira, making her giggle.
Torch attempts his flight but he just walks around, Ruffnut looks at him, "What's he doing?"
Astrid answered, "I think something's wrong."
Tuffnut groans, "Aw man, we broke him!"
"No we didn't," Mira sighs.
Hiccup looks at Torch worriedly, "Maybe he can't fly."
But Torch started to spark and the Riders back away. He quickly flies in circles in great speed and when he gets in the air it spins like a typhoon and lands back like a boomerang.
Everyone awes at that. Hiccup picks up Torch, "You... are one incredible little dragon!"
Ruffnut looks at the ground, "Whoa... Look at that burn mark!" they all look at the ground to see a burn mark. It was beautiful and has a remarkable pattern.
Tuffnut looks at his smoking arm, "Look at this burn mark." He shows it to Ruff making her awe.
Fishlegs was getting really excited, "Did you see how he flew? He spun like... like a typhoon!"
Astrid nodded, "And he came back just like a boomerang!"
Snotlout made another ridicules names, "Hot-Spinner! Flaming-Combacker!"
Fishlegs shook his head, "No... Typhoomerang," he moved his arm as if it was a badge of honor.
Snotlout didn't understand, "Typhoomerang...? Nah, I don't get it." he said then Torch suddenly latched to his face. Joe, Jon, Lightning and Thunder laugh at that before cheering at Torch.
Mira smiles and shook her head at the dragon. Torch gets off Snotlout before growling at him. Torch looks at Mira curiously. He went over to her as Mira kneels down, "Hello Torch." Mira gives him a friendly smile. Torch sniffs at her. Mira smells like the ocean, sweet apples and Dragon Nip. She smells much better than the others. Torch chirps as he nuzzles Mira. Mira gives him a friendly scratched on the back of his neck making him purr. He really likes her. Mira is like a mother to him and he wish he should have her.
"It seems Torch made a new friend." Astrid smiles as Torch demands more attention from Mira.
"Hey! Get your own Mira!" Tuff marches over to them. Torch glares at him and growls before pouncing at Tuff's face. The male Thorston started screaming as Torch continues to bite Tuff's face. Mira is Torch's human and no one, minus Sapphire and their siblings, else's! Torch continues to bite him as Tuff runs around like crazy while Ruff laughs her head off. The others watch as Torch bites Tuff's face angrily.
"Is it me or Mira has two rival males fighting over her." Fishlegs looks at Tuff's screaming form.
"Well, the two are fighting over for Mira so yeah she has two males fighting over for her." Astrid snickers. Mira gives her a playful glare before hearing a girlish shriek from Tuff. They turn to see Torch setting Tuff's clothes on fire. He runs around like crazy.
"This is awesome and painful! AAAHHHH!" Tuff screams out before running out of the academy before jumping off a cliff and to the ocean. They heard a Tuff's scream getting fainter in every second and then a faint splash was heard and then they heard Tuff's faint yell, "I'm okay!"
"Okay…we should probably go." Mira said. Everyone nodded and started heading home while the Zippleback gets their other rider. Torch was picked up by Hiccup. Torch was sad. He wanted Mira to take care of him. Hiccup carried Torch home while Torch watches Mira taking off with her family.
Mira was rocking Betty as she hums Betty a lullaby. Sapphire was doing the same with her sister, Aqua. Heir brothers are asleep and snoring softly. As they finished, they put them in the crib and Mira puts the blanket at them. Once they did, they both yawn, taking care of their siblings is hard work but it will be all worth it. Before they could go to bed, Sapphire's ears perked up before going up.
"Sapphire?" Mira asked in confusion as she follows her friend. Sapphire opens the door and went out Mira follows and closes the door. Sapphire looks at the forest. Mira follows her gaze and spoke, "There's something in the forest, right?"
Sapphire nodded and kneels down. Mira gets on Sapphire before the two took off to the forest. Mira hugs herself to keep warms in the cold night. As Sapphire landed, she listens to any sounds. Mira keeps quiet as the two silently walks through the forest. Then they saw something. They knelt down and saw two hatchlings. They look like Torch but different color. There was yellow and the other light blue. They were chirping at each other adorably. Then they smelled Mira's scent. Turning to the bush, they saw Mira and Sapphire.
They went over to her and sniff at her. She smells so sweet. They nuzzle Mira happily and chirp for attention. Smiling, Mira pats them making them purr happily. Then they heard a boar squeal. They turn to see a wild boar. The hatchlings shriek in fear before hiding behind Mira. Sapphire came in front of her rider and growls at the charging boar. Then suddenly, they heard a loud roar. They turn to see an angry mother Typhoomerang. Her scales are red. She glares at the boar before scaring it away. But, the mother isn't happy. She took off and surrounds it in a wall of fire, making it grow more by spinning faster and faster until the boar gets caught in the flames. The boar vanishes in the blaze.
Mira gasps in horror as the flame consumes the boar. As the flame slowly disappears, the mother Typhoomerang looks at Mira and Sapphire. Mira backs away while Sapphire stands in front of Mira protectively. The mother Typhoomerang sniffs at Mira. She smells like the ocean breeze, fresh apples and Dragon Nip.
She looks at Mira's legs to see her hatchlings clinging to each of her legs. The yellow was clinging at the left while the blue clings on the right. She wonders if Mira was protecting her hatchlings. Mira looks at the mother before outstretching her hand slowly. The mother Typhoomerang looks at Mira's hand before pressing her snout at Mira's palm. As they let go, the hatchlings went over to their mother and she nuzzles them happily. Mira smiles at them before realizing something.
Mira clears her throat to get the mother's attention. The mother Typhoomerang looks at her, "A-are you missing a hatchling with orange scales?"
The mother Typhoomerang's eyes widen in shock. So her other hatchling lives! She went to Mira and nodded. Mira's eyes widen in shock. Hiccup took a baby from his mother!
"I am so sorry!" Mira apologizes to the mother. The mother looks at Mira in confusion, "My friend accidentally took him because he was hurt. He didn't know Torch had a mother."
The mother looks at Mira. She knows it wasn't her fault. It was her idiotic friend that she's mad at. The mother Typhoomerang nuzzles Mira in understanding. Mira pats the mother's head, "I'll make things right." Mira said as she strokes the adult Typhoomerang's head, "I'll bring back Torch tomorrow so stay here." The mother nodded and Mira looks at the Typhoomerang's scales.
"I should give you a name how 'bout…Rubyflare." Mira suggested. The mother nodded while her hatchlings went over to Mira. Mira looks at the yellow one, "You are called Sunburn." Sunburn's chirps happily. Mira looks at the Blue male, "And you are Scorcher." Scorcher puffs out his chest in approval, making them smile.
Mira gets on Sapphire, "I promise to return your hatchling the best way I could." She said. Rubyflare nodded as Sapphire took off with Mira on her back. Rubyflare trust Mira since she smells different from the rest. She guides her hatchling to sleep while she waited for her baby to be return.
On the next day, Hiccup is with Gobber trying to figure out Toothless's jealous behavior with Torch, "It's weird. It's like; Toothless is jealous which is great. So... my first girlfriend is a dragon."
Gobber looks at him, "Another thing we have in common. Something must be going on under the surface. Dragons are complex creatures, Hiccup. They operate on many emotional levels. Me? I've only got the one." He chuckles. Suddenly, Toothless arrives at Gobber's workshop in a hurry and roars loudly to warn Hiccup of what he saw last night. Hiccup is still mistaken of Toothless still being jealous, "You see? This is what I've been talking about…Toothless, settle down!" Hiccup said. Toothless roars even louder.
Then Torch jumps in, and Toothless quickly grabs him with his mouth and takes him with him. "Gobber! Grab him!" Hiccup orders.
Gobber stops Toothless, "You want to dance, big boy?" Gobber asked, "'Cause I've got my dancing shoe on!" Toothless is blocked and distracted by Gobber. Torch suddenly sparks up and flies away from Toothless. Toothless follows him and Gobber grabs his tail unable to stop him. Torch lures Toothless into the workshop and Gobber gets hit from a few obstacles on the way and finally Gobber lets go after hitting one of the shelves, "My panpipes! Now I can get the band back together!"
Hiccup came in front of him, "Toothless! BACK! DOWN!" Hiccup ordered while Toothless growls at Hiccup. He and Hiccup were looking at each other, eye to eye, while Gobber makes unhelpful music.
"Not. Helping," Hiccup mutters out and Gobber stops and apologizes.
Hiccup tells Toothless, "I don't know what's gotten into you, but I don't like it."
Then they heard Sapphire's roar. They look up and saw Sapphire landing with Mira and the little ones on her back. Mira get off of Sapphire, "Hiccup? Where's Torch?"
Hearing his name, Torch came out of hiding and went over to Mira. He nuzzles her happily as she picks him up gently.
"Mira? What's wrong?" Hiccup asked.
"No time, I have to take Torch somewhere." Mira said as she gets on Sapphire. Hiccup was confused, "Mira what are you-" but before he could finished, Sapphire took off in high speed. Hiccup and Toothless looked up in confusion while Gobber again makes ridiculous music. They looked at him blankly while Gobber looks at them, "What?" he asked.
The others came, "Hiccup? What happen?" Astrid asked.
"Yeah, we saw Mira took off with Torch." Fishlegs added.
"I don't know but Mira knows something about Torch." Hiccup said before getting on Toothless. They all took off and the dragon's follows Sapphire's scent. Well, Toothless mostly since he really, really likes her…okay maybe loves her. As they reach their destination, they landed and saw a huge burn mark. "Wow! Ultimate destruction," Ruff awed as well as her brother.
Hiccup looks at the burn mark. It looks exactly like… "We've seen that burn mark before."
Astrid nodded, "Not this big."
Fishlegs then began to be scared, "You know what this means. Big burn mark…"
Hiccup finished, "Big Typhoomerang." He looks at the trees to see a mother coming out, looking at them angrily.
Tuffnut looks at the mother Typhoomerang, "He looks really mad."
Hiccup corrected him, "Uh, it's not a he it's a she. That's Torch's mother."
Astrid was following it, "Torch is a baby."
Hiccup nodded, "That's what Toothless was trying to tell me." He looks at his dragon with an apologetic look.
Fishlegs looks at the mother fearfully, "Whoever gets between that mother and this baby is gonna get fried!"
The mother glares at them. She can smell her baby's scent in them and she knows that they are the ones who took her baby. She rears back and the riders knew what she was about to do. She was going to breathe fire! But before anyone could do anything, they heard a familiar voice. "Rubyflare? Are you here?"
They all look behind to see Mira and Sapphire coming out from the undergrowth. Mira and Sapphire look at their friends in surprise, "Guys? What are you all doing here?"
Hiccup was the first to answer, "Well, we are here because you know something about Torch that we don't."
"Actually, Sapphire notice something was wrong." Mira pats Sapphire on the head, "Also I think Toothless was trying to warn you about Torch's mother."
Hiccup looks at Toothless full of guilt, "Sorry if I didn't believe you bud." Toothless purrs and nuzzled his rider.
"What did you call the female?" Astrid asked, "Rubyflare?"
Mira nodded, "Yes and she has hatchlings." With that said, Torch, Sunburn and Scorcher came from behind their mother and slides down. They went over to Mira and nuzzled her legs. Everyone awed at them.
"Everyone, say hello to Sunburn and Scorcher, Torch's sister and brother." The mini Typhoomerangs chirps at them before nuzzling Mira's legs happily.
"Wow…you tamed them?" Hiccup awed.
Then Joe and Jon pop behind Rubyflare's back. Joe was on the left and Jon was on the right, "Yeah! And Rubyflare is really good." Joe said.
"Yup!" Jon nodded. Lightning and Thunder pop out next to their rider's side and croons. Aqua and Betty were in Sapphire's back watching the scene curiously.
"It looks like Mira has more admires." Astrid jokes.
"Ha, ha, ha, very funny," Mira said sarcastically but she giggles.
"No fair!" Tuffnut exclaims, "I saw her first!" he marches over to them. The three hatchlings growled at him before pouncing at his face. Tuff's scream in pain as Torch bites his nose. Sunburn bites his right arm and Scorcher bites Tuff's left leg. They watched as Tuff fell backwards on a log and the hatchlings continue to bite him.
"This is the best day ever," Ruff snickers happily.
After a while, the hatchlings get off of him and climbs back to their mother. Mira and Sapphire's brothers got off of by sliding down. Rubyscale picks up her hatchlings and ready to take off.
"Goodbye, Torch." Hiccup smiles. Torch chirps before sparking a bit. Rubyflare nuzzles Mira in goodbye.
"I hope you and your family would visit." She whispers.
Rubyflare purrs in agreement before taking off while sparking and spinning through the air before disappearing in the sky. They all went home on a long days work.
Later that night, Mira was at the upper deck looking at the ocean. Her siblings and Sapphire's were fast asleep. Mira was wondering why Rubyscale and her hatchlings took a liking to her. Because, of her smell? Mira sniffs at herself and she smells like the ocean. Sighing, Mira looks at the ocean again. Sapphire came to her rider's side and nudges her side. Mira smiles as she pats Sapphire's head, "Is there something wrong with me Saph?" she asked her friend, "The dragons took a liking on me easily because of what? My scent?"
Sapphire sniffs at Mira. Mira smells sweet and fresh. She doesn't smell like any Viking in her. She is a friendly and kind human girl on the inside while he outside she's a Viking…well, sometime. Mira pats her friend's head again before going to bed.
Communication between dragon and rider goes both ways. Not only must the Dragon follow the Rider's lead, but the Rider must listen to the dragon as well. Because sometimes, what the dragon is trying to say is what you really need to hear.
