Here are Chapter 10 for you all
Sorry for the long delay, I did not have much time to write and also I had to Rewrite Chapter 10
There will be a few changes in the way I write the story,
Will focus more on the Dragon's POV and less on the Human's POV.
Now here you go, Chapter 10
I hope you will enjoy.
Astrid (POV)
(It is early in the morning, the streets were already busy with Viking's and Dragon's alike, and the Smithy were already busy at this early hour, Astrid and the other teens were standing in the Village Square waiting for the expected arrival, the twins as usual messing around hitting each other and Fishlegs impatiently fiddling around)
"Why are we waiting here for again? Is not as if Hookfang and I had somewhere better to be or something…" Snotlout moaned
"Do you have somewhere better to go Snotlout?" Astrid asked
"I… ah…"
"Just as I have thought" Astrid retorted
"What are we doing here?" Tuffnut asked
"We are waiting for Heather and Atali to arrive, they should be here any moment now" - Fishlegs –
Snotlout gave out a grunt as he slouched back in Hookfangs saddle.
(After a few minutes later, Eret came flying in on Skullcrusher)
Eret got out of Skullcrusher's saddle and went over to Astrid
"I have spotted them off to the north east, they will be here soon" Eret reported
"Thanks Eret, you are starting to get better at flying Skullcrusher" Astrid said
"Oh yeah, we are getting the hang of it" Eret chuckled
"Good, keep it up"
"Uh… Guys, look! There they are!" Fishlegs excitedly pointed up to where one can see a fast approaching Razorwhip along with Atali and the others
"They're here, okay everyone, make some room for them to land" Astrid ordered
Everyone cleared some space for them to land as they started to get closer
Windshier was the first one to land and were quickly followed by Atali and the rest of her company.
"Welcome back to Berk, nice of you to visit" Astrid greeted Heather
"And the same goes for you" Astrid looked over to Atali who were standing next to Windshier
"Greetings Astrid, good to see you too… now where is Hiccup? I have something important to talk to him about".
"He's off to Foreverwing Island after his mother and that strange new dragon, but he will be back soon… I hope"
"Hope so"
"Wait? What new dragon?" Heather asked concerned
Astrid looked around, and then back towards the Great hall.
"Let's go inside, I'll tell you all about it I there"
Astrid turned around and lead both Heather and Atali into the Great hall.
Shimmer (POV)
After a painstakingly long flight from healer's island carrying extra weight, I noticed a silver outline in the distance which started to take form the closer we got, I started to see the shores of the Isle of Berk.
"Heads up everyone, we are almost back on Berk, only a short flight ahead of us"
Hiccup pulled out a small telescope out of his saddle bag and looked ahead towards Berk
"I see it"
It took us another few minutes before we got into view of the Village, we soon landed in the Village square and I carefully hovered above the ground with Aurora as I gently placed her down on the ground down below, I landed next to her a moment later feeling the burning feeling in my wings from the long flight with Aurora, and Both Valka and Cloudjumper flew off to somewhere else on the island.
We were soon approached by Gobber who were as usual, smelled like a blacksmith with a bit of fish oil.
"Oh anotha one…" Gobber started
"Oh hey there Gobber, do you know where I can find Astrid?" Hiccup quickly asked
"Oh ye sure lad, She's in tha Great hall with Heather and Atali"
"Okay thanks Gobber"
"Ah, any time Hiccup"
Hiccup quickly made his way over to the Great hall accompanied by Toothless.
I looked over to Gobber, having noticed what he was about to say before he was cut off.
"Hi there Gobber" I mentally said.
Gobber recoiled a bit as I spoke to him.
"Hi there eh… Shimmer… Who ar ye friend?" Gobber nervously asked
I turned to Aurora.
"This is Aurora, found her on the island we went to, we rescued her from trappers…"
"Oh, Good ta meet ye…"
Aurora bowed her head gracefully at Gobber.
"Nice to meet you too" She gave a slight dragon smile
"Well, I off back to ye smithy again, have eh lot a work ta do, see ya around"
"You too Gobber"
Gobber quickly turned around and slowly made his way back to the forge where I could see large Hotburple laying around inside.
"How were you able to talk to them?" Aurora asked with a confused expression
"I can talk to them… mentally… through the mind, I do not know how though" I shrugged slightly with both my shoulders and wings.
"I wonder if I can"
"You can always try, I discovered it by accident"
"Hmm… maybe later, I'm getting a bit hungry"
"Okay, let's get some food then"
Silverwing perked up at the mention of food
"Fisssh?"
"Yes Silverwing, I'll get you some fish, and for Storm too…"
I looked over to where Storm were and noticed that she was already gone.
"Strange… she was here just a moment ago…" I said looking around.
"Oh I saw her fly off towards the beach" Aurora said as she sat down looking around at the village and all of the dragons around the village.
"Hmm, probably wanting to be on her own for a while" I started to look around and spotted Fishlegs carrying an assortment of rocks towards the academy with meatlug trailing behind him, "Follow me, I know who can get us some food that you might like"
"Oh? Okay then" she got to her feet and started to follow me as I started to walk towards Fishlegs.
I managed to quickly catch up to Fishlegs with Aurora short on my tail
"Hi there Fishlegs, what are you doing?"
He gave out a sudden shriek of terror until he noticed that it was me.
"Oh… Sorry about that, Fishlegs"
"Oh… ah… it's fine…" Fishlegs brightened up a bit as soon as he noticed Aurora, he gasped, "Is that another Shimmer Scale?"
"Yes Fishlegs, just don't get too over exited… like you are… now"
I looked over to Aurora who were rolling her eyes, at who I know not
"Oh sorry, I always get excited over a new dragon… well, almost" His voice faded slightly.
"Almost? Discovered something that are not that exiting or is very terrifying or both?"
"Uh… yes" his voice squeaked a bit
"wow, by the reaction and the sound of your voice almost led me to believe that it was something like a Screaming Death?" I joked
"Actually… yes, that is exactly what we found and more"
I looked at Fishlegs as if he was the one who were joking
"Seriously? I was just joking about the Screaming Death"
"What's a Screaming Death?" Aurora asked with a tilted head
"Well… it's like a white Whispering death, but much bigger, stronger and deadlier and also only hatches every one hundred years" I explained
"Oh, forget I asked, can we rather talk about the fish or anything else"
I nodded at her before focusing again on Fishlegs
"Ah Fishlegs, I actually wanted to ask you where I could get some food for… us"
"Right down there in the dragon stables, I believe someone will be there to help you, and as for me, I have to deliver these stones"
"Okay thanks, see you around then"
Suddenly I heard an explosion go off and I saw Fishlegs running into the academy with his stones
"Okay… that was a lava blast… and probably one from a baby Gronckle…"
"How do you guess that?" Aurora asked skeptically
"Well, it's mostly a guess and secondly, it smells like it, I have come across a few once" I heard Silverwing squeak "Let's go get something to eat"
"Then what are we waiting for?"
I smiled before heading for the Dragon stables followed by Aurora…
After a quick lunch in the Dragon stables, I decided to show Aurora around in the village and then afterwards went to the Cove, we avoided the great hall because Aurora did not want to be surrounded by too many people and dragons alike.
It took us awhile to walk all the way to the cove, but we eventually arrived
She looked around the cove and I decided to teach Silverwing some more of what I can, and to my relieve discovered that she is a quick learner, having learned new words very quickly, especially with the help of mental pictures and speech.
Aurora later sat across from me and Silverwing, watching us and occasionally bringing me something new I could use to teach Silverwing with.
"Silverwing, what is this called" I held up a small piece of bone which Aurora found underneath a nearby pile of sand in the cove.
She looked intently at the piece of bone then sniffed
"Bone?" she answered questioningly
"Yes, good"
I blew a small fire onto a piece of wood which caught aflame instantly
"And what do we call this again?"
"Fire!" She yelped excitedly blowing a small flame herself
"Good"
"You're a good teacher" Aurora remarked while looking at Silverwing who were jumping around from joy
"Maybe I am, or she is just a very quick learner"
"or both" she quickly added
"Hmm… maybe" I shrugged slightly
I looked back towards Silverwing who were now splashing around in the water trying to catch some of the smaller fishes that swims in the shallows
Aurora suddenly broke the silence
"I have a question for you"
"Yes? What is your question?" I looked over at Aurora who were now staring at me
"How long have you been a dragon now? And do you remember how you became one and …" I quickly cut off the rest of her questions
"Whoa… easy there, only one at a time please"
"Oh sorry… I…"
"Got carried away… I understand…" I inhaled deeply for a moment before continuing
"I'm not completely sure for how long, but I guess it have been about for almost three months now, and for how I became one… I'm not completely sure how… something to do with another one that looks like us"
"And how did you learn to fly?" She asked curiously
"Oh ah… well… I had a bit of help from other dragons, in particular Cloudjumper, but I mostly taught myself from watching other dragons flying and from how they tilt their wings to pick up speed or to slow down"
I noticed Aurora's scales becoming slightly a different color around the edges for some reason
"Can you… maybe… eh… like you do with Silverwing…"
Her green scales started to get a pink shade to it as she struggles to ask the question
"Wait, you want me to teach you to fly?"
Her scales shifted into a darker shade of pink, almost red,
'she's blushing' I thought
"Aurora… Why you blushing? There is nothing to be embarrassed about"
"Wait- What? I'm blushing…?" She looked down to her scales which suddenly started to shimmer slightly with white between the pink
"Oh my…" She laid down her head on her paws and closed her wings over herself to hide her head from view
"Aurora?" I waited a moment, listening, "Aurora, I will help you"
She slowly lifted her head, having partly regained her former green color
"Y-You will?"
"Yes, any time, I will be happy to help you"
Her scales got a few hints of yellow in between the green
"Thank you Shimmer" She smiled a bit just as her scales got more yellow
"And I will also help with all of the other abilities of yours… including the color changing of which it seems to me yours are greatly affected by your emotions"
"Oh okay" She looked over to Silverwing who were sitting on a boulder nearby with her wings splayed out to dry
I looked up to the ledge where we came in from
"Hey Aurora, what about we start now with your flight lessons"
"Now!?" She said nervously
"Yes, and don't worry, I only want to see something so I can know how to teach you, we will start of slowly" I gave her my best reassuring look that I can manage which seems to work as she calmed again
"Okay, for this test lesson, I want to see you try and do exactly what I'm going to do, but first you should look and listen" I took a few paces away from her and looked up at the cliff before focusing again on her
"I'm going to show you how to take off and fly to the tree over there on the ledge" I pointed to a small lone pine up on the cove wall
"Okay"
"First off is to take your stance, if you do not stand properly then you will be off balance and will not be able to properly take off or you will crash"
I took my half crouched stance in preparation to take off
"Second is to use your back legs to thrust yourself up into the air and to use your wings to further propel you further up in the air, you should use both your wings and legs simultaneously to take flight"
I readied my wings, holding it half opened above along my side
"And you should keep in mind to use your tail as a guide or a rudder while making turns and also in to keep your balance in takeoff"
I lifted my tail off of the ground holding it straight
"Did you get all of that?" I looked back towards Aurora who looked both excited and nervous
"I think so…"
"Okay then, watch and see how I do it, and try to remember what I did"
I crouched and opened my wings almost fully holding them high and angled my tail into position,
I quickly launched myself into the air, thrusting my wings down hard enough to take flight, I only had to flap two times before I reached the tree at the top of the cliff,
I landed next to the tree and looked down towards Aurora who were still looking nervous.
I jumped down and glided over to Aurora landing next to her
"Your turn" I backed away to give her room
She started to mimic my stance and also everything else I told her to do, having only needed to be reminded to keep better balance,
She jumped into the air and thrusted her wings down taking to the air but she lost balance halfway and plummeted back down to the ground below,
I jumped up and caught her before she landed, breaking her fall, I landed with my wings partly open to avoid injuring them,
both me and Aurora got up from the ground a short moment later hearing a gurgling sound like that of a laughing dragon, which it was
I looked over to Silverwing who were the one laughing at us, I looked over at Aurora and saw that she was also starting to laugh,
"Well, that was fun I guess" I said in a sarcastic tone before joining in with the laughter.
"Not too bad for my first try I guess"
"Probably better than my first attempt to be honest, but I were also much smaller and knew allot less than I do now… and that was only for me to see where and on what I should work on" I looked up at the sky and notice that there are probably only about three hours of sunlight left
"Now what's next?" Aurora asked with a bit of humor
I looked down towards Silverwing who were sitting next to a large boulder, looking up towards a lone bird in a tree.
"First lesson will involve balance…"
Aurora (POV)
"Aurora! Keep your tail straight and use it as a rudder while gliding…" Shimmer announced to me right before I was about to jump.
I straightened my tail as I was told to do and jumped off of the ledge of the cliff with my wings wide open, I were now gliding down towards the lake a bit faster than I have expected to
"Aurora, tilt your wings slightly to create more drag causing you to glide slower…"
I tilted my wings slightly as was suggested and slowed considerably, but were also at this point above the lake
"Remember to use your tail to steer in the direction you want to go… and gently, not like the last few times" he quickly added
I rolled my eyes at him as I shifted my tail to glide to my right, I started to head towards the direction where Shimmer was waiting for me, and to my surprise saw that I were a bit closer to the ground than I thought,
I tilted my wings to catch more air, slowing down to a near standstill as I carefully landed on my hind legs, but also nearly falling over from the first successful landing.
"I made it…? I made it!" I'm relieved to have successfully glided and landed without crashing again, I gave Shimmer a big smile which might look a bit goofy, but I don't really care if it looks goofy or funny.
"Well done, well done indeed, that was your first time not crashing, and also without me needing to remind you how to land" He gave me a slight grin.
"Thank you, you know that I couldn't have done it without your help"
"That is not really true, you could have been able to figure it out on your own if you have just tried"
"Oh… I… I don't know… maybe not…" I gave out a yawn from the long day's exertion.
"Hmm, good idea, we can continue tomorrow with your flight training, it is getting late and we should probably get back to the village"
"Yeah let's go"
Shimmer went over to where Silverwing was laying on the ground and picked her up gently, careful not to wake her up,
I watched how he handled her, he's always caring and gentle with her, even earlier when he here teaching her, being very patient and nice, like a good…
My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Shimmer calling out to me.
"Aurora? You coming?"
"Wha… oh yes, I'm on my way"
I quickly made my way over to his side next to the entrance to the cove, I climbed my way out of the cove, jumping from boulder to ledge and to whatever I could use to get out,
I soon made it to the top and were accompanied by Shimmer who were still holding a still sleeping baby Razorwhip.
"For a highly alert baby dragon, she can apparently sleep through almost anything" Shimmer remarked
I gurgled slightly, which seems to be a dragon's way of laughing
"I doubt it, and besides, it's not like she would wake up any time soon… right?" Shimmer gave me a look which tells a whole different story, I gave him a slightly nervous smile "Well… hopefully not…"
"Mhm, we will see, now let's get going, it will be dark soon" He turned around and started walking towards the village.
I silently followed behind, noticing how darker it was now even with my enhanced eyesight
After a while of walking, we finally came into view of the village which were only a short walk from here
"Oh finally, almost out of the woods"
"Yeah"
We continued making our way into the village towards the center of the village where Shimmer stopped for a moment as he looked over towards something in the distance.
"Shimmer? What is it?" I followed his gaze towards the far corner of the village, there I saw something or someone standing there next to one of the houses
Shimmer slowly walked closer before stopping in his tracks of which he turned to face me
"I don't know, something feels off about it…" He turned back towards the figure which was not there anymore "Where did it go?"
"I don't know, it just disappeared"
"Should probably tell Hiccup…"
"It might have been another dragon" I suggested with slight unease.
"Most likely, but not many dragons can disappear like that…" He suddenly stopped talking and looked around for something
"Where is everyone? It's not that late yet…" He started to walk on in a general direction
"Where are you going now?" I asked as I followed him
"To see if I can find someone"
"Oh, I would have looked at the great hall first"
"That's where I'm planning on looking next"
He walked over towards a house which was situated on a small hill away from the other houses,
I noticed a building resembling a stable next to the house in which was a dragon, I noticed that it was the same four winged dragon that was with Shimmer when they rescued me.
"Cloudjumper? Are you sleeping already?"
The dragon stirred and looked up towards Shimmer and in turn me
"I was, but not anymore… what can I help you with?"
"Sorry for waking you but do you know where everyone is?"
"Most of the two legs are in the Big cave, as for the other Kin, some of them are also in there"
"Thank you… can I leave Silverwing here with you, I don't want to wake her up"
"Sure, I'll keep her safe"
"Thanks Cloudjumper, I appreciate it, I will be back soon"
Shimmer gently laid Silverwing down next to Cloudjumper before heading over to the Great hall
"I told you, that's why I would look in the great hall first"
"Yeah, yeah,"
We headed up the stairs towards the large looming doors which was larger than any doors I have ever seen… or remember seeing before.
Shimmer stopped in front of the door for a moment
"Get ready" I heard him murmur
He opened the one door and suddenly a wave of noise and smells assailed me.
'this is going to be a long night…' I thought.
Shimmer (POV)
(The Great hall was pack full of Vikings and Dragons alike)
"Wow, never thought to see this place this crowded" I mumbled
"I never thought to see Vikings and dragons together in peace like this" Aurora added
"Agreed"
"It explains why the village is so empty and quiet…" I started
"They are all here" Aurora continued with a bit of wonder in her voice
I continued walking on through the crowd towards where I'm sure I'll be able to find Hiccup and the others
I had to duck my head once to avoid a group of Terrible terrors that were chasing each other around and once again to avoid being hit by a over passing tail.
I spotted both Hiccup and Astrid up ahead at one of the tables along with the others and their dragons,
I also noticed an adult Razorwhip whom have also noticed me and were also fast approaching me
"Oh Thor not this again…"
The Razorwhip stopped in front of me sniffing the air
"What kind of Kin are you and why do I smell my kin on you?"
Aurora stopped right next to me as she noticed the Razorwhip standing in front of us
"Oh hello…" Aurora added surprised
"There are two of your kind?"
"Ah yes, my name is Shimmer…"
"And I'm Aurora"
The Razorwhip looked at the two of us for a moment of silence
"I'm Windshier… or that's what my rider calls me"
"Nice name, good to meet you"
Suddenly I saw a dark haired human female approach along with both Astrid and Hiccup, they stopped right next to Windshier facing us, Hiccup was the first to talk
"Oh how nice of you two to join us, I thought you would never arrive" He turned over to the stranger next to him "Heather, this is Shimmer, the dragon we were telling you about" He quickly faced me again "And this is Heather from the Berserker tribe"
"Nice to meet you Heather" I mentally greeted her "Oh and this is Aurora" I also added holding out a wing towards Aurora
Heather suddenly looked surprised and awestruck, which tells me that she or did not know I could speak or that she did not believe it when Hiccup told her if he did.
"A talking dragon… now I have seen everything" Heather said sounding still surprised
"Hiccup? Didn't you tell her that I could talk?" I asked with a bit of amusement
"You can communicate with humans?" Razorwhip asked with surprise" I thought that's impossible…"
"It's complicated, I'll tell you all about it a bit later"
"Mhm... maybe"
"Shimmer, there is something I have to talk to you about" Hiccup announced sounding all serious
"Okay, I'm all ears"
"Not right now"
"Your concerning me now"
Hiccup sighed
"It is a report about possible trapper activity and… "
"And what!" I were already worked up about the trappers, but I knew that it was not all of it
Hiccup continued
"Possible sighting of another dragon like you…"
I were at first confused, then I were happy until I remembered how I became a dragon… it was because of that other dragon
"When will we talk about this then?"
Hiccup looked back towards Fishlegs whom were half asleep already
"Tomorrow morning in the Academy"
"Hmm, okay then"
I looked over at Aurora who were focused on the twins who were messing around again
"Aurora, do you want to stay or would you prefer to go somewhere else?"
"What? Your giving me the choice to decide what to do?" she asked half surprised
"Yes, or do you want me to decide"
"No… just… hmm…it is too crowded in here, maybe it would be better somewhere else"
"Good, that's settled then, lead the way my lady" I struggled to keep in a smile
Aurora turned around and swiftly made her way to the doors, we both went outside into the cold, silent night,
I went back to get Silverwing again after a while and after some time went to the stables to rest for the night,
I were soon to my surprise accompanied by both Aurora and Storm,
I soon fell asleep, thinking of the next day ahead…
There you have it folks
End of Chapter 10
This took me much longer than I expected, but I finally did it
I had to redo Chapter 10, because of a few mistakes I have made that would have not made sense later in the story and also I had to cut some parts of the chapter.
Note: I might not post the next chapter anytime soon because of school that have to come first and I have to focus on my exams, but I will still be writing whenever I get the chance to (Which might not be for quite some time)
I hope everyone enjoyed it
please post a comment on what you think of it and on where I should improve
Best of luck to you all and stay safe