The Golden Dragon

by Aeonmaster Aeroza

Runa was mostly known as the Girl-Who-Lived, but in things beyond imagining, she is more then that. She is known as the Golden Child, and will do many things as time goes. Join here as she alongside those she will care for, take a journey beyond measuring. (M for a reason) Pairings: Runa x ?, Hiccup and Astrid

2. 1st Movie: Part One

Announcement:

I would like to say sorry for delaying this for a while (like my others), but I plan to resume working on them as such, and I hope you all like what I did to this chapter as I also plan to (as mentioned before) continue this from movie one and onwards (with hints of both series as well, for Cartoon Network and Netflix (for when their older teens), so sorry for spoilers as I will also include said characters and dragon types as well, especially "Specific Dragons" I know or you may have seen in my other fics as well (or other franchisees), and also specifically placed locations.

So you know, it will be a tiny skip (mostly a few days) from the previous plot, and certain characters will be added as well, and my one warning for the "Borrowed OC" applies here as well as "#" alongside their name would either be from Twitter, or Deviant Art while crediting them of letting me use said OC in the said story, to which, Ormigoden is one as such within this long chapter, and I plan to make a few chapters as well or so while I worked on the entire movie, so if you see numbers out of place, and no true announcement, that's why for chapters.

Runa, in a doppelgänger sense, resembles the actress by the face of "Oktyabrina Maximov" yet with delicate thin lips, if everyone is curious about her true face. Her child though, mentioning it, resembles slightly a younger "Camilla Belle".

With that out of the way, I also don't own anything as well except for the plot and stuff (and only my own OC's I truly own). So without a long wait, here is chapter two of the story.

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A few days later at nighttime on November 27th, 811 (2014 in matching time):

Things were calming down within Berk while everyone else was going back to the norm for this village… Well, mostly normal.

Runa and Co. were chilling out while in Hiccup's House for the night as he conceded, reluctantly, to host them since Gobber was going to be busy fixing some weapons, and Astrid wanted some time to herself a little while also still helping out the other Vikings and to privately keep practicing her ax skills in the woods.

For Runa, she was still getting over her changes and was inwardly grateful that her clothes were magically adjusting, instead of being too small as they came out the different gear she wore when she faced that monster, and was realizing it was summoned armor of sorts, from her two friend's words stating they read a book about it.

Though Runa strangely felt like they were lying on that, but kept it to the back of her mind to look into later.

Hiccup too was guessing about how her new look seemed to be more than it seemed, but couldn't place it.

So yes, everyone, Runa was passed out for at least a half-day and tonight, she agreed to try and relax. Besides that, she did also wonder what that strange line between Hiccup and Astrid was.

Another set of information as well, a mysterious woman that's named Callie Crimsona also came to the village seeking sanctuary, and ended up as the next healing apprentice to the Elder herself, despite her being considered a widowed mother-to-be.

Stoick, to speak of this as well, was presently overseeing the village before coming back home for the night and didn't mind that Runa was staying over alongside the other two females as to Hiccup's ire, at that, Stoick made him slightly humiliated by his terms earlier about him needing more time with others than anything else.

At this very moment, Hiccup was somewhat interested in the book Runa was enabling him to read from her Third Year class on Runes, and was amused by noticing Runa was consuming her fifth fish alongside, to his brief disgust on the other, smoked eel as she was the only one in The Village that loved it alongside a few adults.

She oddly stated it tasted a mix of grilled chicken and pork.

Runa and the two girls were playing a game dubbed as Truth or Dare, and only called for him a few times.

"Alright," Runa states while ignoring the way her body moved to relax a bit better as she stared right at Rowana and with Ashlyn hiding a laugh at her getting picked alongside noticing the sudden gleam in Runa's eyes, "Truth or Dare, Row?"

Rowana was not at all hesitant to state her answer to this, much to the slight pout of Runa, "Dare as I plan to show up Ashlyn anyways."

Ignoring Ashlyn's glare at Rowana at that, Runa thought for only a moment before glimpsing something to which the girl then paled by Runa's mischievous words, "Alright… I dare you to take a bite of Stoick's soup he made for Hiccup earlier."

Hiding a light gulp, and not wanting to back out as Stoick wasn't that much of a cook, got up and grabbed a wooden spoon, and ate a bite of said soup... Only to spit it instantly back out while they laughed at how spicy it was before catching sight of a glass of iced milk in her hands, and quickly chugging it down.

Runa looked apologetic at this while thinking Rowana was mad at her for her 'Dare' and the three saw her face, as Rowana rapidly waved her hands back and forth to somewhat relieve Runa over, "It's ok Rue, it was just a game after all."

Runa sighed to herself gently before she turned to Hiccup as he blinked at watching Rowana smirk at him at the same time, she was making him nervous as she asked him with her friend looking at her disapprovingly, "Now Hiccup, Truth or Dare?"

"Um… Truth I guess?" Hiccup states before he tinted by Rowana's words as Runa already sensed it was something personal as she was then gently scratching the side of her face with her fingers by feeling awkward, and Ashlyn was as well while she looked upwards, "Is it true you have a crush on Astrid?"

Hiccup, from what they saw, looked dodgy while tapping his crossed legs a few times and avoiding their gazes, "Um… Can I choose anything else?"

Runa was about to state to them that maybe they should let it pass before they jumped at listening to a loud knocking on Hiccup's door.

Now, this confused them since they remembered Stoick was not due back for a while, not till sunrise that is, and the teen male himself hesitated yet got up and was confused when he didn't find anyone there.

He was about to go back inside before discovering with a few blinks to confuse the teen, a small yet fancy chest with a parchment attached to it, and it was addressed to both him and Runa. He was skeptical of course yet shrugged while grabbing the item, and bringing it inside.

"What's that?" Runa decides to raise a question when he came and was holding the chest and being confused by him giving her the note and shrugged to make Rowana and her friend glance at each other before staring at them both, "Not sure, but it's oddly addressed to us both."

They then sat near Runa as she used her wand as it was slightly dark to detail anything, and was sheepish as she dropped her wand while her right hand emitted said glow instead, and getting more shared stares between both Rowana and Ashlyn at this knowingly.

To tell the truth, they were the only ones to see the slight changes in Runa's magic that were slowly shifting and realized sooner or later, her wand would be drained of its magic and right into her for something more… Rare for the girl, and leave it at that, along with whatever the power of her wand was, secretly, as it was more than it seems, to which included the wand itself.

Runa then started to read it to them as Hiccup held the chest still, "'Dear Lady Potter and Lord Haddock. If you managed to obtain this chest with the agent we sent to you both, understand that a few things are within and are the only way we could figure out to transport things. If the agent didn't at all greet you in person, also know that the agent was forcibly sent back throughout the true time. Inside is an orb that we had no choice but to place your child into, Lady Potter."

At that, Hiccup nearly dropped it while the others gave Runa stares to which she didn't mind outwardly, yet inwardly, she felt rather used on that but she only kept reading the note, "'Merely channel your magic into the orb, and it should break while freeing her… Do note that she was experimented on as we retrieved her so she may not be fully human.'" Not fully…? What do they mean by that? Runa shook her head before she resumed, "Besides that, Lord Haddock, it seems that he has something personal that was required by the King Goblin to hand over, as it wasn't meant to last within our vaults for years on end. It will be beneficial when the time comes as it is known as the Dragonstone.' What is that?"

Hiccup thought he heard of it before, but couldn't recall as to whereas not realized to them, Rowana nudged Ashlyn when she looked like she was going to state something yet kept her mouth shut on it.

"'Please inform the Chieftain about the child, and due note that everyone is now being told or the ones that you have your full faith in, and they are relieved… But I cannot truly convince them to not come to the time you ended up at, as such, Lady Potter. The same ritual to take place won't be up till nearly a five months or so, for some reason upon us at first, trying to retrieve you… It failed. So due to this odd outcome, but know that if we find a solution, you may have the choice to either return or not as time differences due occur between our time, and the past.'" Runa states while they saw her default a little at this, and saw her privately glanced at herself before resuming the last parts of the note, "'So with that to comment anything else you need, there is a pouch within to attain access to your vaults as we can modify objects to do this, but not living things. Signed by the Goblin King.'"

Runa placed the note down before noticing her hand was still lit up, shook it a few times to dismiss the spell before gently taking the trunk and grabbing said pouch mentioned in the letter-based note, and gently tossed Hiccup the strange stone with her holding onto the orb that felt soothingly warm.

To describe the Dragonstone is a mystery itself as it was a smooth, black opal-shaped stone around the size of a baseball, yet it was easily able to fit into anyone's hands. The outer rim of said stone was silver etched with runes of sorts in either Celtic or some foreign language, and the center has a pure white, pentagon-designed diamond in the center while feeling oddly enough, warm in a gentle way.

To also describe what Runa held, currently, the orb that is that held her child: Serena Maria Potter, was pink in color while being the size of a large golf ball and had golden runes that were hard to make out all around it in glowing, circled lines.

"So that orb is supposed to contain your kid?" Hiccup decided to implore to make Runa gently pause in her holding the orb itself in her gentle grip as if she was carrying something precious, and shrugged before glancing at her friends unsurely, "That's what they said at least… This is probably something that Mia or maybe Aunty Bella would comprehend more about than me."

Hiccup only nodded as he did ask about Runa's life in her time earlier tonight before their game, and was rather intrigued by it, particularly since he likes some of the things within her home near his own.

"So what're we waiting for?" Ashlyn decided to state before Rowana could, and Runa seeing some reason while being hesitant as well, decided to get it over with and find out what the note meant about her child and maybe her looks.

Runa then channeled her magic as instructed by glimpsing the back of the note was instructions on how to do so, before feeling the orb shake and was letting out puffs of silvery smoke and soon tossed it hastily before they all covered their orbs while coughing from the intense smoke that was let out.

From the Outside POV, the Vikings were confused as they thought it was a "Dragon Attack" as out in the distance, the creatures themselves as a mixed large flock that were on their way as ordered, nearly faltered as the beam of light blinded some of the flock before they shook their heads and continued.

After a few minutes as the smoke dissipated from Hiccup opening and closing the door with Rowana's help, they blinked at beholding a little girl passed out where Runa tossed the orb at and saw she was related to her as such from Hiccup recalling Runa's previous look, except a few details.

She looks like a small seven-year-old girl, especially with her holding a sealed folder of sorts with her full name boldly stating it. She has Runa's hair color while indicating hints of silver highlights on the sides of her shoulder-length hair with short bangs, which were four natural highlights on each side of her hair. She moreover has a cute yet delicate-looking oval-shaped face with a button nose and natural wide yet angular-shaped eyes that were currently closed. She similarly has a slight peach tone of skin, and yet… That's what made her look normal at least.

Serena, to see she wasn't human, has jagged yet pointed small and cute elf-like ears within her hairline, small fangs that showed from her upper delicate lips, clawed fingertips that were jade-green, and two dark-purple stripes on each cheek. She also has on her forehead a dark-blue diamond of sorts with a matching dark-purple line around it as if it was traced, Lastly, she has a slender yet long raven-colored monkey tail with a silver tip.

The child's outfit, to describe it as they find out later it was placed on her for decency, was simply a light-lavender child's shirt with ripped navy jeans, and black-colored, children strapless sneakers for a girl with grey short socks up to her ankles. She wore around her neck, however, a thick string with a black and polished yet smoothed claw of sorts.

Runa felt something kick in and almost knocked Rowana over as she came over to her child and somewhat amused them as Rowana held back a retort when the dragon girl commenced to purr gently while soon holding onto her child,

They saw Runa's eyes closed immediately while doing so… Until she unexpectedly hissed at Hiccup with glazed sharpened eyes in unexpected protectiveness, to still the teen boy.

Sensing the situation, Rowana warned the others very carefully while observing Runa's current instincts were in control at the point, and not acting like their friend at the moment, with Rowana waving her hands back, "Slowly back away from her. Very, slowly, guys… Bloody Hell, I think she is going into Protective Mama Mode."

Hiccup gave said girl a bemused glance while at the same time, looking at Runa as she was gently rocking her child alongside purring once again, "'Protective Mama Mode'? Seems rather odd for her to be hissing at-" he hushed instantly when they saw Runa's eyes glare at him sternly for a few moments before she resumed her actions and with her child.

Ashlyn then clarified quietly before Rowana could, in a way that he could understand as they backed up long enough to at least sit-down, "It's not since she is a partial dragon from her instincts require a while to settle for some time, and her child being here caused her to go into a 'Motherly Vibe' like those we've seen with newly mothered dragons in our time, with their own young."

Hiccup understood that as they remained quiet for a few moments before noticing Runa stopped, shook her head, and gave them confused looks as her eyes returned to normal as can be, "Umm… What happened?"

Before Hiccup could say anything, his mouth was covered by Rowana while she hastily informs Runa and making her only puzzled for a moment or two, before accepting it easily as Hiccup was perplexed yet soon understood by their eyes to not say anything, "You were checking Lil' Serena over and found out she was ok, despite her appearance."

They all froze in place while noticing after she said that, the child's eyes were instantly open alongside them seeing that were light-amber yet slit yet gem-like from the light.

Serena then gently yawned and began nuzzling more onto Runa's middle part of her body for comfort as the teen herself then shortly tinted when she couldn't stop herself from naturally purring, from gently holding onto Serena.

"Well, that answers your question if she would be hesitant or not to you, Rue," Ashlyn states as Hiccup silently agreed alongside a less wary Runa, and seeing it was getting late, they decided to turn in, and with Runa getting a blanket on her since she couldn't lay down at all from her child refusing to let go or move from her spot.

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Runa woke up while clutching her child and catching a glimpse of the other's awakening, despite feeling a bit stiff with feeling her sore back was no longer sore after a few seconds as well as they all soon heard roaring, and the Viking Villagers were doing things outside of the Haddock House.

Hiccup watching their perplexed looks opened the door to then rapidly shut it once again while noting aloud the one word Runa perked up at since the other two girls heard, and saw the fire was shooting through the slats of wood, illuminating the teen boy slightly, "Dragons."

He gave them the 'Wait here' motion as he shortly went out the door once he saw the dragon leave, and Runa, reluctant to part with her child, handed her to the two girls she trusted and they got the wordless hint before she took off after him, and Rowana groaned as Ashlyn hummed to her while seeing Serena curled into her with a gentle grip of her clothing, told ya so, and sighed.

With Runa as she was attempting to avoid the hustle and bustle of the Vikings snuffing fires this early in the morning as the sun wasn't even up yet, nearly knocked into Hiccup as he was piled with a random Viking shouting before declaring the word 'Morning', to him, before going to help the other Vikings.

She then helped him up as they went past other Vikings that despite knowing her, were intimidated as well by her appearance alone.

Hiccup glanced back at her a few times while they eventually bumped into Stoick himself, as he righted the teen male before expressing aloud to a mix of lecturing him and the others, "Hiccup?! What is he- What are you doing out? Get inside!"

Stoick shoved him in the direction of Gobber, which Runa followed and feeling bad for Hiccup, as they saw his father in one fast motion of him finding a wooden cart and hurls it, knocking the strafing dragon nearby his position out of the sky as they paused before resuming to overhear him talking to a random villager for an immediate report, and perking Runa up by said dragon races names, "What have we got?" The male then declares back to his leader hastily, "Gronckles. Nadders. Zipplebacks. Oh, and Hoark saw a Monstrous Nightmare."

"Any Night Furies?" Stoick then warily asked to puzzle Runa since she could still hear him yet disappointing Hiccup briefly when she was asked, by that man's response, "None so far." Stoick nodded while gazing relieved, "Good."

A random Viking yelled to get their attention amongst the chaos as they did so, "Hoist the torches!" Massive flaming braziers were then raised on poles, lighting up the morning-like night sky, and revealed swirling dragons of all types as mentioned doing damage and nabbing things before Runa saw Hiccup wasn't there and decided to head quickly to the Gobber's Blacksmith, and was stopped by a lavender colored, Monstrous Nightmare.

It was growling at her before blinking in utter shock as she instinctively opened her mouth and effortlessly ate the dragon's plasma-like flames to even surprise her before shaking her head, and then growled out to the female dragon, "I have no time for this… Get out of my way!" In the end, though she accidentally pronounced Parseltongue to startle the dragon over.

The still stunned beast simply let her pass, instantly, to catch up to Hiccup, and the female dragon also shook her head before going after some sheep nearby.

Hiccup managed to get there first while Gobber noticed and noted in a way the teen rolled his orbs before preparing himself, "Ah! Nice of you to join the party. I thought you'd been carried off." It was Gobber's turn after seeing Hiccup was quickly getting his apron on as Gobber's Main Apprentice while also flexing a little as he spoke to demonstrate things, "Who me? Nah, come on! I'm way too muscular for their taste. They wouldn't know what to do with all this."

As Gobber worked, he spoke along with deflating Hiccup then as he was soon repairing tools, "They need toothpicks, don't they?"

As Hiccup was getting to work since he was transferring bent and chipped weapons to the forge as the Viking Villagers crowd the counter for replacements, Runa decided to appear at that point while panting in place to amuse the old blacksmith himself and soon making her almost hold back an 'Oomph' when he placed a few weapons into her hold, "Nice seeing ya Lass… Help Hiccup at least to get things done quicker."

While she was helping Hiccup and secretly they were amazed by her being able to withstand the flames of the fire and molten steel with ease, they paused before hearing a small explosion and soon saw the fire brigade, and were secretly relieved the flames weren't close to Hiccup's Home mixed with both amused and comprehending looks at the teen male at watching Astrid helping others by guessing the way she was walking did seem to be attractive, as Rowana did tell her just like all the others that understood her even before her change, Runa was gorgeous as an adjusted teen… Yet she still didn't feel so as she has doubts about that.

Noticing her look though made both her and Gobber chuckle as Hiccup scoffed at her, and he decided to join them and yet... Gobber shortly seeing this, stopped him, "Ah, come on. Let me out, please. I need to make my mark."

The old Viking shook his head at the teen while Runa kept busy alongside eyeing them currently and then recognizing they were about to either fight or something. "Oh, you've made plenty of marks… All in the wrong places." At those words, Runa felt that this may have occurred before between them.

"Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date." Hiccup states to Gobber as Runa pondered as to why they have to kill them at all, yet held her tongue as Gobber came over while grabbing some weapons and explaining to him the simple things, "You can't lift a hammer. You can't swing an ax…" he then grabs what Runa learned was a weapon known as a bola, and hands it to the next Viking as they threw it at a random Gronkle and made the dragon fall into a house that held cabbages for wares before seeing the one Viking seller for that, complaining, "You can't even throw one of these."

It looks like Hiccup was prepared for that and confuses them over while revealing the two from behind the stall and as he spoke, to uncover a strange, wheelbarrow-like contraption, "Okay fine, but…" he grunts while setting it up yet hid a wince as one of the bola from it shot off prematurely, and struck the next waiting Viking at the counter with Gobber glancing at him, "This will throw it for me."

"See, now this right here is what I'm talking about," Gobber states as he was placing some finished weapons within other Vikings' hands before coming over and didn't hear Hiccup mutter to himself to which Runa heard and staring at her hand, and instantly recoiled at beholding she was eating molten metal without realizing it until then as if it was popcorn, a mild calibration issue, and states, "Hiccup. If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons of any sort, you need to stop all…" Runa saw Hiccup stare at Gobber gesturing his entire body as he finished, "This."

"But you pointed to all of me?" Hiccup states in a perplexed tone before realization came to him by Gobber's next set of words in a way, to realize he was right, "Yes! That's it! Stop being all of you."

Runa despite hearing Hiccup's tone being a threat and stopping herself from eating the coal this time as it was from the small pit for heating the pot, was half-amused and also sympathetic to what he was going through, "Ohhhh…" Gobber shortly mimicked him while also making a statement in secret, "Ohhhhh, yes."

Hiccup then was motioning alongside amusing Runa by his body language as despite him trying to act up, she thought it was funny and Gobber was hardly impressed, "You, sir, are playing a dangerous game. Keeping this much, raw… Vikingness contained. There will be consequences!" He let out a secretive 'Oomph' when Gobber then tossed some dull swords into his arms and gave him a look once again, mixed with an order by his words, "I'll take my chances. Sword. Sharpen. Now."

Hiccup sighed as Runa came over and he gave her a thankful look before helping him as she was placing runes to whose name they belonged, into each one alongside resisting eating some coal again by the use of her clawed fingertips as she doesn't understand why she wants to eat it and saw him fantasizing.

Hiccup placed another sword while lobbing it into the grinding wheel and was grinding it down, and made him glance at her with hopeful eyes than by her words as, in secret, Gobber huffed yet his eyes were hiding amusement mixed with hope as well by them from serving another Viking, "I truly don't understand why you Vikings want to kill a dragon… But I hope that you get your chance, Hic."

They saw quite a ruckus still going on near the open windows of the smith shop while serving Vikings by various dragons, and Hiccup thinking about them, not glimpsing Runa was unconsciously eating some of the scraps of metal before recoiling again, and still was helping.

Some of the Nadders of the dragon flock soon land, gathering like seagulls around a seemingly vacant house. A Nadder head is sure to get me at least noticed. Hiccup saw the leading Nadder clamber onto the building, tearing the roof and walls apart before seeing some sheep pour out and quickly scatter.

Elsewhere nearby, they both saw Gronckles pick drying racks clean of fish and fly off like loaded pelicans. Gronckles are tough. Taking down one of those would get me a girlfriend.

Hiccup blinked at seeing Runa pointing to and noticing a stealthy, snake-like dragon head peeks over a rooftop, breathing gas into a chimney before seeing a matching head click its teeth through the door and light it while making an explosion. The two heads fly through the explosion, their necks zipped together to reveal a single body. "What is that one?"

"That's a Zippelback," Exotic, exciting. Two heads, twice the status. Hiccup states while also thinking as well to himself as not understood to them, Stoick saw this at his spot as that dragon flew over him, and heard something as he shouted out as well while climbing the top of a catapult.

The teen male was then puzzled while giving a mace away to Runa's irritated growl to amuse Gobber privately at her words, and giving three swords and an ax back to their owners, and was perplexed at the end of her words, secretly, "Not that type of dragon again… I can't believe I ate that ones blast earlier." They eventually saw Stoick was shooting the catapult before moving away from a Monstrous Nightmare that was red, destroying it in the hot, plasma-like fire, And then there's the Monstrous Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go after those. They have this nasty habit of setting themselves on fire. As Hiccup thought that, they saw said dragon was indeed on fire while Stoick was about to hammer it… Until they heard a loud, ballistic moaning sound that was echoing within the air.

Runa was confused by Hiccup's words as everyone scampered when a blue plasma blast of sorts shot the catapults as the red dragon took off rapidly from that, and heard shrieks of 'Move' or 'Get down' and watching everyone, even Stoick, move away from the area as it was were destroyed. "Night Fury."

Hiccup looked to be resolved at this before seeing Gobber grab an ax and replace his hammer attachment for that while stating shortly to the teen, "Man the fort, Hiccup, they need me out there!" He paused before glaring and pointing at the teen before yelling and taking off, in a firm warning, "Stay. Put. There. You know what I mean."

Runa saw a smirk enter Hiccup's face while giving him a knowing look and not at all realizing she was eating coal again, "Youf plam to go outh?"

Hiccup was about to honestly say 'Yes' to her before being perplexed at watching her not only still eating the coal, but some leftover scraps, "Umm… Why are you chewing that?"

Runa saw this, and spit it out before warily glancing at the actual teeth marks she left as he picked up the half-eaten, former blade while recognizing she was looking scared and stated rapidly, "I don't freaking know Hiccup. I have been bloody trying to stop yet I can't…" she paused when she was looking ready to cry but blinked at noticing him showing concern, like a big brother would as that is what she, in truth, saw both him and Astrid largely as a big sister, as and expressed to her then, "How about you come with me then and see my invention at work to get that Night Fury, as we can find out why later?"

Runa nodded while glimpsing the Vikings were going after the buildings and whatnot than the shop, and was soon helping him, or in this case, effortlessly carrying the contraption in her arms while following the teen male.

Eventually glancing at Runa in secret amazement at how strong she was as he understood it was heavy yet she held it like it was, from what he has seen before and was told, a soccer ball, and placed it to where he wanted it as he shortly got into position and positioned to the sights of the downed catapults, and gets everything ready while loading some bola in it.

The bola then drops into a chamber and Hiccup then pivots the weapon on a gimbal head toward the darkened morning sky.

They both then listened with his eye pressed to the scope he built into it, his hand poised on the trigger.

He then hears the Night Fury just like Runa and turns his aim to the defense tower. Secretly, said dragon closes in for the final strike, completely camouflaged in the night.

"Come on. Give me something to shoot at, give me something to shoot at." He states before Runa requested him as he was also multitasking on his current task and then listening to her, at the same time, "What exactly is a Night Fury?"

"It's a dragon that never steals food, never shows itself, and never misses. That's why I'm going to be the first to do it, Runa," Hiccup states before shortly moving as the tower toppled from an unexpected blast while at the same time, it illuminated the dragon briefly as it then flew by as Hiccup soon aimed, fired, and not only springing the weapon on the ground but they both saw the bola disappeared at said direction… Then they heard a whack followed by an immediate loud screeching sound of shock as Runa saw the dragon fall into the woods, unlike Hiccup.

Hiccup was surprised that his device worked before he was slowly growing elevated from Runa claiming he got the dragon and danced a bit while expressing loudly, "Oh I hit it! Yes, I hit it! Did anybody see that?"

They froze when they saw two dragons and with one they hadn't seen before, mostly to Runa, as Hiccup thought he heard about it before.

The first was the same red Monstrous Nightmare that Stoick didn't hit from the catapults that were climbing the cliff nearby while growling, but the other appeared with ease from the cliffside as well as it dispersed the black mist surrounding its body.

It is compared slightly to a Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but the dragon has a more feminine look of sorts to the dragon's form to say it was a she. She also possesses a purplish, translucent hide mixed with black in a perfectly placed, tiger-like design. The female dragon also has silver-infused, emerald-colored, Smaug-like eyes (1), and she was around the extent of two large horses combined.

Both dragons growled at them while Hiccup notes mostly to himself as they took off shortly back to Berk, "Except for you two."

With Stoick, he was effortlessly holding down the nets with the Nadders they caught or trying to at least and oddly enough, herd the sheep out of the village without much effort until he looked up from listening to a familiar scream, and saw his son was being chased by not only a Monstrous Nightmare within the Village Plaza, but by a dragon they hardly recognize at all as well witnessing Runa was holding the tail of the unknown drake, and screaming to stop as both dragons pursued the teen male.

"Do not let them escape," he instructed the men as they rapidly nodded while continuing on, and he went after the two.

In the Plaza, Vikings scattered as Hiccup dodges a near-fatal blast. The Nightmare's sticky, napalm-like fire splashes up onto buildings, setting them alight, and the unknown dragon sent ivory-colored blasts as well that brought about a sizzling sound with each sent, like birds in a large flock, and carved holes very easily on the wooden platform.

Runa was hanging onto for dear life by firmly latching herself on the tail, which the female drake glanced while huffing as the female dragon only kept chasing after Hiccup.

Hiccup ducks behind the last standing Brazier and the only shelter available. The Nightmare blasts it while spraying fire all around him as Runa was then off nearby a few buildings and holding onto the dragon still.

The female drake was striving to throw her off by almost biting her tail to stop her and Hiccup peers around the smoldering post, and sees to his quick relief no sign of the Nightmare.

He then turns back to find it leering at him and blocking his escape, and it takes a deep breath as Hiccup felt like this was the end of his life, and closed his eyes to the only feel… Nothing.

Once he opens his eyes, he beholds his Dad (Stoick) was wrestling with the dragon with ease while it was trying to bite and claw at him as he only stood still in small fear, and they were resuming their earlier fight, and closely, Runa went into her instincts with her soon wrestling the female dragon.

The Nightmare then tries to toast the Leader of Berk, but only coughs up smoke and gazes sheepishly as Stoick said while charging at the male Nightmare, "You're all out." He smashes the Nightmare repeatedly in the face, driving it away. It takes to the air and tries to leave before it was caught, and was forcibly led to the stables.

Winded, Stoick turns to Hiccup as he saw his son's face looked from being relieved, to be wary by seeing his gaze, and was about to say something to defend himself until they dodged the unknown dragon and Runa going right through the burnt brazier pole as it collapses, sending the massive iron basket crashing.

It bounces down the hill, destroying as it goes and scattering the Vikings who were holding down the netted Nadders.

The freed dragons escape and with several sheep in tow, within moments. The escaped Nadders fly past with sheep in their clutches. The raid is over to realize one thing: The Dragons have won.

The murmuring crowd then eyed Stoick, awaiting his response.

"Sorry, Dad," Hiccup, at this point, states while the duo saw Runa oddly enough, growl with that aura once again covering her frame, briefly, and instantly making the female dragon wary at her then, jumped off while rapidly grabbing her tail… And slammed her to the point a few times back and forth that they thought they saw chibi-versions of Runa floating around the female dragon's head, before the dragon accordingly passed out.

"Okay, but I hit a Night Fury." Hiccup states in a way he hoped he pleased his Dad… To only get grabbed by the scruff of his clothing while also ignoring Runa following them warily and snapped back to normal as she came back to her senses from feeling the vibe from the man came off to be irritated, mixed with being embarrassed by their actions, and he largely focused on Hiccup as they headed to the Haddock House, and saw the Vikings proceeded to start fixing up Berk.

"It's not like the last few times, Dad. I mean I hit it. You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot. It went down, just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there, before it-" Hiccup states while he was being effortlessly carried by his father before he dropped him at the front door, and Runa went inside and was relieved at beholding her friends and her child was alright, but while seeing Stoick's raised an eyebrow at the child before getting the note, read it with raised eyebrows before tossing it easily to Rowana in a ball, and resuming his task to apprehend Hiccup, "STOP! Just... Stop. Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter's almost here and I have an entire village to feed!"

At that, Hiccup saw everyone's eyes are upon him from those fixing near the house itself, and saw Runa was whispering something to Rowana to make her go wide-eyed yet reluctantly nodded with a glance as Ashlyn easily took the child from Runa's grip, as they went inside with her.

"Between you and me, The Village could do with a little less feeding, don't ya think?" Hiccup tried to dissuade his getting into trouble was not known to him, a few nearby round Vikings awkwardly Pat their bellies self-consciously at that.

Stoick though wasn't amused while claiming firmly to him then, "This isn't a joke, Hiccup!" He sighed then while holding his head briefly before looking at his son in exasperation, "Why can't you follow the simplest orders?" He sighed as Runa felt awkward being near a family conversation, particularly since Hiccup gestured while he spoke to make Stoick sigh again after, "I can't stop myself. I see a dragon and I have to just... Kill it, you know? It's who I am, Dad."

Stoick seems to disagree with that while notifying his son off, and making Hiccup look away, "You are many things, Hiccup. But a Dragon Killer is not one of them."

Hiccup soon sees the fire brigade though, and Astrid looked away as Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Snotlout hold back chuckles and with Fishlegs only continuing putting out fires nearby as they heard this while Astrid was the only one to see Runa's eyes glow at them in abrupt warning before shaking her head in small confusion while eating, secretly stunning the blonde at seeing it, broken dagger the Potter Teen snatched from the house.

"Get back into the house." Stoick tells his child before turning to Gobber while firmly instructing him as he then left to check the damage the dragons caused, "Make sure he gets in there. I have his mess to clean up."

Hiccup faulted a little at that while noticing Gobber understood as Runa saw what she was eating then and quickly spat it out while glaring at the weapon to half-lift Hiccup's spirits at that before shaking his head, and then looking at the fire brigade as they began to leave with Runa coming out alongside the girls and with Runa's child, and everyone didn't notice Serena at all except for Gobber, Astrid, and Fishlegs.

"Quite the performance," Tuffnut states with a snicker while his twin was chuckling as she followed him to make Hiccup's mood even sourer, of sorts.

Snotlout then noted to him in a way he was amused largely then truly being impressed, "I've never seen anyone mess up that badly. That helped!"

"Thank you, thank you. I was trying, so…" he saw they were out of earshot, yet turned to Astrid by her gaze and turned to only blink as Runa was once again eating a broken weapon before recoiling to concern Rowana over yet puzzled the group.

Gobber picked it up and was rather impressed by the fully chewed markings that cut clean, and whistles while declaring then in a tone to soon make Runa tint in embarrassment, and puzzle the teens, "Well now, seems you have a hankering of scrap metal. Aye, Lass?"

Before Runa could open her mouth, she hid a flinch when Fishlegs was inspecting her closely while glancing at the weapon and back, to creep her out and noted in a way to make his words go over her head in small realization, and struggling in place as he was checking her teeth as well, "It seems she might be a mix of a few classes rolled up into one and might be craving metal, or anything earthy to satisfy the Dragon Instincts of her previous actions a few days ago… Mostly impressive from detecting remnants of plasma of a Monstrous Nightmare's Lava Flame on her cheek."

Runa gave him a weirded-out look while soon rubbing said cheek of leftover residue that hardened during the fiasco earlier from that blast she ate, and Astrid not fond of Hiccup as such, chose to place her hands on her hips while Hiccup was lead to the back as Gobber decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, and stared at the know-it-all on dragons in puzzlement, "You mean her body is craving steel to eat?"

He was about to state things until they saw Runa's tail elongated to the point it was able to grab some burnt wood nearby and she was subconsciously eating as it went back to normal before blinking with a 'What' look to them, until she noticed and hastily spat the object out they indicated, and using her fingers of sorts to scrape her tongue, by Ashlyn, "You're eating crisped wood, Rue."

I guess Fishlegs might be right at that as by her reaction, she doesn't know why either. Astrid thought before she performed a double-take at hearing the child purr, and seeing the slight resemblance between the girl and Runa, it clicked instantly yet Rowana states it to them as Ashlyn was able to get the note and shoves it to each teen there, and Hiccup returned as Gobber patted the teens back before heading out back to his shop, "She's Runa's kid."

Runa nodded and was hesitant as her two friends then went to Gobber's for a bit yet sighed while glancing at her child soon in her arms, and at them, and glimpsing Hiccup was motioning for her to distract the two as she figured he wanted to go see if he downed the dragon, nodded while leading them into her home behind the Haddock House as he took off.

"Wow… This is rather impressive, in a scientific way," Fishlegs states to Runa as she shrugged as the three ended up in her basic yet fancy-like modern living room she has, and sat in a recliner and oddly enough, felt like Serena was waking up, eventually, "It's what good amount of gems and other can do."

"You have gems?" Astrid states in small surprise at this while Runa nodded and whistled a little before they jumped back, and was glad he decided to be living in this house alongside a few others of his kind.

The male creature that appeared was considered a friend and is recognized as a House Elf.

This was Dobby (movie version).

"Yes, what it be, Lady Potter?" Dobby states to make Runa groan while providing him a look and gently remarked to him, "Dobby, how many times do I have to insist you call me by my first name?" He shrugged before answering back to her then to make the two teens amused while looking at the child, "Many times I'm afraid, as old habits truly die hard, Lady Potter."

He glanced at the two teens before glancing at her by him then rapidly nodding, as his head alongside his ears was wiggling as he did, "Well, can you fetch me a bag of gemstones from my sealed Bank-Room here in my home, make some food… And perhaps send my child to my room while having Winky keep an eye on her, as I want her, personally, as her Elf?" Dobby was privately surprised by this but shortly popped away silently to carry out his Lady's orders.

They jumped when a female elf that is Winky (again, movie version 3), appeared, gently took the child while popping away to where her room was as they gave her unbelievable looks, and merely told them with a look for later, "It's rather complicated without having to clarify it to Stoick or everyone, as their former Elves made into servants long ago in my time, and I found out they still are existing, but are in hiding."

Dobby came back when they slowly nodded in half-understanding and with the bag of gems as they also saw entering into the room, strange food they never have seen before to light up Runa, as she felt hungry still, despite eating some metal, coal, and that Dragon Flame of sorts.

It was chicken stir-fry with sweet and sour sauce, with a side dish of onion rings baked with a honey glaze, mixed with a cinnamon and sugar coating.

He smiled at them all before resuming his homely duties as they started to slowly eat, and Fishlegs and Astrid began to enjoy this of sorts before the male perked up by Runa mentioning what her home contained, more-so to the library she built, here, "You have a Library?"

Runa nodded to him while finishing up her food alongside them as they poofed to the kitchens to get washed and informed him of the directions, and sweatdropped as he shortly took off before summoning Dobby to make sure Fishlegs wasn't fully distracted or lost, and help him to the translation books for the others.

It was silence between the two girls then as Runa was drinking Earl Grey Tea that Dobby brought with a hint of honey and sugar, gently, before she asked before placing the cup down on her stand close to her and preparing Astrid to give her a bewildering look, "Have you been avoiding me?"

"Psh, no… Why would you think that?" Astrid states while glancing left and right before noticing her gaze, and sighed and was soon leaning forwards and not only gazing at her while effortlessly seeing Astrid's body language to confess she was not over things, but she was also rubbing the back of her head, "Nothing can get by you, huh?"

Runa only shrugged wordlessly as Astrid decided to confess slightly to her, "I never thought about what Ma confessed to me would be very deep, mainly since she was thankfully not in the home upon beholding that it was destroyed from within… But I just can't stop thinking about it being my fault."

Runa understood the weight Astrid presently had on her shoulders from this and recognizing she held back her tears, came over and made her stiffen before she did so in turn as she was awkwardly hugging the blonde teen and Astrid proceeded to let those tears flow, and figured that she could let out her emotions here while still upholding the "Tough Girl" image back within the village, and even though that Astrid fully knew her mother… Wish I could have known more about mine. Runa thought to herself while comforting her "Big Sister" in mind, for a few more minutes.

After that, they pulled away awkwardly as Astrid coughed into her hand and noted to her with a look that wasn't threatening yet Runa nodded in agreement, "That, um… That stays between us, alright Runa?"

Runa confused Astrid then as she got into her bag and pulled out a beautiful gemstone that looked amazing as a non-glowing star in design, mixed with it being a blue diamond, while shaped as a smoothed-out opal shaped design into her hand, and made her looked at the dragon girl in utter shock and reluctantly placing it into her clothing as a keepsake, "That is one of the few Everdawn Gemstones I kept from my vaults that is probably worth at least three villages combined… I want you to have it as maybe a reminder that not everything is bad in life, despite it being cruel… Things can be turned into something more."

"Um, thanks," was Astrid's only answer to make Runa smile gently at her a few moments before glimpsing she was then eating without knowing, a ruby, to make her spit it out to instantly amuse the blonde, "Why the name of Merlin do I have to eat strange things?"

It turns out that Runa was surprised by Fishlegs knowledge of sorts about dragons, later on, with Astrid present as some of the things went over their heads yet understood some of it: She was a mix of classes alongside a few other types of dragons they never heard of before, and only one thing they found in both his knowledge and her library, luckily, as to one of the few types she is: An Obsidian Drake (4), and also one of the rare ones dubbed as Worldbreakers.

"At least that can explain my weird habits of eating metal and stuff… But do I have to eat this large piece of coal?" Runa states in a complaint to Fishlegs as he only gave her a wordless stern stare before making her sigh and also amusing Astrid once again, to then make a playful glare at her as she started to reluctantly eat it or try to, "At least it's not raw meat."

Runa was then chewing it with her soon tasting not only the minerals but oddly enough, spicy-like sweet chocolate of sorts, somehow, swallowed it to make them give her weird yet understandable looks by her statement then, "It tastes good."

"Of course, it would, as that type of class of dragons eat coal and whatnot to replenish their body's when their low on energy or worse, and to heal themselves better," Fishlegs unraveled while pocketing a book Runa was letting him borrow on Magical Dragons from her time, as he just came back from her impressive library ten minutes ago, and only nodded before taking another bite from it.

Astrid though wondered what the others were, as she hardly comprehended the other types of dragons except the one in 'The Book', and knew Fishlegs was a wide source of class-based information on that and was thankful to use in her training, as he was able to eavesdrop on conversations from traders to Berk itself.

The blonde shook her head while gently touching the gem in her pocket, before asking Runa a question then, "Why were you with him earlier though, when you could have stayed behind and cared for your child?"

Her response stunned them while glancing at each other before gazing at her as she was thinking and chewing the coal piece still, "Well, I was with him when he managed to use his strange device to shoot down something… Not sure if it was a Night Fury or another type of dragon… But that one I hung onto before blacking out near the end a few moments, felt like it was sent as a backup to get rid of him."

"Wait… Did hiccup manage to actually down a Dragon? Where?" Fishlegs states while noticing Astrid was still stunned that Hiccup was able to do this and watching Runa fully swallow the last bite, and then honestly tells them both, "Somewhere deep in those woods I arrived in, but not sure where…" she looked away as they guessed she wasn't concerned about her being than others at this point, as her words also expressed it as well while warily glancing at them in a way to comprehend she truly felt a mix of things, and small fear being one of them, "Would Stoick harm him for what he did within the Plaza?"

"The Chief? I don't think he would, Runa, as he may be the Leader of The Village, but he has the honor and respect amongst everyone here in Berk and wouldn't harm him… At least from how long I lived here." Astrid assured her to make Runa nod before she hiccuped and in Astrid's left hand as her right was touching the gem before recoiling in small surprise, and Fishlegs jaw dropped as a gemstone miniature figure of said blonde girl was in her hands in a warriors pose of a smaller version of her ax as they did see Runa pull out the miniature Opalaye that was running around her home, nibbling on a blue diamond before sending it back on the ground as it scurried with it.

"Ok, she may have some type of Chaos-based breed in her as well…" Fishlegs states before they held back being startled as Winkey appeared, and made Runa go hastily to her room while telling them they can go anywhere, as she went to an awoken child at last.

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A few hours later within the Woods, still in the Morning:

On an open notebook Hiccup was using, shown a drawn map of the entire island, and it was covered in X's. Hiccup looks up from it and peeks over a gorge, expectantly and sees... Nothing.

He then reluctantly adds another 'X' to the page, then scratches his pencil over the whole map in immediate frustration at this, snaps his book closed and then pockets it.

"Uggh, the gods hate me. Some people lose their knife or their mug. No, not me. I manage to lose an entire dragon." Hiccup states while he resumed walking, to himself, and was discreetly grateful for Runa distracting the other teens earlier to let him go- He was then whacked by a stray, low-hanging branch as it snapped back and hit him in the face. He looks up to see a snapped tree trunk.

His eyes follow it to a long trench of up-turned earth before following it to a downed, black dragon of sorts, and its body and tail tangled in a bola.

The male dragon while presumed to Hiccup to be dead, has black scales covering his whole body, his sides having small light patches in a pattern similar to that of a manta ray or even a black panther. The male dragon also possesses two sets of wings as one main pair and one smaller pair near the base of his tail. He is also missing the left side of his tail-fin, which Hiccup lastly noticed.

Hiccup approaches, beaming as he placed a foot on top of the dragon while asserting in words he thought were of victory, mixed with disbelief at the start, "Oh wow. I did it. I did it. This fixes everything. Yes! I have brought down this mighty beast!" He also did a victory pose at the end.

The dragon unexpectedly began to shift to startle the teen while he also springs back, terrified. He then turns his small blade on it.

Rattled, Hiccup creeps along the length of the weak, wounded dragon, dagger poised to strike.

As he reaches the head, Hiccup finds the Night Fury staring coldly at him with bright green eyes. Hiccup tries to look away, but he's drawn back to its unnerving, unflinching stare.

With the dragon safety tangled in the ropes, Hiccup jabs with his dagger, puffing himself up with false bravado. "I'm going to kill you, dragon. I'm gonna cut out your heart and take it to my father. I'm a Viking. I'm a Viking!" He declared to the dragon.

Hiccup then raises the dagger, determined to prove his Viking-ness... Only for the dragon's labored breathing to break Hiccup's clenched concentration as he then opens an eye, uncertainty starting leaking through with ease as the dragon holds the stare.

Something profound is exchanged.

Hiccup didn't understand why, but he couldn't place it at all back then as he did in the current times as a man, but he felt the same feelings of himself in those eyes of the dragon.

Finally, the Night Fury beholding the state of things closes its eye and lowers its head resigned to its fate.

Hiccup tries to go through with it, holding the dagger aloft... Fighting himself... Until finally lowering it with a frustrated sigh.

He then gazes over the dragon's chafed rope wounds, and muttered while feeling both ashamed mixed with guilt by what he has done, "I did this."

He started to leave before he glances back at the dragon and saw his chest heaving.

Hiccup grumbles to himself as he checks over his shoulder to ensure that no one is watching... Then hurries back to cut the ropes.

The Night Fury's eyes shot open at this with small shock while then silently watching his every move, Hiccup hurriedly saws through the bola ropes. As the last rope falls free, the Night Fury suddenly pounces on him.

In a blur, the dragon is upon him, pinning Hiccup down, grazing his neck and looking like it's about to kill him.

Hiccup is paralyzed. The dragon's breath ruffles his hair as Hiccup opens his eyes to find the Night Fury's wolf-like stare boring into him. The exchange between them both is intense and profound as the dragon draws a deep breath, as though it's about to touch him, then lets out an ear-piercing screech instead.

The male Night Fury turns and takes flight, flapping violently through the canopy of trees. It bashes against a nearby mountainside, recovers, and drops out of view some distance away.

Winded, Hiccup struggles to his feet, staggers a few steps, collapses to his knees, and faints.

Not seen by him the entire time as a witness, amused orbs were shown within a few trees that were yellow with red pupils before glancing in the direction of The Village of Berk, and vanished while in the sky itself and witnessing Hiccup's actions as well, was the very same Opalaye that came with Runa, before heading back to her cave on Berk to tend to the eggs that have yet to hatch.

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It was a few hours later that Hiccup came back and blinked with a 'What-the-hell' look at beholding Runa was playing with Serena, and Astrid was watching alongside Stoick before shaking his head for later as he went inside without their notice.

He paused before blinking at discovering a dark green yet fully cloaked person relaxing in his father's chair, drinking from a spare mug of theirs, and declared with narrowed eyes to get the person's attention by his tone with his dagger out while trying to be brave, "Who are you and what are you doing in my home?"

The person chuckled while glancing at the teen male from under the hood to instantly reveal it was a male by just his voice alone, "Merely overseeing the village itself, and checking on distinct interests within, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third… But more importantly," despite being inwardly astonished this person knew his name, he was wary of this man as the man crossed his legs and stared at the teen then while at the same time, made Hiccup falter briefly placing soon the weapon he had in the air and jammed to a wall by his next set of words, "How is it that one mere boy as such as yourself, would spare a dragon while understanding he or whatever fortune awaits you, could have been yours?"

"H-How did you-" Hiccup tries to say to the man before he saw him chuckle before interrupting him by his next set of words as if it wasn't any concern, "Not that it matters as I have a proposal for you, instead of that Leader, in relation."

Wary at this, Hiccup took a few steps back as the person stood while glancing at the exposed arm to reveal golden and green armor of sorts before hiding that, and affirmed firmly to him as he soon realized he may be over his head right now, "What is it you want?"

It looks like his question pleased the man before him as he spoke in a cool yet impressive tone then while placing his arms behind his back as he stood there, staring right at him as if he can see right into his soul, "A deal as such or more in terms, a unique gift that I rarely bestow upon others since long ago…" he waved his hand to let Hiccup realize he was no normal man as a contract of sorts materialized right in front of him in Viking Runes, and he then proceeded to state to him then, "I want you to be a protector of sorts to a personal or particular child in mind and recognizing what she sees as a big brother within her mind, to help her in times of need and turn, I will bestow upon you a gift or two as this contract once signed by your full name, will be dissolved into yourself. Though note that by any given time, I may follow through with the Contract as well."

He means Runa… Hiccup thought while understanding what was happening, was transpiring, but he narrowed his eyes while staring at the man to amuse him of sorts while secretly, being impressed once again by Hiccup's intelligence as such, "What does Runa mean to you though? This all seems too good to be true, Sir."

"Bright child you are, Haddock… Let's say it is of personal interest and other meanings, and leave it at that." The man states mysteriously to further Hiccup's wariness while recognizing no other option, sighed before blinking as a quill was placed into his hand, and while he was writing his name, he hid a wince as he felt a strange burning sensation on his left arm before it faded as the contract indeed dissolved before going right into his body, and he glowed a few moments before it faded.

"Good. Now, I believe that you will be rather surprised by said 'Gifts' placed, but do not think that I don't own you, Haddock, as I do not want to have your soul sent to my youngest child, especially since I also tied the knot even further between you and one other girl you may know by doing something drastic, despite her father's wishes as such."

Hiccup went wide-eyed at that yet before he could say anything, the man snapped his fingers before vanishing into a green mist while within Runa's chambers within her home, a wrapped gift was placed upon her bed by this man, alongside a small note.

Hiccup froze a minute while hearing the man give a warning within his head, then, "Do not tell anyone unless they find out for themselves, Haddock, or your soul will go to Hel…" Hiccup shook his head as the door opened to see his father enter and he stopped before glancing at him, and simply closed the door and knowing Runa was alright alongside the other new addition to the Village and states firmly to his son, "Hiccup."

"Dad. Uh…" Stoick still stands before heading over to his chair and grabbing the weapon he left behind he takes a deep breath yet didn't get a chance to speak as Hiccup did first while ignoring the burning sensation on his arm, "I, uh... I have to talk to you, Dad."

"I need to speak with you too, son." Stoick states while still gathering his things and with Hiccup following him, and they straightened at the same moment while within Stoick's Room of their Haddock House, and tell each other than at once, "I've decided I don't want to-" "I think it's time you learn-" "Fight dragons." "To fight dragons."

They both were confused before Stoick states to his son with a gesture while carrying a large burlap sack, "You go first." Hiccup shook his head while replying to his father, "No, you go first."

"Alright," Stoick started with Hiccup looking stunned by his words, "You get your wish. Dragon Training. You and Runa start in the morning."

Despite being surprised by Runa being added to training yet guessed she needs it by her body alone, he shortly scrambled after his father while trying to clarify things to him as Stoick wasn't much listening, "Oh man, I should've gone first. Uh, 'cause I was thinking, you know we have a surplus of Dragon-Fighting Vikings, but do we have enough Bread-Making Vikings or small home-" he hid a wince by his father shoving something onto him as they were back in the living quarters and saw it was one of his axes while he also stated then to him, "You'll need this."

While reluctantly holding it, Hiccup proceeded to try and talk his father out of it as he was almost done packing his sack, "I don't want to fight dragons."

Thinking he was joking, Stoick states while gently shoving him a bit, and nearly toppling his son over by the weight of the ax, "Come on. Yes, you do." He faltered only slightly while packing an extra pair of undies when he heard Hiccup state to him in small hesitation, "Rephrase. Dad, I can't kill dragons."

Hiccup heard his father sigh at him while standing up and looking at him, and stated assured that his words were true, "But you will kill dragons."

"No, I'm very extra sure that I won't." Hiccup tried to explain still as not only his actions but that man reminding him as he held his arm from feeling that burning sensation return briefly, saw his father looked irritable for a moment before notifying him firmly, "It's time Hiccup."

Feeling a lecture coming on, Hiccup then states to him with equal irritation mixed with wariness, "Can't you hear me?"

Despite that, Stoick commenced to explain while straightening him out, and gestures to the ax as well while nearly making him topple over from it, "This is serious son! When you carry this ax... You carry all of us with you. Which means you walk like us. You talk like us. You think like us. No more of…" he then made Hiccup roll his eyes by motioning to his entire form then, "This."

"You just gestured all of me?" Hiccup states before hearing his father declared firmly to him then, "Deal?" Despite the irony of his words, Hiccup then expresses sarcastically mixed with awareness to his Dad, "This conversation is feeling very one-sided." Yet Stoick persisted with an edge to his voice slightly, "Deal?" Hiccup sighed warily yet nodded without words.

Satisfied, Stoick grabs his helmet as the last item to gather and heads for the door while informing him without looking back, "Good. Train hard. and I'll be back. Probably." Hiccup in turn despite watching his father leave, states back in a wary reply, "And I'll be here. Maybe."

Hiccup sighed as he soon dropped the ax to his right, and guessed that Gobber may have convinced his Dad to get him started before he heard the door, and straightened himself out while acknowledging, "Come in."

It was Runa while holding onto her child who was wordlessly peeking around the home, looking sheepish and confusing him over by her words, "I hope you don't mind me staying another night? Dobby is refurbishing some of my homes after finding strange things eating my wares in the kitchen, and let's say it was messy."

"No. Not at all…" Hiccup states while watching Runa's look was relieved before switching to concern by sensing that Hiccup was upset over something, and stated gently while adjusting her child's hold, with ease, "You ok?"

She blinked in surprise as Astrid came inside since she was wanting to chat with the teen boy, and equally did the same while closing the door by his words mainly to Runa, "Not entirely… Dad says that you and I have Dragon Training in the morning."

They jumped only a little by Astrid's slight exclamation of still being surprised to them both, but largely at him, "You and Runa are joining the Training?"

"Ya… But I had little to no choice in that," Hiccup states while unknowingly scratching his left arm to instantly get Runa to see that, and confused Astrid when she handed her the gleeful child at being held by 'Auntie Astrid' before raising his sleeve and was startled like they were, at beholding glowing Nordic Runes that were etched onto his entire arm from his elbow to his wrist, and his arm was fully covered in said runes.

Runa then switched to concern while Astrid for once felt worried about Hiccup as he lightly gulped, and glanced at his exposed arm by her words then, "Please tell me you didn't make a deal with Loki or some other God, recently? These runes are hard to make out yet states a lot of things in one go."

"I, ah… May have done so," Hiccup sighed out while holding back a wince when Astrid hit the back of his head, "What were you thinking? Deals with Gods are treacherous! What if it was Loki?! He's known for his treachery to Deals!"

Astrid took a step back while giving Runa a bewildered gaze by his next set of words, "He said to not tell anyone unless they figured it out… The Deal was for me to be 'Your Protector and Brother' while the rest being too quick, Runa."

"Why me? Why does fucking Fate have to do this to those I care for," Runa sadly states to herself as in said realm she lives in, Fate sneezed at being mentioned while shrugging as she was checking Berk's current and future fates of the citizens and was soon doing a double-take, and then screamed out the name of the God in question, in an irritating way.

Astrid recognizing Runa's state alongside Hiccup didn't understand what to do as Serena was only confused within Astrid's hold before scanning Hiccup's arm and blinking as they did to see the runes soon faded into his skin, and sighed while glancing at them, "I guess we won't learn what they say unless they show up again, but I guess I have to see if Rowana or Ashlyn would know anything about some of the details I managed to read."

They only nodded before glancing at Serena while hearing her stomach rumble a little as Runa sighed before gently taking her, and remarked to them gently as they glanced at each other, "I guess I'll see what Stoick has for food here and maybe make some lunch for us all… That is if you're staying for that Astrid?" She looked at the blonde to only see her shake her head no, and she claimed to the dragon girl then and with Hiccup raising his sleeve back up and decided to head to his room to stew over things, "Not really, as I want to at least practice a few moments or so against a tree. Thor knows that I need it for tomorrow."

Runa nodded before glancing at seeing Hiccup drop his stone from all of this and picked it up before shortly dropping it and caught herself from dropping Serena, as it somehow bit her, "You ok?" Astrid worriedly states while glimpsing her hand was bleeding, "I guess so… I didn't expect a stone like that to bite."

Astrid picked it up before she hid a wince as it bit her hand while not realized to them both, her pupils briefly slit a bit before returning to normal as she also shook her head, and carefully placed the stone on the fireplace for eased reach as she remarks warily, "I guess I'll see you in the morning… I suggest you eat light or something close to it. With Gobber teaching things… Odin helps us."

Runa nodded while she made Astrid stiffen by hugging her, and moving away as she headed to the kitchen with Astrid glancing at where Runa was headed, unknowingly starting to scratch her left arm before heading out.

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The next day in the morning, November 28th, 811 (2014 real-time), within Dragon Training Pen:

Runa was nervous while discreetly thankful for Astrid and Hiccup's help in settling her down last night as Astrid decided to stay the night in the Haddock home after she practiced her ax swinging, and she had a nightmare the teen hardly recalled and was secretly also grateful of them handling her when she was not aware, for at least an hour.

Last night as well, Serena was luckily with Rowana as they said they could babysit for her while she trained, and was glad her child didn't see her state of mind to her nightmarish episode.

Besides that, the three were reluctantly waiting with the others as, before this, Callie forced them to have a checkup before arriving, and they saw them (except for Fishlegs) perplexed of not only her eating some coal once again, but also glimpsing Hiccup at the Training Area.

Mentioning it, the arena is carved into the rocky ground, with a wooden platform on the outside. There is also a net covering the arena to keep dragons from flying away.

Several Dragon Pens are built underneath the wooden watching platform while outlining the arena… Especially nearby was a large, recently built cage that held the female dragon that was irritable inside.

Currently, Hiccup felt out of place before turning when Runa gently patted his back with a small smile as he saw she was equally feeling the same thing when Astrid only huffed half-heartedly at this before they all then saw Gobber was at the top of the arena or in this case, near the iron dome-like cage, and shouted to them all, "Welcome to Dragon Training!"

"No turning back." Astrid states with noticing Runa was alone and secretly giving Hiccup a look as he was taking it in, and Runa was shaking in place from being nervous still with slight fear, as to her, this was sorta reminding her of the one incident she had while looking normal back within her Third Year during the storm, within Quidditch, but more enclosed in.

While Astrid went over to comfort Runa as her brief stay did make her change only a little bit as she is, but the same tough girl within Berk, Tuffnut decided to state to the other recruits along with shrugging his shoulders, just like his twin sister was doing, "I hope I get some serious burns." Ruffnut nodded as she was stretching a bit, "I'm hoping for some mauling, like on my shoulder or lower back."

Astrid at seeing she managed to calm Runa down pointed out at her comrades then to get them to stare at her briefly while still glancing at the arena once again, as her words were mainly from hearing tales from her mother, and to state it as well, "Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it."

Hiccup then noticed everyone declaring things out of expectations for what they hoped to have as Runa added mainly to herself while Astrid hid a groan as she flexed her hands at feeling strange energy flowing into them, and go back into her, "I'm just expecting that I manage to at least know why you guys like to kill dragons that much, and largely want to be trained to handle myself better."

"Yeah, no kidding, right? Pain. Love it." Hiccup decided to add and state to make Astrid roll her orbs at his attempt alongside the others giving him looks, before they ducked at watching Runa sneezed while secretly not realizing the dragons saw this with wonder alongside the one female drake as she was startled with a glint in her draconic orbs at finally finding her, as Runa sneezed out a golden flame from her mouth as when it also scorched the wall, it left a smokey, rainbow-like mist, at the same time.

"Are you guys sure we're safe here?" Snotlout states after moving a few steps away from Runa to make her tint by her actions yet before she could say anything, they all looked up as Gobber for his age, to shock them, managed to maneuver with ease down to them and land perfectly on his feet.

"Let's get started! The recruit who does best will win the honor of killing his or her first dragon in front of the entire village." Gobber states while heading to the pens before he then paused before adding as he was adjusting his one hook, and they gave looks to Runa by his words, "Well… Except for Lady Potter there, as she is mainly here to train herself than fight it out."

"Hiccup already killed a Night Fury, so does that disqualify him or...?" Snotlout states in a way the others started to laugh and chatter in the background with Astrid only doing so to keep up her bravado act as Runa lightly growled a small warning to the teen boy, without realizing, as Hiccup deflated at that.

Hiccup shortly hid being slightly jump scared unexpectedly by Gobber by throwing a supportive arm around him and ushering him along as Tuffnut stated to the others in a way they, both Snotlout and Ruffnut snickered, by his comment, "Can I transfer to the class with the Cool Vikings?"

"Don't worry. You're small and you're weak. That'll make you less of a target. They'll see you as sick or insane and go after the more Viking-like teens instead." Gobber whispered in a cheery yet confident mixed tone to Hiccup as he shoved him at the others before soon wobbling to the cages, as roars and whatnot proceeded to emit from them. "Behind these doors are just a few of the many species you will learn to fight." He then informed them all.

Runa was sorta freaked out like Astrid was as Fishlegs looked excited for some reason by Gobber continuing and tapping said cages as he spoke, and added unusual stats after each of the dragons, "The Deadly Nadder." "Speed eight. Armor sixteen." "The Hideous Zippleback." "Plus eleven stealth. Times two." "The Monstrous Nightmare." "Firepower fifteen." "The Terrible Terror." "Attack eight. Venom twelve-" Gobber then shouted at Fishlegs then to make him embarrassed as the others chuckled at him by Gobber getting after him after arriving at a cage, "Can you stop that?!"

Gobber then tapped the cage after going to the lock and pulls a lever, raising the cross beam on the last of the doors and looking to the others like he was going to open it, and expressed in a way Runa and they didn't like, "And… The Gronckle."

"Whoa, wait! Aren't you gonna teach us first!?" Snotlout exclaimed in wariness to get them guarded by Gobber's mischievous words to them then, "I believe in learning on the job."

He opens it as the Gronckle itself bursts through as they scatter except for Runa as she didn't expect it to glance at her briefly before flying into the air a bit and gazing at the other teens.

The Gronckle itself is a dragon that has a large, fourteen feet (4.27 meters) long bumpy body with small eighteen feet wings that emitted a humming sound, a clubbed tail to that of an ankylosaurus, sharp canines, and a blunt nasal horn. The dragon also has dark brown colors mainly along with being also covered with small spots and bumps that are either pink, purple, or a gradient of the two colors.

All in all, it looked like a pit bull-based dragon, mixed with a crocodile with wings.

While they all were running away from the Gronckle, Gobber was communicating off the sidelines like a teacher as Runa was able to move easily away from it- Her, as she saw Snotlout made a rude comment briefly before dodging a large bite from the female dragon, "Today is about survival. If you get blasted, you're dead. Quick, what's the first thing you're going to need?"

"A doctor," Hiccup unsurely states while hiding nearby some piles of weapons and defensive items to make Runa realize Gobber didn't truly want them dead, "Plus five-speed?" Fishlegs suggested to the old man before he pointed right at Astrid as she tossed one to Runa and handily caught it out of reflex to startle her, "A shield!"

The Gronckle made Hiccup move away as it ran into the armory stands while scattering the shields and weapons as she took off frantically, "Shields, Go!" Gobber tells them as they proceeded to get said items while making Runa perplexed at their actions when doing so secretly, Gobber for a few of the questionable teens.

Runa gazed at her shield with wonder as it had the imprint, oddly enough, of a Greek yet green-colored phoenix with blue eyes, and it was swirling next to a golden dragon with her eye colors, and the rim was pure silver with copper bolts and appeared to be made from white birch wood.

Hiccup struggles to lift his as Gobber helps him and sends him running, and gives them all advice as well, "Your most important piece of equipment is your shield. If you must choose between a sword or a shield, take the shield." He looked to Runa when she asked loudly enough for him to be heard, "What about if you use magic while using a shield?"

Gobber at that shrugged then before answering her quickly as Runa dodged once again and nearly bumped into Astrid with a sheepish glance as said blonde female rolled her eyes in mirth, "Well, that too I guess."

Ruffnut and Tuffnut stand amidst a dozen shields. But only one has a skull painted on it, and Astrid only shook her head with Runa heading over while they both grab it and we're fighting over it as well.

"Get your hands off my shield!" Tuffnut tells his sister as she shook her head stubbornly while retorting back to her brother, "There are like a million shields!" He shook his head in his stubbornness while gesturing quickly to a nearby shield, "Take that one, it has a flower on it. Girls like flowers." She narrowed her eyes while surprising Tuffnut as she managed to grab the shield and then uses the shield to bash Tuffnut in the face, and yet he doesn't let go. "Oops, now this one has blood on it!"

Runa took it then while they saw the Gronckle blasted the spot yet it astonished them to see Runa ate the blast before landing on the twins, hard, and making them dazed as Gobber counted this as an out for the twins at least, "Ruff, Tuff, your out!"

Runa looked sheepish while shortly getting up and saw the Gronckle herself wasn't fazed by her action yet scooped some rocks and was rapidly eating them in a way she didn't like, as, at the same time, she and the others began to shortly gather at the far side of the ring itself.

"Those shields are good for another thing. Noise. Make lots of it to throw off a dragon's aim," Gobber states as Runa hid a wince yet did like the other teens did as they scooped up some weapons provided and begin hammering on their shields.

The Gronckle shakes her head at the clatter while trying to figure things out as she flew in place and on her POV, she began seeing hazed images as they did so to throw her senses off as to Runa, she was discreetly blinking as her body was slowly adjusting to the sound waves she oddly enough, saw from their shield bashing yet kept at it.

They paused for a moment which was all it was able to take when the Gronckle herself shortly moved away while angered at the trick, and Runa even heard the words somehow as she saw her left hand was somehow numbed with it also feeling slowly returning to her as Gobber states to them then, "All dragons have a limited number of shots. How many does a Gronckle have?"

Fishlegs easily shouted in correction to him as the others scattered at discovering the dragon was aware again, and after Snotlout said five, unsurely, "Six!" And Gobber made the large teen nervous by his response to them all in glee, "Correct, six, for all but one of ya!" Fishlegs then states unsurely, "I don't think my parents-" he then gets his shield blasted away by the female Gronckle as he took off hastily as Gobber states he was out.

Astrid was near Runa and was bouncing on her heels, ready to dodge a blast from the female dragon… Until Snotlout appears next to her and began trying to hit on her. "So anyway I'm moving into my parents' basement. You should come by sometime to work out. You look like you work out-" Runa moved away from them as Astrid cartwheels out of the way in time, allowing a shot to shoot past her and hit Snotlout's shield as he was then blasted onto his back. "Snotlout! You're done!" Gobber states to the teen.

Runa then ran right into a nearby cage as Astrid rolled to a stop beside Hiccup, who stirs awkwardly, trying to look cool as he spoke to her. "So, I guess it's just you and me huh?" Astrid noticing the dragon, states shortly to confuse him then as she rolled away, "No. Just you."

While a split-second later a lava slug knocks Hiccup's shield clear off of his arm as he became exposed, and Runa was shakily getting up while grabbing the bars and was then blasted face first fully by green smog of sorts from the Zippleback Cage, and coughed before feeling woozy when Gobber states to Hiccup then, aloud, "One shot left!" Hiccup panics and chases after his shield as it rolls across the ring.

The unexpected movement sends the female Gronckle chasing after him and leaving Astrid in the clear as they all saw this.

"Hiccup!" Gobber worriedly states to shake Runa's hazed head slightly as she ran right to his direction with others watching this alongside the female Gronckle driving right straight towards Hiccup, pinning him against the wall.

It opens its mouth and cocks its tail, ready to fire point-blank… Before Runa used her body to shove the female dragon away from him as she let out a blast near the teen male alongside Gobber discreetly giving Runa a thankful look, grabbed the Gronckle's mouth with a hook while being rattled yet effortlessly hid it from the teens, "And that's six!"

Runa hid a wince while seeing the bruises on her right arm start to slowly heal up as Astrid came over to check and was astonished while noticing Runa's labored breathing to realize she may have inhaled Zippleback Gas, and they glanced at watching Gobber wrestles the irate female Gronckle back into her pen. "Go back to bed, ya overgrown sausage! You'll get another chance, don't you worry."

While Runa coughed up some leftover gas from her mouth which easily showed yet most of them didn't see but Gobber gestured to them all once he locked the cage with a pouting female Gronckle inside, and was on his way to a stunning Hiccup, "Remember… A dragon will always," here he gave a stern look to Hiccup while helping him up slightly, "Always go for the kill."

After that, he walks off after declaring that the next lesson would be tomorrow.

Hiccup looks overhead to see a steaming pit in the solid stone wall, and lightly gulped at first before pondering something that didn't make sense until Runa came over to amuse the others as she did see him as a big brother, him, Astrid, and a select few guessed she was a caring person despite all she went through.

Runa made sure he was ok before he wavered her off while expressing that 'He was fine'... Until she whacked him gently on the back of his head yet almost toppled him over, "What in Merlin's name was that for?"

Seeing Runa was upset, things became awkward as she ended up picking him up before hugging him within her bosom, as the others either looked away awkwardly or whistled to themselves.

Astrid understood a little by her reaction, and they saw Runa blinked in place while tinting in mixed of embarrassment and awkwardly placing him down and coughed into her hand Astrid blinked as her eyes slit once again, before blinking again at discovering the leftover gas still coming out of her mouth, and expresses a quiet sorry, to him, and hastily leaves, and the one dragon in her cage saw this while plotting.

"Man, what's eating her?" Snotlout states as they all grouped up with Fishlegs thinking deeply while Tuffnut randomly states, without thinking, "Maybe she has a crush on the stick."

Ruffnut slapped her brother's head while Astrid has gotten their attention, as Hiccup went after Runa, "Not possible since she sees me and him like elder siblings then a crush."

Now it was their turn to blink in small surprise at her as Fishlegs then realized something about her behavior from secretly observing everyone, and making them ponder this as well, "Is it me or was she acting dizzy a few moments ago being near the Zippleback Cage?"

Gobber overheard this as he was, despite his age, effortlessly lifting the fallen racks and made the teens turn with Astrid glancing where Runa went from the Arena in concern as by the old man's words, he wasn't bothered alongside by his tone, it was a random chance, "Maybe the Lass was havin' a reaction of sorts… Burla the Butcher did inhale enough gas to be dizzy for near sunset a few years back, before catching a fever or simple cold within the morn."

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With Runa, she was within the woods still nearby the village, and above a spot that was also overseeing the cliffs and having a truly perfect view of Berk itself since she was then slumping on a log that she found and easily placed.

She felt mixed feelings as she believed she may have lost Hiccup, and embarrassed by her reaction to that in front of not only Astrid but the others, whom she hardly knew and was thinking about her moments on her first day. It's like with Mia in the Second Year all over again, even Sally. Runa sadly assumed with a shiver of fear coursing throughout her body, once again.

During the aftermath of her fight with the Basilisk, Mia and Sally were snatched by a cloaked person and since Fawkes restored her, she was able to be not hospitalized and was going to harm them while they were under the Petrify Spell, and almost lost them both before sending the nightmarish person away, somehow, by wishing it as the person was sucked into a golden vortex.

She randomly encountered that person as well, discreetly, in Third Year at one of her late nights that she got excused for detention she didn't earn, and she faced that person once again and essentially bleeding to death from the unusual blade the person has, and within the time jump back to save her Godparents: Sirius and Bella, she faced that person while astonished at watching in horrid awe at taking the darkness from the Dementors and empowering the person's being.

Then she and her future self, in which she was perplexed at that time until she has done so, sent the person packing once again into another vortex made of a golden hue.

She even received deadly threats within normal mail by this person, to which the Wizards couldn't track them down.

Runa shook her head as, despite her caring nature to others, she felt like she was nearly useless as well.

Maybe they will hate you… Avoid you from your actions. When she was little, she kept hearing a voice as it discouraged her on things, a dark and melodic yet empowered voice she couldn't detect either male or female, besides one other that she knew was clearly male at times.

The voice spoke more within her mind in a foreign tongue that was sharp and cryptic to Runa as she hugged herself before shaking her head, and thought back to herself as she gazed at Berk. Hiccup and Astrid won't do that… Would they? The voice than spoke normal to her once again, They will… You will be alone, in the dark, and be punished by sheer actions alone with no love to you or others… Always alone- Runa jumped before turning to a concerned Hiccup as he asked her gently, "You ok?"

Runa blinked as she didn't realize she was about to cry to herself and expressed in a slight choked voice without noticing Hiccup didn't believe her, yet he sighed after, "I-I'm fine."

"You're not good at lying to yourself though Ru-Ru," Hiccup states to slightly perk Runa at him using her name like that as that's the first time anyone has done so and then sighed before glancing back at Berk as he decided to sit next to her while listening, and wipes her silvery tears from her face as not known to them when she flung them off her bare hand, a nearly dying flower bloomed once more closely to them, "Alright… I was scared of losing you and the others back at the Arena."

Hiccup was touched by that yet recognizing her state, patted her back in the center, gently, while making her gaze to him as he assured Runa then, "Nothing was going to happen… I think Gobber would have stopped the dragon from harming me." He paused before making Runa let out a sad laugh a little to realize he was indeed cheering her up, "Maybe he would have made me do more weapon refinery back at his shop if he was that worried, but I trust him at least to keep us safe."

Runa nodded before she curiously glanced at him while feeling less sad and that dark, nagging voice silenced itself from her mind to make him shifty then, "Why did you react puzzled though after what he stated to mostly you when he helped you up, Hic?"

Despite liking the shorter version of his nickname still, he sighed while glancing left and right to see no one was watching, yet secretly the same pair of yellow with red pupil eyes was and shortly made Runa excited over this, "I may have found the dragon I shot down and, um, well… Spared his life."

"So you plan to find him again?" Runa then asked as he was used to her body sometimes jiggling as he was also privately irked she doesn't realize this, since he guessed Rowana was right about her being oblivious of her body and nodded while he helped her up only slightly without trying to trip over himself, "Yes."

Soon they were within the forest once again and Runa saw the damage to Hiccup while he was using his tracking skills to locate the male dragon, was worried from figuring the dragon might be hurt or something, particularly since Rowana didn't mind watching Serena a bit more as they were, in secret, testing her in a few "Specific Tests" their Boss wanted to be done, mainly since they read the folder before Runa did as it was now getting close to dusk time, and near a hidden cove of sorts from the spot.

"So why didn't he attack you like that female Gronckle then?" Runa asked while Hiccup was surveying the damage, paused to glance at her in puzzlement as he shrugged in honesty, to her, "Not sure… Maybe because I spared him he decided to do the same?" He then drops the bola he was holding once he answered Runa as they pressed on in the direction it flew off.

He then drops into a rocky crevice alongside her with ease and follows it to an isolated cove complete with a pristine spring pool.

To mention this, The Hidden Cove is a tranquil spot on the outskirts of Berk, near Raven Point (which Runa has yet to see).

It is also covered with lush and dense foliage and surrounded by rock faces on all sides, only bridged to the outside world by a small gap between two rock faces. The rock faces are covered with vines, moss, and thick roots from older trees that sit at the edge of the rock faces.

There is also an inland freshwater lake that sits in the middle of the area, which is fed via a small waterfall.

The Cove is also littered with mossy rocks that form the occasional stack. Lastly, there are several taller trees like pine in the Cove.

Hiccup then scans the high stone walls... Then notices a single black scale on the ground. He crouches and picks it up, studying it.

"Well, this was stupid." Hiccup states as he handed the scale to Runa as he blinked like she did when she had it within her right hand, it went right into her skin as if absorbing it while watching a strange mark materialize on top of it as it sorta resembles mostly a curled image just like a spiral of said Night Fury. "And now this has gone weird," he added with Runa only staring at her hand in confused wonder before unexpectedly, the Night Fury blasts past them both along with trying to glide as the scale soon came back out of her, and into the same hand.

Hiccup recoils alongside Runa with them watching the massive beast struggle to climb the walls. He flaps violently, then peels away to a rough landing to realize one thing: The dragon is trapped.

Hiccup then grins with Runa being mixed in concern and excitement, and the teen male being secretly excited to see him again, and slips closer.

They watched as the dragon, exhausted and frustrated, leaps into the air, beating its wings furiously. Again and again, it rolls uncontrolled and crashes heavily.

As if remembering to snap a photo, Hiccup pulls a leather-bound book and flips past drawings of weapons to a blank page as Runa saw him while impressed, was sketching the dragon quickly, desperate to record the image.

The Fury, meanwhile, was using his claws at the steep rock walls, trying to climb out of the cove. It slips and falls hard, crushing several saplings as the male Night Fury rolls back to his feet and slowly crawls to the water's edge. He spots fish in the shallow water and snaps at them... But comes up empty. He lowers his head, looking weakened.

Poor guy, I wouldn't like it if I was in that bloody position, Runa thought while observing this entire time in mixed concern as Hiccup finished his drawing while mostly asking himself, "Why don't you just… Fly away?" He then spots the problem before adjusting his drawing, carefully erasing one half of the dragon's tail which Runa noticed with concern while remembering some things about specific parts of dragons, but cannot at all think about this.

Without warning, she hid being jump scared when Hiccup accidentally drops the charcoal stick he used to draw the dragon.

It rolls off of the rock outcropping that hides him from view and bounces into the cove while making tink-like sounds until it landed on the ground as The Night Fury raises his head, spotting Hiccup and much to his surprise, a female, human-like dragon (to his mind) was with the teen male.

Runa looked between the dragon and Hiccup while noticing they were exchanging a profound, unflinching stare at one another before they ducked as the Night Fury went wide-eyed from his previous spot as she held a sheepish look of her sneezing that same flame once again from her mouth.

"Sorry," she states as they saw the Night Fury then hid behind the one large tree to get Hiccup to sigh while recognizing she was indeed sorry, made her be relieved by his words as they reluctantly head back to the Village then, "It's alright… We need to get back as getting lost in the dark is a no-go within Berk."

They managed to make it back in time while meeting with Rowana, Ashlyn, and Runa soon cuddling Serena before going quickly to the Great Hall before an unexpected storm hits Berk.

They then saw Gobber was doing an overview to the others as he then states mainly about Astrid to them, as they were all sitting down, "Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?"

The teens were also eating dinner by the glow of the fire pit to which Runa managed to gather for herself and Serena, and so did the three others as they were approaching the group.

"I mistimed my somersault dive. It was sloppy and it threw off my reverse tumble." Astrid states to the Viking while eyes rolled from the group at her for her words as she was truly trying to be perfect at this as, despite her bravado attitude, she tends to take things like this seriously.

"Ya, we noticed," Ruffnut sarcastically states to her while Astrid seeing Runa and the others, moved a seat for Runa to sit down as Hiccup was nearing the place, and Snotlout made Astrid nearly balk as Snotlout grabbed her hand and tries to butter her up, "No, no, you were great. That was so 'Astrid'."

Runa rolled her orbs while agreeing with her friends and the others at his kiss-up behavior toward her before seeing Hiccup approach alongside noticing Gobber also narrowed his eyes at him yet noted to them all about what Astrid stated firstly, before including him, "She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves… Now, where did Hiccup go wrong?"

While he was trying to sit with them, he rolled his orbs while hiding a flinch at them trying to make it where he couldn't, as they spoke, "He showed up." Ruffnut tells them as the other twin then states to them all then, "He didn't get eaten." Yet Astrid received a shocking stare from Runa by Astrid's words about Hiccup, as she glanced at him to see he was showing stunned eyes, "He's never where he should be."

Despite Gobber nodding his head, he didn't hold spite for the boy yet he was trying to teach them all a lesson while the group saw Runa get up to, confuse Astrid over, as she headed over to the vacant table next to him as at the same time, placing Serena in between them both, "Thank you, Astrid."

Gobber then stood up while he saw Hiccup was looking grateful to at least Runa sitting with him and noted to them all before grabbing something from the sack he carried tonight, "You need to live and breathe this stuff." He then placed a giant book of sorts on the center of the table to perk Runa at and amusing both Rowana and Ashlyn at this knowingly, and Hiccup at realizing what it was yet didn't get a chance to read it.

The book itself seems to be well taken care of while being old from being a leather book, as it was also made by palpable pages perfectly done and had a design of a dragon in a spiral with its maw open in the center, and at the corners of both sides of the book were fancy, designs of sorts with an outline on the edges.

"The Dragon Manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of," Gobber states as he added in the details for those not recognizing it, "And made by my ancestor and still in use to our tribe, by Bork the Bold." Runa then jumped a little as she was eating a leg of mutton while Serena was eating some leftover food from her alongside some chicken, and potatoes, as a rumble of thunder shakes the hall and the rain still pours down outside, but heavy.

Gobber sensing his idea for the night changed made the group dissatisfied while staring at the book in disbelief (except for Fishlegs) by his words then as he left while dragging both Rowana and Ashlyn, much to their protests, by his words in a serious tone with humor bear the end at the two girls, "No extra class attacks tonight. Study up. And these two need to aid me in cleaning the hut."

Tuffnut then had a 'You gotta be kidding me' look on his face to the others while he states to them, "Wait, you mean read?" Ruffnut then added after hearing her twin state, "While we're still alive?" Snotlout agreed and made a statement to the group as those that agreed, nodded to him briefly at that, "Why to read words when you can just kill stuff the words tell you about?"

Fishlegs though made them all stare at him not only bored but also felt awkward mixed with freaked out by his answer to them, mixed with some personal things of a statement, "Oh! I've read it like, seven times. There's this Water Dragon that sprays boiling water at your face. And there's this other one that buries itself for like a week…" as he drabbled on, they were bored with looks except for Runa and a thinking Hiccup, on them.

"Yeah, that sounds great. There was a chance I was going to read that…" Tuffnut trailer off as the other twin states to Fishlegs, "But now…" they started to get up with Snotlout claiming to them all as he was going home to practice stuff, "You guys read, I'll go kill stuff."

While Fishlegs was still telling the others what was going on from the book, still, Astrid was the last one getting ready to leave- "Astrid, wait." Runa states to her while glancing at her child and doing a 'Stay here' motion to which her child distractedly nodded from eating her food, still, and Astrid annoyed about today's events, hid a wince by her firm question to Runa since she knew Gobber was going to make them train tonight as well until the unexpected storm came, "What do you want?"

Runa sighed while glancing at her, and made Astrid blink in a 'Huh' look before looking away briefly, "Why were you avoiding Hiccup?"

Hiccup was distracted long enough by Serena trying to wordlessly ask "Why" questions then by pointing things out, to see Runa truly wanted to know, and explained the best she could to her, "Well, it's complicated since he is, well, not much liked in Berk despite him being the Leader's Child. From that, anyone hanging out with him is considered by the word, uncool as such."

Now that made Runa blink while giving her a stare as that didn't make any lick of sense, and states in a way to make Astrid ponder over a few seconds or so, "Does that make me like that for hanging out with you and him, then?"

"No. No, it… Uh, it doesn't." Astrid hastily replied to Runa while watching the girl cross her arms like she didn't believe that, yet sighed at noticing or guessing that even in this timeframe, popularity is a thing, and only states to get Astrid to glance at Hiccup at observing he was answering Serena's innocent questions as much as he could, "Well, you hurt his feelings, especially since he likes you." Astrid blinked at Runa at that while noting in a way she didn't know, "He does?"

Runa realizing what she said, laughed sheepishly while rubbing the back of her head a little yet by her eyes alone, Astrid saw she was confessing the truth and decided to think about this for later yet saw she was trying on changing the subject, and states rapidly to her, "Um, do you want to come to my home and maybe, um… Maybe you could-" without warning to disturb the four, the doors opened as to stiffen Runa, she was alarmed to even see that very cloaked person being here as well, and confused the two teens before worrying Astrid and even Hiccup over, as he was holding an instantly scared Serena as she didn't like the thud noise, and states distractingly to herself, "No… Not you."

The person sounded like they were using a voice changer of sorts to hide their identity, and states to her in a way they didn't like, as a barrier made by the person themself was soon covering the walls and only entrance into the Great Hall of Berk, "Yes… And I plan to do more than I claimed this time as I intend to torture you way more than before."

Hiccup and Astrid not realizing who this was, yet noticing Runa so fearful made them cautious of this person as she subconsciously held her heart area, surprised her alongside the person as they stood in front of her while telling Serena to hide, and made the person let out a half-amused and irritating chuckle, "So I see you have allies then? Well, maybe it's time I revealed myself after all these years... Since I no longer need you to be 'Whole' again, Sister."

At the word, sister, they were astonished to see a female while taking off a voice modulator and saw she was what Runa looked like when she was normal but more devilish in skin color and with black sclera and red pupils within her emerald eyes, and her rigid yet twisted, half-medium sized horns were easily going through her platinum-white hair as she wore black, leathery armor of sorts that was not only styled to be punk-like but was mixed with chainmail-like mithril underneath, and fully revealed her arms, bare stomach, and legs. She also possessed flame-like tribal tattoos on her arms and legs, however, and while she laughed outright for a few moments, to show sharper teeth than Runa's own.

"Heh. Surprised?" The female states before gesturing to her body as Runa was only frozen in anxiety mixed with fear as taking her form, she continued without abandon and brushed her hair out of the way of her face as it was shoulder-length, "I am what you're supposed to be. I am your darkness and despair, alongside lost hope made into an existing entity that would pester you till something occurs between us, Sister… You may call me Kala: The former extra Horcrux made anew from your heart, which I managed to at least adjust when I attacked you last to give me my own."

Runa felt like she couldn't breathe and felt dizzy as the gas was secretly still within her system and was abruptly making her numb as well, and the two saw this while Astrid growled out in warning to privately surprise Hiccup by noticing her eyes did slit as she spoke, "What do you want with her besides what you declared?"

Kala scoffed at her words as if she wasn't impressive as Astrid wielded her ax and was in a threatening position against her as she was slowly walking, her boots echoing slightly from the hall itself, "As I claimed, I plan to torture in ways that in due time, she would be not able to comprehend things… But not at this time, and yet," she made them wary when an immediate, crimson aura covered her frame as her eyes glowed an eerie green color before pointing to her, "I think something unusual would work in my favor until she accepts the final duel to when she is ready, by cursing one of you."

Runa snapped out of her daze before glancing at both Astrid and Hiccup as they were being brave yet understood or felt this female of Runa's self, would overshadow themselves with ease, and made Kala glare at her, "No, I won't let you do that as Sally back home is still getting used to being half-human due to you and your accomplice during the summer, and kicking her out of Hogwarts."

"Always the caring person, Runa: The Golden Dragon, while I, Kala: The Anti-Dragon of your Heart, wouldn't give bloody shit about how anyone feels as long as it doesn't bother my own goals," Kala states to horrify Astrid

The blonde teen thought of hearing tales from her mother on both types, and catching sight of her look at Hiccup, shoved him out of the way alongside Runa being sent back as she let out a skull-like spell of sorts right at her instead before instantly feeling her entire body was on fire.

Kala let out a surprised and brief pained growl when she glanced down at feeling her leg was being firmly clamped on by some teeth yet blinked, before smirking and concerning Runa over as she grabbed Serena by her hair and gestured to her in a way they didn't like as Astrid panted while struggling to stand at this point, "Oh how sweet… This is possibly my Niece, isn't it? Appears like whoever her mother is, is going to be sad if I waste her, wouldn't she?"

Despite feeling dizzy and sluggish, Runa felt something immediately snap within her at beholding her child being threatened, and her eyes went red, truly, as Hiccup, Astrid, and a suddenly wary Kala, was soon seeing and hearing her roar loud enough to get the attention of the entire aisle and out within the sea, and her hands shifted to claws before abruptly charging right at Kala as she started to defend herself (after dropping Serena).

While Kala and Runa commenced wrestling as Runa's draconian nature was fully taking her over as the urge to 'End the one that threatens her hatchling' must be gone, Astrid shook her head once again as not known to them, the curse made a mark around her left wrist in a fire-like vine, tribal mark as in the front was the symbol for 'Dragon' written in a Latin Rune within a pentagram.

"Stop it now, Sister! As your better, I order you to- Ouch! Let go!" Runa clamped down on Kala's right arm while refusing to budge as they were then rendered immobile as Runa was on top and Kala who was forced down, was not approving this situation.

Hiccup helped Astrid up, much to the blondes' mixed ire and gratefulness at that, as they walked over to Serena before Hiccup recognizing Runa was in a strange state of mind, decided to ask some timely questions then, "Alright, how were you made?"

Astrid was confused before remembering a few things Fishlegs earlier notified her about rituals and widened her eyes while staring straight at Kala before blinking as she glanced at a hazed Runa in sadness, and Kala grunted out in a growl back in frustration, "Fine. I was made firstly when she suffered a fatal heart virus that was cured by her mysterious mother and made real by a person that was responsible for her true upbringing, besides the Old Fossil, as I also Hitched… Hitched a ride with the Golden Girl."

Runa refused to let go as she was fully hazed and behaving wildly to scare them a bit as Kala saw this and grinned, and hid her pain, "Seems the Golden Girl here can't handle her basic needs as of yet. I perfected mine within a few years… Pathetic- Fuck just let go already!" Kala felt Runa chomping her arm again to show some blood a little as it was oddly enough blue instead of red, and Hiccup saw Astrid nod to him while they saw his arm glowed with those runes, and hesitantly let Astrid go before he walked carefully over to Runa.

Serena was confused while Astrid, in small pain around her hard thumping heart, held her as Hiccup proceeded to try and snap Runa out of her state.

"Runa… Runa, stop, come on let go," Hiccup states while getting frustrated without anger as Runa was still clamping onto the apparent doppelgänger's arm to worry Hiccup she started to look pale of sorts and blinking as his eyes saw an invisible glyph gradually materialize on her neck and out of curiosity he touched it… To see Runa unexpectedly pass out while letting Kala go, and the girl herself scuttled a bit away from them before shortly getting up, and froze at beholding another person comes from a swirling rainbow vortex to still Hiccup over alongside Astrid, as he was cloaked in a different one to divulge he was not the same man Hiccup made a deal with, but he was also with a girl of sorts.

As mentioned, she was a cute young preteen with long black hair down to her hips and gray eyes. Her ears differ from a normal human's as they have pointed tips, although her long black hair makes this feature difficult to notice. Her dark grey eyes also have reptilian-slitted pupils. She wore, however, a provocative black gothic lolita dress that exposes her breasts (around a large B-Cup), albeit with black cross-shaped tape covering her nipples.

This is her one hidden mother as the man before her managed to persuade her that it would be worth her time to come, and she did find things unexpectedly interesting as she felt the bond from long ago call or rather, sing to her in an inward melody while glancing at Runa, then glanced at the doppelgänger with narrowed slits as she had a gift that was wrapped up within her hands: A box filled with gems otherwise perceived as the Lost Gemstones, and to explain them a bit is a mystery itself but they contain the lost souls of those within their realms, were lost or taken by a source that was not to be used, likely.

She gave the gift to the man as he was sharing equal feelings while watching her calmly walk over to the swearing Kala at realizing who this girl was, before Hiccup and even Astrid was astonished at observing her in untold speed as she instantly held Kala by her gruff of her neck, narrowed her grey eyes at her before firmly claiming in what was considered an order, "Leave her be, Anti-Drake."

Kala rapidly nodded before she was encased in a barrier-like bubble by the man as he nodded at the lolita to which she only nodded, once, and largely staring at Runa, and he left with a swearing Kala in the orb and also asserting, even though she knew she wouldn't be heard she would be back.

Once it closes up, the girl glanced at the Viking teens and Astrid hid a yelp as she was sent right into Runa's Mansion by a strange sigil they never have seen before.

The unusual female was then walking calmly toward Hiccup, and tensed at thinking she would harm him, and yet she gently stared at a curious Serena that when she came over, did a wordless grabbing motion as she skillfully picked up the child while pointing to Runa, and remarked in a way it wasn't advice, but a direct tone of either do it or else, "Take her home before you decide to do anything. I will see to her health and other… The female will be given a three-hour treatment for that curse has poisoned effects of sorts."

With that, the female vanished in a sigil that disintegrated away alongside Hiccup discovering that the barrier was gone, yet still sighed while glancing at Runa.

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While seeing Astrid was passed out and was glad she would be alright within the morning, alongside Runa as the strange lolita as from what Rowana states and also pondering the name, "Ophis" that Ashlyn blurted out by accident, did something to her, Hiccup was back in the Great Hall with the Book, and was then going through it and muttering to himself, and was soon pouring through the pages of the Dragons the Holligan Clan remembered by the writer himself.

"Dragon Classifications. Strike Class. Fear Class. Mystery Class, there it is." While Hiccup spoke, he didn't see once again those one set of eyes watching him within the darkness of the Hall in small amusement before deciding to cause some chaotic pranks of sorts around to some Berk citizens, and continued after encountering the image and information of the "Thunderdrum". "This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight." At the end of his words, he winced at noticing said drawings of said actions before turning the page.

"Timberjack… This gigantic creature has razor-sharp wings that can slice through full-grown trees… Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight." Hiccup states and hides another wince at the drawings while turning the page, as, by some odd force, each page was showing the images moving on its own from the dim candlelight. "Scauldron. Sprays scalding water at its victim. Extremely dangerous-" he jumped by the loud boom near the doors yet continued, "Changewing. Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight."

He started to get flustered as he was not only reading aloud but was not at all looking for said particular dragon he wanted to learn more about, "Gronckle. Zippleback. The Skrill. Bone Knapper. Whispering Death. Burns its victims. Buries its victims. Chokes its victims. Turns its victims inside-out. Extremely dangerous. Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight. Kill on sight. Kill on sight…" he was then surprised to see some pages were stuck together, and gently pulled them apart to see several pages of dragons and one of which he and Runa, encountered.

"The Shadowkaku Drake or the Dragon of Black Death. Not much is known about this dragon except it is rumored to have hailed by the creation of not only Hel but two other Non-Norse Gods themselves as well misunderstood kindred protectors to those that they are instructed, by an ancient vow to safeguard by forming bonds with. Said pledge is not understood yet only those destined to be "bonded" with would recite it after having true "eye-to-eye" contact with said dragon. They are also dangerous for those found in the wild by the sneak-like tactics, despite their build, and powers yet recorded to fight. Avoid with caution unless wounded. Kill on sight by only true means. It is also a cousin-like race to the Red Dragon of Black Armor which, was dubbed by a local, the Red Darkness or the Black Wraith to Vikings."

He was privately shaken up on that before he proceeded to turn pages again and see the mentioned cousin, which was oddly concerning the Red-Eyes Black Dragon (5) and a few others and also freeing some more stuck pages until… He finally found it.

"Night Fury… Wait, it's not filled?" Hiccup states perplexed as he saw the pages it was revealing no image or any description of what he saw at all, but reading on as to what it solely states, "Speed unknown. Size unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide, and pray it does not find you." Hiccup then placed his notebook with the image open beside the book and considered what he was going to do before he took them both, and left.