Hiccup woke up earlier the next day on November 29th, 811/m (2014 real-time for Runa and Co.), and was at least glad Runa and Astrid were alright yet he was amazed by the blonde's pupils being slanted, fully, like a dragon, and they walked in awkwardly as before they left, Runa was being led by the girl as the lolita refused to leave her side as Rowana and Ashlyn… Was babysitting once again.

Callie did visit them in unusual house-call timing and making Runa drink medicine to settle her stomach from overuse of coal, to amuse and sicken them as those that are reading, would not want to know at all occurred after.

Anyways, Runa chose to break the silence while glimpsing the girl she was told to call Mother, Ma, or solely Mama, instead of Ophis, and was silently observing them from behind, "Are you two ok from last night?"

Astrid felt better than ever while it bugged her about her eyes or the strange markings on her wrist as she truly understood like Hiccup was, and shortly assured her they were ok while also trying to get along with each other, for her sake.

Runa sighed though when her two, non-blooded, big brother and sister went their separate ways when they arrived at the arena, and she also glanced at Ophis as she in turn, plainly looked back along with Runa being the only one to see her emotions in her orbs, and states to her softly while referring to the stands, "That's where you go to watch, as I don't remember what Gobber has planned for us for today."

Ophis glimpsed at the stand while recognizing this was a fighting arena, only nodded without words before calmly walking to the area as Runa was the last person entering the arena and not at all noticing Gobber was confused as to where the bizarre looking girl came from yet shrugged it off, as he started his lesson for the day.

Eventually, Runa was panting while being near Astrid as she saw and heard Hiccup being distracted by his thoughts since Gobber allowed them a small break until he finished, which they were also in a homemade maze that amassed a good advantage for the dragon above them, and everyone else was scurrying as well within the maze by said dragon.

Mention it, the dragon was also a female. She is a very beautiful and bird-like bipedal dragon with winged forelimbs that are about the same size as a medium-sized tetrapod dinosaur and small yellow yet keen eyes with black pupils. Her body is also a combination of blue, gold, red, purple, and tan with a light beige underbelly; her main body color is blue, a bright and light turquoise. Her wings are mottled with darker shades of blue spots circled by gold and red spots closer to her reddish shoulders. Under her wings is a mixture of gold and tan. Her tail is also colored blue and gold. She has small hooks at the end of her wing joints, and in front of her eyes is a curved nasal horn. Her lower jaw is shorter and wider than the upper, which gives her an overbite and setting her race apart from all the other dragons since, except for one particular Night Fury, they all have underbites.

Around the Deadly Nadder females, the skull is a set of spikes, and coating the tail is a series of spines that can be used as projectiles. When relaxed, her head spikes and venomous tail spines lay flat, and when alarmed, they shoot upwards to intimidate her foe. She has small black feathering on the back of her legs and four black claws on her feet. Lastly, she was 30ft (9.14m) tall with, a 42ft (12.8m) wingspan.

Runa, to mention this, also informed Astrid that she could speak to reptiles or even dragons as she has yet to learn, and if they choose to speak with or without knowing, and states that this dragon oddly enough has her behavior as they dodged a few spikes to make said blonde teen astounded at that, before dodging another set when they heard the female dragon just lightly chuckle in sport at being out, and also pestering them above the homemade maze.

"You know, I just happened to notice the book had nothing on Night Furies. Is there another book? Or a sequel? Maybe a little Night Fury pamphlet?" Hiccup inquired loudly to Gobber before an unexpected blast above takes the ax head off of Hiccup's borrowable hilt, leaving a smoking hole behind him. Hiccup soon yelps and runs at this as Gobber shook his head at the teen and states aloud, in return, "Focus Hiccup! You're not even trying."

Gobber calls orders from above his personal, movable maze as the Nadder was still pestering them, and Ophis was mixed while observing his teachings of watching her only known child being taught like this, "Today... Is all about the attack." The female Nadder then hops from wall to wall, sending the recruits scurrying as Runa told her big sister that she was trying to figure them out, "Nadders are quick and light on their feet. Your job in this lesson is to be quicker and lighter."

The teens all move in, with all but Runa stumbling over Hiccup and the unyielding shield he was carrying.

The Nadder, however, spots Fishlegs' ample rear hiding behind a wall. It whips its tail of spikes as Fishlegs screams and lifts an entire wall to impress Runa, as she didn't realize he was that strong to shield himself from the spray of needles.

"I'm beginning to question your teaching methods." Fishlegs declares a few seconds later as they dodged more spikes and Gobber ignored that and continued to give them hints while speaking, "Look for its blind spot. Every dragon has one. Find it, hide in it, and strike." Ophis huffed at that in private as some of what he said was true yet she didn't have one, at least to her knowledge.

Runa as Astrid was away from her alongside the others, was near Ruffnut and Tuffnut as they rushed in, diving and rolling up to the Nadder's nose.

The female Nadder sniffs the air while being perplexed as she can't detect them since both Tuffnut and Ruffnut are smashed together, and too close for comfort.

Runa was amused though at Ruffnut declaring to her twin with a disgusted look on her face, briefly, in a hushed yet quick whisper, "Do you ever bathe?" Tuffnut though glared at his twin before retorting back as she narrowed her own eyes as they were about to start a sibling squabble, "If you don't like it, then just get your blind spot." Ruffnut though glowered at him as they commenced a shoving match right in front of the Nadder, "How about I give you one!" Ruffnut and Tuffnut kept shoving each other, till their movement and noise finally gives them away.

The Nadder attacks and was snapping at both of them. Runa dodged as the female Nadder leaped over her to be near the twins.

"Blindspot? Yes. Deaf spot? Not so much." Gobber states with a brief laugh as he wanted to observe more below a bit yet Hiccup came up to him while still asking away, and Runa winced as she tripped and apologized by landing on Snotlout as they resumed running like the twins before they eventually hid, "Hey, so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?"

Gobber though shoves him back into the maze with a brief answer that didn't leave Hiccup satisfied, "No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale. Now get in there."

"I know, I know, but hypothetically…" Hiccup insists while near hearing range within the maze to Gobber yet froze when he saw Astrid whispers loudly his name as she puts her finger to her lips, and gestures for him to hide as Runa almost gave him a heart attack from gently tapping his shoulder yet Astrid and him looked upwards as the Nadder leaps over the walls, surprising them by landing in front of the blonde teenager.

Astrid then quickly somersaults into its blind spot, confusing the female Nadder yet as she rears back to strike, Snotlout leaps in, protectively sweeping Astrid behind him and not hearing herself growl of sorts like a dragon in frustration at this as she didn't understand why, but she felt like she was wanting to prove herself in front of others more than normal. "Watch out babe. I'll take care of this."

Astrid held back the strange urge to slap him as not realized to her, her fingertips glinted, to not anyone seeing, as they shifted to claws before going back to normal, and said, hey, to him rudely as Snotlout missed to make her glare at him.

"The sun was in my eyes, Astrid. What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I could do that, but I don't have time right now!" Snotlout defended himself as they were on the move again while the Nadder, from Runa's POV, looked like it was fully after Astrid as the Nadder tears off after her, knocking down walls in pursuit.

Runa felt a hasty, dread-like feeling of something about to occur yet went with what her gut was instructing her and went after her big sister.

Astrid, meanwhile felt like she was energized as she leaps and dives like a highly trained gymnast as she didn't even think of how more flexible she was as she did so than usual.

Hiccup, not realized to them, wanders up to Gobber again to make the old Viking groan, "They probably take the daytime off. You know, like a cat. Has anyone ever seen one napping?"

While Gobber states in a way to get Hiccup to go back to training by his name, he turned and spins around to see the maze walls collapsing like dominos toward him.

Astrid comes flying through the dust and crash-lands on top of him, laying him out in a limb-tangled mess, mixed with an awkward position as she hid a wince at feeling the Nadder sent a spike right on her one hand, semi-deep.

Runa growls at the others as they chuckled except for Fishlegs as he was thinking and glancing at Runa blocking the Nadder so it wouldn't do any harm to her non-blooded, big siblings with an unusual tone of a low warning growl.

"I was just messing around, sheesh, Kid." The female Nadder states in a way she thought Runa was like the other Vikings yet hid her shock by Runa unknowingly growled right back, shortly, in Parseltongue by Draconian Instinct, once again, "Then don't threaten what's Kindred Pack."

Runa then shoves the female Nadder away as Gobber saw the Dragon shake a few moments before everyone was confused at watching the Dragon oddly enough huff at Runa, and then went to the cage, willingly, to stew as the other Dragons observing this hissed in quiet laughter.

It was then Runa shook her head before glancing at her big siblings as they scurry off each other by the twins' comments at them, "Oooh! Love on the battlefield!" Tuffnut states as Ruffnut had her arms crossed and states back to her comrades and brother, "She could do better."

She went over to try and help them yet Astrid had her unharmed hand out to tell her to wait as they managed to get unstuck by normal means, and glared at Hiccup then.

Runa understood the situation yet she didn't think he deserved the harsh treatment as well and saw the Nadder Spike glowed before falling off her healing hand, "Is this some kind of a joke to you? Our parents' war is about to become ours. Figure out which side you're on." She spots her weapon and then grabs her ax before stomping off, and almost knocking over Snotlout to get Runa's heart to feel dreadful once again while picking up the spike as it was still dimly glowing.

Hiccup, however, watches like the others as he was hurt by her words yet recognizing the task at hand was over with, Gobber notifies them that was it for the day yet to meet them later tonight for bonfire stories.

Runa glanced at the stands yet blinked in confusion as to see her mother was gone yet she hid a wince from Gobber, in his way, patting her back as she watched Hiccup leave, "Well done so far Lass, I have a feeling that you may improve the longer you train." He left while the four other teens came to her and made her blink as Snotlout crossed his arms and gave her a pointed look, "So… What was that?"

"What was what?" Runa dumbly asked as Fishlegs helped her out while attempting to clarify what Snotlout meant, "What were you speaking as that's something we never heard at all before."

Now understanding as she didn't notice the lecherous eyes of Snotlout and Tuffnut staring at her body as she stretched a bit while speaking, states in a way she understood more than they did, "You mean Parstletongue? I sometimes speak it without meaning to, and to other reptiles or dragons as they speak it as well."

Now to them, this truly impressed them as Ruffnut did a woah-like gesture at Runa as they proceeded to walk alongside her then, "So you can speak to them?"

Runa shrugged as she was not used to a crowd like this, or the point, being followed for something that catches others' interests as she confided them, "It mostly depends on if they want to do so or not, as dragons have two languages. One is what I mentioned, and another is a far more ancient language they made… I looked it up within my magical school back in my time when I was getting ready for my task in a tournament."

The four nodded as they remembered about the task of sorts by Rowana confessing things to them and yet, "For a school, they didn't teach you how to defend yourself better by your moves alone." Fishlegs mentioned getting his three comrades to wordlessly agree as Runa saw Hiccup with a basket, by mere scent (unlike them) filled with an assortment of fish and quickly holding back some saliva, some smoked eel.

"I guess… Say, maybe I can tell you guys some tales of my world on stories later at the bonfire tonight, I, um… Gotta check on Serena." Runa states before they could ask anything else, soon left with Snotlout getting looks as he nudged Tuffnut, "Nice yet clueless girl, huh?"

Meanwhile, with Astrid, she was wondering what had gotten into her back at the arena and was scratching the healed hand a few times as she was now on her way to Runa's Home before getting abruptly dragged by a strong grip, and right into an alleyway, and was then frozen at beholding Ophis was the one that nabbed her.

She was unsettled, however, by her dulled stares as she was examining her and even checking her mouth, teeth, and eyes until Astrid waved her off and declared in an immediate growl to her from an unexpected burst of anger, "What's your deal?"

The blonde teen took a short step back at noticing Ophis' eyes glaring sharply as she responded plainly to her with a hinted bite to her words, in order, "Hold still, Mortal, otherwise I cannot deduce your condition that was mixed with one other by that Anti-Dragon."

Astrid stiffened once again at the mention of Kala as while she slept, without notifying anyone, dreamt that she was not herself and was harming others, and even was perplexed at her consuming raw fish alongside stalking other animals like a black and white version of herself, and was covered in blood, and lastly was laughing maniacally at her and the words, Tribe Killer, was repeated.

Ophis kept touching and prodding her before she lastly, to make Astrid gulp, was displaying purplish fire from her right hand and concealed a wince while startled in horrified shock at watching her affected hand to change into a human-like, dragon-based clawed hand to that of a Nadder yet it was pale white with black clawed tips, before shifting back to her normal hand and was flexing it and everything and was perplexed as to what- "It seems you have indeed been cursed by Kala… That curse was taboo as it turns a person into a…" she paused before thinking, blinked, and almost made Astrid falter in place by her words, "To what you Mortals say, Monstrous Person or a Hybrid once the first full moon hits, and onwards each night."

Astrid gulped at that as she didn't believe it but recalled her dream and paled, and backed up before Ophis grabbed her to keep her in place with serious eyes for once, and saw them shift to a draconic grey version of her eyes before instantly changing back, "To the curse itself, it can be rectified by training… Cured by what most tales have as endings of happiness. But you will be always a dragon… And those that this curse falls under I have beheld been murdered or the killer themselves, after suffering great loss they have caused."

Astrid then has a small flashback to her nightmarish self before shaking her head, and states firmly once in utter fear that caught Ophis' attention, and then to have brief soft eyes from the Nothing Drake at the blonde female before her, "W-What can I do? I don't want to do that!"

Astrid then held her cheek at getting slapped gently yet hard by the lolita herself as she firmly confided her in a plain voice, "Calm yourself, Youngling... The curse is not avoidable and yet can be conquered, after your first change. Lycanthropy of Mortals can do this as well but to you… You will need support from one who cares, and one who understands…" she paused before glancing at a random direction with immediate interest before glancing back at her, "Training in your ways may curb the energy you get… Yet I would, if I was you, would seek your Elder Healer for more… I would have to look into this more."

Ophis then turned calmly and walked away from Astrid a few steps before she paused and looked behind her with a glint in her orbs, "Tell her Ophis is here and is protective of what she considers her property... Berk and several isles are mine by right, and making my firstborn child personally… Happy."

Astrid was in feared shock while almost falling on her behind as she saw Ophis grew draconic wings from behind her back that matched her outfit and gracefully took off.

Within the Berk Woods (which I'm calling it from now on) near the Hidden Cove, at this point and time:

Runa was following the scent of the fish mainly as if she didn't, she would have ended up lost as she pursued Hiccup, and she couldn't help but have the strange feeling she was being watched as she did so.

She tripped while confused as she found a black burlap bag of sorts filled with odd gems, and shrugged before glancing left and right and pocketing the gems into what Ophis taught her, with ease, a Chaotic Storage Space, to which as a reference is sorta a cousin to the storage terms known as a "Hammerspace", but it can store anything from anywhere without setbacks.

Eventually, Runa managed to catch up to Hiccup to make him pause while she panted, and gave him a sheepish glance at first to see he wanted to be alone yet sighed by her curious look and tone at guessing his plan, "You plan to see the dragon again, right, Big Brother?"

Despite liking the title, he just nodded as she walked with him to the entrance and into the cove, and was also helping him down before she followed suit… Although did wonder where his basket of fish went as he was carrying only one now.

A random fish then being thrown into the cove while it shortly hits the ground and slides, and Runa only rolled her orbs at Hiccup then as she oddly enough sensed the Night Fury was currently passive, and a moment later, Hiccup peeks through a gap in the rock, looking around cautiously and saw… Nothing.

Hiccup then squeezes through and enters the cove while Runa struggled a bit yet she managed to get through the gap, secretly, to her magic.

They froze when they heard an unexpected beat of swift wing flaps, then Hiccup hears a snort from behind him, turns, and they both easily see the male Night Fury was crouched on a rock like a stealthy panther. It descends, approaching him and ready to pounce.

Hiccup swallows his fear and offers the fish he picked up yet doing so reveals the dagger at his waist and to that, this made Runa a little nervous as the dragon sees it and quickly hisses.

Hiccup then catching a glimpse of this soon reaches for it, eliciting a growl from the dragon, pauses, and then carefully lifts it by the handle while also tossing it away. The dragon calms then at this, and as it approaches the offered fish, Hiccup alongside Runa notices that it's missing teeth.

"Huh. Toothless. I could've sworn you had…" without warning, a set of razor-sharp teeth emerge from his gums to grab the fish while the Night Fury, which they dubbed Toothless due to this, snatches and gnashes it up, swallowing it. "Teeth." He finished.

It was then Runa quietly asked him to which he only gave her a sheepish look, "What happened to the others?"

After seeing his look as Toothless was licking the remains from his retractable teeth, Runa went wide with small, hidden shock by his response, "I may have got tricked by a White Dragon I didn't know about while leaving me that only fish, as I… Umm, was distracted of sorts." I truly don't want to tell her why though, Hiccup added as an afterthought.

So she's still around this area? Runa also thought then to the First Task Dragon, the Opalaye, before noticing Toothless was done and pressing closer with an expectant look.

Hiccup retreats nervously while looking at Runa holding back laughter at this, "Uh, no. No, I don't have anymore."

The Fury backs Hiccup against a rock, placing himself in the same position as before. The dragon closes in over him and stares blankly.

A tense moment passes... Until Toothless did something interesting that Runa heard some dragons of her time tend to do: He regurgitates a chunk of fish onto Hiccup's lap.

They then exchange stares while Runa twitched in place and saw some fish fall into the water at the same time, ignoring her immediate craving for it to only watch these twos actions.

Hiccup then realizes what Toothless wants him to do, and crouches slowly and squeamishly to pick it up. The male dragon waits expectantly as Hiccup gags and gnaws off a bite of the slimy fish before he forces a smile, Toothless then mimics him without showing his teeth to amaze him.

Still amazed with Runa thinking Toothless' actions were cute, Hiccup then sits up and tries to touch him until Toothless saw this and hisses, and then flaps off only to crash on the other side the cove. He then blasts with his energy the mossy ground to a red-hot temperature… And soon curls up on it like a giant dog.

He then turns to find Hiccup seated beside him, and Toothless tolerates his persistent presence until Hiccup tries to touch his damaged tail, and snaps at him.

Hiccup takes the hint and leaves before seeing, like him as they blinked in equal perplexed states of watching Runa diving into the water and easily grabbing a fish between her teeth, and then tinted by their stares at her and ducked in the water as the fish escaped, and Hiccup turned to the Night Fury as Toothless was letting out a low, hidden hiss of laughter at her.

Hiccup then gently grabbed Runa while recognizing the Night Fury was watching them as they left the cove, and blinked at glimpsing a minor flash and some fish appeared when Hiccup heard Runa let out a small sneeze before the teen backed away as she then shook herself like a dog, easily, and got rid of the water before being sheepish again at seeing he was wet.

Runa and Hiccup came back but this time with Serena, as Rowana and Ashlyn were held up by Gobber helping him make some meals, and Runa gave the Viking Teens alongside Astrid a small gift: Their Birthstones in an adjustable wristband alongside Hiccup from her storage from within her home, and had given the task of Dobby to look up those unusual gems within the bag she obtained as a side mission as well.

Ophis, however, left to go prepare something and told Runa she would be bringing a gift or two to make her happy, to Runa's confusion, and wouldn't be alone when she officially returns in a secretive sigil to her own true time.

Serena was currently back to them at this point and time, and is being carried on top of Runa's shoulders.

Hiccup held his amusement at witnessing the child wordlessly glee while amazed at how rapidly Runa was taking as a mother, and it was as if she was born to do this or something, and placed her down as they helped each other into the cove since they wanted to hang out with Toothless until it was too late in the day, since the bonfire was around that time.

Toothless wakes, hanging upside down from a tree near the one spot he dubbed his resting place and shook his head a bit before he spots Hiccup, a few moments later to them, as he was sitting on the other side of the cove.

Toothless also spotted Runa and blinked while his smell easily detected the Youngling (Serena) was her natural hatchling he then saw Hiccup was drawing something within the sand with a stick.

Sketching in the sand while sketching Toothless, still, Hiccup was using the stick, minding his own business until Toothless appears behind him, watching carefully.

Aware of his presence, Hiccup continues, trying not to scare him off… Until Toothless walks off and a moment later, he reappears with an entire sapling, drawing lines in the sand.

Runa and Hiccup watched as he rushed here and there, making haphazard lines in every direction. Finally, Toothless drops the tree and inspects his work as he seems pleased.

Hiccup stands and takes in the sprawling scribble, amazed by it. He accidentally steps onto one of the lines, eliciting an instant growl from Toothless. He steps on it again. Toothless growls again.

Realizing how sensitive he is, Hiccup steps carefully between each line, turning round and round until he unwittingly bumps into Toothless as he snorts.

Once again, they're face to face. Hiccup slowly extends his hand. Toothless hesitates. Hiccup turns his head away and closes his eyes. To his amazement, Toothless bridges the gap and presses his muzzle against Hiccup's hand. In a flash, the dragon is gone, leaving Hiccup astounded as he wants to his rock yet hissed out a yelp while playfully glaring at Serena, as she was tugging his wings rather too strong.

"No. No Serena, be nice. You wouldn't want your tail pulled do you?" Runa asked her daughter gently while picking her up and the child also let go of the wing.

Hiccup was amused by this yet he hid back a facepalm at forgetting Runa could do this and then watching her hissing in apology, in Parseltongue, back to Toothless, "I am sorry my Child had done that, O great Fury. She is young and curious, despite her being experimented with until she came back into my care."

Toothless blinked, and blinked again before glancing at Serena with a fake glare with mirth in his orbs, along with hints of puzzlement by what she meant, "Make sure the Hatchling doesn't do that again as wings are sensitive to dragons as such as I."

Runa blinked at how young he sounded yet she couldn't figure out his age as Serena tried to gently bite her arm in playfulness as she was worried if or when she would speak while understanding she is technically younger, but her body is otherwise.

"Of course, but you prefer the name, Toothless, or some other name of your own?" Runa asked while placing her daughter on her hip, firmly, so she wouldn't go after his tail next, and the Night Fury blinked before he did a dragon-like shrug and glanced at the teen Viking that was observing them, "I have never dubbed a name upon hatching as alone… Toothless is fine."

"Hey Hiccup, he prefers Toothless as a name for himself," Runa notified him regularly to get the male to nod at that with Toothless perking up at instantly figuring out where the scent on Runa was, and secretly, was a mix of being fearful and excited… And a little irritated as his younger adopted sibling was amongst them, somewhere, and that one scent of the White Dragon he doesn't know as well of her being a child of not only Nothingness, but her being scented as The Chosen.

"That's good to know," Hiccup states while he glanced at how darker it was getting and notified the mother and child with ease, "We should probably be heading back, don't want them to worry about us."

Runa regrettably nodded like she realized how he was feeling, and claimed to Toothless to make him merely, if he could, raise an eyebrow of interest at, "We will be back and maybe bring more food as I plan to be with him, this time, as the Opalaye that came with me lives on Berk somewhere, Sir Toothless." Toothless was puzzled by her term she called him for yet only nodded while glancing as the child sneezed and let out green lightning to make Hiccup wary in that, and they left.

Once they were out of sight, Toothless stiffened before staring at the top of the wall to his left to easily see it was the Opalaye herself, and she then landed gracefully to the bottom and glancing at Toothless in a way, to listen, "I do not know what your intentions are with the Golden Dragon, but know this: If she falls under harm, then it will be upon your head as indeed your scent is correct as to whom her parents are, Titan Wing Night Fury, and Lady Runa will require aid as she has yet to know about her 'Periods' and one other I overheard from a source secretly spying within this Human Isle, a sister-pack figure of hers is cursed."

Toothless pondered this while laying still before watching the Opalaye regurgitate some fish for him to understand she didn't want to be enemies, and he states back with his tail flickering a few times, "So she knows she is a Dragon Child, but she doesn't fully understand as well? And is it the other female scent I smelled from the human teen the cursed?"

Only seeing the Opalaye nod to him once in confirmation, caused him to sigh while expressing to her and also noticing amused orbs as she looked passively at him, "Do I have to explain it to her as it was embarrassing when I was told some of it by a few older dragons back at the Nest?" He sighed once again while getting comfortable at her amused nod then before she glanced upwards and then back to him, "You will eventually get out, as to what Mother of Life has given me as a vision, but they are aware of the Golden Dragon's existence and would eventually deal with her into our ways in due course, and see to what her other bonded are as they are not aware yet at the same time, are… Yet I have foreseen a few arriving in due time, and a few others from being sealed for safety, given a new chance."

She shortly perked up as if hearing something, and sighed while claiming to him and getting ready to take off, "Due take care, Toothless, as things are progressing in ways this world to be changed furthermore." She then left to make him ponder things.

Gobber and the recruits (Hiccup, Runa, and the others as Runa's friends were sent home to watch Serena) are seated at the top of an abandoned catapult tower, toasting campfire food around a roaring bonfire.

They had meat, and thanks to Runa alongside the kitchen House-Elf, Shell (named after my niece to honor her), had sweets alongside what she explained, were s'mores, and currently, it was Gobber telling and finishing a true story to them.

Runa sat next to Astrid with rapt attention as he was finishing it up, right now, "And with one twist he took my hand and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face that 'I was delicious'. He must have passed the word because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg." At that, he gestured to it.

They all turned, even Hiccup, to Fishlegs as he made a stated theory after Gobber was done to amuse the old Viking, and even Snotlout gave a 'What the fuck' stare to the large teen male, "Isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon. Like if your mind was still in control of it you could have killed the dragon from the inside by crushing his heart or something."

Snotlout shook his head and made Runa jump with Astrid discreetly hiding her hand as it shifted to a darker blue clawed, human-like hand this time to learn that she has gotten Nadder in her, by Snotlout's unexpected outburst as she turned after coughing to herself, "I swear I'm so angry right now. I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight with my face." He then postures to Astrid as the blonde female rolls only her eyes while glimpsing Runa shrugged in a way that she understood he was still trying to flirt with her, and with failed attempts before she popped her fifth s'more into her mouth.

Gobber, however, pointed right at Snotlout and told them all as both Runa and Hiccup shared secretive equal looks of mixed feelings at this, as he was eating a whole chicken in his fork-like hook he was using, with his mouth full yet was able to be understood of food, and made a point by taking a wing from it and pointing around with it as well, "Un-unh. It's the wings and the tails you want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon."

The old Viking stretched a bit before standing up, "Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be too. Tomorrow we get into the big boys. Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare." He then paused before he playfully taunted, "But who'll win the honor of killing it besides Lady Runa?" He then hobbles off.

The teens reflect on this before they turned to Tuffnut as he boasted to them, "It's gonna be me. It's my destiny. See?" Tuffnut then rolls up his sleeve to reveal a Red Dragon on his arm "Your Mom let you get a tattoo?" Fishlegs then gasped out after they saw it with Hiccup only thinking about what Gobber said and staying as he was Runa's escort, and Tuffnut nodded with a proud smirk while stating, "It's not a tattoo, it's a Birthmark."

Ruffnut was puzzled before she noted to him in an 'I don't believe you' tone, "Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before." Tuffnut disagrees with his twin as he stated to her then, "Yes it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now." Snotlout then disagreed as Runa saw Hiccup's conflicted face and got up as Astrid was too distracted by the others to see her do so, "It wasn't there yesterday. Is it a birthmark or a today-mark?"

While they conversed on that, Runa interrupted Hiccup's thoughts by making him blink in unsure surprise by her suggestive words, "You can go as I can get one of the others to escort me." Still not convinced at her words, he decided to ask in a way to make sure while getting up, "You positive on that?"

Seeing Runa's nod, Hiccup didn't hesitate to hug her shortly before he gets up and walks away from the group, and Astrid watches him as he leaves the bonfire whiles Runa came back to sit next to her.

"Where is he going?" Astrid asked while wanting to know as the four other Vikings were busy talking to themselves, and Runa shrugged wordlessly to get Astrid not bothered by this, yet she then saw Runa looked to be thinking about something, to then make Astrid inquire her then in small curiosity, "What is it?" Her innocence to Astrid privately astounded her despite them understanding she was abused and other things, and yet she was also surprised while she understood them as well since she isn't really from their time.

"I haven't felt like this for a long while as the last time I hung out with anyone around my age, was during the rare moments I had with Mia and the others, especially not trying to solve Hogwarts or anything." While Runa spoke, she didn't realize that the others heard her and shortly made Runa surprisingly gaze at Ruffnut, as it appears Fishlegs was about to ask yet she beat him to it, "It was truly that bad?"

"At times," Runa admitted while she uncrossed her legs and moved them to her chest and sat with awkward ease at her spot next to her big sister as she spoke somewhat of her time, there, "Most was due to my upbringing, while others, were ridiculed moments and even focusing on saving the day of sorts back home in England… Yet I do miss the others that truly cared for me, and wondered what they're up to while I'm away."

It was silence for a few moments before Fishlegs recalled something, as Astrid gave him a secret glance of a wordless 'Thank you' for changing the subject, and the quickly perking up the other three teens, "Didn't you state you share some stories from your time to us within a Bonfire?"

Runa blinked while glancing at them all and soon she remembers, and she then rubbed the back of her head sheepishly while being oblivious of Snotlout privately checking her out, "I did, didn't I?"

So she started to tell them some stories, some scary-like tales of creepypastas in which in her own time, they sneezed at being mentioned alongside one particular, long, fully white in a black suit, entity as he was checking over a now active contract from the Potters, and for once was irked and sighed before glancing at a hidden phone to said entity that exposed itself from an unusual painting on the wall labeled: Hellish Butler, and called.

Runa even told them some brief fairy tales like Aladdin or what she recalled from reading from a book Mia gave her, The Tale of the Three Brothers.

It was then Astrid's hand she had covered as halfway through the tale, shifted again and back as she started to twitch a little while glancing at the others in personal relief, since their focus was on Runa then her at this moment, and it was then Runa blinked when Astrid stiffened as if she was found out yet soon relaxed when Snotlout states to a tale she knew, "Say, Astrid, didn't your mother told you that one tale of sorts? The tale of the silvery man?"

Now seeing she had Runa's interest, sighed as she proceeded to tell it, despite her secretly holding back a wince at the mention of her missing mother, "Ok. Long ago, from what was told by others, a silvery man arrived through the spires and came to Berk searching for something that was promised of sorts, yet he was tricked by a dark sorcerer that thankfully is dead by our ancestors as he transformed into a ferocious dragon of tainted black, yet he alongside the small separate groups of two he came with, got sealed away into an object after defeating it for that was misplaced and yet, the true search was his betrothed he was assigned to. It was said that the betrothed married yet she had children and children's children and was never seen as they left."

"Wow… Wait, weren't they Elves, Astrid?" Fishlegs asked to make Runa blink to that as well, and she shrugged before expressing in a way she didn't know yet was still sure about, "I guess. No one truly remembered what races both parties were anyways."

Noticing it was late, they were astonished from Runa somehow easily sucking the fire into herself and hid a tint at watching them looking at her in either awe or amazing gazes, as they looked at Fishlegs to realize he was right about her a bit before they went their way as Astrid, reluctantly, escorted Runa home as she was still under the effects of the gas, if her few unfortunate coughs having green puffs was a sign.

Runa seems to be going on and off with the effects it had on her body as if it were fighting something like poison, at times, but minor. Secretly though, her body is keeping it in her bloodstream and trying to gain immunity to said types of things in relation.

As they were in the plaza, Runa grew worried as Astrid, without warning, clutched her stomach with feeling a mix of ice and flames within her bloodstream and her body was twitching in place.

The reason was the moon showed it was a black thumbnail from the dense enough clouds moving away (IDK how to describe it in terms) as the moon light was slowly being shown from the darkness of the clouds as well, touched her, and she shook even more before feeling she was very feverish and slightly sweating as if she did a half-workout without seeing Runa gasped at beholding Astrid's eyes glowing.

Astrid then grunted to shock Runa at seeing clawed tips easily stabbed through one of several boots she has of both of her feet, and her exposed skin slowly changing to the same Nadder skin tone before returning to normal in rippling waves along her entire body, alongside her feet as she collapsed on top of Runa, from tripping her without meaning to as the dragon girl caught her big sister, and saw Astrid shake her head.

"What the fuck is happening to you, Big Sis?" Runa states quickly in a panicked tone to Astrid that said blonde realized she was truly worried for her, and her mouth from feeling her mouth was dry by letting out the word, curse, and essentially passed out on her.

Runa's mind went blank before she blinked again at seeing she was still holding onto Astrid, but in confusion as she was in front of her house, and she shook her head and entered her home... Not seeing the quickly evaporating purplish blood from her hands or parts of her outfit to make it she didn't do anything bad.

Once she rushed inside with telling the House Elves to make things cozy as placed Astrid in her bed, without even noticing the one package from earlier that Dobby placed under her bed before she almost jumped at beholding her mother was here beside her, from silently walking casually and calmly into the room and easily saw her child's pleading gaze, to which Ophis' eyes softened at understanding her child's worry over her Pack-Sister, yet saw hope dwindle in her orbs as time progresses.

Ophis though did see the brief open sharp maw the blonde teen temporarily had before her mouth went back to normal as she plainly noted with a hint of sadness to Runa, "The curse she is under cannot be undone in a few nights… She will transform and go by mere instinct alone before the nights after, to be in control with instincts added… The Draconiaci Faciant Maledicite Terrae or Draconic Curse is terrible to anyone of any race. Only true love can break the curse or other unknown means yet looked into, and the price is that she will have traces left of The Dragon within her, and will pass that of Random Dragons onto her children and their children's children, evermore."

Ophis was never really this talkative to most people, particularly to a specific group she has yet to bring while secretly enjoying their faces at not only learning she had a child, but of finding out by a certain duo of Nekotama Siblings, that the youngest was under a non-breakable marriage contract and knew by her child's limited knowledge, as secretly she was given her true list that it was hidden by their magic for safety reasons, and planned to bring a few here next time.

But if it was her child within her presence, she would feel long, forgotten emotions she bottled up for eons started to surface even more than usual. Like her old self before everything and her past that she had to suffer, happened... Her comrades from many wars, especially a war where both light and darkness joined forces to defend their realms against a foe of untold power.

Runa deflates in defeat at this while glancing at Astrid to see she was once again feverish yet stable, and Ophis awkwardly patted her child's back in what she deemed as supportive by her sad, stated question then, and with Ophis also sensing a few things as well by smelling her scent, "Is there nothing else that can be done? I don't… I just don't want to see anyone else harmed again."

Seeing her mother not speak, made Runa unexpectedly sink into a small emotional state that Ophis was worried then about until she handily managed to catch her child in time before recognizing a brief aura of sorts that was crimson mixed with grey, alongside her true one as well as she laid her on the spare recliner she gave Astrid, the female hid her anger of what her child's aura meant.

Let's say that she is not happy by its meaning, as it meant Runa is holding back some emotions to the point that it's slowly harming her, and from her entire life up to this point, sensed that there is more than what she confided the others (her time and the teen Vikings) that she let on.

Ophis hesitated yet she grabbed what she managed to obtain in case this occurred, a few, small, unusual beans that were lima bean-shaped yet slightly bigger, and made Runa forcibly chew one as these were discreetly dipped into certain healing potions and sighed as she glanced at Astrid in hesitation and inner debate before doing the same.

The Nothingness Dragon pondered their situation before she decided to remain for a while longer, and managed to find a spare blanket as she remembered the beans would heal them up, physically yet mentally to her child, she held back a low growl at that as it was probably the main cause of "Kala" existing as her child somehow died while young, and was somehow brought back several times with unknown meaning by someone, and used the sisterly entity as a tool.

She decided to sleep then as Ophis wasn't prepared for Runa to have several episodes that very night, and prevented her child from harming herself with her claws.

Back with Hiccup, he enters a small room at the back of the stall within the blacksmith shop, and it revealed drawings of weaponry and scale models.

He then lights a candle and lays his sketchbook out on the desk, opening it to the drawing of Toothless. With a look of determination, Hiccup picks up a charcoal stick and re-draws the missing tail.

Later, a creaking sound of leather bellows as the stone forge glows with every pump. Tongs pull intricate iron pieces from the coals while they're dropped onto the anvil, twisted, lightly hammered, and dunked in a barrel by him alone.

The pieces are then carried to Hiccup's workbench and laid out in place on a one-to-one schematic as it's a sketch of a mechanical fin, a matching fin resembling Toothless' missing fin in design.

The next day on November 30th, 811 (2014)), nearly dawned over Berk:

Runa was thankful that Ophis stayed at least the night before she left while leaving a supposed servant for her that she was somewhat surprised at discovering, within the home, and easily making breakfast as Astrid sees her.

It turned out she was one of many gifts for her to have, and was taken from the Land of In-Between or the realm that's dubbed as Limbo, and was considered in her mother's debt as such… Though Astrid was wary due to her mother being a monster-like girl since they were going to eat a light breakfast before heading out.

Runa somehow felt the gifts she would get would not be normal.

To mention the "Gift", she was around twenty-two, tall (5'7 in height), beautiful, and slender woman with long light blue hair, and dark blue delicate-square eyes while having a delicate yet narrowed, heart-shaped face. She also has an odd tattoo on her chest (around a large E-Cup), and appears to have a porcelain skin color. She also wore a beige-like white-colored general's apparel with black trimming with a matching cap that had a black plus sign on it that was on the table near her and wore long sleeves with dulled-silver buttons on her upper arms, a blue scarf on her neck, and matching high-heeled boots to her apparel.

This was Esdeath, and she took Ophis' deal at thinking she would be reunited with her crush yet disappoint her with sadness, she wasn't allowed to be brought back to her world yet she was intrigued by her being offered as a tutor for the entities child, alongside other things with her debt transferred to the child to be her willed servant. And as such, she would decide when Runa was ready to learn.

Anyway, back to the matter at hand.

Runa was silent while glancing at Esdeath, shyly, to amuse Astrid as she ate the apple and cream cheese turnovers she made in which Ophis bestowed to said the blue-haired woman a talent or two, as cooking is one, and nudged her to make Runa tint while feeling weird below in both areas a brief moment yet they blinked once they heard Esdeath state to them as she was making her food, "It is rather rude to not stare and state anything in return." Her voice sounded like (to let others know) the voice actress named Christine McPeters-Auten.

"Well… You look pretty," was what Runa states without thinking before she tinted even further as she saw Esdeath calmly glanced at her and holding back small surprise at that as she resumed, and Astrid was secretly smirking at Runa, "To one's mind is to one's self I suppose, although I plan to train you in the way of the blade further then what I was notified of your rookie mistakes, after your training in this village is done." Esdeath then states largely to Runa as she flipped the turnover over on the frying pan.

Runa turned to an ashen-like deep red at this point as she gave Astrid a betrayed stare, playfully, by her agreeing words with Esdeath, "She does have a point as despite seeing you using a blade, you could do some things to improve that as you can't always rely on your luck all the time."

Runa nodded wordlessly as she finished her second turnover before they got up and around, yet she paused while making Esdeath raise a wordless, curious eyebrow by her words, "If you call Dobby, he can give you a brief tour of our home I guess, and maybe he can get stuff around for you, for your room here as he did for Astrid."

Runa then separated from Astrid as she wanted to go train at the arena while she went to Hiccup's house and knocked on the door, and she felt that unusual feeling down below once again yet shook it off while discovering she may have woken him up, and eventually, she went with him while getting her child as Gobber, unfortunately, assigned both Rowana and Ashlyn to sheep herding duty.

While they were walking back to the Hidden Cove with her easily carrying Serena, she noticed the home made dragon fin as he also carried the fish basket, and glimpsing her look, Hiccup stated before she could ask, "You have to wait and see as it's supposed to help him."

Seeing that he was still struggling with the basket, she sighed before making him give her a wordless word of thanks from taking it from him before he could protest, and gave her a grateful look as he felt winded by the time they arrived.

He then clicks the scale he was given back by Runa as she was secretly amused at her child going to play in the sand the cove has and using the scale like a jar top, and Toothless then approaches, mostly sniffing him and glancing at her child for a few seconds for amusement. "Hey, Toothless. I brought breakfast with Runa's help, so I hope you're hungry." He told the Night Fury to which he managed to at least topple the basket with his feet, after a few attempts, as fish easily fell out.

"Okay, that's disgusting." He states to himself while they saw Toothless approaching the fallen fish basket, settling in to devour the feast.

Hiccup soon began to list off the things to the male dragon, " Uh... We've got some Salmon…" Toothless swallows it, "Some nice Icelandic Cod…" he swallows those too, "And a whole Smoked Eel." Toothless nabs it, chews a few times, then spits it out. The male Night Fury shakes his head violently, snorts, and scrubs his massive tongue on the sand yet gave Runa a look like Hiccup was as she casually picked up the seasoned yet raw eel, and was consuming it a few moments before giving them a silent 'What' look, and at the same time, made a note to himself to not feed Toothless that again.

"No, no, no! It's okay. Yeah, I don't like eel much either besides Runa," he agrees with Toothless as the male Dragon snorted in agreement before he was then focusing on the remainder of the fish. With the Dragon distracted, Hiccup unwraps his prosthetic fin and opens it like a fan.

As Runa was halfway done while sharing her food with her child and saw she was equally eating it in glee, they both watched, and with Runa understanding she figured he would make something for the male dragon out of being not only sorry, but maybe more while he was expressing things quietly to himself alongside approaching the injured tail, but every time he gets near it, Toothless sweeps it away like a cat.

Hiccup then drops a knee on top of the tail and while he did that, Toothless' head turns upward and slows its chewing to a halt.

The male dragon tenses, checking his weight and looked to be stunned before gaining a look upwards, and was slowly spreading his wings to make Runa merely watch while seeing her child was innocently playing with her toy she gave her from her storage space, black dog, as Hiccup straps the prosthetic fin in place. He cinches the straps while admiring his work on the back of the male dragon's tail.

Toothless suddenly bolts! He snaps his massive wings and takes to the air, carrying Hiccup with him. "Woah! No! No! No!" Hiccup was then struggling to hold onto the tail as the ground speeds away, Toothless immediately tips into an uncontrolled bank and dives... For only Hiccup to see the folded fin was rattling uselessly in opposition to its flared counterpart. Flap as he may, Toothless can't correct his trajectory.

Hiccup swallows his fear and crawls toward the folded prosthetic. He reaches it and yanked it open. The flared, fan-like appendage catches the air, stabilizing the twisting tail.

Excited yet also at the same time he was terrified from Runa's POV on the ground as she secretly worried for them both, Serena cuddled next to her Mama and played with her toy wordlessly, still, with him stating aloud, "It's working!" Toothless arcs just short of the water and climbs high into the air. "Yes! Yes, I did it."

Toothless glances back at Hiccup, busily holding the tail open while trying to hold on and they realized one thing: They're going to crash, and Hiccup is suddenly thrown from the tail in the intense force of a turn. He bounces across the water's surface and dives.

Without Hiccup to operate the tail, Toothless does the same, plunging in a massive cannonball. Hiccup resurfaces, roughed up, but beaming as Toothless appears seconds later, and shots loudly in excitement, "Yeah!"

It was then Runa shook her head before she was puzzled by just noticing something that her child was oddly enough chewing from the ground she found nearby by her distraction of watching Hiccup and Toothless as while Serena was digging, both male Dragon and Viking were distracted.

Runa was coming over to try and get her child to stop, "Sweetie, no. Don't chew on whatever..." she unexpectedly froze once the Potter Teen touched the top of the revealed object while Hiccup came out and feeling good about himself, he was confused when he saw Toothless was sharply gazing in their direction and headed to the mother and child before he saw the frozen and fully glazed-eyed state Runa was in.

It seems she was touching the end-like jewel of a weapon of sorts as it was black as night, and Hiccup was worried as she was frozen in place with watching Serena was confused before she was soon looking like she was going to cry until Toothless reluctantly allowed her to start gently chewing on his offered front-left leg as he was shortly giving Hiccup a look as if to state, hurry up, and he touched Runa on her arm before he was in another location.

He was within a strange location of sorts that was within a large cave, and it was showing deposits of many ores and also metal and rock, and lava ponds and falls… The strangest thing is that he wasn't boiling at all from wondering where the obvious heat was.

Ok, not one of the strangest things I've ever seen or done yet. Hiccup thought to himself as he soon turned while glancing at a formerly sealed wall that went inward after touching it, to reveal a pathway of sorts, and he reluctantly followed it.

After some time, he realized that somehow he was "Inside" Runa as he was glimpsing some memories of her life to which he held his tongue, especially her abused ones, until he came to a more spacious area filled with swirling water in the center alongside several platforms on the outer edge of which he was on one, and unnatural energy of sorts going to each one of them.

However, within the center of it all was- "Runa!" Hiccup shouts in alarm along with instant worry over her.

The reason was that she was suspended in the center of what he could only surmise as a maelstrom and was aware yet she was bound by mouth as well with some type of plating without harming her, and she wore her one armor also. Her arms and legs, however, were fully spread out she was struggling in place to no avail.

He was about to come over to her yet he heard the immediate flapping of larger and immense wings and hid behind the oddest of luck, a boulder that would easily hide him as he was horrified at beholding a dragon effortlessly coming out of the maelstrom and he was in a mix of awe and fear as well by the site of the male dragon.

To mentioned him, he was huge, and in terms of total-like guessing of humans, up to one-hundred humans long. He was also black from the hide that was also plated with tarnished yet strong metal (adamantium), and with fiery veins running across his body and scales. The head, lastly, is a spade-like terror spiked with cruel, draconic red, glowing eyes that truly shine with a frightening malevolence.

"It would do no good to see my jailer with no voice of her own, particularly since I: Deathwing the Destroyer, would rather have a decent conversation with a child borne alongside born as well, of my own, powerful creation," the large dragon, Deathwing states as Hiccup hid a gulp as he saw Deathwing flicked his tail in a small snap and the mouthpiece was gone from Runa as she gave a weary glance at Deathwing in terms to what he stated, "W-What do you mean 'Jailer'? I'm no prison!"

Hiccup saw his arm glow a few times before dimming with glimpsing to see, if the large wyrm could, would have rolled his orbs while flapping his large wings and declared in a way she didn't like, "You, former human, are a fool to not at all noticed you gaining your current form... You're current armor-based skin tone concerning the form of the most powerful Black Wyrm that ever existed, and one that sought out the Cataclysm of the world I originated from? You were made my jailer to host my essence and soul as everything you see around yourself, Hatchling, is my punishment for my deeds. The Maelstrom Heart is what this place is dubbed within yourself." Deathwing did gesture all around them as Hiccup then saw on each platform were unique entrances, alongside the one that he comes out of appearing, after the large black wyrm spoke.

Runa didn't like that either if her struggling when he came up to her bodily form had anything to wordlessly say about it, and Hiccup decided to try and sneak closer as there were some decent boulders on the platforms themselves.

"You may not like this more than I do as I still have hatred for the mortals that defeated me," Deathwing then began while seeing her look as he was slowly circling her and flapping those wings of his as Hiccup was slowly yet surely nearly close enough, "And yet when you found my weapon that was stolen from my own, Humanoid Forme long ago during the Second War within my former world, discreetly, you provided the means of communication at last between us… Despite your former, personal darkness being free of this confined location."

Beholding Runa's perplexed face while he hid a sigh by her next question to him in wariness, still, mixed with him being irked by her question as well, "You mean… I stopped Serena from chewing on your weapon?"

"Yes, but I rather that not happen at all again, as that weapon was one of my most expensive designs besides the Dragon Soul itself…" Deathwing states before he paused and made Runa shocked as he reached with his tails snatched Hiccup when he was exposed, and tossed him into his mouth as he was going to say something before blinking dumbly at her firm words, "Let him go, now..." while amused, he didn't see her eyes glow briefly while he spoke with Hiccup trying to hang onto dear life as at the same time, grossed out he was in a dragon's mouth as thankfully, he didn't hit any lava-like spit, "Let the intruder go? It is rather rude for a delicate meal to go to waste."

That did it as everything went too fast.

Firstly, Runa was glowing that aura once again while shouting in a roar as she was finally free.

Second, Deathwing was in utter shock mixed with pain when she sped-charged right at his chest area while, at the same time, spitting Hiccup out.

And lastly, she managed to catch him as she gracefully landed and Deathwing fell onto his side with a glare right at her on a farther away platform.

Damn that brat, Deathwing angrily thought while glaring at her before blinking as she was helping the mortal, and instantly recognizing said runes on Hiccup's arms as at the same time, getting a glint to show within his orbs as he recognized the Deal Marks. Seems like things are more interesting by the Hatchling's presence per second.

"You ok?" Runa states while checking him over as he waved her off stating in a way she was relieved at, "Yes, but I would rather eat smoked eel than be in that dragon's mouth again."

At that, Runa seemed to be powering down while giggling at first, before laughing right at him as she finally took notice of how spiky his hair became from the remains of salvia, which made him confused until he touched the top of his head, and then states in a sarcastic tone back as she only grinned a little, "Haha, very funny."

They jumped then by discovering Deathwing immediately was close to them on their platform as she glared protectively to privately impress him over while finally discovering who the mortal was, to her, and made her falter a little before resuming her stance, "Very well… I will spare this small 'Hiccup' of a meal, if…" while he prolonged the word as he landed, he made them wary as Runa states to him then with a hidden gulp mixed with her being brave, "If what?"

What he declared next, startled them while glancing at each other, "We make a deal."

"What if I don't want to do this deal you want?" She then asked as Hiccup didn't like the glint within the large wyrm's orbs as he responded in a way she glanced back at him, before glaring right at the male dragon, "Then those you care for will suffer if or when you decide to use me. I only want to at least 'Feel' sensations of the world once again… The way the wind blows, the way the water churns, and many other things." He tells her with starting a conversation of sorts in a business tone, "I solely want to feel your senses as such, Hatchling, and due turn, I will provide you with… Gifts as such, and the use of my powers when called upon. Despite myself disliking the fact you care for these… Mortals."

Deathwing then did something out of déjà vu to Hiccup yet instead of the previous, Runa held back a startled yelp as a contract made of stone emerged with etched-in details and with some written in another language with hidden details on that, purposely and while Runa reluctantly grabbed it, Hiccup was reading the fine print with ease.

"This contract is binding if you so choose to, Golden Dragon of the Reborned Dragon Soul," he tells her in a firm yet specific tone to understand he was serious, "With this, I will be able to have all senses of your body to feel, except certain ones as such. In due turn, you will be a more productive host than you are as I will bestow my power into you, but a small percentage as you will have to earn it within my blazing eyes."

Hiccup oddly enough felt there was more to it than that as he saw the unusual parchment had, secretly, added words to it and Runa saw the hungered look on Deathwing's face at Hiccup, and made them both blink by her words then, "Well, since I don't want you to eat my Big Brother, I would like to state that if I want to add anything, I could, within a notice by a meeting between us, and for you to not harm those I cherish as Family and Friends. I'll take the deal if you stop trying to eat him."

Hiccup thought Runa lost her mind while not realizing to her, that Deathwing, for once, added something in particular and knowing the child's gender to the deal as many sigil-like words kept being added in a strange kanji of sorts, and declared firmly to her in a way that Hiccup felt this was going to be bad, of sorts, "I will spare the Mortal Snack and those you cherish if the food you devoured, allowed to be shared as well by me, and among other things within the deal to be binding, and unbroken, till the end of your days… Except for your dealings in your private life."

Hiccup was confused at glimpsing two odd names appear on his arm before Runa reluctantly took the contract while hinting at knowing what "Private Time" Deathwing meant before she let out an unexpected yelp as it extracted some of her magic into it while, at the same time, automatically signing her full name and pleasing Deathwing, as secretly, he chuckled as the extra wording he added, would be interesting to certain parties that would see him officially die, then what he has done, as the deal was instantly made.

Runa yelled as it disintegrated right into her body as she glowed a fiery aura for mere moments before panting in place, and Deathwing let out an amused snort from his nostrils before claiming to them lastly as he roared and they were blinded by an immediate, light-based force, "Now I expect you to hold your end of the deal, Hatchling, as I have a feeling your Mother would be amused."

Training Grounds (The Arena), Morning and a few hours later on December 1st of 811/2014 True Time:

Runa sighed while glancing at the others as she still felt negligibly drained at the same time, playing with her child.

Rowana managed to come this time alongside Esdeath standing by to watch.

Ashlyn was punished by Gobber earlier and was presently cleaning out the sheep stalls… Let's say he didn't like the pranks that she set up for him, and leave it at that.

Runa by sheer suggestions as Hiccup still thought her creating a deal with the large drake within her was a bad one, gotten another eel, and hid it within his outfit, even though being amused by his face from the slimy part on his skin a bit.

Plus remembering it was a particular dragon, Gobber thought Runa should sit out on this one, especially since she had obtained the minor cold symptoms of said Zippleback Gas, and was another reason why Esdeath was here since Rowana was just watching things.

Gobber was once again close by while nearby Runa this time, within the large arena, as he tells them and with him utilizing a string to open the one, double-wide door cage, "Today is about teamwork. Work together and you might survive, and since Lady Runa here displays these skills already from observing, she can sit this one out."

Gas now seeps through the cracks from Gobber unlocking the specific cage they were doing today, for only for the doors to blast open, and a cloud of smoke engulfs the ring, swirling around the paired-up teens.

To mention this, Astrid was with Ruffnut, Snotlout with Tuffnut, and Fishlegs with Hiccup, and they were all carrying buckets of water, poised to throw them… Let's say Runa rendered it easier for their pairings by drawing straws, or in this case, string as such.

"Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky," Gobber commenced to instruct the group, and moved around the outer edge of the arena, "One head breathes gas, the other head itself lights it. Your job is to know which is which." The smoke encircles them, cutting them off from each other as the teens listen and watch for any sign of the dragon.

While Runa was watching, she was hearing Fishlegs mutter as she tended to her child and she shook her head only slightly for, "Razor-sharp, serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, crushing its victims in its…" Hiccup thought was tense yet he states to Fishlegs as the large teen was then sheepish, "Will you please stop that?"

At where both Snotlout and Tuffnut are, they are moving nervously through the fog, back to back… With Runa concealing a snort as she saw her child head over to Esdeath to play a game of questions with her by simply pointing at things, and Snotlout was discreetly singing to himself to calm his nerves. "If that dragon shows either of his faces, I'm gonna-" spotting an approaching shape, Snotlout was secretly terrified before pointing and shouting, "There!"

Snotlout and Tuffnut hurl their water into the fog only for the two forms of Astrid and Ruffnut to appear while drenched, and annoying the blonde at the teen male's mistake, "Hey!" Astrid states and holding back a growl at being secretly amused by hearing Runa snort as she figured she could hear them, "It's us, idiots." Ruffnut added while glaring at the two male teens.

"Your butts are getting bigger. We thought you were a dragon." Tuffnut states to them in relief mixed with mirth and not glimpsing Astrid's eyes glower at that with thin slits as she sharply turned with Ruffnut stating, oh geez, at Snotlout adding his input and gazing at Astrid's wet body frame, "Not that there's anything wrong with a dragon-esque figure."

Astrid then elbows Snotlout in the face. Ruffnut drops Tuffnut with a punch to the throat. Astrid and the other two then saw Tuffnut get dragged away into the green, dense smog, and held up her hand, "Wait."

A tail unexpectedly sweeps out of the fog and takes them down while also spilling their buckets, Fishlegs and Hiccup were coming over without realizing and they then see the spilled water, and Tuffnut ran passed while holding onto his arm and declared hastily as he went past, "Oh, I'm hurt. I am very much hurt."

"Chances of survival are dwindling into single digits now…" Fishlegs mostly noted to himself while they ducked as Runa let out a small ball of flame when she sneezed and shouted a loud, sorry, before Hiccup noticed one of the Zippleback's heads emerged, "Look out!"

Fishlegs quickly hurls his water out of fear completely dousing the head before seeing the drake leering at mainly him while it opens its mouth, spewing gas into the area. "Oh. Wrong head." Gas flows around their legs as Fishlegs flees in a panic.

Despite Gobber wording the large teen's name aloud as he left Hiccup by himself, a clicking sound indeed came from behind them as the other head was revealed, sparks flashing from the said head in the smoke with the other being on his side of not being lit.

"Now Hiccup!" Gobber loudly states to the teen as the head was getting closer to him, Hiccup hurls the bucket for only it to arc and drop short of the second head's mouth and amusing the dragon before it was savoring what it both knew was going to be an easy kill.

"Oh, come on!" Hiccup states in mixed emotions and ignores the fact that the others couldn't see it well, and Gobber warns him to run while covering his eyes.

Runa got up and was about to head over to her big brother until she saw Astrid puzzled over her from a glance at gazing at Hiccup's position to see the Zippleback hesitated while sniffing him, and recoiled as they got to their feet from observing then that the Zippleback was backing away from Hiccup.

He stands and holds his hands out as if controlling it, and Runa hid the urge to facepalm as even her big sister fell for his trick or hypothesis of most dragons hating eel, "Back! Back! Back! Now, don't you make me tell you again!"

They all saw with Rowana giving an obvious stare to Runa as it seems she understood something they didn't, and with the Zippleback retreating through its door and into its Viking-made cave within the arena, hissing at the teen male. "Yes, that's right. Back into your cage." Hiccup slyly opens his vest with revealing the spotted smoked eel he managed to get again, very cheaply, as he tosses it inside the door, then slams it shut as the Zippleback cowers from it, "Now think about what you've done."

Once Hiccup turns, he saw most of the teens and Gobber staring at him in disbelief with a few slack-jawed, and he awkwardly rushed while stating to them, "Okay! So are we done? Because I've got some things I need to…" Hiccup jogs out of the ring, past the speechless group, "Yep… See you tomorrow." He shouts out to them while they watched him leave.

They discreetly hid at being jumped a little and before Astrid could sneer at Hiccup and could remind herself, turned to Runa as she was laughing alongside Rowana while Hiccup caused a distraction, told her what she knew in brief words, and noted to them and holding back a sneeze as well, "You should see your faces!" Rowana nodded while adding to Runa's words as she sneezed right at the one cage's locks and got said female Dragon to notice with a hidden, draconic grin within the cage, "Yes, as it's like you lot were stunned he could do that."

They shrugged before they turned to Gobber as they were sighing yet only nodded to him, "Today be a busy day for us. I tend to take you all to the one part of Berk's Carven we have for some downtime lessons-" they ducked from seeing Runa sniffed as she shortly sneezed once again while they didn't see those very pair of yellowish orbs widen and glancing warily at her as it almost struck whatever was camouflage's spot, and he too warily strengthened to them, "Well, after we seek the Elder for Lady Runa, firstly, and maybe a wee bit later of the day once she settles."

With Hiccup, he was at the blacksmith while cutting and stitching leather and also drawing shapes of steel as he worked by the candlelight.

Overhead, it was revealed that he was building something that would be interesting and never done at all for any Viking: He was making a dragon harness, and it was complete with handles and foot pedals.

He stiffened though before swerving to see it was that cloaked man again, and he was casually leaning against the shop's banisters and oddly enough, eating one of the apples he saw in the Hall earlier, and remarked to then make Hiccup wary, "Very well done on making something worth my watch, Haddock. But will it possibly work, is the exact details in the question itself?"

"It will, I know it." Hiccup states firmly with hints of annoyance as he resumed working to not see the cloaked male shrugged it off before giving him an intrigued stare, and soon making Hiccup confused when he placed a bracelet on the workbench near him.

The bracelet was made with some type of bronze and was constructed in a way of a blend of Egyptian and Greek, while holding a delicate touch to being simple as the top sides indeed held runes of Greek as the bottom held Egyptian, and matched in special wording, but the center was a long, silver designed, spiraling Eastern Dragon that the head at the top was holding a rare Star Ruby that was perfectly cut within its maw.

"Give that when your alone to the one you fancy as I did state, it was part of our agreement and I perhaps have a soft spot of the beginning of things to come," the man confided him before he paused as he was about to leave, and turned to the state to him in the way he briefly bewilders him over, "Continue to impress me, and I may have something worthwhile of your utter interest that even your father kept from both the tribe and thyself, and was snatched during your youth."

Hiccup appears later on during the day before Toothless while he paused those thoughts of what the male states on hold, for now, and holding the new prosthetic before watching Toothless runs off, as Hiccup then chases him down.

They are then flying together for the first time, of sorts, and zooming over the ocean… Before the tail breaks free and sends Hiccup flying despite being excited, he huffed to himself as well as he was alone once again at the Blacksmith, and adjusted the harness and fixed the clamp to affix to the saddle to which he was stunned it was easy to do, returned nearly or close to twenty minutes later as they were over a field, this time.

As they were zipping through the sky a bit, the controls were working yet they still end up crashing into a field.

Hiccup sighed while he recovered and was instantly thinking about how to improve it before he was perplexed at seeing Toothless roll around in bliss near some tall grass, and realized it was Dragon Nip, after obtaining some.

"Rather surprising this is growing here," Hiccup notifies himself as he managed to gather at least a few full or half-duffel bags worth before noticing it was close to lunchtime, to his minor surprise at that from the sky measurements, and sighed while getting Toothless' attention as he adjusted the harness, and they took off.

As they did, however, they didn't notice a revealed person wearing a beige cloak with golden vine-like accents imbued around the rims as the person chuckled to themselves before glancing at the grouped-up grass and waving as it dissolved into a strange apple made of gold, and sighed before glancing behind to see a familiar figure materialized as well and not at all looking happy to see this person, and the cloaked person was a female, by the way, her voice sounded, "I take it that I have to do things to further things along then?"

The entity that she was talking to has the manifestation of a tall skeleton (around 15 feet tall) and is dressed in attire worn by high priests, and also gave off a creepy aura. Despite having no eyes, his eye sockets seemed to be glowing and also give the appearance of "Eyes" themselves.

"Correct my Niece, as it would rather be interesting how The Child reacts to Dragon Nip that old Pan designed long ago for said draconian race to relax... But I need you to get things moving as Ophis must not be conscious of our doings to Test her as such. If she is the Golden Dragon, then I will have to be confident she could handle the events that will end up assessing her even more, as after all… I, Hades, spared her life alongside a few other Gods," here he paused before adding shortly with a motion, "Twice."

The woman only nodded under her hood before he hurled an orb at her to perplex her for a few moments, and recognized what it was and states in a shocked tone, "Are you crazy, Uncle? This Orb is the concealed host of a hero and the-" she faltered by the supposed glare he provided her then while firmly notifying her, "It is as wagered, Eris. One person has been 'Changed' in a way that after or even if she defeated them, something to amuse you would transpire as I did promise her mother, my Secondary Wife, a gift as such to her child… So why not something to make her life more intriguing for them both? Since I made it the one person obtained all their memories while in the entities mixed realms as her 'Lancer' and 'Saber'. The few others were the life's that did deserve under a subjective order, as a secondary chances, and I was told by the few Gods they were previously held onto to do so… So no lip at all of my prosecutions."

Eris only nodded hastily as he saw she understood before watching him leaving in a misty-like large yet not burning blue flame of teleportation, and understanding like he did they were breaking the law of time to come back to do this, particularly using an Orb of Souls, and pockets the orb while getting an immediate idea, and vanished.

Once Hiccup came back and stowed the Dragon Nip away within his house in Berk, he was able to catch up to the others before glancing at Runa's disgusted look, still, as she finished an unnatural drink made for her before being amused by hearing Astrid say behind them, as they all entered the Berk Caverns, "The Elder gave her a weird drink that Callie made for her to finish as its suppose to make her get better… Though I think she hates the taste."

To mention this (if I may), The Elder was rather pleased with how Callie was going on with her Healing Treatments while acknowledging Gobber, in secret, knew some, the mother-to-be was rather good at making others feel better… Especially since she was cured of her previous aching back by a homemade pain reliever Callie made from simple ingredients she managed to 'Con' the boat salesman out of and indeed made Runa's "Special" Medicine via Ophis Orders.

Anyway, back to the others in this current time.

Noticing her look still, Hiccup only nodded before glancing at seeing Serena wanted to hold his hand, and he reluctantly did so as they made it, as a small group.

Despite being a large cavern, it was also rather small as well but large enough for possibly the whole village to fit through. There were many minerals and ores exposed, however, to get Runa to know what materials they used as Rowana did state she came down here yesterday.

But to where Gobber led them to make them all blink in small surprise as it was old drawings that came across older than they appear, alongside some fresh ones.

"Welcome to the Drawings of Warriors. Here, we would see Berk's accomplished Vikings over the years as they faced dragons that left an impressive mark, alongside you all to see if perhaps previous settlers before us also tend to by leaving their mark." Gobber states while gesturing to them, as they were in awe by this Runa shook her head though at the northern part of the area as she saw a glowing sigil of sorts, and turned to Astrid while glimpsing Serena was with Hiccup as she was near the blonde alongside Ruffnut as well, "What is it?"

Runa motioned to where the sigil was and saw an unusual drawing of a silvery man facing against a large black drake of sorts with a small group, and she barely touched it before she hid a small, startled yelp as it gave an obvious glow to instantly catch everyone's attention from witnessing a large open space revealed itself and going downwards, and saw it was pitch black inside with torches ready to be burned.

"Well, fancy that… Well, get to it then." Gobber states before making them all blink as he was the one holding the torch, as within the cavern were only a little sunlight, and Snotlout states to him in bafflement, "You seriously want us to go in there?"

Recognizing the older male shrug made them all but Serena sigh while they were confused as they saw Runa go on ahead of them without the aid of the torches, and they reluctantly proceeded to follow her as Gobber being last, lit the torches behind them while being rather startled about more different drawings being shown and other things… Especially if some of the drawings were primarily different images of hand-drawn dragons, wars of odd sorts, and other things.

They managed to catch up to Runa with Serena holding Astrid's hand at this point as they also saw they were in a large chamber of sorts with the walls showing ancienter drawings of very large, intimidating, or amazing looking dragons as one image Hiccup gulped at as the image was Deathwing himself, and Astrid shivered as one image was of Ophis's dragon look as she faced an even larger, red drake of sorts in a void-like part of the many images.

"Fancy that Lads and Lasses, it seems we found something unexpected," Gobber states while he was massaging his mustache a bit in wonder before gazing at a tower with specific sigils of dragons as the others gazed at others as well.

Hiccup, however, saw Runa was staring over an unusual alter nearby that held a strange mirror of sorts that the rim team led to that of designed bone in etchings of dragons, and he came over while the others were distracted and discreetly spooked her as she glanced at him by him lightly tapping her back, "What is it?"

Runa shrugged before glancing at the group behind them and debating whether or not to take it, but she went over and grabbed it while they didn't hear a clicking sound go off.

"It's rather interesting, to say the least, Hic," Runa states as the teen male-only nodded before they all froze as the area shook without warning, and they all turned to look behind them as another passageway opened, and it led downstairs even deeper.

Runa pocketed the strange mirror while not noticing the surface glowed a bit, and once again went forward as Gobber states that they would remain here while Astrid and Hiccup went with her, and Snotlout's reluctantly given the task of watching Serena, mostly since she was biting again.

As they were going downwards from a constructed spiral staircase, they saw runes abruptly give light to them by Runa's sheer touch, and allowed the three to see more images as they went.

Soon or nearly several moments later, they came to a very large, oddly decently aired, a cavern that Runa was in slight déjà vu over by the similarities to the Chamber of Secrets within Hogwarts, but instead of the large statue of Salazar Slytherin's head from polished old marble and stone, was that of a full-bodied Golden Dragon of sorts, and working waterways that don't leave a puddle on the walls, and even more images as well.

To mention the large golden statue, as such, is that it is a quadrupedal yellow dragon of sorts with a long tail and neck, three toes on each foot, and a claw on each toe. Its body is covered in scales of some strange ore. It also has eight red eyes (three on each side of the head, and two on its top), has two long horns on the back of its head, and six large tusks on its back. It also carries twelve more strange cores on its back. Oddly it sorta resembles the Yellow Dragon in Chinese Lore, yet not, as it was sitting down in a position of sorts that made it more authoritative in posture or one close to a powerful entity would have been designed as such (6).

"Well, appears like there could have been something more to Berk after all." Hiccup states as they went further into the area as Astrid for once was in agreement, "Ya, and it seems all too much work to leave this place all forgotten." She agrees while adding her input as Runa had the nagging feeling she had seen this place before, but can't recall where and was gazing at the statue as to her, she felt those very eyes of the statue was watching them.

It was then Runa saw something interesting in the center of sorts and went over to it as it was a Nordic Rune Tablet that was placed on the dragon's stomach-like hide and she called them over as they were staring at an image of a large, shadowy image of sorts facing against an image of a golden person, "Astrid, Hiccup, can you guys come here please?"

After recognizing what she wanted, they saw it was olden runes for Norse, and Hiccup blinked twice being surprised he was able to read them noticing his look, saw he began to read what it states while not glimpsing the eyes of the statue glimmer with each word he spoke aloud on, "'For those that have the power of Gold, take heed over where you roam. Time and time you be tested true, and above all else, while seeing it through, consequences occur to you or those you knew. The Power of Gold is not one to be misused as a curse or a blessing could occur, and Prophecies of Old and New would be known while an Ancient Threat will you face, several threats on the beget of Fate, and face the one that has confined your life as it was before going through time. Darkness and Light are one single thing, as Tainted would obscure your path yet the enemy is clever but powerful, but weak to your own. Beware to those that have the Power of Gold, as it is both a Blessing and a Curse.'"

The three glanced at each other and Hiccup was puzzled by noticing an odd glowing sigil he could see slowly appear at the bottom, touched it before they took a step backward feeling the area shake only slightly before then seeing mixed runes of Norse and a few other languages began to light up in neon colors of a rainbow in a way, that they were pulsing, and at the same time, the teens backed up even more as the tablet began to turn to dust before going right into the statue itself.

Runa became guarded as Deathwing unexpectedly declared to her in a way even he was wary, for once in a long while within her mind, at witnessing the statue began to give off a glowing hue of sorts alongside the eyes glowing even more, "I suggest that you perhaps see to your safety as that is no ordinary statue."

And he was right before seeing the shine of the statue begin to look like actual skin and freeze them in place as they knew they should run, but an immediate barrier blocked their escape as the statue was alive, and it roared at them before gazing at them one by one and stilled before staring right at Runa and she then ran from them as the former statue was chasing her all around the area.

"What do we do Hiccup?" Astrid claimed before they were somehow forced to join Runa in running and avoiding the statue's maw as it was chomping left and right since, somehow, it was missing them, and he truly didn't realize at all before tripping and falling face-first into the ground to make Runa and Astrid pause a few or so feet away as the statue was about to call this victory over him until Runa snapped, and charged with jaw-dropping speed by Deathwing giving her a boost by grabbing its maw, with ease, and making her let out a protective growl as she struggled to hold it back.

It was Astrid blinking while not realizing what she was seeing as her eyes shifted to thermal vision, and saw the center of the statue was letting out a warm pulse of energy while also at the same time was seeing Runa's was oddly a light hue of gold along with an unusual aura of red easily covering her frame, and Hiccup's oddly was a silvery aura covering his own as she stated out loud, to them, "Its chest is its the weak spot!"

Hearing her, Runa managed while struggling as Hiccup saw something after, kicked the chest area hastily before backing away as that sigil showed once again, but larger.

"Strike it there!" Hiccup states loudly as Runa growled and rammed right at where the fading sigil was and causing the statue to tremble in slight shock before they blinked as a sudden flash occurred, and in its place was another tablet yet it was oddly enough made of silver.

Runa then hesitantly picked it up before glancing at Hiccup as it was those runes again, and he sighed as Astrid's vision went back to normal as she came over with a wince, and he blinked in surprise before confusing them as he kept looking at the unexpected light tablet and the walls.

"Ummm, what are you doing?" Astrid states while Runa pondered this before they came in front of a mural of what appeared to be a graveyard of sorts.

To briefly mention it as well, was a mural of large badlands with numerous images of designed weapons stabbed right into the ground and a mix of some being keys, and others being awe or confusing weapons.

"So it's stating right here is where the hidden object is," Hiccup informs them to make the female teens blink at him for as Runa blinked at glimpsing one weapon stood out of all the others, and lightly touched it before they jumped back as the mural glowed as the wall sank down and in place of the wall, was what appeared to be a western or Japanese katana-like sword of sorts.

Runa had the bizarre urge to grab it, which she did as the two Viking teens saw it gently pulsed as she held it in her right hand before glancing at them as held it before making Astrid give them a suspicious glance as she also pulled out the weapon Deathwing states was Runa's alone.

Said weapon was a slimmer version of an engraved katana-like broadsword with the metal being a mix of three, off-world materials with hints of a mix of all three scales added, and was delicately designed to be reversed of sorts. It was around the same length as the other sword (around 70 cm) and the metal was in color to bronze-like gold while the runes carved into it were pure silver. The handle was, as mentioned, the fallen scales of certain Drakes (which included Deathwing himself) to make it a grayish color of sorts while at the end was the black jewel-like orb that was attached to a metal-designed claw.

She pocketed her weapons while glimpsing before they could, a preserved slip of paper she carefully picked up, and realized it was Latin, and read it without meaning to aloud as the walls without their notice, glowed, "Et haec quidem ut absolvo "destructio vitae" in quo anima unius sineretque eaque civitatibus conflator perpetuo teneatur Magistri, comes et fratrem datum. Sic fiat semper in lege veteres (I free upon these words the one known as the "Destruction of Life", and allow his one True Soul to be brought into where this Spell states, and be forever bound to the caster as Teacher, as a comrade, and as empowered sibling. So mote it be by the law of ancients)."

The paper disintegrated before they held strong against Runa as an immediate burst of untold wind came out of nowhere as it rapidly traveled upwards and for two specific people, things have occurred as of now by Runa's misfortuned habits once again.

Unknown Island that's one-hundred thousand and seventy-two miles away from Berk, near the Galapagos:

This isle seems to have been once inhabited by people but appeared abandoned for years. Inside this seemingly large village, was a shrine in the center. Inside, it was filled with bones of old shrine keepers and whatever didn't make it to a sudden yet sad attack long ago, and in the bowels of the shrine's center was a dark-blue orb calmly floating in midair.

The same gust of wind that traveled by how powerful Runa's Magic was, swirled within the shrine as an old chant was being heard while the orb then commenced to glow along with the words themselves.

As it was glowing, cracks could easily be seen while at the same time, the wind began showing a golden hue of sorts before being sucked right into the orb, and with that, it burst while two figures laid side-by-side with each other before the one figure, a male, swiftly woke up.

He appears handsome and frail-looking and at the same time, appears a tall and slender young man in his early twenties. He also has fair skin with pointy ears, golden eyes with slit pupils, and waist-length white hair with short bangs. He has a crescent moon on his forehead that can be seen beneath his bangs, two stripes on each cheek, and a magenta stripe on each eyelid. He wore armor of sorts, however, which is a spiked pauldron that covered his left shoulder attached to the upper section of his cuirass and "lotus petal" faulds. Both his armor and his long flowing sash had a decided Chinese influence, as opposed to the customary Japanese armor and obi. His kimono was mostly white with a red and white cherry blossom flower crest at the collar and sleeves, showing that he was of royal birth. He also wore sashinuki hakama which were gathered at the ankles, producing a "ballooning" effect. His footwear consisted of black ankle-high boots, also reminiscent of Chinese influence. On his right shoulder was a tail that matched his hair color.

This was the one on Berk the tales were about as the Silver Man, and a Lord as well. This is Sesshōmaru.

The other was that of a typical young peasant girl (around Serena's age or close to it in the body). She was a very small child who has fair skin, bright brown eyes (which were revealed after she awaked then a few moments later), and long, dark hair. She also has bangs, but the right side was tied up into a small ponytail jutting out in front of her face. She wore, however, a yellow and orange checkered kosode that extended to her ankles as she was barefoot, and a green obi sash that tied at her back.

This was Sesshōmaru's Ward and unofficial Daughter by Blood, Rin, as she had forgotten her last name,

"Papa, where are we?" Rin innocently states to him as Sesshōmaru didn't say a word before helping her up, and seeing the state of things knew that they were trapped for a long time while irked he was missing his one blade before he then noted to her, calmly, while she stuck to him as they were moving, "We are still here in that village, Rin. We must go."

As they left the shrine, they were near the central part of the village when out of nowhere, they blinked at detecting an object of sorts was steadily heading toward them at the same time, Sesshōmaru moved with his charge as they got nearly toppled over by a dragon that was being ridden bareback by a female… Particularly since said dragon was trying to throw the crazed female off it.

The dragon, to mention, has relatively large wings, a wide torso, and a tail with a club-like hammer on the tip. Its most notable feature is the heavily armed front half of its body with firm armor plates on the neck and a large lower jaw, a battle ax-shaped muzzle, which is always digging in the dirt, looking for scents, and two, very sharp, elongated horns resembling those of ceratopsian dinosaurs, but lacking a beak. All in all, it looks like a mix of truffle pig, a rhinoceros, a battle-ax, and a scarab beetle while oddly pure white with baby-blue and crimson mixed, dragon eyes to know it was an albino of its race.

The girl, however, had wild yet styled ebony-black hair with a rabbit-styled pink bow on top, with bangs that clearly showed her eyes with a few strands hanging from the sides. She also has medium-sized pointed ears that go upward within her poofy hair, a natural tan skin tone with a petite figure, and was not only around 4'3 in height while looking to be twelve or thirteen.

She wore, however, a red sleeveless tank tube top that covered mostly her chest area, blue jean stretchy shorts with a yellow stripe on the sides (with a pink thick string tied upfront like a belt), and black thigh high stockings with two white stripes at the top, and lastly, red sneakers with black shoelaces meant for outdoors.

Sesshōmaru just shook his head as, despite the girl looking familiar to him, he looked towards the direction Berk was in and decided to head in said direction.

Rin sensing this, however as she saw her Papa's eyes change to red, understood what he intended to do while backing away as he easily transformed into his other form.

He was changed into a giant silvery-white dog with markings similar to the ones he has in his human form. His eyes, as mentioned, became red with blue irises, and the yokai marks on his body widen and become more apparent as the stripes on his cheeks (which are usually smooth) become jagged and change into a somewhat fiercer color while his mokomoko which is also the thing within his human) wraps around his body and extends into his tail.

He lets out a slight growl in a way for letting know his charge to climb up while lowering, and she did so a few times nearly tripping as he channeled energy into his feet before rubbing and then run-flying into the sky with the girl on what was raced as a Rumblehorn, and was named Zillanette, was sucked into a shadowy vortex of sorts as on the ground, a cloaked person chuckled before leaving on their own.

The Arena or Training Grounds of Berk, the next day within the Morning on December 2nd, 811 (2014 Runa's Time):

Runa was reluctantly using her two weapons as suggested by Rowana and even Deathwing himself onto her sides of an adjustable leather strap belt Gobber and her friends made to her secretive surprise, both shrank to the size of her wand, which was also on her right side.

Serena was now on Gobber's lap while excitedly watching over her as she trained today with the others against the same female Gronckle, since they were doing as instructed.

Despite Runa talking over with the remaining dragons last night, secretly, they were stunned to find the one cage that contained the female dragon that Runa fought a while back, was gone.

As mentioned, they were still training as Hiccup grabs the head as instructed, then discreetly pulls a fistful of Dragon Nip and presses it up to the Gronckle's nose.

She immediately stops struggling and goes weak in the knees. Hiccup then drops the handful of Dragon Nip to the ground as the female Gronckle goes down with it, whimpering and blissful.

From Gobber and the recruits' point of view, Hiccup is controlling the Gronckle with no more than a limp arm.

Though Runa sniffed the area and sneezed while feeling woozy and light-headed, for only a few moments before shaking her head as she easily picked up the dazed Gronckle and gently placed her back into her cage as she unknowingly smelled the Dragon Nip and used her bare hands to touch it.

Gobber was impressed by Hiccup before they all groaned as he easily carried a giggling Serena over to the Nadder Cage, and opened it to get said female Nadder unexpectedly gleeful and giving them a glinted look, they all didn't like before she charged right at them with spikes ready.

It was Runa that took the brunt of the spikes this time while recognizing to the other Vikings sudden knowing at this time, she is protective of them, while some struck her skin and stayed along with recognizing that they didn't make her bleed at all, and Astrid was able to send the female Nadder a glare that was responded and impressing everyone in secret, by quickly going back to the cage as not understood to them all, her eyes glowed an ethereal look for only a few brief moments.

In a place in another dimension of sorts that's connected to all death and, well, Hell, a particular blonde woman sneezed while oddly enough feeling proud of sorts as she was in a meeting with the other embodiments of Man's Sins, alongside an immediate connection in three particular ways, as she kissed her lover that was on her lap (7).

Back to the Arena, Gobber then dismissed them while he decided to personally watch little Serena as it was now the late afternoon while the recruits walked home together, surrounding Hiccup and bombarding him with questions, despite Astrid being mixed of curiosity and having suspicions of what occurred, "Hey Hiccup, I've never seen a Gronckle do that before." Fishlegs tells him in honesty while the Twins then converged to make Hiccup uncomfortably aware of how close they were to him as Tuffnut begged, "How'd you do that?" And Ruffnut nodded while noting, "It was cool."

He squirms and invents an excuse, "I left my ax back in the ring." He turns and hurries back before adding onto his words, "You guys go on ahead and I'll catch up with you."

Astrid still watched on, suspicious, as he left them before they turned to Runa as she unexpectedly collapsed while feeling light-headed once again, and Astrid's mood shifted from Hiccup to her in immediate concern, as her eyes appeared hazed, a little, "Is she ok?" Snotlout for once stated in actual concern.

Before she could reply with an answer, they saw Runa soon had an immediate and unexpected goofy grin on her face before making them all confused, mixed with being awkward as she expressed in a drunken-like blissful tone of voice to them as, within her, Deathwing was actually for once laughing his Dragon Ass off as he effortlessly detected why she commenced acting like this, "Hey guys… Let's go get a bite to eat and maybe catch some flying pixies in the Mess Hall… Oh! There goes one, Shirley!" She randomly points to nothing after she said that and makes things awkward as she roughly grabbed Tuffnut at that (to amuse his twin).

Weirded out by her words and actions, however, Astrid for once smelled something off on her unofficial little sister's hands and didn't realize what it was, but sighed as Runa started to hum a random song to herself as they helped her out, as the song was not recognized at all to them, but to us, it was the "Little Teacup" song, "Let's get her back to the House first as I think she's affected with something."

It comes across that Astrid was right about that as Runa was behaving very strangely while then talking gibberish, and they didn't question the way some of the Vikings' cleaning supplies proceeded to work by themselves, or the fact Ruffnut and Snotlout's hair unexpectedly changed to either blue or green colors before going back to normal, or the fact that Astrid's ax was turned quickly and permanently monochrome, in color, as they made it to the house before Runa collapsed.

The familiar pair of eyes once again appeared from a painting that oddly looked like a goat towering over a troll under a bridge, with utter glee at this outcome and knowing that Runa was indeed worthy, before deciding to cause some mischief near the docks and would be observing her more as this entity arrived at the same time as she did.

An hour later, Runa was gazing at everyone who entered her home and was also within her room as Ophis was touching her forehead while at the same time, Runa had a wicked headache while she slowly got up and asked raspily to perk the others in odd relief of Runa acting fine, "What happened?"

Ophis though looked irritated yet responds in kind while also shooing the Viking Teens out of Runa's Room, and made her blink by her mother's words as she was doing the finishing touches of her checkup, "You were drugged by Dragon Nip, My Youngling. It seems your Magic ran amok as you were affected and I was forcibly summoned by that former Drake of Earth, to you."

Runa stilled before recognizing her mother wasn't at all upset at this as Runa easily accepted her as a Mom, and by Deathwing for once showing partial compassion as privately, he was going through her memories and other types of memories that (if she knew) she would be astonished by, "Indeed. Since you are a Hatchling in Dragon Terms, you could not handle the effects of Dragon Nip at all, or in our kind words, the Blissful Grass. Many of us, including myself before I even became The Destroyer, had tried and many outcomes came to be upon affected."

Runa paused before curiously asking and giving her mother a grateful look to make Ophis pause when she placed a cool cloth on her forehead, "But how did I use it though? I mean, I don't use drugs… Unless you count healing potions that."

Ophis hid her anger at this as she secretly found things out in Runa's true time and didn't like what she learned, despite knowing the reason as to why her only child couldn't return alongside her grandchild but she placed a half-true small smile on her face as her eyes did show amusement with hidden anger by her knowledge at this.

Ophis then confided in her, and also making Runa groaning to herself after, "You thankfully didn't have the full effects of the Nip… But you will have to be bedridden for the rest of the day to fully get it out of your system."

Noticing her child's dejected look as she has similar traces of the one teen boy she knew at her equally despised of being bedridden, perked her up as Ophis helped her as well by channeling some of her power into her to speed things up, only a little, "Perhaps you will be able to at least watch the other mortals train, but you cannot participate… An hour at least to regain control."

Ophis hid a secret surprise of being stunned before reluctantly accepting Runa's strong yet gentle hug and walking gracefully without realizing out of her room Ophis shook her head before noticing the present under her bed, and simply placed it on the stand before she left the room with her child's weapons that she forgot to grab.

Later on, back at the arena as Gobber wanted another lesson or two for the day and Esdeath became Serena's nanny for the day as well as both Rowana and Ashlyn left, after a made-up reason, Hiccup was holding fast against the angered female Nadder as she didn't see what he did, like the others as Astrid was about to whack the female dragon away with slitted eyes before stilling once in shock as he managed to send the Nadder down.

Runa came over and Ophis followed her as despite informing her she couldn't do anything, she needed to stay by her side for her child's safety as her few other gifts would be ready soon, mainly since one came from the essence of a card she "Borrowed" from another realm.

The other teens were conversing alongside Astrid, despite being even more suspicious of Hiccup, almost knocked him down while looking sheepish, briefly, by Runa claiming in amazement, "That was impressive… How did you do that Big Brother?"

Hiccup confided her some of the details he did with Toothless earlier, then.

(Minor Flashback, with Hiccup in the Hidden Cove)

Hiccup was rubbing Toothless behind the ear, causing him to relax and fall over before watching him relax even more from a specific spot on his hide, later, he was using a mirror-like object while bored before he was intrigued as Toothless was then chasing after it like a cat to a laser pointer, to amuse him.

Without warning though, they heard a familiar roar to Hiccup's shock, that very female dragon that escaped the arena, was in the cove before lowly growling at him and blinking back in small surprise at Toothless as he bared his teeth at her with a few roars and hisses, and she did so back to him from her in return before, oddly enough, rolling her draconic orbs as she glowed before stunning Hiccup, to see a human in place.

She was close to at least twelve in looks while having a mid-B-Cup and slender in development curves as her skin was also her Dragon Forme, but her eyes were human-based in wide yet angular-narrow design trimmed eyebrows, and cute fangs showing from her upper lip from her oval face as she has silverily mixed with platinum blonde hair that was a hime short cut style and with curled bangs on the sides, and her horns easily showed, like her small pointed ears through her hair. She also has her wings around or close to five feet long in length and Gargoyle-like, and clawed hands also resembling her Dragon Forme, and wore a simple dark-grey, strapless dress meant for eased movement while barefoot.

"Brother, tell me you are not serious about protecting this… Human," the girl gestured to Hiccup as he felt slightly offended at that, but held his tongue at guessing shortly by her words, they were brother and sister as Toothless let out a few more light hisses and rumbles to make the girl blink before staring at Hiccup curiously as she debated, and then reluctantly sighed while glancing at Toothless, "Alright… But you better not get yourself killed, Brother, as I have to go back to my Personal Isle then the other for grabbing things if I have to keep an eye on things in the Human Village due to the Golden Drake."

Hiccup was flabbergasted then as Toothless gurgled a little in small laughter at the girl's serious stare at him, "You better watch out for that one girl, as she is important. When I return, I have no choice but to fulfill my oath I did long ago as a Hatchling to the child as her Protector… And also to not be around your stench anymore as you smell of eel.." And perhaps get in contact with her as such. The girl mentally added to herself as she was getting ready to take off before pausing and hacking up a fishbone to amuse the male Viking and dragon as she tinted, and left without a word.

Hiccup did sniff and recoiled as his clothes did indeed smell like smoked eel.

(Flashback over, Present)

Runa had a flabbergasted gaze that amused Ophis and inwardly, Deathwing, as she was about to ask before the two teens blinked at Ophis as she calmly shrugged while acknowledging plainly to them in small explanation, "Some many types of dragons, if they were either blessed or borne, can shift into any type of sentient, Mortal Forme… Only one as such, and they will grow or adjust to said form as well."

Ophis didn't mind her child but she slowly blinked at the teen male whose glancing at the others to see, thankfully, they were distracted still, by his puzzling question, "But what makes you so different then?"

Seeing Ophis' plain gaze, he quickly coughed and rephrased his question, "I mean, would you be considered, um… Sorta in resemblance to what you said?"

Noticing her child was curious as well by the teen male's question, sighed while glancing at Runa as she spoke before fully staring at him at the end, in a brief way to learn it was, in fact, not at all secretive. "I am the Ouroboros Dragon… The Infinite Dragon God… The Dragon of Infinity… And to my child's hectics of minor magic, the Nothing Dragon God. I am born as a Humanized Dragon, and if it is able, die as one."

Now, this stunned Hiccup to realize there are more Gods or Goddesses, by Ophis brief words, out there then he realized in knowledge as Runa simply blinked and raised a question curiously to show mirth in her mother's orbs largely at her question, in moments, "Wait… Does that mean you're genderless?"

"Indeed, and I can choose which I can be, especially since I was a man before I became what you see… Which I truly like being on terms… Female, then Male." Ophis notifies her child in a plain tone yet they understood it was mostly Ophis being honest to her child, only, and wordlessly nodded as it seems it was time to go eat yet before they could leave, they all turned to Ophis as she had mirth in her orbs once again as she saw to their shock as a table randomly materialized with a large feast of sorts, and states plainly to them a few words before heading over in calmed steps to the food, "Go eat."

A beam lifts from the door of another dragon pen, after they ate and asked largely Ophis unusual questions mixed with what Runa knew, and thankfully, take the heat off Hiccup, as they resumed their training.

Gobber grinned as he noted to them all as they blinked when the cage opened to reveal a small dragon he told them, "Meet the Terrible Terror." A tiny, pint-sized dragon steps out and moves toward the recruits.

To mention it, it has an iguana-like body, two pairs of horns, one pair of wings, and a tail with a barbed tip. Its physical attributes such as the type of horn and spinal ridge suggested that, despite the size difference, it is closely related to the Monstrous Nightmare. Its large yellow eyes and small size make it one of the most adorable species of dragons, especially since Runa thought it was cute to amuse Ophis as this one was jade-green primarily with a tannish underbelly hide, and black-ivory horns.

Tuffnut then informs them in amusement while not watching the Terror was smelling something interesting on him, "Ha. It's like the size of my-" Tuffnut is taken down in a sudden blur to make the other teens move a bit from him as he continued while at the same time, getting the Dragon off him, "Get it off! Get it off! Oh! I'm hurt, I am very much hurt!"

Hiccup decided to stop the Terrible Terror with the same light-patch trick he used earlier with Toothless.

The tiny dragon retreats to its cage… Or tried too as the teens approach him yet again as Astrid looks on with suspicion before making Gobber and her see Runa, and jaw drops slightly as she was cuddling the tiny dragon easily to eventually get the other teens to notice with their gazes of shock while in the pens, said dragons were amused by their stares.

"Can I take this cutie home with me? Please Gobber?" Runa asked the old Viking with a hinted begging tone to her voice as he was about to object to that before he hid a gulp from Ophis sharply glaring at him and he rapidly nodded as Runa gently hugged the Terrible Terror while at the same time, finding out it was truly female and not a male, "S-Sure Lass, go ahead… We can easily get more into the tiny pen by any means."

It was later on that Astrid was furiously hurling her monochrome ax at a nearby tree in slight frustration of mixed feelings, and sighed to herself while she grabbed the ax with ease and also glancing at the sky, and guessed it would be tomorrow night or so.

She then suddenly noticed both Hiccup and Runa as Ophis left to go get her gifts, and her new pet went to the Mansion as (in odd terms) an in-home housecat, and a surprise of sorts walking by in the distance, and Hiccup carrying one of his trademark harnesses.

She quickly tries to follow, but she was stopped by Runa as Hiccup gave her a wordless yet thankful look with noticing her concerned face, as Hiccup leaves, "You alright Big Sister?"

Astrid sighed while for once she rarely cursed to herself as she started to shake a bit while holding a hand to Runa and blinked as the blonde's hand was humanized as a Nadder before painfully going back to normal, "No, I'm fucking not for once Rue. This curse is taking its toll on me, and I just want to get it done and over with."

Runa sighed while she picked up Astrid's ax with her left hand and gave it back to her as the blonde was shaking yet she persisted in swinging the weapon on her swinging tree, and she still struggled over to it yet collapsed before panting as her body shook and trembled, and secretly, she was grateful of Runa as she helped her up and from her skills mixed with The Elder and Callie, gave her a small vial to which she drank and sighed to herself before feeling the pain go away, mixed with her body stopping its shivering.

"Thank you, Rue… I just don't know what I would do if you didn't know about those weird elixirs of yours." Astrid gratefully informed her while feeling fatigued as she sat on a nearby log, and almost toppled over from Runa sitting next to her as they gazed at the sky a few moments before Astrid glanced at her hand before expressing to the dragon girl, "Would you let me use your sealed room you have when I change?"

Runa glanced at Astrid then while feeling guilty as this was her fault that she was cursed, yet the nagging dark voice does slip while secretly, Deathwing was dealing with it at times, of her many faults over her life, particularly over Astrid, but shook her head with soft eyes while informing her then to relieve the blonde teen, "Sure. Mainly since I talked it over with Ma, and she thinks that she may have eventually found a way for you to be yourself… But she states you have to change, firstly, before it could happen."

Astrid perked up suddenly at this while giving Runa a hopeful look as she decided enough was enough for the night before heading back into Berk with her, as it was getting late, "You think she can do so?"

Runa didn't want to give up Astrid's hopes, so she told her with a nod and confided her, then, "Maybe she can."

They were then walking by the blacksmith shop as Astrid felt fine from the Elixir doing its job yet they froze by hearing someone making a racket inside the shop itself, and realized as it was late, she decided to ask the obvious name as he could be the only one inside working late, "Hiccup?"

Inside it was indeed him as Hiccup freezes in place since earlier his adjustment to the harness, unfortunately, made him and Toothless stuck to each other as he was trying to free them, but hearing her voice he was then frantically trying to pry the ring off the saddle hook and yet, it won't budge.

"Are you there?" Astrid asked again as right outside with Runa stiffening and soon turned with small confusion, not known to the blonde girl, as she felt once again she was being watched with Deathwing inside her, amused yet not saying a word as he recalled who it was.

While they were walking along the outside of the blacksmith's, Hiccup jumps out the window and closes the shutters behind him and Hiccup's harness line is stretched through the window, still attached to Toothless' saddle. "Astrid. Hey! Hi Astrid. Hi Astrid. Hi Astrid." He states to confuse the two females before Runa saw Toothless and hid the urge to facepalm to herself over this.

"I normally don't care what people do, but you're acting weird." Astrid states as she saw movement behind Hiccup then before she added to the inwardly, freakin our teen male, "Well, weirder."

Toothless, without warning, spots a nearby sheep and makes a move toward it. As a result, Hiccup is suddenly pulled tight against the window shutters. He strikes a pose to compensate... Then gets pulled through the shutters. They snap back in Astrid's face. Astrid reopens them and finds nothing but an empty stall.

In the distance, Toothless and Hiccup slip off unseen while Astrid resumed walking with Runa back to her house, but they stilled at hearing a weird sound coming from behind them and turn to see once again, nothing, and they picked up the pace as those orbs of yellow once again shown themselves with mixed amusement and with relief as they vanished.

Once inside, Runa was confused over the unusual green-wrapped present on her bed, she hesitated before reading the note while discovering there were no charms or anything, of being a gift for her.

She opened it to blink in small awe while waving at her child as she was being carried by Esdeath past her door to her child's room they, the house elves, recently refurbished, of a strange stone that easily fitted within her palm.

The stone oddly was made of rare blue diamond with it also holding the kanji sigils, "リン" on it yet it also showed below that the "III" sigil, and was lastly encased around the sides a silver lining with a leaf-like sigil engraved and making the gem itself being encased within a ring without a ring (if that makes sense).

Runa shrugged while she placed her wand, the swords, and her new gem on the nearby stand as she got ready to go to sleep, and was unaware the gem itself was glowing.