"Hey everyone. I know I said I've be gone in 2 moths and they turned into 3 months, let just say that I almost went to depression and I lost someone very dear to me"

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Chapter 03

"Y-You know, I just happened to notice the book had nothing on Night Furies"

Hiccup was in the arena holding a shield and his axe. He was talking to Gobber to see if he knew any information about Night Furies since the book didn't had anything about them "Is there like another book? O-Or a sequel? Maybe a little Night Fury pamphlet?" Suddenly a fire blast was shot and takes the axe head off of his hilt, leaving a smoking hole next to him, when Hiccup sees the dragon in front of him, he yelps and starts running.

"FOCUS Hiccup!" yelled Gobber "You're not even trying!"

Today in Dragon Training, Gobber has set up a maze in the arena and the walls were made from wooden plank held together by metal. The recruits were scatter all over the maze, with their weapons and shields, they were running in many directions ready to avoid or attack the dragon that was loose in the maze. The dragon that was jumping from wall to wall was a Deadly Nadder, it had a bird-like appearance, and its body is a vivid color of blue and yellow, while its wings are mottled, darker shades. In front of its eyes, is its curved nasal horn, its lower jaw is shorter and wider than its upper, giving it an overbite. Ringing its skull are a set of spikes. Coating the tail is a series of spines that can inject venom into a target.

As the dragon kept on jumping, Gobber was giving orders from above the ring "Today, is all about ATTACK! Nadders are quick and light on their feet, your job is to be quicker and lighter" he instructed.

The Nadder was following Hiccup, but then spotted Fishlegs, it whips its tail sending a few of its spikes at the blond Viking. Fishlegs screamed and used his shield to cover himself as the spikes from the dragon got stuck on his shield "I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!" cried Fishlegs while running from the Nadder.

"Look for its blind spot, every dragon has one" hinted Gobber, while cleaning his teeth with his fingers ignoring what Fishlegs said "Find it, hide in it, and STRIKE!"

Ruffnut and Tuffnut were rushing in through the maze, but then Tuffnut stopped and Ruffnut bump into him but stopped too, the Deadly Nadder was in front of them. The dragon got close to them but didn't see them, the twins were in the dragon's blind spot, and the dragon sniffs the air trying to look for them. Ruff made a disgust look, she was so close to her twin brother that she could smell his stink.

"Do you ever bathe?" whispered Ruffnut, as they move from side to side so that they were still at the Nadder's blind spot.

"If you don't like it, then just get your own blind spot" suggested Tuffnut, then pushes her and Ruffnut pushes him back "How about I give you one!" she declared. They kept shoving each other, causing their helmet's to get stuck together. They were no longer in the Nadder's blind spot, so the dragon shot it's fire at them, Ruffnut quickly grabbed Tuffnut's arm, dragging him just in time to dodged the fire.

"Blind spot? Yes, deaf spot? Not so much" said Gobber.

The Nadder kept moving and it spotted Merida, she used her sword to attack but the dragon dodge it, then shots fire at her sword, which melted. Merida drops her melted sword and took her bow and arrow. She aimed it at the dragon and let the arrow go, but the dragon shots fire at the arrow and was burn to ashes "Great" muttered Merida. The Nadder whips its tail sending its spikes at Merida, immediately with her shield, she curled up into a ball and hid her whole body behind the shield.

"Your bow and arrows are useless Red!" yelled Iona a few feet from behind the dragon, the Nadder turns around whips its tail at Iona, she uses her shield but one of the spike made a cut on her lower left knee. She crouch down and saw that the Nadder was about to breath fire but the dragon got hit on the head with a shield, Iona looked and was surprised that Merida threw it leaving her expose.

"Don't expect a thank you!" shouted Iona.

"Like I would!" Merida shouted back and then ran, the Nadder turns around and starts following her. The dragon followed her for a while then hops on the wall and continues to look for the other recruits.

Hiccup was running behind Astrid and Snotlout, they pass Gobber but Hiccup stops to ask more questions "He-Hey! Ah so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?"

"None one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale. NOW GET IN THERE!" shouted Gobber.

"I know, I know, but hypothetically-"

"Hiccup!"

Hiccup looks at Astrid who called him, she makes a gestured for him to get down, she looks over and then hides back when she saw the Nadder appeared, she saw it coming closer but was distracted. Astrid counted and both she and Snotlout roll away, Hiccup tried to do the same thing but failed, getting the Nadder's attention, he quickly gets on his feet and starts running barely missing the Nadder's jaw almost snapping at his back. The dragon fly's up and leaps over the walls, it spotted Astrid and Snotlout and lands in front of them. Astrid was ready to attack the dragon, but Snotlout shove's her.

"Hey!" she shouted.

"Watch out babe, I'll take care of this" said Snotlout trying to act heroically, he throws his weapon at the Nadder but misses, earning a glare from Astrid "The sun was in my eyes, Astrid!" protested Snotlout, trying to make an excuse. Astrid ran and Snotlout followed, as they dodged a fire blast from the Nadder "What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I could do that, but I don't have time right now!" said Snotlout as he took another direction, making the Nadder go after the blonde Viking girl.

Astrid looks behind her and sees that the dragon was after her, she quickly slides and use her shield for her to make a quick stop and then kept running. The Nadder crashes against the wall but kept on pursuing the blonde Viking girl, while knocking down all the walls of the maze.

"They-They probably take the daytime off" suggested Hiccup still talking to Gobber, he was also not paying attention when the rest of the Viking teens run pass him "You know, like a cat. Ha-Has-Has anyone ever seen one napping?"

"Hiccup!" yelled Gobber.

"Hi-Hiccup!"

Hiccup turns and sees the maze walls collapsing and saw Astrid jumping of a wall and crash-lands on top of him. All the walls collapse and a lot of dust was in the air, when it cleared up Hiccup and Astrid were in a limb-tangled mess not to mention making it a little awkward for Hiccup.

"Oooh! Love on the battlefield!" joked Tuffnut.

"She could do better" said Ruffnut.

Astrid was frustrated as she tried to get herself off of Hiccup, she had her hand on his face and Hiccup remove it "Let-let me… why don't you..." stammered Hiccup trying to help but obviously she didn't want it. She finally got herself untangle and stand up, the Nadder got itself out of the fallen walls and races towards them. Astrid acts quickly and tries to pull her axe from Hiccup's shield which is still attached to his limp, gangly arm. She kept pulling not caring that he was getting hurt, but it won't come off, she plants her foot on his face and yanks the axe off but the shield was still attached, she takes her stand and swings the axe and shield at the Nadder which cause the shield to shattered, the dragon yelps and scurries off. Astrid stood there breathing surprised and relieved.

"Well done, Astrid" praised Gobber, as he hobbles off to wrestle the Deadly Nadder back into its pen.

Hiccup was curled up on the floor, when he looks up he saw that it was over and was relived, but sees that all the recruits eyed him and he looks up to see Astrid glaring at him.

"Is this some kind of a joke to you?!" she asked, wondering if he was taking seriously what they're training themselves for "Our parents' war is about to become ours, figure out which side you're on" Astrid remarked then she stomps off leaving him and the rest of the Viking teens followed as well.

Merida wanted to help him but saw Gothi from above the ring signaling her to come, in which she had no choice. Hiccup was still on the ground wondering and asking himself what he's doing? What's he supposed to do? And in honestly he doesn't even know. He sees a hand and saw that it was Iona giving him a blank expressing, he hesitates but grabs her hand and she lifts him up easily.

"Tha-thank-"

"Just stop"

Hiccup looks at her confused and saw that Iona had a serious look on her face "I already told you. Next time you do something stupid don't drag anyone else with you. Just give up already and stay inside like you're supposed to do" she ordered and then walks off.

Hiccup sighs and scratches his head then starts to leave but then sees a shield, just then an idea came to him, he grabbed it and headed toward his house.

~0~

It was late afternoon as the sun was getting ready to set, turning the sky into a beautiful shade of orange and pink. Hiccup had his shield and a fish with him, he was headed towards the cove where the Nigh Fury was, he thought that since the dragon couldn't catch any fish it must really be hungry. Hiccup looked around making sure no one was around following him, once he was conformed that he was alone he headed towards the cove, but once again he didn't notice a certain red hair girl following right behind him.

Merida had her hood on and her tied up hair was on her shoulder, she had a feeling that Hiccup was up to something, she went to his house and saw him heading towards the forest with a shield and a fish. She couldn't resist following him and she was certain that it had something to do with the dragon, more specifically the Night Fury, since he wouldn't stop asking about it during Dragon training. She kept following him walking quietly so he doesn't hear her, she hid herself well behind the trees and boulders and saw that he arrives at a rocky crevice where she sees him going in. She waited until it was safe to go in without being notice.

Hiccup climbed down to the cove and arrives at the bottom shield in front of him, he looks around then he threw the fish into the cove a few feet away. Nothing happens, he looks around but doesn't see the dragon anywhere, he decides to go forward only to get the shield stuck between the two huge rocks, he tried to pull the shield back but it didn't work, so he crawls under it and tries to pull it again but it was no use it was stuck real tight. He sighs seeing that he has no choice but to leave the shield there, he goes towards the fish and picks it up, and slowly walks in the cove looking around cautiously for the Night Fury.

Unnoticed by him the Night Fury was behind him crouched on a huge rock looking at him, like a predator waiting to pounce at the right moment. Hiccup's eyes saw a shadow he turns and gasp as he saw the Night Fury looking at him, the dragon slowly climbs down and smells the fish that the small Viking had in his hands and was at a safe distance between them. Merida was inside the hidden cove and was hiding on the platform rock that Hiccup was last time, she takes off her hood and her eyes were widen with shock that the Night Fury was at the cove but more shocking is that Hiccup was down there with it. She had her bow and arrow ready if anything happens.

Hiccup swallows his fears and offers the fish to the Night Fury, the dragon took cautious steps towards him, his mouth open to eat the fish but saw something under the small Viking's fur vest, he growls and backs away. Hiccup flinch and move his fur vest to reveal the dagger which the dragon hiss at it, he touch the handle earning a growl from him making him freeze. Merida pulls the string of the bow a bit fardder getting ready to shoot. Hiccup carefully lifts it by the handle, and drops the dagger on the ground, but then he saw the Night Fury move his head as if saying to throw it far away, with his foot Hiccup pick the dagger and tosses it away, and into the lake.

Merida eyes widen with shock not believing why he just did that 'Are ye out of yer min'?!' she thought.

When the Night Fury sees that the weapon was completely gone, it sat down on his legs and his eyes were no longer narrow or fierce, just wide with an innocent and curious look and his ear twitching making him look like a CUTE puppy. That took both Hiccup and Merida by surprised, Hiccup offered the fish again to the dragon and Merida lower her bow seeing as there's no danger, for now.

The Night Fury approaches again slowly still being cautious, he goes towards the fish and opens its mouth "Huh Toothless" said Hiccup as he notices the dragon's red gums but no teeth "I could've sworn you had-"

Before he could finished, a set of razor sharp teeth emerges from the dragons gums and quickly snatches the fish making Hiccup gasp from surprise, the dragon bite it twice then gnashes, swallows it and lick his mouth.

"Teeth" Hiccup finished still a bit terrified.

The dragon eyes narrowed as he presses closer towards Hiccup with an expectant look making him fall and retreat back nervously "Uh, uh, ah, no, no, no…" the Night Fury backs Hiccup against a rock, placing him the same position as before "I-I don't have any more" he says. Merida resume her position and aimed her arrow at the Night Fury's head getting ready if it was going to attack. The dragon closes in over the small Viking, his face inches close to his, staring blankly. A tense moment passes the dragon makes a regurgitated sound then coughs up a chunk of fish onto the small Vikings lap. Hiccup made a disgusting look for what the dragon did and can feel the cold slimy spit on his lap, he saw the dragon sat down on his two legs and simply staring at him. Merida was relived and disgusted for what the dragon just did, she lower her bow again and kept watching.

Hiccup sits up while holding the fish and exchange stares with the dragon for seconds not knowing what to do. The dragon looks at the fish then at him, Hiccup realizes what the Night Fury wants him to do with the fish 'Really?' he thought. Hiccup opened his mouth and took a bite from the regurgitated slimy fish and was disgusted by the taste but made a sound that he liked it, which made the dragon ears perk up as if he's happy. Merida felt that she was gonna throw up, just by the look on Hiccup's face she already knows that the taste was horrible.

Hiccup looks at the Night Fury and gave him a smiled to show that he likes it, then the dragon makes a gulp sound as if telling him to swallow the fish. Hiccup gave a look as if saying 'Seriously?!' the dragon actually wants him to swallow the fish, since he has no other choice he swallows the fish, he was about to throw up but hold it and swallowed it again and shivered from the dreadful taste. Hiccup looks at the dragon and forces a smile, the Nigh Fury sees his smile and was confuse and then tried to mimic him, and with no teeth he was smiling at the small Viking and showing nothing but his gums. Hiccup was amazed that the dragon was smiling because he smiled, he sits up and reach his hand out wondering if he could touch the dragon, but the dragon growls at him and flaps off then crashes on the other side of the cove.

The Night Fury fire blasted the mossy ground to a red-hot temperature and curls up on it like a giant dog. The dragon hears something, he looks up seeing a bird on a nest, the bird flied away and he kept looking at it, when he turns his head, the dragon was surprise to see that the small Viking has somehow manage to snuck close to him and was seated beside him. Hiccup smiled at him but the Night Fury looks away and made a sound as if he was annoyed, he lays his head on the ground and use his tail to block his view from the small Viking. Hiccup got a bit closer to the dragon and tries to touch his damaged tail, but the dragon lifts up his tail and Hiccup quickly got up, takes the hint and leaves. The Night Fury stood up and goes to sleep somewhere else.

Merida could not believe what she's seeing, Hiccup was down there with the most dangerous dragon that no one has ever seen or how Gobber told before 'No one has seen one and live to tell the tale' well clearly he was wrong. Right now she is seeing the unholy offspring of lighting and death itself, but watching it really doesn't look like it lives up to its name.

A few hours later…

The sky was in a blue and light violet color, the clouds were a shade of pink and all was still quiet at the cove. The Night Fury was hanging up-side down on a big tree branch with his tail sleeping like a bat, it woke up and looked around and was surprise to see that the small Viking was still here, he was on the other side of the cove sitting on a rock doing something, the dragon got curious so he got down from the branch and went towards the small Viking. Merida was still hiding at the platform rock, she kept herself busy by carving on her bow with a small knife, once she was finish she saw Hiccup sitting on a rock drawing something on the ground with a stick, she also sees that the Night Fury was approaching him. You think that she would get her bow and shoot at the dragon for getting close to Hiccup but she didn't, for some strange reason she didn't feel like Hiccup was in any danger, so she got herself comfortable on the rock and watches to see what happens.

Hiccup was drawing on the ground to keep himself from being bored. Suddenly the Night Fury appears behind him, watching over him. When Hiccup realize that the dragon was looking at him, he got nervous but continues drawing on the ground, he was doing a sketch of the Night Fury that was pretty good, as he moves the stick to draw, the dragon followed the way it moves, then the Night Fury suddenly walks off leaving Hiccup confuse. He looks back to see that the dragon had a tree branch on his mouth and began to make his own drawing on the dirt, Hiccup was surprised that the Night Fury was copying what he was doing, the dragon look at the small Viking then kept going in circles as he continue to draw making Hiccup wonder what exactly is he drawing. The dragon was drawing behind him, he accidentally hits the small Viking in the head with the branch, but Hiccup was ok he didn't let it bother him. Merida covered her mouth so that she would hold her laugh for seeing Hiccup being hit with a branch by the dragon. She had a better view on the dragon, how he was moving and drawing from here and there, making haphazard lines in every direction.

Finally the Night fury drops the branch and inspects his work and he seems to be pleased with it. Hiccup stands and takes in the sprawling scribble around him and was amazed by it, also his drawing wasn't damage by it. He takes a step to look more at it but accidentally steps onto one of the lines, eliciting an instant growl from the Night Fury, making him freeze not to take another step. Hiccup looks down and raise his foot up and hands out for balance and sees the dragon calmed. He steps on the line again and the dragons growls again, he raises his foot and the dragon was calmed again, he steps on the line one more time and realizes how sensitive the dragon was, Hiccup put his foot between the lines and saw that the Night Fury was pleased and Hiccup smiled. He keeps stepping carefully between each line so to not damage the dragon's creation. Merida gave a small laugh she was really amazed by what she was seeing that no words can describe, she kept looking at Hiccup turning round and round trying to get out of the dragons art without damaging it, making it look like he's dancing.

Hiccup was so distracted by not stepping on the lines that he didn't realize that the Night Fury was right behind him, he froze for a moment when the dragon snorts at his head. He looks up, turns around and was surprise that he was so close to the Night Night fury looks at him with his innocent green eyes and Hiccup simply gaze at the dragon. Merida inch a bit closer and kept a good eye on them, she was excited to see what was going to happen next.

Hiccup slowly extends his hand to try and touch him again, but the dragon makes a small growl at him, he takes his hand back and thinks for a moment, he turns his head away, closes his eyes and extends his hand again letting the Night Fury decide. The Nigh Fury's eyes widen by the small Viking's action, he hesitates for a second but then closes the gap between them and presses his muzzle against the small Viking's hand. Merida was mesmerize by the Night Fury action, it's like he gave Hiccup his trust and what's even more surprising is that Hiccup was touching a dragon, but of all dragons a Night Fury.

Hiccup was amazed and surprise by the sudden touch of the dragon but didn't move his hand away, it was like the dragon gave him permission, his trust, he looks at the dragon still surprise by the contact and the Night fury looked at him and his hand and made a small snorts and in a flash, the dragon was gone.

Hiccup was astonished it was only for a second but he still felt the warmth of the dragon's smooth scale in his hand and it was amazing leaving him with so many questions and emotions that he couldn't describe all at once.

"Whoa" whispered Merida still mesmerize by what she saw, she wasn't seeing things and it wasn't a dream, what she just witness was something real and amazing. She looked up at the sky and saw that it was a getting late, so she quickly left before Hiccup realizes she was even there.

~0~

As Merida made her way towards the village her mind was still on what she just saw at the cove, the Night Fury was there and Hiccup was down there with it, Hiccup was able to touch a Night Fury, something that should not be possible. He could have died yet, he didn't; the thought made her both relieved and confused. Ever since she was little she'd always heard from all the villagers that dragons are mindless killing machines, that they are beasts, monsters with no soul. Furthermore Gobber said that 'a dragon always goes for the kill' but the Night Fury didn't. The Night Fury didn't kill Hiccup, not when he had Hiccup pinned to the rock, or at the cove.

Merida leaned on a nearby tree taking a deep breath and resting her hand against her forehead, mixed feelings going through her at the memory of what she just witnessed. 'Why? Why didne th' dragon kill Hiccup?' thought Merida 'Why didne Hiccup kill the dragon at th' moment it was tied up? Why didne he kill it?!' As she kept asking the same question over and over, Merida realize something that she hadn't thought of before "Why… Why didne I kill it?"

Merida turned her head in the direction of the cove, where she knows the Night Fury is, and then glanced at her bow. She'd had a chance to kill a dragon, a Night Fury to boot. She was going to kill him when she thought the Night Fury was going to attack Hiccup, yet when the dragon didn't attack, she lowered her bow. He was clearly a threat, but why didn't she go for the kill? Should she go back and try to rectify her mistake?

Immediately after completing her line of thought, her mind flash back to Hiccup. Her knees slowly bent as she slid down the tree trunk, her rear softly meeting the forest floor. If she killed the Night Fury how would Hiccup react? Would he be sad at the loss? Would he be mad at her for meddling? As her mind raced her eyes drifted back to her bow, it was her fourth one, the other three were destroyed by dragons or by herself. She acquired her first bow when she was 8 years old, Hiccup had made it for her. Everyone constantly tells her that a bow is not a good choice as a Viking weapon and she should stop using it. Whenever her current bow broke she always got a new one from Hiccup, even after what happened between them he still made her a bow.

She rose from the ground, dusted herself and headed back to the village. Her mind was made up, she would trust Hiccups decisions regardless of what they were. He was, after all, making them for a reason. Merida decided to follow her instincts and trust her heart that everything will be ok.

~0~

It was Night Time, Gobber and the recruits were all gathered at the top of the watchtower, roaring around the bonfire. Everyone was seated in a circle, Astrid was next to Gobber, Fishlegs was next to Astrid, Merida was next to Fishlegs, Ruffnut was next to Merida, Iona was next to Ruffnut, Snotlout was next to Iona, Tuffnut was next to Snotlout, and Hiccup was next to Tuffnut and on Gobber's other side. They all roasted their hunks of chicken on the fire, except for Hiccup who was roasting a fish but lost his appetite after eating that slimy fish the Night Fury made him eat.

As they all ate their chickens, Gobber was telling them the story of how he lost his body parts "And with one twist he took my hand and swallowed it whole, and I saw the look on his face. I was delicious. He must have passed the word, because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg" he expressed dramatically.

Fishlegs 'whoa' in amazement, the other teens were also amazed of hearing the story of how Gobber battled to stay alive and only came out with losing his arm and leg. Hiccup wasn't paying attention to Gobber and even if he was, he had heard this stories like a thousand time ever since he was little well littler, right now his mind was focus on the Night Fury, he still couldn't believe that he actually touch a Night Fury, he could be the very first Viking to see and touch a Night Fury, if it was some other Viking, they would be in Valhalla right now.

"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" wondered Fishlegs, holding two chicken legs as he kept talking. The Viking teens gave a weird look to what Fishlegs just said, it sounded a bit strange and disturbing.

"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" said Snotlout dramatically.

"Thor Almighty. Will you shut up" moan Iona.

"Un-unh, it's the wings and the tails you really want, if it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon" Gobber stated.

Hiccup was stunned for what he just heard, his eyes widened and his face made a horrified look as Gobber last sentence kept repeating in his head 'A downed dragon is a dead dragon'. It was his fault, his invention cause the Night Fury to lose his tail fin and now he can't fly much less get out of the cove and hunt to eat and it's all his fault. The other teens didn't notice his reaction but Merida did, she saw the guilty look on his face and was wondering why he had that look.

Gobber yawns and stretches getting ready to leave to prepare for tomorrow's training "Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be too. Tomorrow we get to the big boys" he says to the recruits "Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare, but who'll win the honor of killing it?" playfully taunting them and goes off to bed.

The Viking teens laugh and smile from excitement, and all hoping the same thing that one of them will kill the Monstrous Nightmare and earn the honor of being a true Viking Warrior.

"It's gonna be me" announced Tuffnut. "It's my destiny, see?" he rolls up his sleeve to reveal a red dragon on his arm.

"Your mom let you get a tattoo?" gasped Fishlegs.

"It's not a tattoo, it's a birthmark" stated Tuffnut.

"Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before" argued Ruffnut.

"Yes it was, you've just never seen me from the left side until now" said Tuffnut.

"It wasn't there yesterday, is it a birthmark or a today-mark?" inquired Snotlout.

"It'll be gone by tomorrow" said Iona.

Astrid notice that Hiccup was not with them and saw him walked quietly down the stairs, she watches him leave and wonders why but then she shakes it off. Merida notice him leaving as well, and had a feeling that whatever the reason Hiccup left had something to do with the Night Fury. She put down her half eating chicken leg and stood up to leave.

"Going home already red?" asked Iona.

"Ye heard Gobber" said Merida glaring at her "We need uir full strength for tomorrow" she walked down the stairs leaving the group. When Merida got down she spotted Hiccup running towards somewhere, she followed him and was careful not to let him know.

Hiccup immediately ran towards the forge and enters a small room at the back of the stall. He opened his leather book to the sketch of the Night Fury and re-drew the missing tail and then he began his work to make an artificial tail. Merida was watching Hiccup from a safe place while he worked, she didn't know what he was making but whatever it was she knew that it was for the Night Fury.

Hiccup lit the fire, hammered, melted, stitched, and continued on throughout the whole night, he was determined to finish it no matter what, if it was going to help get the Night Fury to fly again then it was worth it. With one last look at the fin, Hiccup concluded that it was complete, he closed it and looked at the sketch of the artificial fin and knew that it was ready.

He cleaned up as best as he could and left the forge, heading to his home. As Merida saw him leave she made a decision to herself, she would confront him the next day.

~0~

Hiccup woke up early, heading towards the cove with a huge basket full of fish and the new tail fin for Toothless, that's the name he decided to call the dragon instead of Night Fury all the time. He wanted to test the fin before he had to go to Dragon training, but was having a bit of difficulty with the basket since it was heavy, he stopped to take a short break. "Man this is heavy" panted Hiccup trying to catch his breath.

"Need some help with that?"

Hiccup screams and jumps in surprise, turning his eyes land on the last person he expected to find, he panicked and froze. Merida was standing a few feet away from him with her arms crossed, bow over her chest and looking at him with a neutral expression. Hiccup wondered why she was here now, of all the times to run into each other it just had to be when he was about to feed Toothless. He had to act normal or else she would find out about everything.

"M-M-Merida umm… W-what are y-you doing here?" he ask nervously.

"Just out for a morning walk. What ur ye doing here?" She lied knowing exactly why he was there.

"I um t-taking a morning walk too and looking at these amazing trees. I mean would you look at that!" lied Hiccup desperately as he gestured towards the trees.

"Oh really" said Merida as she took a few step to get closer to Hiccup, making him step back feeling more nervous "What's that ye got thaur?" she asked pointing at the prosthetic fin he made.

"Oh um... it's it's for ummm..." he was so nervous he didn't know what to say "Its umm-ah-umm… new invention of mine!" he answered quickly, suddenly Hiccup trips making him fall on his back and causing the basket to open and spill some of the fish out. He got up and picked up the fish and put them in the basket.

"What's with the basket of fish?" Merida asked.

"I-It's my lunch" he replied as he got all the fish and closed the basket, Hiccup looked up and was surprise that Merida was close to him, the basket of fish was the only thing standing between them.

Merida had her arms crossed and look at the basket "That's an awful a lot of fish thaur Hiccup. Almost enough tae feed like, I dunnae know? A dragon"

"Hahahaha… Yeah almost" he laughed nervously, he was going to grab the basket and leave but with one hand Merida held the basket down.

Hiccup looks up at Merida, who was looking at him with a serious look "Ah know about the Night Fury."

Hiccup eyes widen and he had a frighten look on his face "W-what are y-you-"

"Ah saw it tied up, and Ah saw ye cuttin' the ropes and settin' it free insteid of killing it" Merida specified.

Hiccup gave a worried and horrified look and started to get scared, she knows about Toothless, does she know where he is? Did she tell someone? If she told the village they will hate him more than they already do, even worse if his father finds out he will definitely hate him or worse banish him "P-Please Merida. D-Don't tell anyone. Please" Hiccup looked at Merida pleading that she doesn't tell anyone. Merida had no expression on her face, he didn't see anger or hate for what he's asking her to do.

"Right now yoo're oan yer way tae see the Night Fury right?" she asked having her arms crossed.

Hiccup nodded "Y-Yeah"

After a few seconds of silence Merida spoke "Ah willnae teel anyone under one condition" Hiccup was confused, what could she possibly want from him "Ah want tae see the Night Fury" she declared bluntly.

"W-What?" he asked not sure if he heard right.

"Whenever ye go tae visit the Night Fury, Ah want tae come alang too" stated Merida.

"R-Really?" Hiccup was now really confused, he hadn't expected that from her. Why was Merida so interested in Toothless? What is he saying? Of course she would be interested in Toothless, he is after all a Night Fury, the rarest dragon of all dragons. The race that no one has been able to see and lived to tell the tale. Who wouldn't want to see him?

"Really" she replied.

"That's all?"

"That's all"

"Y-You won't…" Hiccup was nervous since she had her bow and arrows.

"Ah willnae use mah bow" she said as if knowing what he was thinking, and looked at him with a serious expression "Ye have mah word"

Hiccup thought about it for a minute, her request didn't seem to have any harm in it, and if she did know that he set Toothless free from the start she could have told someone by know but she didn't. Maybe he can trust her and all she wants is to see Toothless, what's the worst that could happen?

"A-Alright" he said.

When Merida heard that she grabs the basket of fish and looks at him "What ur ye waitin' for? Leid the way!"

"R-Right!" said Hiccup.

"I would like to Thank Miyuki and Saya for helping me write this chapter. I have good news Chapter 4 is nearly finish, when is done I will post it but I want reviews from all of you, I want to know what all of you think of this story and what do you think of Merida and Iona, that's all I ask. So please leave a review"

SEE YOU SOON!