I awoke once more with sunlight beaming in my eyes causing me to stir. I blinked my eyes and turned over to see Thora already up and getting ready. "How long have you been up?" She packed her small bag as she answered my question. "Not too long. Probably about ten minutes ago. You might want to get ready. Hiccup said we'd be heading to the hatchery at dawn." I nodded in agreement and hot out of the bed. "Should we wake up Ragna?" I asked as my eyes saw her sleeping form. Thora looked up at Ragna before answering. "Nah, let her sleep. She said she would see us after the choosing." I nodded and started getting ready.
I tied back my long dark brown hair, making sure that it was out of my dark blue eyes. I tucked in my red tunic and started packing my bag. "I'm ready what about you?" I looked at Thora who was waiting by the door. She nodded her head and went out the door me falling her lead.
We went out to see a bunch of students waiting outside. By the time we joined them, Hiccup had come out and was ready to take us to the hatchery. "Ok, I know today is very exciting for all of you, but please try to remain calm while I inform you on how this is going to work." All of the students quieted their conversations to listen to what he was going to say.
"Ok since all of you are in Strike class the dragon you choose must also be a Strike class dragon. You will be able to choose one from three different dragons. They are the Skrill, the Snow Wraith, the Triple Stryke, and the Woolly Howl. You will be asked a few questions by Gobber and he will give what he thinks would be the best dragon from strike class, but the choice is yours. Now are there any questions before we head to the hatchery?" No one raised there hand so we headed down to the school where the hatchery was.
"Which dragon do you think you'll get, Thora?" I asked leaning towards her as we made our way down the mountain. "I don't know. All of them are pretty cool." "I agree. I don't really know either. I guess the suggestion will help narrow it down." She grunted in reply. We finally made it down the mountain and started making our way to the hatchery. The hatchery was in a big cave. The sides of the caves had flags with each dragon class on them and over the entry was a mural of a Viking bonding with a baby dragon. I smiled at it as we walked into the cave.
It took a while until we made it into the cave since Govber had to give us a mini quiz on at a time. The hatchery smelled like lava and had students running all around it with there dragons just behind them. There was a gate that leads down to where all the eggs were placed and at the center was a pool of lava. I noticed that all of the original dragon riders were at different corners of the cave with their dragons beside them. Some were answering questions to different students while others stood and waved at us.
Thora finally made it to Gobber, while I waited patiently behind her. After a couple of minutes she was done and she headed towards me. "So which dragon did he suggest?" She looked at me with happiness in her eyes. "He said that I would work best with a Snow Wraith." I hugged her happily while congratulating her. She laughed before separating. "You better hurry. He isn't the most patient Viking in the world." I chuckled and went up to him while wishing her luck to find her dragon.
"Well done took you long enough. I've been waiting for ages!" I looked down sheepishly before responding. "Um sorry about that Gobber." He looked me up and down critically and then looked me in the eye. "Say aren't you the lass who missed the boat?" I was unable to meet his gaze still embarrassed about yesterday. "Yes sir." He gave me a hard slap on the shoulder that almost made me fall. "Well aren't you lucky. It looks like this is going to be one interesting year. I like the way you think lass." I looked up and gave him a small smile.
"Now let's begin shall we." I nodded as he started asking me questions. "What's your favorite color?" "Blue." He nodded as he wrote down my answer in his notebook. "What do you do when you see a bully picking on someone? Well they should fight them, but that's just my opinion." "Stand up to them." Gobber gave me a proud look. "I like your thinking, lass." I smiled softly. "What do you do in a big group?" "I listening to everyone's ideas." He gave me an unimpressed look. "I see you're the sentimental type. Personally I would clobber them on the head."
I chuckled quietly. "What is your favorite party food?" "Cotton snow cones." He grunted in agreement before he asked the last question. "What is your favorite sport?" "Winged water dancing." He wrote down my answer and handed the book to Hiccup who was across the cave. A few minutes later Hiccup and Gobber came up to me.
"The dragon that would be best for you is the Woolly Howl!" I squealed in joy as they both congratulated me. "Of course the choice is yours. After all it is just a suggestion." Hiccup lead me down to the hatchery while wishing me luck on finding my dragon. I saw Thora carrying a big blue and white egg.
"Which dragon did you decide to go with?" She looked at me and started walking towards me. "The Snow Wraith." I nodded in approval congratulated her on her new dragon. "Do you know which one you're going to get?" I thought about it for a moment and gave her my answer. "I think I'm going to go with the Woolly Howl. It's what I got for my quiz." She gave me a happy smile. "Wow that's great want me to come with you?" I looked at the egg and I could tell it was hard to carry and the dorms were on top of the mountain. "Nah that ok. You need to get your egg back to the dorms." She nodded then went back to our dorm room.
I looked around at all the eggs until my eye caught one egg in particular. It was just like all the other Woolly Howl eggs, but I just felt drawn to this one. I picked up the egg and decided that this was the one. Before I left I spotted my friend, Kari. "Hey Kari!" She saw me and ran over towards me, trying to keep her egg from slipping.
Hey what dragon did you pick?" She asked I told her about my dragon and then we started talking about our dorms and roommates. "Oh yeah I want to ask which dragon did you get?" We both looked at her gray and silver egg that had a unique texture. "A Razorwhip." "Cool." We both laughed and talked to each ear other while walking out of the hatchery.
"Hey there you are what took you so long?" Said the familiar voice of Ragna. "Oh hey Ragna. I want you and Thora to meet my friend Kari. Kari these are my roommates Thora and Ragna." They introduced themselves and we all made small talk. "Hey you too wanna ride to your dorms. Both of your dorms are pretty far." We accepted the offer and she lead us to the stables where her dragon was.
"Vala, Thora, and Kari, I would like to meet Electra my Skrill."