How To Train Your Dragon: A Future Rider's Beginning

by MaxTV1234

Henry Haddock, a 15 year old teen always had a boring life until he was given a special golden bracelet by his grandmother the day he moves in. The day he moves into the big city, he finds a mysterious well in a big forest before being sucked into it and entering the world of Berk, where Vikings and Dragons are in war. With new friends by his side, can he end the Dragon War?

7. Chapter 7 - Never Anger A Shield-Maiden!

The following is a non-profit fan-based fanfic. The How To Train Your Dragon Franchise belongs to Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Dreamworks Animation. Please support the official release.

Also, I came up with two other VA's for Runa and Satsuki. I'm still trying to find out much about what can I use for the other VA's for my other OC's. It's the best ones I can think of.

Satsuki Katamari - Ibuki Mioda - (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)

Runa Johnasson - Ann Takamaki - (Persona 5)

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"…quire…..ire….." W-what? What in the? Who…is that? What's happening?

The moment I slowly began opening my eyes, I was met face-to-face with a familiar golden sword of mine.

"Squire! Wake up this instant!"

"AHHHH!" I screamed, immediately getting up. As soon as I did, I formed an angry look towards him and yelled out "What the hell?!"

"It's about time. I was wondering how long you would wake up." Gram sighed. "You had me worried squire, but it's a good thing that you finally woken up, especially since it's almost sunrise."

"What?" I asked in confusion before looking outside the window, seeing that it was barely dark. Well it looks like it's almost dawn. "Oh god…I think my head is still banging…what the hell?"

"Ugh…ngh…" Oh joy, and here they come, they're finally awake. I quickly placed a hand on my head, and sighed in relief that I still had my hoodie on. Phew…I'm glad to see this thing is still attached to my head. I mean, who would bother seeing the face of a loser like me, anyway? I'm not that handsome, or cute, or anything people would say about me.

"Ow…my head…" Dusty groaned, slowly getting up from the ground along with the others.

"What happened…to us…?" Runa wondered, placing a hand on her head with a light groan. "My head is spinning…"

"That's not spinning! This is!" Satsuki joked before banging her head like 25 times in a fast pace before grabbing her head with a loud groan. "Ooh…Satsuki's head hurts! I just hope that whatever happened didn't involve a bad meal…"

"Yeah, a bad meal…" I sarcastically commented before glaring at the sleeping Jobber. Before I past out, I knew what the hell happened.

"Ugh…" Hiccup coughed before getting back up from the ground. "Ah…Jeez, now that's something you don't see everyday…"

"For sure…" I growled before walking over to Jobber, who was still sleeping like a baby till…

"Wake up already!"

I kicked him in the gut, forcing him to immediately wake up as he stood up with a surprised look.

"Oi! What the heck?!" Jobber exclaimed. "I was having a nice dream relaxing around cute ladies in their pant-"

The sudden glare from Runa, Dusty, and pout from Satsuki caused Jobber to clam up and shut up. But I gave him the hardest glare, and maybe Hiccup, but either way, we weren't happy on what just happened to us and the answer was obviously right in front of us.

"Uhh…what? Why are you all looking at me like that?" Jobber asked curiously.

"You…bastard!" Runa screamed angrily before taking out her whip and began whipping Jobber over and over again.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Oh yeah!" Huh? Is he…seriously enjoying this? "Oh man…Runa, your whipping never ceases to amaze me."

"Shut up you perverted idiot of a viking!" Runa yelled out as she was preparing to whip him again till I grabbed her arm and said "No Runa, just stop."

"Are you kidding me, Henry?! This guy deserves to be whipped a million times for placing that sleeping drug in our meals!" Runa exclaimed angrily.

"Look, I understand how you feel, but even I'm upset with this guy too." I stated with a stern look. "But right now, let's calm down. Besides, he's just enjoying himself being whipped by you."

"…..Fine…" Runa sighed with a light scoff, putting back her whip.

"Y-yeah, thanks Henry." Hiccup thanked. "Right now, we shouldn't be fighting."

"You sure Hicky? Satsuki wants to kick Jobber's butt with her foot implanted on his butt…literally." Satsuki pouted.

"B-but right now, we need to stay positive alright?" Dusty chuckled nervously. "H-How about we listen to what Jobber has to say and then we'll decide what to do to him."

"Yeah, smart idea to listen to a pervert." I rolled my eyes.

"Hold on Henry, they might have a point. I mean, we can't just beat somebody up without hearing them out. That just doesn't seem unfair, you know." Hiccup shrugged.

Yeah…sure.

"But anyway, Jobber…" Hiccup turned to Jobber with a raised brow of suspicion. "Why in the world did you put a sleeping drug in our meals which YOU made yourself?"

"U-uhh…well…" Jobber scratched the back of his head with a sheepish grin. "Well I gotten an order from old Gothi to get some of that sleeping drug. The moment you drink it, you instantly fall asleep in about five minutes. It helps anyone out in case of insomnia."

"Then why would you even get that?! None of us don't even have insomnia!" Runa yelled out. "Not even you!"

"Jobber…what were you really trying to do?" I asked with narrow eyes.

"Well the moment when we were planning to have a sleepover at Hiccup's house, I thought I could cook you all some of my fame stew and add that little dose of that little drink to make you all past out." Jobber explained, causing all of us to deadpan.

"Seriously?" Hiccup asked. "Why?"

"I bet because he wanted to do something inappropriate with us." Dusty guessed.

"Yeah, that sounds just like him." Runa agreed, glaring hard at him.

"Now hold up, I-I'm sure he has a good reason." Hiccup assured, causing me to face-palm. Really? Just knowing this guy, it's something perverted like…

"Yeah. See, my plan was to put the girls to sleep and put you guys to sleep to prevent you two from stopping me from sleeping near the girls' knockers and touching their panties or bras."

….What?!

"WHAT?!" The girls, except Satsuki, exploded in anger.

"Oh Jobber, you silly goober!" Satsuki frowned. "If you wanted that, why didn't you ask?"

"Are you kidding me right now?" I asked her irritably.

"What?" Satsuki asked in a dumbfounded tone, causing me to sigh irritably.

Oh my god, I am surrounded by some idiots.

"You bastard!" Runa screamed in anger.

"J-Jobber! That's so inappropriate!" Dusty exclaimed angrily.

"What? I'm Jobber, what you expect?" Jobber shrugged, which nearly gotten the two girls to glare angrily while Satsuki blinked in confusion.

"Girls, calm down!" Hiccup got in front of him with a worried look.

"Hiccup's right. Besides, we can't hurt him…yet." I glared at the big muscular viking, causing him to stiffened before looking away while he sweats nervously and whistles innocently. Ooh, you bastard…

"Other than that, why knock me and Henry in the first place?" Hiccup asked with a raised brow.

"I think he said something about making sure we wouldn't intervene with his plans." I stated, glaring harshly at the said Viking.

"Well yeah, knowing that you two might try and stop me because well Hiccup's stubborn and you're…" Jobber stared at me for a while before saying "Well…you do throw a good punch."

"Wait what?" I asked. What's he talking about? How does he even…?

"Well either way…" In a flash, Runa whupped him over and over with an outrage look on her face. "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!"

"Okay okay!" Jobber laughed, having a massive blush on his face.

"Oh gods…" Hiccup muttered, face-palming.

"But even so, you put yourself to sleep." I pointed out. "You drank that soup as well."

"Yeah, I figured." Jobber grinned. "Oh well, I guess I should have seen it coming."

Well I'm astonished on how calm you are when admitting that your plan failed.

"Whatever…" I sighed irritably. "But even so, I'm starting to see why the others didn't appreciate your cooking."

"But even so, Jobber is a good cooker." Dusty complimented with an awkward smile. "Even if he does put sleeping drugs in the food, his chicken stew soup is fantastic, same as his Yak soup."

"Yak…soup?" Is that supposed to be some sort of soup made from yak meat or something? Yeah…definitely not gonna try that out.

"It's a family traditional cooking. I may be good with blacksmith, but my real talent comes with cooking." Jobber winked. "Even pops appreciates my talent."

"Well judging with your father's personality, I say that he really does." I shrugged. Well it's true. After meeting Gobber, he's…overly optimistic.

"Maaaan….Satsuki's tired…" Satsuki let out a yawn before putting her hands behind her head with a sheepish grin. "So…what are we gonna do? Satsuki wants to take another nap."

"Eek! I think we're late!" Dusty yelled out in fear. "We need to hurry to dragon training!"

"Relax Dusty, we aren't. The sun is just rising right now." I pointed towards the window, having everyone look over and saw the sun slowly rising over the village.

"O-oh…right…I guess I overreacted…" Dusty chuckled nervously. "I mean…I don't really like waking up late and be late for dragon training."

The moment she said that, we all went silent and glanced at each other nervously.

"Uhh…I said something weird, didn't I?" Dusty asked, feeling embarrassed by it.

"Yeah, obviously." I rolled my eyes before sighing "Not after finding much about that Night Fury."

"Same here." Hiccup sighed. "I mean, we barely read anything about the Night Fury."

"Ahh…Satsuki's disappointed." Satsuki cried out.

"Well either way…" Jobber walked over and picked up the Book of Dragons from the ground. "I say that we might try asking my pops. He's the keeper of the book with me soon becoming keeper someday."

"Are we even sure that he knows?" Runa asked. "I mean, nobody knew what a Night Fury even looks like back then."

"Well it's worth a shot." Jobber shrugged.

"Well…it's our best option so far." I sighed before turning to Hiccup. "What do you think Hiccup?"

"Hmm…" Hiccup crossed his arms and thought for a while before replying "I guess we could try."

"Yeah! Satsuki wants to learn much more about Mr. Night Fury!" Satsuki agreed. "Nice choice, leader!"

"M-me? L-Leader? Don't be ridiculous Satsuki…" Hiccup scratched his cheeks with a little blush on his cheeks.

"Don't be like that Hiccup, of course you are." Dusty complimented with a smile on her face. "You've always been well known as an excellent leader to us."

"It's true, which is ironic considering that you're the heir of Berk." Jobber pointed out.

"And that you've always had great leadership skills." Runa added with a soft smile.

"G-guys…come on…"

"No, they're right…" I nodded in agreement, showing off a small smile. "You've always know the type of situation we're in, and come up with solutions and strategies. I mean, I know you're quite an awesome guy."

"Henry…thanks." Hiccup softly smiled. "But anyway, we all should probably head out and get ready to head out to the Dragon Killing Arena."

"Oh right…we all need to head out and get ready before we're late." Runa nodded before giving out a harsh glare at Jobber. "But next time you make something, I'm not going to be the first person to ever drink it! I think it's right if you test it out yourself! For our sake!"

I…totally agree with that, Runa.

"Well…I should get home. Bye…" Dusty begins to pack up her stuff before walking out of the house.

"Bye bye! Satsuki will see you all later!" Satsuki winks before jumping out through the window. I widened my eyes in surprise before rushing out of the window. Holy crap, did she just…?

Oh….she's fine. She's just rolling down the hill before jumping in the air and making a perfect landing.

"Whee! That was so much fun!" Satsuki laughs while Dusty looks at her with a sweat-drop.

"You never cease to surprise me, Satsuki…" Dusty chuckled nervously before they began taking their leave back to their homes.

"In the meantime, I gotta get this book back to pops. See ya. I'll meet you all in the Dragon Killing Arena." Jobber begins to walk out of the house, but not till he walks to Runa and says "Sorry about that…I promise not to do that again."

"You better…" Runa growled before sighing and making a soft smile. "But still, thanks for at least apologizing Jobber."

"Anytime Runa." Jobber winked as Runa softly smiled before she let out a yelp and saw his hand touching her butt, causing her to growl angrily as her face slowly turned red before slapping him across the face, a red mark of her hand imprinted on his left cheek.

"GET OUT OF HERE, YOU PERVERT!" Runa screamed.

"Aye aye, got it." Jobber chuckled before walking out while Runa slowly began taking deep breaths and slowly calming down.

"Phew…finally…" Runa sighed.

"You okay?" I asked in concern.

"Y-yeah…I think I'll live…" Runa assured before giving me a soft smile. "Thanks for asking…"

"Anytime. Just ignore that guy, he's just being an idiot." Well, not much of an idiot than Snotlout and the twins.

"Yeah…I guess. I mostly let it go or I end up doing what I did to him just now." Runa glanced towards where he stood last time before noticing something. "Huh? What the?"

"Something wrong Runa?" Hiccup asks in concern and confusion.

"Hey, where did that pot Jobber had last night?" Runa asked curiously, turning to the fireplace and noticing that it wasn't around. "It's not here."

"Huh…you're right…" I agreed, noticing that it wasn't there either. "I didn't even see him carried it out when he left."

"Strange…" Hiccup muttered. "Oh well…it's best not to think much about it. Right now, we should probably head out."

"Yeah, not worried about a pot that mysterious disappears." I sarcastically scoffed.

Hiccup rolled his eyes before he begins walking upstairs and called "I'm gonna go and get ready."

"Okay Hiccup." Runa nodded as he headed up to his room. "Well…I should probably head out. I need to pack up some lunch."

"Huh? Lunch?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, I know how to cook since I was young." Runa nodded.

"Well it's kinda obvious because you look like the type to cook." I pointed out, which made her surprise.

"R-Really?"

"Yeah…" Runa blushed and looked away at me before exclaiming "W-well…I have hobbies other than being a shield-maiden, alright?!"

"I'm not saying it like it's a bad thing." I rolled my eyes. "I say that you're quite more responsible than Jobber."

"Well yeah. I guess I should have been the one who should have been cooking instead of Jobber…" Runa sighed sadly. "Sorry…"

"It's not your fault. We were busy looking through the Book of Dragons anyway…" I assured. "Besides, I was just pointing that out."

"….W-well….I'm glad to hear you say that…" Runa blushed a bit with a soft smile. "But you know Henry, I was always curious about you."

"Curious about me?" Oh boy, what is it?

"I mean, you act like a tough guy that doesn't act like you don't care much about anyone or anything…" Well…I can't say that is a little untrue. "So…why?"

"Why what?" I asked.

"I mean…why do you try to act like one?" I darkened my face through my hoodie and kept silent. Why? 'Why do I act like this', she asks…

"If you don't wanna tell me, then I understand." Runa sighed. "You have your reasons and it's not my right for me to intrude. I guess I'm kinda not good enough to accept your trust…"

"No, it's not that…I…you wouldn't understand…"

"What do you mean?" Runa asked in confusion.

"I…rather not say." Especially in front of a girl. I mean, I have my reasons and I don't need anyone, even you, in my way. This is my life and I don't want anyone involved in it…I just want to be left alone, but after going through all of this, it's just making me go through around with these guys. This is definitely not what I wanted when I ran away from home…

"….." Runa stared at me for a while before sighing. "I see…Jeez, what's up with men being so secretive? You act like a tough guy, but still a teenager…"

"Sure, say what you will." I scoffed sarcastically. "It's my problem, not yours. Don't get involved…"

"Fine…" Runa shrugged.

"But even so…" I turned to her with a serious look, which she saw through my hoodie. "I'm not saying it like I'm being rude to you, just not wanting anyone's sympathy."

Besides…what's the point of receiving sympathy on those who think's like they know what they feel, but they don't.

"But what's the point?" I looked at Runa with a confused look as she gave me a soft smile. "Getting sympathy isn't a bad thing. It helps get others to understand between each other."

Yeah…right. Like that's a thing…

"Look, I may not know much about you…but I know that you aren't a bad person or anything…" Runa explained. "You look like you're going through something…"

Well she got that right.

"I'm not sure what it is, but I know I can at least help." Runa smiled, catching me by surprise. "I know that I may look strong and serious, but not as much as Astrid. I mean, I have things I want to do, Henry. Things that aren't related to being a shield-maiden, and Hiccup showed that to me. I mean, I know there's more to life than just fighting dragons. But everyone is too stubborn and obsessed with it, mostly men…"

Right…just exactly where is this conversation going exactly?

"But I want to help you out. Sometimes, all people need is a good listener like you, me, and Hiccup." Runa explained. "I know that…"

"….I see your point." I sighed. "I mean, I always hear what people say out there and I just want to ignore it. But…I just tend to ignore it. Besides…why bother listening to a guy like me?"

"Henry…" Runa stared at me with a slightly surprised look before smiling softly at me. "I'm not sure what you've been through your life from where you came from, but between us, I think you and Hiccup are reliable and good listeners but stubborn at the same time."

"You…really think so?" I asked.

"Well yeah…" Runa blushed a bit before looking away a bit and said "But…like I said before, if you have any problems, you can always talk to me, Dusty, Hiccup, Jobber, Satsuki or possibly all of us. We will understand what you're feeling."

Understand what I feel…just how? I mean…I try to hide back my feelings through this hoodie…I don't want others to try and help me. What's the point of that? What's the point for others to try and understand me if they don't bother to listen to me? That's why I just hate people…it's just not fair…

"Henry?" I looked over at Runa, who given me a confused yet concern look.

"I-it's nothing…" I replied.

"Oh, I see…" Runa chuckled before growing stern with me. "But you better not be slacking off like Jobber! Honestly, I know you're a nice guy, but you and Hiccup need to least keep going on and don't let what others say."

"What do you think I've been doing since showing up?" I asked sarcastically before rolling my eyes. "Honestly…I'm starting to think you're a feminist."

"Hey!" Runa lashed her whip at my right shoulder, causing me to wince while I heard Gram snickering while he rested by leaning against the wall. "I'm not a feminist! I'm just saying that men need to at least stop picking on girls!"

So basically, a feminist. Look, after hearing why you want boys to change is simple and almost sad, but when are you gonna drop that? Like seriously…it's starting to become a dry running gag…

"Umm…guys?" Huh? We looked back and saw Hiccup looking at us with a raised brow.

"H-Hiccup!" Runa flushed in embarrassment with a massive blush on her face. "I-it's not what it looks like! I swear!"

"If it is what you think it is, then it's not." Hiccup replied before sarcastically added "Other than obviously you two talking about one another."

"Just how long have you been there?" I asked in confusion.

"Gee, I don't know…the whole time?" Hiccup raised a brow after giving out that snarky remark.

"W-well it's not what you think! Gah! You two are so insensitive!" Runa exclaimed, blushing a bit before slugging me in the shoulder.

"OW! What was that for?!" I exclaimed.

"That's for making me feel like a jerk!" Runa exclaimed before hugging me, catching me by surprise.

"W-what the?!" I exclaimed.

"And that's…for listening to what I got to say." Runa smiled before she begins running out of the house. I blinked in surprise by that while Hiccup smiled before walking over to me.

"Huh…" I muttered, still surprised by what she did. "She…hugged me…"

"Well yeah, I don't think anyone except me gotten hugged by her." Hiccup stated.

"No…not just that…but I never been hugged like that before…" Well…not anymore since two years ago. Look, it's none of your business! How about you all stop intruding my thoughts and keep going on with the story! Besides, I got nothing to say to any of you, got it?!

"Huh? Never?" Hiccup asked with a raised brow. "What about your parents?"

I stiffened before making an annoyed glare at him, which made him flinch a bit before saying "Never mind…if it's a touchy subject, then I won't press further against you. It's your business, Henry."

"…Thanks, I guess." I shrugged.

"A-HEM!" Huh? We turned back to see Gram giving us a stern look. "Are you going to pick me up or what?"

"Yeah yeah, just be patient you rusty old sword." I scoffed before walking over and picking him up. Gram looked at me with a stern and scolded look before exclaiming "H-how dare you squire! You should learn your manners other than your sarcastic humor!"

"Oh shut up and relax."

"Relax?! I won't relax till you learn to be a true swordsman!" Gram exclaimed.

"A true swordsman? Yeah…right. I barely even used you other than trying to fight off that Gronckle yesterday." I rolled my eyes, which made Hiccup smirked at that.

"You know, he's got you there." Gram glared at Hiccup before he exclaimed "You be quiet!"

The two of us looked at each other with amused smirks while Gram sighed.

"Honestly…you two are alike…" At that moment, Gram let out a small gasp and widened his eyes.

"What is it?" I asked.

"….No, it's nothing. Forget what I said." What? Why's that? You can't just tell us to forget what you said when you reacted like that. Unless…did he…? "But anyway…I thought I should let you know about what happened last night."

"Please don't remind us of that. I rather not remember about getting drugged to sleep thanks to Jobber's cooking…" I sighed.

"You read my mind…" Hiccup agreed.

"Listen up you two!" Gram exclaimed. "I sensed someone intruding into this household and stolen something while you were asleep! I take it it was that pot the young maiden spoken of."

"Wait what?" I asked in surprise.

"Someone broke into my house?!" Hiccup widened his eyes. "Did you see who it was Gram?!"

"No…I'm afraid I wasn't. I wasn't able to identify the culprit, but the tone of voice…it sounded like…a male."

"Huh…" So someone just sneaked into Hiccup's house and just stole Jobber's pot? Well since we eaten it once, we all instantly fell asleep thanks to that sleeping drug from this Gothi person or whatever. So the pot must've still filled with that chicken stew soup, so why would the culprit would bother even do that? What? Was he some hobo or something?

"Oh great, what a great timing to instantly fall asleep like that…" Hiccup sighed. "Oh well…nothing we can do."

"Well yeah since we don't got any leads or whatnot." I shrugged before placing Gram onto my sheath. "So Gram…are you sure that was the only thing they stole?"

"I'm positive. The thief was only here brief moments that I tried waking you all up. You all were all knocked out cold pretty hard, so I mainly focus on waking you all…" Gram sighed. "I feel ashamed of myself for not trying to stop that thief. I am the legendary sword of Odin, and I allow such a cowardly thief come in and steal something like food in this house."

"It could have been worse. At least he didn't try to steal anything other than you." I rolled my eyes while Gram glared at me.

"Excuse me?!" Me and Hiccup laughed at how embarrassed he was and he glared at the both of us sternly and angrily. "Hmph…you two are indeed irresponsible and mature. Well…at least Sir Hiccup is a bit mature and responsible than you. Learn to respect your elders."

"Sure, I'll respect a talking sword that is said to be created by Odin himself. Yeah, sure." I sarcastically commented, earning a tick mark from the said sword while Hiccup snickered.

"Well he's not wrong there." Hiccup chuckled before looking over at Gram. "By the way Gram, I was meaning to ask you something."

"Hm? Yes?" Gram asked curiously.

"How is that you can sometimes float around?" Hiccup questioned. "I mean, is that even possible for something that Odin can even do?"

"Ah yes, an excellent question indeed young Hiccup." Gram smiled a bit. "You see, I can move on my own free will. You can obviously see judging by how I talk."

"Yeah, no kidding." I rolled my eyes before glancing at him and asked "So…how on earth can you do it? Why…are you even here on Berk?"

"…..It's a long story that I am not ready to tell squire." Gram said, much to our confusion.

"Is it personal?" Hiccup asked in concern. "If so, then we won't keep asking you questions, right Henry?'

With one look he gave me, I couldn't help but sigh and said "Yeah…sure."

"Thank you, you two." Gram smiled a bit. "But…I'm sure you would understand. After all, I am a 1,000 year old sword."

1,000 year old sword? Well I'm shock that you haven't rusted even after being implanted by that shady looking tree from the first day I got here.

"Huh…neat." I commented before turning to Hiccup and asked "But anyway dude, we should probably head out towards Dragon Training. God, why me?"

"Don't worry Henry, I'll suck too in it." Gee, thanks for cheering me up Hiccup. Yeah, real great.

"Whatever…let's head out…" We began to walk out of the house and begins to head out towards the village. While we walked through, I turned to him with a curious look and asked "So why did you went upstairs? Change of clothes?"

"Not really. I was trying to grab my dagger." Hiccup unveiled his fur vest of the inside of his pockets, which showed a dagger. "I hid it underneath my bed to make sure that my dad doesn't know that I have it."

"Really? Why's that?" I asked curiously, causing Hiccup to give me a sheepish grin as he scratched the back of his head and replied "Well…I didn't want him to feel embarrass that I use something like this."

"So what? What's wrong using a dagger?" I questioned.

"Well…mostly vikings here uses shields, swords, axes, maces, and anything that involves that can have them carry real large weapons." I gave him a deadpanned look at that answer. Is he serious? "No, I'm serious. Even Jobber can vouch for me on that. But…I'm more of the type to use small weapons. Dusty thought that it was a great idea considering that I'm too weak to even carry any heavy weapon like Jobber's hammer, for example."

Well I can't say that's untrue. I mean, he barely could carry a shield at all.

"Well I guess a dagger suits you." I shrugged.

"Indeed." Gram poked his head out a bit with a soft smile. "There are many things that many people have. They choose weapons that fits for their liking."

"You two really think so?" Hiccup asked. "I thought for sure you guys would make fun of me for using a dagger. The others would and mock me for using such a small weapon since it doesn't instantly kill them."

"I wouldn't say so." I shook my head. "Your dagger is quite a nice weapon. Daggers have been used throughout human experience for close combat confrontations. You can even use it for self defense. Daggers are weapons designed for close-proximity combat or self-defense, so that could be your good advantage. Maybe even if you aren't strong, or bulky, or anything what people say about you, your small and skinny nature could be your advantage considering that you can slip past opponents."

"Hmm…" Hiccup hummed in thought before smiling softly. "Well…I never really thought of that before."

"Well it's something I thought you should know." I shrugged. "Daggers are kinda similar like a survival knife."

"Survival…knife?" Hiccup asked, causing me to stiffened. Aww crap, this isn't good. Oh well, it's not these guys can know where I'm from, but I guess I can tell them a little bit about stuff from where I am. It might save my behind.

"Well…it's a knife that used from where I'm from. A survival knife are the kind of knives intended for survival purposes in a wilderness environment, often in an emergency when the user has lost most of his/her main equipment. They're similar to daggers in a way, but I guess they have the same purpose. They're used for combat and self-defense."

"Hmm…that's pretty great. I never knew that." Hiccup hummed with a smile. "That was a pretty good insight."

"It's not that good…" I muttered, looking away. "I was just rambling nonsense…"

"It wasn't for me. It was pretty useful, reminds me of Fishlegs." Hiccup chuckled before frowning sadly. "Heh…Fishlegs…I never thought I would bring that up about him…"

I gazed at him with a curious yet sadden look. He must've been reminded of something back in the past…Maybe I should just ignore it and mind my own business, but…I remember something Runa told me. That everyone needs a good listener and…I guess I could try to take her word. Just this once…

"…I've heard from Dusty that you're good friends with Fishlegs, right?" I asked curiously, causing Hiccup to look at me with a sadden look. "If you don't wanna talk about it, then I understand. But…I just wish to know…"

"….Sure, I don't mind." Hiccup softly smiled, catching me a little off-guard. "You have the right to know after all."

"…Right…" I nodded as Hiccup let out a heavy sigh as he began telling his story. "Fishlegs and I used to be good friends. We always shared good facts about dragons, their measurements, their sizes, their wing sizes, their strengths, their weaknesses…"

So basically, you two were nerds fanatics. Got it.

"But anyway…we sometimes play around and pretend to be Vikings. It was something I would always remembered, and we even sometimes hung out at sleepovers and read and divulge through many dragons like we did last night."

That sleepover last night…Huh, I never knew that. Did that somehow sparked Hiccup to realize that and made him remembered something so heartbreaking. If so, then…did I upset him?

"During our time together, I met Dusty. She was a year younger than Fishlegs, and she was always smart just like us. We were always so close…that is till we reached our puberty and headed into our teenage years, and Fishlegs started bulking up, a lot."

"Well I guess I can easily tell what with his bulky arms, but his legs looks pretty thin." I shrugged. I mean, really? His arms are so bulky and his legs are so skinny. I mean, how in the world is that even possible? It's just like me and my dad. My dad is so huge with strong muscles and the mountain of a man while I'm a fishbone! I mean, is that so crazy?!…S-sorry, I'm overreacting. Just ignore that and let's continue, shall we?

"Heh heh, yeah…" Hiccup sadly smiled. "But then later…he started hanging out with Snotlout, the twins, and even Astrid. Astrid…the one who I may or may not have developed a crush…"

You really aren't that good trying to hide it, are ya?

"…He started hanging out with them and since then, he hasn't been talking to me or even looked into me right in the eyes. He just…stood silent and didn't bother to even defend me…I…I don't know why…even Dusty couldn't understand why. So since then, we distanced ourselves from each other…I felt betrayed that he would even side with my own cousin like that."

"Cousin?" I questioned. Wait…does that mean…? "Are you…talking about Snotlout?"

"Yeah…believe or not, he's my cousin on my dad's side. My uncle, Spitelout, is my dad's younger brother. We…obviously don't have a good relationship."

Yeah, no kidding. Tch! I should have known. When I hear him talking cockily about you and the others, and keeps gloating on and on about how awesome he is. He…reminds me of my own cousin back where I came from. Back before we moved to Snogard Falls for good…I never would have imagined that even he would have an ancestor…Tch!

"Something wrong?" Hiccup asked in concern. I turned to him with a somewhat irritated look before scoffing "Nothing, I-I'm fine."

"But anyway…" Hiccup took a deep breath before continuing "But yeah, we stopped from being friends to distant strangers. It's like we don't even know each other anymore, even Dusty has a hard time with bonding with him…"

"…..I see. Sorry if I-"

"No no, it's alright. You just wanna to know. That's all." Hiccup assured with a soft yet sad grin. "It…doesn't bother me that much."

That's a lie. I can tell through those eyes. You're obviously holding back your emotions from that kind yet sarcastic dry attitude of yours. I would know…I try to use my hoodie to hide away my emotions…besides, I don't care what people say about me. It's not anyone even bothers to remembers me…or even cares what I look like. To me, I just hate people staring at me. Not liking for who I am…I abandoned that me…that way…nobody could…No, what am I getting all sentimental? This is my problems alone, and you all are not involved in it. Just…shut up.

"….I see. So he just abandoned you…I'm sorry to hear that. But…" I gave him a soft smile and said "At least you have people like Runa, Satsuki, Dusty, and Jobber by your side."

"Huh? Why are you excluding yourself?" Hiccup asked in confusion.

"It's…nothing. I…" I can't tell him. I won't tell him how I feel. He…won't understand me…

"Henry, you may act difficult towards anyone, even us. But I know that you're a good friend." Hiccup said in a soft tone, causing me to glance away.

"…T-thank you…I guess…" Friend….I never had a friend before and yet he trusts me? I guess he's a lot more different than these Vikings. Normally, I think they would suspect me. But for him, he doesn't seemed to suspect others till they're proven otherwise for now. He trusts me…and believes in me. I'm just a nobody…and yet he trusts me…

"Now come on, let's head over to the dragon killing arena and-Huh?" Hm? I noticed the confused look on Hiccup's face as he looks over in front of him as I gaze at where he was staring at, and to my surprise, we saw a familiar bunch of siblings talking with each other.

"Dusty? And…Fishlegs?" I asked with narrowed eyes. Me and Hiccup looked at each other before nodding as we immediately hid behind a nearby stack of barrels as we watched the two talk with each other and began eavesdropping on their conversation.

"F-Fishlegs! Please! Can't you just abandon Snotlout and come back to us?!"

Huh? Is Dusty trying to beg Fishlegs to be Hiccup's friend?

"Dusty, I told you before. I can't…" Fishlegs shook his head with a sadden look. "I…I'm sorry. I just can't…"

"Why?! I…thought you and Hiccup were friends? What happened to us? We were so close…." Dusty pleaded, sweating down through her face. "Was everything a lie?"

"N-no! I-it wasn't…" Fishlegs tried to say something but sighed. "Why am I saying this to you? You just don't get it. More importantly, why didn't you tell me that you were at Hiccup's?!"

Dusty fumed her cheeks and looked away with a slightly annoyed look.

"Because I felt like it. I wanted to spend time with my friends while you guys were busy doing who-knows-what." Dusty scoffed before biting her upper lip. "But p-please…I just want to talk to you."

"Dusty…please. I…I just-"

"Just what?! Was everything we did was a lie?! Hiccup believed in you and you ended up breaking their friendship when you stopped hanging out with us and ended up with Snotlout! Snotlout, of all people! Why?! This isn't you?!" Dusty cried out.

"And what? You're just gonna try begging me?!" Fishlegs exclaimed before sighing sadly. "I-It's just that…I'm afraid…you wouldn't get it."

"I know how you're feeling…you're afraid of keep getting picked on by the others for hanging out with someone like us, the Berk Misfits! The losers and rejects of Berk!" Dusty yelled out. "P-please…just don't listen to them. Hiccup and the rest of us are willing to protect you…"

"R-really? It's kinda like you're just gonna let them do the saving…and not you…" Fishlegs sighed, causing Dusty to turn pale. "No offense Dusty, but…y-you're a coward…and t-this is a war where its kill or be killed…you're using your own cowardice to make others do your things."

"B-b-but even so, I-I'm scared, okay? I know y-you're scared too Fishlegs!" Dusty begged. "Y-you know that I-I don't wanna d-die! P-please…"

"….I'm sorry Dusty…" Fishlegs sighed sadly. "I-I…just…I don't…I made up my mind…and I don't want to keep hurting you…"

"Than you already are?!" Dusty exclaimed. "I've been getting insulted by anyone because of being petite, and not as bulky to fit to become a shield-maiden like Astrid or Runa!"

"J-just stop before Snotlout and the others s-see you…it's done…sorry Dusty…" Fishlegs sighed sadly before he began walking away while Dusty stood there with a shocked looked before she gripped her fists angrily.

"Why? Why…did this have to happen?" Dusty sniffled. "I-I'm sorry…"

"Dusty?" I called, gaining her attention. She turned to us upon seeing us walking out of our hiding spots.

"EEK!" Dusty yelped in surprise before blushing a bit upon seeing us. "O-Oh…hi Hiccup, hi Henry."

"Dusty…what were you trying to do?" Hiccup asked.

"….So, you heard everything huh?" Dusty asked, which we nodded. Dusty sighed sadly before saying "I-it's nothing…not important anymore…"

"Dusty…" I muttered.

"I-I'll see you two at the Dragon Killing Arena…bye for now…" With that, Dusty began taking her leave in a slow pace that you would see her face turning sad.

"Dusty…" Hiccup sighed, watching her leave and didn't mind getting pushed a bit by some of the older vikings. I clenched at my fists and gritted my teeth in anger. That bastard…so trying to protect her, he says? If so, then why not you go up and abandoned those idiots?! Ugh, I'm starting to get annoyed more and more with him. He's supposed to protect his sister. She keeps doing that, but he doesn't…what a coward…but…I get one thing…he's a coward. That I get…but that doesn't mean that he shouldn't just stand around and let the others get hurt. He thinks that he hasn't done anything wrong, but to me…he is.

"That poor lass…" Gram stared over at the young girl. "I feel so sorry. I feel sorry that she has a cowardly brother who completely abandoned family for violence. Have these vikings forgotten about honor?"

"Yeah, like any of these guys ever know honor?" Hiccup sarcastically asked.

"Nah, it's more like these guys prefer to fight off these guys for entertainment than honor." I rolled my eyes. "But either way…I can't help but feel bad for Dusty."

"Yeah…" Hiccup sighed sadly, gazing down at his feet. "I can feel what she's feeling and I want to help her. Though, Fishlegs brought up a good point."

"What? What do you mean?" I asked with a raised brow.

"I mean about her not wanting to die. Dusty's…afraid of death. She's afraid of dying." Hiccup scratched the back of his head while I looked at him with a darkened look.

"Is that so?" I questioned.

"Yeah…she tries to think of an excuse to have someone else do stuff for her. Though, I know she's a good person and she tries to be brave, but she can't help but be afraid of dying." Hiccup explained.

So…she's afraid of death. She's afraid of that one day, she'll die from this world. Frankly, most people are afraid of dying these days. They don't want to risk their lives because they think their lives are so precious to them. Well not mine….

"I see…" I sighed.

"I never knew that much of that young lady. She must be going through a lot…" Gram sighed. "Although, if she's afraid of dying, then why did she is going through the dragon training in the first place?"

"She wants to prove to everyone that she isn't a useless girl as everyone claims. Though, she's obviously scared like Fishlegs." Hiccup answered. "She…tries to hold back her fear of death back, but no matter what, she's scared…and I wished me and the others could help her."

I gazed over where Dusty was last seen before letting out a heavy sigh. Yeah…same here….but I bet she wouldn't. She needs time alone. Besides…I don't think I might be of much help.

"But anyway, I guess we'll see her when we get to the Dragon Killing Arena." You know, that name really needs to be shorten. "I just hope that Gobber goes easy with us."

"After yesterday and knowing him for a short while, I say…not." I scoffed sarcastically.

"Yeah, no kidding right?" Hiccup rolled his eyes as the two of us stared at each other for a while before we smiled at each other and gave out chuckles. "You know, you're quite doing that sarcastic attitude of yours."

"Yeah…it's a thing I picked up when I was young. Well…younger." I shrugged.

"Well either way, I thank you for that. But anyway…we should get going." Hiccup pointed out, which I nodded as we continued our way. Hmm…I wonder what else are we gonna do? Hopefully that it isn't life-threatening like yesterday. Gobber better not pull that bullshit again.

---

Later

Goddammit…I should have seen this coming.

"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! I think now's not the time!" I yelled out from five feet away from him before a blast came out of nowhere and hits the head off of Hiccup's axe hilt, leaving a smoking hole behind him. "Forget this! Just run!"

"Yeah, I really didn't think this through!" Hiccup yelped as the two of us began running away from a giant blue dragon with spikes on its tail. Dammit, tell me again why in the world am I even a part of this?! I never asked for this!

"Focus Hiccup and Henry! You two aren't even trying!" Gobber yelled out as we ran through a maze-like arrangement of movable walls. You see, the moment we caught up to the arena, we were introduced…into this. Apparently, we have to survive through running through a maze-like hallway against this dragon that I remember from the Book of Dragons. It was the 'Deadly Nadder'. Hmm…apparently, it's a part of the Sharp Class. Interesting…But now's not the time!

"Today…is all about attack!" Umm…wasn't it always about attack? Me and Hiccup ran through the halls, avoiding the Nadder from trying to find us. "Nadders are quick and light on their feet. Your job is to be quicker and lighter."

As we kept running with Gram by my right and shield by my left, I took noticed that Jobber and Dusty were trying to protect themselves, but the Nadder shot multiple spikes at them, which they quickly blocked with their shields.

"AHHHH! Help! I need help!" Dusty screamed out.

"Don't worry Dusty! I got ya!" Jobber grabbed and lifted her by the shoulder before running forward towards another part of the maze, but I noticed him touching her butt, causing me to blankly gaze at them running out of the scene. That guy is so stupid…

"AHHHH!" Huh? I looked over to see Fishlegs running away after the Nadder spot them and tried to hit him with spikes, but he managed to shielded himself from it. "I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!"

Really? I was suspicion of his teaching methods since the day I showed up here, you know.

"Look for its blind spot. Every dragon has one. Find it, hide in it, and strike." Gobber instructed.

Me and Hiccup kept continuing on before I halted and hid behind a wall upon seeing Runa and the twins running one hall before they were confronted by a purple Nadder. Yep, that's right. Apparently, we're dealing with Two Deadly Nadders. So sorry for not mentioning that. Oh great…just my day that we have to survive against two dragons that can shoot spikes that could possibly scarred us for life…Yeah, real great…

Runa gulped as she tried to have a brave face and stood in front of the purple Deadly Nadder, along with the twins till Ruffnut started sniffing her brother upon being too close for comfort.

"Ugh! Do you ever bathe?!" Tuffnut glared at his twin sister before retorting "If you don't like it, then just get your own blind spot!"

"How about I give you one?!" Ruffnut growled, shoving him before he shoved her back.

"Will you two shut up?!" Runa screamed angrily, whipping them both in the process, which seemed to get the purple Nadder's attention before it let out a squawk before it tries to snap at him, but Runa grabbed them both and pushed them aside before jumping in the air, jumping on top of the purple Nadder's head and jumping over it before running off. I stared at her in awe before softly smiling and nodded.

Now that right there was true confidence. Even when she's scared, she's trying to be brave…something that I lacked.

"Blind spot? Yes. Deaf spot? Not so much." Gobber said in a deadpan tone, getting me out of my thoughts before I began rushed out with Gram by my hands.

"Squire! You need to be careful! Who knows when we confront one of those Deadly Nadder dragons!" Gram called.

"You don't think I already know that?!" I exclaimed angrily before I bumped into Dusty and Jobber, who were caught by surprise.

"Henry?! What are you doing here?!" Dusty yelled out.

"And how did we get here? I'm sure I took a left here…" Jobber looked back, only to get confronted by the blue Nadder. "Oh…uh…hi?"

I face-palmed before shaking my head. Unbelievable…

"EEK!" Dusty let out a scream, which made the blue Nadder squawked angrily before it attempted to shoot her.

"Look out!" I got in front of her before using Gram to slice away the spikes in half. Dusty looked at me in surprise before sighing in relief and said "Thanks so much Henry!"

"Hey! What about me?! I helped get you away from that Nadder too!" Jobber pointed out, which made Dusty give him a nervous grin as she added "Oh…you too Jobber…"

"Rejected again…" Jobber sighed till we heard the blue Nadder squawking more and attempted to snap at us. I turned to the two and yelled out "Get out of here!"

"B-but Henry…!"

"Now!" I yelled, which made Dusty flinched before she nodded as she and Jobber began running off. But before Jobber could run away with Dusty, he turned back and asked "You sure you're okay? No offense but-"

"I'll be fine. Just go…" It's not like I'm possibly gonna stay alive after this. Right now…it is time that I'm gonna try and not fall back this time! Alright!

"Squire! Be sure that you focus your timing before charging in for the attack!" Gram called, which I nodded. The blue Nadder begins to shoot out more spikes, causing me to widened my eyes before using my shield for defense, which helped out from getting impaled by one of them. Soon, it charged towards me before it tried to bite me, but I threw my shield, hitting it in the nose before it shook its head out of discomfort.

"Now! Go on! Fight it!" I nodded before charging with Gram by my hands as I jumped in the air and hit by the neck, not leaving a mark but was able to at least to make it back away while it screeched. "Remember, I cannot give damage to those for I am the Sword of Truth, but I am able to at least still give damage non-lethal to my opponents."

"Alright!" I gulped as the Nadder slowly gotten up and tried to shoot me again, which made me block it once more with Gram. "Tch! Man…are you sure you can still defend me? I mean, it's shooting too many spikes in many different directions!"

"True, but this shield is helping us." Shield? What shield? Wait…huh? I noticed that a golden shield was projecting around us. It was faint, but it still protected us from being hit by the Nadder's spikes. Wait…if I've been doing this with Gram, then why the hell haven't I noticed that small detail?! "I can tell that you're not noticing this?"

"Well duh! What the heck is this?!" I demanded before noticing my bracelet was faintly glowing before it died down. "Huh…the bracelet…"

"Hm?" Gram eyed at my bracelet for a while with narrowed eyes. What was that? Did…it just…?

"Henry!" Huh? What the-GAH!

Not too soon was I dragged by the arm by none other than Runa as she quickly grabbed and dragged me away from the blue Nadder, who was accompanied by a purple Nadder. Most likely that it was chasing her, but whatever.

"R-Runa?!" I called before we were far away from them and hiding behind a wall to avoid getting caught by those Deadly Nadders.

"You nearly gotten yourself killed!" Runa argued, glaring at me before sighing. "Thank goodness you're alright…"

I scoffed at her before replying "I was handling them fine. I didn't need your help."

"D-Don't go all stubborn with me! I-I wasn't paying attention!" Runa blushed, looking away. "But anyway, I was just…worried, that's all. I thought for sure that you would get hurt at least."

"I'm fine…" I muttered, glancing away from her. "Not like my life even matters anyway…"

"Huh?" Runa stared at me with a slightly surprised look. I turned to her and asked "What?"

"…N-nothing. But anyway, we need to hurry before this gets out of hand." Runa sighed till we heard…

"WHEEE!" Huh? We looked over at the wall and to our surprise, was Satsuki jumping from above us. She was literally jumping from wall to wall to avoid the purple Nadder while the blue Nadder was busy chasing the rest of us. Every time it tried to bite or shoot Satsuki, she dodges it swiftly before landing on the ground.

"Woo-hoo! This is fun!" Satsuki laughed. "Satsuki came up with a new act called 'The Deadly Nadder Run'!"

Me and Runa gave her deadpanned looks. Seriously? She's joking at a time like this?

"….So….any reason why she's partaking this? I thought she said that her family were clowns just like her because it's part of tradition here on Berk?" I questioned with a raised brow.

"She said something about being the 'Dragon Clown' for this training." Runa answered blankly. "In other words, her job is to protect the recruits that are being attacked by the dragons, as well as being an individual who provided comic relief."

In other words, she's like a rodeo clown. Wow, great job there. What was anyone thinking?

Suddenly, we heard another squawking as the blue Nadder came charging towards her before firing a fiery blast, causing Satsuki to smirk before jumping high in the air and spinning around before jumping on top of the wall and leaping over to the other side of the wall.

"Woo-hoo! Satsuki nails it!" We heard Satsuki yelled out and laughed till we saw her walking over back to where she came. She looked over and saw the Nadder staring right in front of her, causing her to blink several times before letting out a gasp and a dramatic look on her face.

"WAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Oh gods! This isn't what Satsuki needed!" Satsuki begins to run away from the blue Nadder, who kept chasing her and shooting her with spikes.

"…..Let us never discuss what we just saw Runa." I said blankly.

"Agreed." Runa nodded without hesitation. "But anyway, we need to run."

"Yeah, let's do that." I nodded before we continued to run through the maze till we encountered Hiccup, who was busy speaking with Gobber. Hiccup was too focused about the Night Fury that he didn't bother the others running past him.

"Hey, so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?" Hiccup questioned.

"None one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale." Gobber replied in a dry tone before exclaiming "Now get in there!"

"I know, I know, but hypothetically…"

"Hiccup!" Runa called, gaining his attention. She gestured him to follow us, which he did without complaint as he rushed over and came to our side. "This is no time to talk about that dragon. We can talk about after the training!"

"R-right, I know but…"

"Actually, maybe Hiccup's onto something…" I assured, getting a shocking look from Runa before she exclaimed "You can't be serious, right Henry?!"

"Well I'm just curious alright?!" Despite him forgetting the fact that we're going through a deadly training. "Just…trust me on this one. I'm curious on the Night and Light Furies, alright?"

"Oh my gods…" Runa sighed.

"Hiccup! Runa! Henry!" Hm? We turned back to see both Astrid and Snotlout, who were hiding behind the wall while they stood on their knees. Astrid puts her finger to her lips and gestures us to hide. A moment later, the two Nadders leaps over the walls, surprising us by landing in front of us.

"Alright…" Runa whispered to me and Hiccup. "Let's sneak away from them nice and steady."

"Got it." I nodded.

"A good plan indeed…" Gram whispered to me. "Though, it's still a shame that we can't fight them head on."

I can think of plenty reasons why we shouldn't.

Soon, while the two Nadders were still distracted, Astrid somersaulted out of the way, along with Snotlout, Runa, and next up, me. I raced over and managed to pull off a somersault. Phew…that was a close call. I was hoping that I might have failed and get spotted.

"W-whoa!" And of course, I spoke too soon. We looked back and saw Hiccup failing his somersault and landing on his back, attracting the two Nadder's attention.

"Hiccup!" Runa used her whip to grabbed him by the arm before she pulled him out of the way before the two Nadders could shoot their fire blast straight towards them. Hiccup landed face-flat from the ground and shook his head before looking up at Runa, who smiled softly and nodded.

"Focus!" Astrid hissed before getting confronted by the blue Nadder. She gets ready to swing her axe to chop its head off along with Runa as she took out her whip as she was ready to whiplash it till Snotlout got in the way. "Hey!"

"Watch out, babe! I'll take care of this!" He said confidently before throwing his hammer at the dragon, but missing out right. The blue Nadder stared right at him before it glaring at him.

"How odd…" Gram muttered, causing me to glance at him with a confused look. What? Did he see something?

Astrid and Runa glared angrily towards Snotlout, which made him turned pale.

"The sun was in my eyes, Astrid and Runa!" Snotlout exclaimed before they dodged another flame blast from them before and began running away as Snotlout kept blabbering on and on like "What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I could do that, but I don't have time right now!"

….Really? That's his excuse? What a dumbass.

Snotlout Owned Counter: 4

"They probably take the daytime off…you know, like a cat…" Wait what? Oh, for fucking sake dude! I turned to him still asking Gobber about the Night Fury. "Has anyone ever seen one napping?"

"Hiccup!" I shouted before noticing Astrid and Runa leaping over the walls while the others raced past me and Hiccup in fear.

"Not now Henry! I really need to-"

"AHHHHHH!" What the? We all looked up and saw the two of the girls falling on each of us. Astrid fell on top of Hiccup, and Runa fell on top of….me…

"YOW!" I yelped, falling on the ground before seeing her landing on my chest. "A-Ah…"

"S-Squire! Are you okay?" Gram asked in worried.

"D-does it look like I'm okay?!" I exclaimed angrily.

"Ugh…Huh?" I looked down to see Runa looking over me and as we blinked at each other, she blushes madly and exclaimed "Henry?!"

"Hey." I waved before sarcastically asking "How about you get off of me? Because right now, I think some of the others sees this and are making fun of us."

"What?!" Runa exclaimed before looking over to see the twins, Jobber, Satsuki and Dusty looking at us with shocked looks. Well…the twins…well…

"Oooh! Love at the battlefield!" Tuffnut grinned.

"She could do better." Ruffnut shrugged.

"Henry!" Dusty exclaimed in shock, her eyes widened.

"No way! Henry! Runa! I never you two were together!" Jobber added.

"No way!" Satsuki exclaimed, flailing her arms up and down. "Satsuki's so confused! Satsuki doesn't understand!"

Yep…that…

Soon, Runa tries to get off of me before she realized that she gotten up, but we gotten our limbs all tangled up, and the same thing happened to both Hiccup and Astrid. Suddenly, we heard squawking before we turned around to see the two Nadders chasing towards us.

"Ugh…" Hiccup gritted his teeth as he and Astrid to untangle themselves. "Just…let me….why do't you…"

"Oh no!" Runa gasped before we tried to pull ourselves apart.

"Just let go! Jeez….let go…!" I exclaimed.

"I'm trying!" Runa yelled out before she managed to pull us apart before falling on my left shin.

"Tch!" I gritted my teeth while I held back the pain.

"Oh! Sorry! I didn't mean to-"

"Who cares about me?! Just hurry before they come and attack us!" I yelled out, causing her to flinch before she looks back and saw the two Nadders chasing towards us. Meanwhile, Astrid managed to get out of her tangle situation with Hiccup, she struggled to get her axe out of his shield, even putting her foot on his face and tried to pull it out. Really? Seriously? Wow, what a great friend.

With determined looks, Runa immediately used her whip to grabbed a nearby shield A.K.A. my shield and with Astrid managed to get the shield right off of Hiccup's hands with her axe still intact. The two swung it over at each of the two Nadders, causing them to wince before they began to run away back inside of their cages.

"Well done Astrid, Runa." Gobber called, walking down inside of the arena. Runa smiled softly at him and nodded before she noticed Astrid forming an angry look as she turned back to Hiccup and began yelling at him.

"Is this some kind of a joke to you?!" Hiccup looked up with a slightly hurtful look as Astrid pointed her axe at him and continued "Our parents' war is about to become ours! Figure it out yourself!"

Hiccup became stung and looked down with a sad look as I looked at him with a darkened look. Those words…I remember them…

---

"You're just a mistake! Makes me wonder why you even exist! No wonder why you can't be like her!"

---

Those words…a part of those words…is what ticked me off…

"Astrid, leave him alone!" Runa demanded, glaring at her. "He didn't do anything at all! He just accidentally fell and you fell on top of him! We're all not perfect! We all make mistakes!"

"Well this is where we don't play around like little kids! We need to focus!" Astrid argued.

"But that doesn't give you the excuse to yell at him like that! It was just an accident!"

"Well he needs to learn to stop causing accidents like a little kid and become a viking at least!" Astrid exclaimed. "And that applies to you!"

"What?!" Runa asked, blinking in surprise.

"U-umm…everyone?" Dusty called, making a nervous grin. "I-I think we're going too far. How about we forget about this and-"

"I mean it!" Astrid exclaimed, cutting off and ignoring Dusty, who looked away with a slight blush and a sad look. "You've been slacking off with your training to become a perfect shield-maiden! You need to work strong and making friends, goofing off, and whatever you and the others do isn't Viking-like! That's why you aren't strong!"

"So what?! Everyone can't be strong!" I slowly tried to get up, ignoring the pain of my left shin. I glared towards Astrid as Runa glared angrily, but I saw the hurtful look through her eyes. She was trying to hold it back…

"You follow your creed, and I follow mine!" Runa argued. "I'm not like you Astrid, and I never will! Why would I be someone who would abandoned their friends!"

Astrid took a deep breath as I stared at her and saw…regret? Is she…feeling regret? Hmm…something did happened, didn't it? Soon, her face turned into an angry look as she yelled out something that taken everyone in shock.

"Well maybe you can be strong if you stopped trying to act like you're a weakling! If not, then you're a coward because you can't avenge your father's death!"

Everyone let out a gasp and widened their eyes in horror. Snotlout, the twins, Satsuki, and Jobber turned pale while Dusty covered her mouth with tears nearly coming down along with Fishlegs while Runa widened her eyes, her face slowly turning pale and sadden.

"A-Astrid…" Hiccup muttered, his face turning shocked upon hearing what she said.

Runa stared at her with a shocked look before darkened her face as she bit her upper lip. I stared at Runa with a shocked look, unable to comprehend what Astrid said. I already knew something was up with Runa's past…and I had this feeling what it was, but I couldn't help but feel terrible.

It's…just like that time…when I lost everything…when I thought I lost my meaning…when I felt empty…she's going through the same thing…just like me…

How…dare she…mocked someone…how dare she just mocked a person who lost someone?!

Soon, with a newfound anger inside of me, I walked up to Astrid and…

SLAP!

Everyone gasped in sight, some turning more paler than ever at what I did.

I…slapped her. A real hard one in the face. She winced and widened her eyes in the pain as she touched her right cheek before staring at me, seeing my cold eyes through my hoodie.

"W-what?" Astrid asked in shock.

"You…you should be ashamed of yourself!" I exclaimed. "How could you just mock someone like her?! Someone who lost an innocent person she loved?!"

"Y-you…just slapped me?!" Astrid exclaimed.

"Really? Is that the only issue?" I asked irritably before scoffing sarcastically "Wow, you must really care for your looks unlike other people's feelings because vikings don't want to share 'emotion', is that it?"

"W-what's your deal?! This is none of your business!" Astrid gritted her teeth angrily, clenching onto her Axe.

"Now now, settle down you two." Gobber intervened, trying to stop this argument before I glared at him coldly before turning back at Astrid.

"You know what makes me hate people the most? Those who hurt those who went through terrible things in their life and those who can't fight back. Haven't you heard the phrase 'Those who hurt cowards are the cowards themselves'? That perfectly describes you!"

"I-I'm not a coward! I was just telling those two, including the rest of their friends to grow up! We're not little kids anymore!" Astrid yelled out.

"Shut the hell up! I don't want hear any of your bullshit!" I yelled out, shocking her and everyone else.

"S-Squire!" Gram muttered in shock. I clenched my fists angrily before I continued "So what?! You all just love picking on the weak, huh?! Is that what you vikings love to do?! Mess with those who don't fit your level?! Pick on the weaklings?! If so, then I gotta say, that's messed up!"

"T-that's not what I-"

"I don't want to hear it from a bitch like you!" I exclaimed angrily, cutting her off.

"H-Henry, please stop…" Runa begged, but I ignored her as I continued "You guys call yourselves warriors! But to me…you're all cowards! So what if they aren't as talented as any of you?! That doesn't give the right to always blame your mistakes by picking on them! Blaming your mistakes on people like them, using them as punching bags to fix up your issues, and mock them around when they weren't even doing anything to you…you're all cruel bastards!"

"W-what.." Astrid looked at me with a shocked before making a snarl. "Alright then, then tell me! Why do you even care?!"

I darkened my face and clenched my fists before I noticed the others staring at me with frightened and worried looks on their faces. I don't need their sympathy…I don't need anyone…

"…Because I feel like it. People like them…people who get hurt for the reasons I gave out…people who get shunned for people who they are…it completely disgusts me." I scoffed angrily. "If you idiots just pay attention and stop thinking for yourselves, then maybe you realized what great talents they possess! Hiccup has the talent of an inventor with a possible IQ of 300 or something! With his smarts, you guys can win the war and the rest of them have their own talents that they could possibly use against the dragons, but you all decided to be the fucking idiots you are and just ignored them, stare at them like they're aliens, or don't even bother to even listen to their opinions!"

Everything I meant…it's the truth…I hate it…I hate it…I hate when nobody bothers to hear me out and think I'm invisible…I get with teenagers…but with adults and anyone around the world…I'm sick of it…

"So what?" Oh great, look who decides to talk now. I turned my direction towards Snotlout, who looks at me with sweating dropping down from his head with a slightly nerved yet cocky grin. "Why are you helping Useless and his friends? They aren't perfect unlike me. Besides, you just barely know them!"

"Yeah, how about you fuck off and mind your own damn business, how about that?!" I scoffed, causing him to drop his mouth down in surprise. I looked down with a darkened look. Why am I helping anyone? Why…help anyone? I got myself…and the world only needs me.

"….I wonder about that…and I don't know why I bother to help defend them…or pretty much, anyone around me…" I sighed, looking down. "But…I don't got anything to say but to be a good listener. The world needs a good listener out there, and I…want to try….but I guess it's difficult with people like you assholes."

"Henry, you…" Hiccup stared at me, blinking in shock before letting out a small gasp upon seeing my eyes. I guess he can see it too, right? My eyes are showing off…doubtful, anxiety, and fear…that's what I'm feeling right now and that's the truth…

"Henry…" Runa muttered, looking at me with a shocked look.

"….But that doesn't give you the damn excuse to blame your own problems on someone like Hiccup or even mock someone's close one!" I yelled out angrily towards Astrid, who flinched upon seeing me like this. "You think they're the problem? Why not you look at yourself in a mirror! You may be beautiful, and frankly, I don't know why Hiccup ever saw you as a lovable girl, but inside…you're nothing but a foul cold-hearted bitch who don't give a damn about anyone or anything. Makes me wonder why he and Runa ever became friends with a girl like you…"

Astrid stared at me with a shocked look, but I saw through her eyes that she's feeling regret…

"Frankly…I think you all are the true weaklings, but you're mostly a weakling." I scoffed, glaring coldly at Astrid. "You and Runa may be shield-maidens, but even if Runa lacks strength and confidence like you do, you too lacked something. A heart…and a friend…"

With that, Astrid stared at me with widened eyes before she clenched his fists and with a scowl on her face, she charged over and…

BAM!

I was knocked down to the ground with a solid punch to the face. I instantly fell on my back as she came and pounced at me and began fighting me.

"You know nothing about me! You don't understand anything about me!" Astrid yelled as she kept punching me while I tried blocking her punches.

It's just like that time…where I felt so defenseless…where I felt so weak…where I felt out of place with the world…It makes me wonder why…

"ENOUGH!" Gobber came over and grabbed her on the shirt collar by the hook while he picked me up by the arm with his hand as he glared down at us. "I WANT YOU TWO LADS TO STOP IT AND STAY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER!"

I glared at him coldly before sarcastically scoffed "Oh wow…and you call yourself a good friend to Hiccup when all I did was tell the truth and defend him and the others…you're just like them…I don't understand any of you idiots…"

I began coughing up before feeling the fatigue on my left shin begins to ache…dammit…I should have seen that coming. Huh…I…I truly am a stupid guy…

"Fine…" Astrid huffed, looking away with a scowl on her face while the five chrome-domes gulped upon seeing my injuries. With that, she stomped off in anger along with those five morons. Gobber put me down and let out a sigh before turning to me with a concern look, but before he could say anything…

"I don't need your help…I don't need anyone…" I scoffed before I began to slowly take my leave…

"Henry wait!" I glanced back and saw Hiccup, Runa, Jobber, Dusty, and Satsuki running towards me with worried looks.

"WAAAH! H-Henry! Y-your face! I-It looks…!" Dusty widened her eyes in horror.

"AHH! It looks really bad!" Satsuki cries out in shock. "He's bleeding from the hoodie! He's bleeding from the hoodie! It's blooooooood!"

Do you even need to overreact like that at all?

"Oh man, she really got you good." Jobber exclaimed in shock. "We may not see your face from that hoodie of yours, but it looks seriously bad! We need to get to Gothi's and-"

"Leave me alone!" I yelled out, which gotten the others shocked by me yelling out before I covered my mouth, trying to hold back from coughing up some more blood. "Just…please…I don't need any of you…I don't need anyone…"

"Henry! Don't be ridiculous!" Runa exclaimed. "W-why…?"

"…Why bother hearing me out? Even if I do tell you, you all probably will just ignore it or just get upset with what I say…" I scoffed before I began to walk away, ignoring the pain from my left shin.

"Henry…" I turned back to Hiccup, who stared at me with a shocked look before sighing sadly and giving me a soft smile. "Please…let us help."

"The lad's right. You seriously need something to fix that up." Gobber stated, causing me to scoff and replied "Yeah…right…like I need anyone to tell me that…"

"Henry, please! We just want to-"

"Just leave me alone!" I yelled before I began to walk away while Gram poked his head out of the sheath and stared at me in silence. "Look...just leave me alone..."

With that, me and Gram left the place and went to mind our own business like it's nothing. I didn't bother looking up at the vikings while they minded their own businesses. I noticed some Vikings were looking over to me with concern looks, but I ignored it all.

I…don't want anyone's sympathy. They don't understand my feelings. They don't understand the feelings that I kept holding back…they don't get me at all…nobody does…And whenever I tried to have someone try to listen to me…they just pretend like they listened to me. All I want is someone who listens to me, someone to be there for me, someone who understands the emotions I bottled up…someone that I can really call…a friend…but I guess it's all a joke because nobody even bother to help the poor weakling like me on anything…except them…

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Meanwhile

"Is that him?"

Two figures are seen watching Henry taking his leave away from the Dragon Killing Arena. The first was a tall figure covering their face with a brown cloak while the other hid behind an rock, concealing their identity while they watched Henry leave.

"Yes, that is him. The boy who came out from the well." The brown cloaked figure nodded. "I…saw his face…and I knew who he was…I wish to see him."

"Ha! Leave it to me!" The shadow figure let outs a yawn. "But man…that meal really put me to sleep. Like seriously, who the heck puts sleeping drugs in chicken soup?"

"I…have a feeling too…but right now, we need to talk to him…"

"Whatever you say, Mikako!" With that, the shadow figure disappeared in a flash while the brown cloaked figure looks over and saw Hiccup and co. running out of the arena while she gazes at them for a while before turning to an old lady carrying a staff.

She shrugs before gesturing her to follow her back, which she nodded before the two headed back to who-knows-where.

---

Back with Henry…

I didn't bother to respond to him as we kept going on…and on…and right out of the village and into the forest. As we kept walking on and on and on…

"…Did everything you say was the truth?" Huh? I glanced towards him with a confused look as Gram stared at me with a solemn look. "I ask you if everything you just said was the truth?"

"….What do you think?" I asked with a light scoff before we found a stump as I sat down in a huff and looked down on the ground with a heavy sigh escaping from my mouth.

"…Well I have the right to know." Gram stated. "I can sense everything you say, and I figured out that was everything you said was based on your feelings."

"So?" I asked irritably before adding "What's wrong with that?"

"I know that you're holding something back…something that you deny as the truth…" Wait, what is he talking about? No…don't tell me he…

"S-so what if I deny it? I don't care about it…" I scoffed, looking away.

"But even so…you continue to deny it even to this day." Gram pointed out. "But…your power is slowly growing. You've already mastered the magic shield."

"What? You mean that golden shield thing?" Actually…now that I think about it, it wasn't the first time that happened. When I was wandering around some part of the forest on my first day here on Berk, I somehow gotten a golden shield surrounded me when I fell off that rocky cliff.

"Yes…it's part of the power of the bracelet you hold. It protected you." Gram explained. "Hmm…maybe if we go on through some more training…then maybe you could finally become a true wielder…"

"I guess…" I sighed heavily.

"But squire, you should have listened to your companions." I looked at Gram with a raised brow. "You have sustain a lot of damage from that mere shield-maiden and not only that, you have sprained your left leg."

"I'll be fine…not my first time that I gotten my left leg badly injured that it resulted to a cast." I rolled my eyes while casting confusion towards Gram.

"What? What do you mean?" Gram questioned.

"….It's nothing. I got nothing to say." I scoffed. "Right now…I only care much about the results and besides….I guess I deserved it."

"What? Do you mean what she did to you?" Gram guessed, which I nodded. He hummed in thought before continuing "Well…I guess you did considering that you slapped her, but the moment that everything you shouted…was based off of your emotions. So I had a feeling that you were really trying to hold something back from your heart. Something that you keep denying…"

"What? My existence?" I joked dryly, earning a scolding look from him.

"No! Stop with these senseless jokes squire!" Gram scolded before clearing his throat. "But anyway…you must understand that you must acquire more of your power by bond."

"And how that exactly?"

"…Why not ask them? They should be any moment." Huh? Them? Who…No, you can't mean…

"Henry! There you are!" Oh my god, it's really them. I looked over in front of me and saw the others coming over. "Henry, we've been wondering where you've been."

"And why exactly if I might ask?" I asked with a raised brow. "I told you guys that I'm fine."

"How exactly can you be fine when you gotten punched by Astrid Hofferson?!" Dusty exclaimed. "You really looked injured! Right now, we need to take you to a healer!"

"Why bother with someone like me?" I asked with a sigh. "Why help a helpless nobody like me?"

"Henry…just stop it." I glanced over at Runa, who gives me a stern look but I saw through that facade. She was trying her best to hold back her tears. "You nearly gotten yourself killed by her, and not only that…you…defended me…"

"So?" I asked, looking away from her.

"What do you mean 'so'?!" Runa exclaimed. "You did all of that for me?! And just look at me…I'm supposed to be a shield-maiden and I couldn't done anything to stop her!"

"But hey, at least Henry slapped her." We all gave Jobber blank looks, who coughs sheepishly before adding "Well…I was just saying to lighten up the mood."

"Satsuki doesn't appreciate it." Satsuki pouted.

"I was just doing it for you guys…somebody had to outright say it…" I rolled my eyes while I tried my best to ignore the pain from my left leg. Hiccup noticed this before firmly asking "Henry…something else happened, did you? You're trying to hide an injury, right?"

"What?" I asked with a raised brow.

"Show me your left leg." Hiccup demanded. "Please…I just want to check."

"Look, you guys don't have to-"

Unfortunately, everything that I try to say was deaf to their ears as Runa walked over and lifted my left side of my pants up and gasped upon seeing a red mark on my left shin. Everyone else took a look at the nasty thing and flinched or gasped in surprise.

"Oh no…did I do this?" Runa asked in concern. "I…It must've been when we landed on top of each other."

"Yeah, but it's okay. I'm fine." I assured, earning a light scoff from her as she said "Ugh, you're so stubborn. You're lucky that you're injured a bit, so I won't whip you Henry."

"Whatever." I rolled my eyes. "Because that would be terrible."

"What? Are you trying to provoke me or something?!" Runa exclaimed.

"Runa, calm down." Hiccup assured. "I'm sure Henry is just kidding. Right now, we need to relax…"

"Yeah…relax…not what happened earlier…" Dusty sighed. "B-but…we all need to stay positive, that's all…"

"Sure…whatever." I scoffed, earning a blush from Dusty.

"Aww, why is everyone so gloomy? We all need to be happy!" Satsuki grinned.

"Yeah! What the clown girl says!" Jobber nodded with a grin. "So what if those guys were being real jerks? The good thing's that Henry showed up."

"Yeah, you really surprise me right there, Henry." Hiccup stated. "I…never seen anyone slap Astrid like that before."

"It was nothing…" I looked away with a somewhat sadden look. "I…just lost control when she hurted Runa's feelings."

"Huh? For…me?" Runa asked in surprise.

"S-so…I just don't like bullies." I sighed, which the made others looked at me with concern.

"I take it you had experience with bullies before?" Hiccup guessed, which I slowly nodded. "Yeah, I figured. After that outburst of yours and seeing how you slowly get irritated by when you see me or the others get hurt or insulted, I noticed how you feel."

"So….you really did that for me, huh?" Runa asked me.

I gave her a dry smile before replying "Well duh…do you think that I could let a young lady like you would get hurt?"

Runa let out a giggle before replying "Oh you…you're such an idiot. I think that would been something Hiccup would have done."

"W-well…I wouldn't know…" Hiccup chuckled, scratching the back of his head with a blush. "I mean…look at me. I'm just a fishbone, you know."

"Yeah! Hicky's right!" Satsuki agreed. "I mean, not even the fish could possibly even beat him."

"Wow, nice joke there." Hiccup rolled his eyes. "But either way Henry, I'm…still shocked by everything you would say and you would slap Astrid…"

"Hey, just because she's a girl doesn't mean that she doesn't deserve punishment." I shrugged, earning a stern glare from Runa.

"Really?" Runa growled.

"It wasn't what you thought it was." I stated. "I was just…out of control…"

"Well even so, I don't appreciate what you did…" Runa sighed before softly smiling at me. "But…thank you…heh, I guess you did take my advice after all…"

"Yeah…" I nodded before looking down sadly. "So…about your father…"

"…Yeah…that's what people are saying. My mom told me that my dad went off in search for the Dragon Nest all by himself when I was baby…but he never came back…" Runa sighed sadly. "But…I don't let it get to me that much…"

Really? Well to me…it didn't sound like it.

"People kept telling me that he's gone for good…but I want to keep believing in that he's still out there…" She sighed.

"Runa…" Dusty muttered before smiling awkwardly at her. "Don't be sad! Maybe if you keep thinking positively, then maybe a miracle could happen."

"A miracle…" I muttered. Yeah…right…

"Runa, even so, there's no proof that he's dead, right?" Hiccup asked with a hopeful smile. "You just gotta keep going on…"

"But how? There's no way…" Runa sniffed, trying her best to hold back her tears as she sat down next to me on the trump. "There's also no proof that he's even alive. I mean…I'm not sure why Astrid would even bring that up."

"She's just trying to rile you up Runa. Don't let her get to ya." Jobber assured.

"But even so…" She looked down with a sadden look. "I thought that maybe there was a chance that we would be friends again…but I guess I was wrong…"

"Don't listen what she says." I spoken up, gaining the other's attention as I rested my hand on on her's, much to her surprise as I stared at her eyes with a soft smile. "Are you just losing faith in your father? I know how you're feeling…you're feeling sadden…heartbroken…regret…pain…anger…and I can understand that. You just gotta keep believing in that person. You really need to stay confidant. Maybe you weren't able to spend the rest of your life with him because he went missing, but…you should at least try and keep believing. Those guys are just messing with you all because they don't understand anything about how you guys feel. But…"

I given her a soft smile and continued "You guys have something that they lacked…bonds. You guys may be different, but you all possess different talents that you would one day use to prove your worth. So Runa…don't even try to forget about your father. Like I said earlier, you have something that Astrid lacked…you have a good friendship with Hiccup."

Runa looked at me with a surprised look, along with Hiccup and the others. I looked at each of them with a confused look and asked "What? I…was just saying something…Oh well, it doesn't matter…"

"No Henry, that was a pretty cool speech." Hiccup softly smiled.

"Yeah! Satsuki feels energetic as ever!" Satsuki grins happily.

"Yeah! I feel so much better now!" Dusty giggled.

"Same here! Nice one lad!" Jobber patted me on the back, which caught me by surprise.

"R-really? I was just…spouting out nonsense…" I shook my head with a sigh.

"No, you're right." Huh? Runa gave me a soft smile and chuckled. "You…were surprisingly encouraging. You're right…I shouldn't listen to what she says. I mean, I may be a shield-maiden, but that won't stop me from keep on making more friends like Hiccup, Jobber, Dusty, and Satsuki, and even you Henry."

"W-what? Y-you're including me?" I asked in surprise.

"Well duh, don't exclude yourself out of this group." Runa chuckled with a soft smile. "You're…a really good person Henry. Sure, you're stubborn and nearly gotten killed by Astrid…but I know you're a good person by heart. You're just difficult to interact."

Well…yeah…

"Same here. You were really good with that kind of talk, Henry." Hiccup softly smiled. "I never knew that you had it in you to say all that stuff…"

"Well…I've been keeping my bottled up emotions inside of me for a while…" I shrugged.

"Well even so…thank you." Runa hugged me softly, catching me off-guard. "You…may be a stranger, but I think I really gotten to know you Henry and thank you for listening to me again about my father. You know…I never told anyone else other than Hiccup and the gang about it, so you're the first person ever outside of our group."

I gave her a cocky grin and asked "What? Am I still not part of your little club?"

Runa rolled her eyes before replying "Okay fine, maybe you are. But even so…thank you for at least encouraging me."

"…Sure." I nodded before looking down on the ground with a hardened look on my face. Well…I was just trying to cheer her up at least.

Huh…it's ironic, isn't it? I guess maybe I should take my own advice sometimes…I'm really stupid, aren't I? Well…I'll give you one reason why I said that to them all…so that they don't follow the same path I'm following.

"But you know…" I turned to Hiccup, who was sadly gazing down. "I never thought Astrid would say all that."

"I did." Jobber bluntly said. "Even though she's a cute good with cute blonde hair, she's a hardcore girl whose face is like a stone wall."

For once, I agree. That girl is just so…well you know what I'm gonna say. But still, what does Hiccup see in her? Could it possibly be about that he might still sense some good in her? Pfft…yeah right. If she did, then maybe she wouldn't attack me or even hurt Runa's feelings.

"Don't blame her Hiccup." Runa assured. "She was just…upset…you know her."

"Yeah…I know…" Hiccup sighed while I looked at him with a worried look.

"Hiccup…" I muttered.

However, before any of us could say anything, we heard a sound coming from the other side of the bush. What in the?!

"Ahh! What was that?!" Dusty screamed in fear before hiding behind Hiccup while Satsuki hid behind Jobber, who was blushing madly. Oh that bone-headed pervert…

"What?! Who's there?!" Runa demanded, taking her whip while I got up and took Gram out. However, Runa gave me a stern look and said "Henry wait! Your injuries and your left leg!"

"I-I'll be fine…" I winced, ignoring the pain from my left leg.

"Henry wait! We really need to take you to a healer and I know the one who can help!" Hiccup begged, giving me a concern look.

"I-I'll be fine! Just…"

"Squire wait!" Oh goddammit, now what? I glanced down at Gram as he held a solemn look. "The presence I feel…it's that dragon…"

Huh? What? Is he talking about…? Suddenly, we heard the bushes from afar rustling a lot before we all took our battle stances while I ignored the pain from my left leg and ignored some of the bleeding on my forehead.

Soon, out of the bushes, it was…

"Huh?"

"What….?"

"Whoa….!"

"Ah…!"

"Henry, it's…" Hiccup and I slowly turned to each other in shock before we slowly looked back and saw who it was.

"The Light Fury…"

To Be Continued.