"Ok so point your foot up to take up". "Like this?" Astrid asks positioning her foot. "Yeah. So when you pull back a bit you'll let out the tail. Body movement is important as well". "Is this right?" Astrid says as she lets out thr tail. "Yep. Are you ready for a real flight?" "Umm ok. You ready Toothless?" Toothless nods and croons ready to test Astrid. "Ok. I'll hop on Shadow to help if you need it. Lets go". I fly up before Astrid and I see her follow. "Ok lets start off with something easy. Follow me". We fly around the island without any problems. "Ok, we're gonna do something a bit more difficult. See those rocky ledges? We are going to fly belly side against them, fly down fast and stop and skim across the ocean right before we hit. Think you can do that?" "Yeah. Lets give it a go". "Ok, three, two, one and go!" We race over to the ledge and fly down. "Help!" Astrid yells as she falls of of Toothless. "I'm coming Astrid!" I fly over sa fast as I can and just manage to catch her. "Thanks". "That's ok. You take Shadow and fly back. I'm not sure Toothless wants to stay in the ocean". As if to answer Toothless yells out from in the ocean. "Coming". I dive off if Shadow and land on Toothless's back. We fly back up. "How about we try that again later. Toothless's tail fin needs to dry off. Come on".
Right now I'm just walking around with Shadow. The others are still out playing and I dropped off my stuff in Astrid's room and met her parents. They seem nice. I need to think of presents for everyone. I'll get Snoutlout a mirror, Fishlegs the dragon book from the httyd book series, the twins a new sword each, Astrid a new saddle for Stormfly and I'll make Hiccup a waterproof tail for Toothless. Perfect. This will be so much fun. I better get to work, I'll need Gobber's help. "Gobber I need your help". "Aye miss Indi, what I do for you?" "Well I need help making Snoggletog presents for Hiccup and the group. Can you give me a hand?" "Of course. What are we doing first?" "Well I need to make some Gronckle Iron swords for the twins". "Of course. I have some Gronckle Iron ready to go. Lets get cracking". Gobber and I work hard and finish the swords in just under an hour. "Ok next is a mirror for Snoutlout". "Ok. I've got the shiny part here and the case here all I need to do is... there ya go". "Ok, a new saddle for Astrid". "Ok but I need a model". "I'll call Around over, she's just over there. Arrow can you come here please". Arrow walks over and I give her a rub on the snout. "Ok lets get measuring". We measure her and start working. We finished in about an hour and a half. "Thanks Gobber. I think I've got the next one. Is it ok if I steal your workshop for a while?" "Fo ahead lassie". "Thanks Gobber. See you later". Lets get started.
Ok so I've got the tail, now all I need to do is coat the tail in the wax I found. I went looking the best wax I could find. I also put some in the tail to make it a bit more water proof. It was difficult but I did it. Lets rub this on. I'll give Hiccup the wax so if he needs to he can re-coat it. Done, finally I can go... woah I've been it here for a while. "Shadow, bring over one of the saddle bags please". She walks over and I place everything in the bag. "Lets go, I'm exausted".
I sneak into Astrid's room and it looks like she's already asleep. "Goodnight Arrow, goodnight Shadow".
"Indi wakey wakey". "Ugh Astrid go away". "I didn't see you come in last night. Where were you?" "You were asleep when I got back. I was doing something for Gobber". "If you say so. Lets go, Hiccup's waiting for us". "Give me a minute to get dressed". "Ok. See the Great Hall". "Ok". I get dressed and head over to the Great Hall. "Hey Hiccup. Astrid said you wanted to see us". "Yeah well seeing as you can come and go as you like I'm thinking you will be needing a house". "Yeah I was thinking about that to. I went looking and found the perfect cave". "Ok. Can we see?" "Of course. Follow me". We take off and I lead them to the cave. "It's big enough for all my dragons and it is like a hose with lots of seperate rooms". "This is perfect. We can start working on it after Snoggletog". "Ok. Lets go".