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Hiccup

After Link left, Hiccup walked up to Astrid's room. He knocked politely on her door before letting himself in. "What?" Astrid growled.

"I just wanted to talk about Link," Hiccup said. "You've been kind of mean to him. He hasn't even done anything."

"I'm just frustrated, Hiccup," Astrid replied without looking up. She remained on her bed, polishing her beloved axe. "All you ever do is explore, and now that Link is here, he only offers more opportunities to be distracted."

"Astrid, what if he's helpful? You saw how he released every single dragon on that ship alone," Hiccup said.

"That's the other thing," Astrid continued. "I don't trust him. I don't think anyone should be strong enough to rip through full coils of rope with their bare hands. What if this is all a trick? What if he's working for Vego?"

"I trust him!" Hiccup cried. "Okay, maybe I need to focus more on our war, but you need to lighten up. Link hasn't done anything to betray our trust, and yet you refuse to admit that maybe, just maybe, he's a good human being."

"Human?" Astrid repeated, finally looking up. "If Link is anything, it's definitely not human."

"Hylian then," Hiccup corrected himself, "but the point is he has good intentions."

"And you know this how?" Astrid asked.

"I don't! It's called giving someone the benefit of the doubt," Hiccup said, annoyed.

"You know what? Fine," Astrid growled. "He said he has no way home. You and Toothless fly him home and we never have to worry about this again."

Hiccup raised an eyebrow. "Okay. But you're the one telling him that we're kicking him out for no reason other than you're overly suspicious."

Astrid sighed. She put her head in her hands. "Okay, okay. I see it now. I have been really mean. You're right, Hiccup. He can stay."

Hiccup sighed too. "Thank you, Astrid. I knew you would see reason."

Astrid nodded, and Hiccup returned to his room.

Link

After Hiccup walked out of his room, Link strolled out onto the landing pad with Toothless. He took a moment before taking out his Sheikah Slate and snapping a picture of the landscape. He figured that when he returned to Hyrule and saved the princess, she would want to see this place too. Link decided to walk down to the ocean. He always loved the ocean. Link took his time as he walked down, admiring the structure Hiccup and his friends had built. Besides the occasional scaffolding on the side of a cliff, Link had never seen anything built right off a mountain. But this building was on a much larger scale than mining scaffolding. It had rooms and landing pads, and the structure was sturdy. It could support the weight of dragons easily. Link arrived at the small beach of Hiccup's island, and admired the ocean. He marveled at the idea that this same ocean was the one Link had seen so many times in Hyrule. Perhaps this world was not as big as he had previously believed.

Link heard a shrill shriek off in the distance, shaking him out of his daydreaming. Behind Hiccup's base, he had called it the Edge, was a huge forest. Now that Link was paying attention, he could hear all kinds of strange sounds coming from it. Link headed in that direction, eager to see the strange creatures outside of Hyrule. After arriving in the forest, he felt for the Master Sword. These woods made him feel uneasy. Something felt different, and yet, when he checked the Master Sword, it was only pulsing slightly. The sword was not up to full power the way it was when it was around true evil. Link crept through the woods silently. He heard the strange shriek again, and cringed, the loud sound hurting the Hylian's sensitive ears. Even so, Link headed in that direction, his curiosity overwhelming him. The shriek sounded again, over and over, and Link used it as his guide. He kept both his sword and shield in hand, in case the animal was dangerous. Link entered a clearing, pushing a hedge out of the way, and saw a dragon. It was a bluish purple with red markings on part of its face. Its eyes were wide open, and they were shockingly yellow. The beast had spikes on its nose and down its back. But, most shocking of all, was it was trapped in some sort of trap. It looked like the mouse traps used back in Hyrule in some small villages that farmed wheat, but this trap was large enough to hold a dragon. The poor animal had been crying out. It finally noticed Link as he sheathed his weapons, deciding to help the dragon. He carefully approached it, noticing the wary look the dragon gave him. When he got close enough, Link pulled out his sword again, and the beast went berserk.

"Hey, hey," Link said gently, "I'm not going to hurt you." The poor animal continued to thrash about in a futile attempt to attack Link. Link thrust his sword into the chain holding the dragon, partially releasing it. Upon realizing it was being let go, the dragon stopped its attack. It finally settled down and allowed Link to cut the remaining chains. Link released the creature, and backed up, allowing it to fly away. But it didn't. The dragon slowly approached Link, and nuzzled him affectionately.

"Your welcome," Link said, stroking the dragon's tough scales. "You can fly off now." But the beast wouldn't leave Link alone. Even when Link left the clearing to return to the Edge, it followed him.

Eventually, Link gave up trying to lose the dragon, and allowed it to walk beside him. About half of the way back, the dragon scooped Link up onto its back. "Whoa!" Link called out. He was used to heights. Link flew his paraglider all the time. But he was unused to going so fast in the air. His paraglider could hit five miles per hour at its fastest. This dragon flew over the trees so fast the branches moved as the pair sped by.

After adjusting to the incredible speed, Link began to enjoy himself. He found he could steer the dragon by nudging it in that direction with his legs. The dragon seemed happy to do whatever Link wanted, especially if Link had him do something dangerous, like flying upside down. The duo flew the rest of the way back to the Edge, performing aerial tricks the entire way.

Link directed the dragon down onto the landing pad. The dragon dove sharply, but pulled up at the last second. Link wasn't expecting this, and fell off the dragoon onto his face. "Ow," Link groaned, pulling himself to his feet. Link's dragon looked like it was trying not to laugh.

Just at that moment, Hiccup walked onto the landing pad. "Dramillion!" he cried, pulling out his strange fire sword. Link ran in between his dragon and his friend, holding up his hands. "Hiccup, no!" he yelled. "This dragon's my new friend!"

Hiccup's eyes widened, and he sheathed his sword, looking sheepish. Somehow, Link's dragon managed to look indignant. "Sorry," Hiccup said. "I thought it was attacking you. You were on the floor, you know."

Link laughed. "That was just a failed landing," he said. "We've been flying around for a while now."

"But how did you tame him?" Hiccup asked, tentatively approaching the dragon, "Dramillions are supposed to be wild. Untamable."

"I just released him from a dragon trap. I think it was a dragon trap anyway," Link replied, not understanding why Hiccup was so excited. Link tamed wild horses all the time. He'd even tamed a descendant of Princess Zelda's horse.

Suddenly Hiccup looked worried, "A dragon trap?" he repeated. "On our island? Who would be doing this?"

Link shrugged. "I don't know. How about you, buddy?" Link's dragon growled. "You know what you need?" Link asked the dragon. "A name." The dragon nodded in agreement. "How about Killer?" The dragon shook its head. "Firetongue?" Again, the dragon shook its head. "Thunder?" The dragon shook his head. "Ooh! I got it! Reaper!" Reaper nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah!" Link pumped his fist in the air. Reaper jumped up and down excitedly.

Hiccup nodded. "I like it," he said. Just then, Snotlout ran up onto the landing pad. He took a moment to examine Reaper, then began talking to Hiccup. "Hey, Hiccup. Astrid wants you and Link to come train with her."

"Oh, uh, why?" Hiccup asked.

Snotlout shrugged. "Said something about being ready for the next attack."

"I don't mind a little training," Link said.

"Okay," Hiccup sighed. Hiccup mounted Toothless. Link followed suit and mounted Reaper. Before the dragons took off, Hiccup turned around. "Follow me," he told Link.

Link nodded. "You heard him, Reaper." Both dragons took off, with Toothless leading the way. Link and Reaper flew upside down. "Hey, Hiccup!" Link called.

Hiccup turned around and nearly fell off Toothless. "Link! What are you doing?"

"Flying upside down!" Link replied, laughing. Hiccup could be so nervous sometimes.

"Riding upside down without a saddle?" Hiccup repeated in disbelief. "You're going to kill yourself!"

"Nah," Link replied. His eyes twinkled mischievously. "We're here, I think."

"Yep," Hiccup agreed, landing. He walked over to where Astrid was standing.

"Reaper, I'm going to jump off you. Don't catch me," Link commanded, then jumped off his dragon. Reaper did as he was told and didn't catch Link, the dragon's eyes sparkling with the same mischievous light as his rider. Hiccup and Astrid gasped as they watched their new friend free fall from his dragon. Link fell downward, the hard ground fast approaching. At the last second, Link pulled out his paraglider, and landed gently on the ground. "Neat trick, huh?" he asked, amused at how frightened Hiccup was.

"Don't do that again," Hiccup commanded. Astrid sighed in relief, then pretended she didn't care.

Link rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on. Have some fun! Besides, I do that all the time from cliffs and stuff in Hyrule."

Hiccup opened his mouth to reply, but Astrid interrupted him. "Okay, anyway, I had you both come out here because I wanted Hiccup and I to see how good at fighting Link is."

"You doubt my fighting abilities?" Link asked faking indignance.

"No," Astrid replied. "I wanted to see exactly how good you are. I also wanted to see how you fight."

Link shrugged. "Well, as long as you don't think I'm bad or anything, showing off wouldn't be terrible."

Astrid nodded. "Just attack those dummies I set up," she said, pointing to three scarecrows.

Link drew the Master Sword. "Hey, how come your sword isn't glowing like it was earlier?" Hiccup asked.

"I'm not fighting anything really evil," Link replied.

"How does your sword know if something is evil?" Astrid asked.

Link shrugged. "I don't know. Enchanted, I guess?"

"You have magic in Hyrule?" Hiccup asked.

"Yeah, but almost no one can actually do it anymore. Not even Princess Zelda was all that good at magic. But, it is common to find enchanted artifacts from ancient times. Like the Master Sword," Link explained, holding up his sword.

Hiccup nodded, intrigued. "Go ahead and attack the dummies now," Astrid commanded, ending the conversation.

Link nodded, and charged the dummies. He slashed at them furiously, quickly reducing all three to shreds.

"Wow," Astrid said, "that was pretty good."

"Thanks," Link replied.

Astrid set up some more. "Okay, do something different this time."

Link ran up to them, and swung his blade in a quick circle. "I call that the spin attack," he said proudly.

Astrid set up more, and Link spent the rest of the afternoon attacking dummies while Astrid and Hiccup watched. Dusk began to fall, and they mounted their dragons to return to the Edge. "Nice dragon," Astrid commented as Link mounted Reaper.

"Thanks," Link replied, rubbing Reaper affectionately. "You've got a nice dragon yourself."

Astrid smiled, but didn't respond. Link rode the entirety of the way back upside down, despite Hiccup's intense protests. When all three landed on the landing pad back at the Edge, Snotlout and the twins had made dinner. It was terrible, but no one complained. Link actually seemed to enjoy it.