Walking into the Great Hall for dinner with the rest of the guys, I couldn't help but dread them seeing me. I grabbed my plate and sulked off to a different table. I could hear them mocking me about what I did wrong during training training today. I wasn't ignoring them, but my ears felt cloudy. Frankly, my whole body felt weird. I didn't think too much of it since my first training went more than horribly.
"Hiccup?" I nearly jumped out of my skin as Gobber put his hand on my shoulder. All my senses are off because of how weak I feel.
"Sorry, Gobber... just a little sore." He nods in understanding and goes on to explain that we're all supposed to read the Book of Dragons. All the others left, leaving only Astrid and I sitting at the tables.
"So I guess we get to share-"
Astrid cut me off. "Read it." She got out of her seat and left the Great Hall.
"Oh good, all for me, then?" I awkwardly shook it off as I plopped down. Putting my head in my hands, I could almost hear my head pounding. Deciding I better get the book out of the way, I started to flip through the first few pages. "Gronckle, Nadder, Zippleback... deadly, kill on sight... kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight... a blank page?"
I glanced up at the top to see that it was that of a Night Fury. All the data collected from the species was unknown. I kept flipping through until I got to a page titled 'The Legend'.
"I didn't know that the Legend was in here..." I started to read every word.
"Legend has it that if a dragon carries you off, you'll end up sprouting a pair of wings and turning into a dragon of the same species of your captor. This is how dragons are born; out of people, not eggs like other reptiles. Your human mind disintegrates and in place forms a mindset of killing and destruction. No memories are kept and you would then be just one of the dragons. Don't let one carry you off or you'll never be seen again."
The page ends and I groan in frustration. Why isn't there more? Why didn't "what happens when you are have almost got carried off" make it into the legend?
"Take a deep breath. You're just sore... you are not turning into a dragon. It would've happened by now and besides, you weren't even completely carried off..." I nodded my head, content with the information I learned and the reasoning I made up myself.
Closing the book, I headed home.
So. Bad news. I keep all of my notes on how I want my stories to go on a notepad in my phone. Last winter, my phone was stolen. Not only did it devastate me, but I lost all my pictures, and all my notes. Including all the thoughts I had for this story to go. It bothers me so much that I can't make this story how it could've been, so I'm putting it up for adoption. PM if you want it. I have a few ideas that you either take as a road-map, advice, or just suggestions, it's up to you.
