Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters that have appeared thus far, they belong to Cressida Cowell and of course DreamWorks.
AN: Thursday has arrived yet again and I am here with another chapter:P ! Unfortunately it is a tiny one. I wish to express my gratitude for the writers of my 20 reviews that I have upon updating today, and also my apologies to MWA200 for not getting around to reading and reviewing all their stories. I have read one, and it was very good, so therefore I would like to recommend their stories to any who are interested in more How To Train Your Dragon stories. And now: My newest chapter:
Evening fell slowly, as it always did in the north. The sky is a pale icy blue as the sun sinks below the horizon, leaching the colour from world around Toothless and I. We had been flying for hours and the chill of the winter air is starting to set in. At least for me it is. I'm going to assume that dragons, having an eternal fire in their bellies, don't get cold as easily as humans do.
As the yellowy orange disk descends in the sky, I am lost in my dark thoughts. It was becoming difficult to sort out whether or not I am regretting what I had done earlier this morning. I mean, I am with my best friend and heading away from the place where I suffered from insults and people looking down on me, but in truth, it was the only place I've ever known.
The stars begin to appear in the fading sky and I stare at them as tears stream silently down my face as I leave behind everything and move towards the unknown. Towards a home that I shall make for myself.
Thunder crashes around us and rain whips into our faces. The sky had been calm and clear one minute and the next it was black and violent. I had just told Toothless to land when the storm hit us. Now we are being battered with torrential winds and rains, making flying in a straight line impossible. I could feel my friend's muscles straining with the effort to keep steady; every wave of air smashing into us almost sending us into an uncontrolled spin.
I am crouched low over Toothless' back, trying to hide behind his bulk from the majority of the weather, already soaked to the bone and reaching towards hyperthermia. My legs and arms are not only frozen solid, but cramped with exertion from trying desperately not to be thrown off into the depths of the sea below.
A sudden, previously unseen obstacle looms up in front of us and Toothless screeches in surprise, veering off to the left in an effort to avoid it. Unfortunately, another violent barrage of wind hits us then, throwing us off course, straight towards the rock pillars that are frequent around the islands in this area. We crash into it and the breath gets knocked out of both of us. The dragon underneath me scrambles to get a purchase on the rocky vertical surface, but his nails won't grip it. As I have observed previously, dragons are not made for climbing rocks.
Toothless pushes off in an effort to slow our freefall towards the ocean and the deadly rocks below and flaps his wings in desperation. Once is all he can manage; screaming in pain, my dragon blacks out.
Plummeting to my death, I can only think about how sorry I am for being the cause for my best friend's downfall.
AN: The reason for making this chapter so short (even though you should have seen the look on Beth's (mentioned in profile :P) face when she saw how many words it was) was because I love cliff-hangers. And well, could I really have ended it in a better cliff-hanger way than this? Mwahaha! Stay tuned :P Hopefully next week will bring not only a new chapter, but also a new story. We shall see :P