Chapter VII

Another new day and I'm holding a shield, again.

,, 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?" but my talking was interrupted my a fire ball which took out my axe leaving me with no choice but to yelp and run.

,, FOCUS Hiccup! You're not even trying." said Gobber while he was giving us orders from outside the arena with Rina by his side.

,, Today... is all about attack. Nadders are quick and light on their feet. Your job is to be quicker and lighter." he said while an angry Nader was chasing us. It spotted Fishlegs' ample rear hiding behind a wall. It whiped its tail of spikes making Fishlegs scream and lift an entire wall to shield himself from the spray.

,, I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!" yelled Fishlegs while running away.

,, Look for its blind spot. Every dragon has one. Find it, hide in it, and strike." said Rina when Ruffnut and Tuffnut accidently got right in front of the Nader.

,, Do you ever bathe?" asked Ruffnut sniffing her brother.

,, If you don't like it, then just get your own blind spot." he said pushing her.

,, How about I give you one!" he pushed him back but the Nader heard them and almost set them on fire.

,, Blind spot? Yes. Deaf spot? Not so much" said Gobber with a smirk. I wandered up to Gobber, while the others were keeping the dragon busy.

,, Hey, so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?" I asked. I looked at Rina and she was mouthing me: ,,What are you doing?!".

,, None one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale. Now get in there." he said irritated.

,,I know, I know but hypothetically..." I was being stubborn.

,,I'm going to kill you!" she mouthed me again.

,,Hiccup." Astrid whispered and pointed me to be quiet and to hide. Then the Nader saw us and started chasing Astrid. They broke down a few walls and somehow she ended up on top of me with her axe in my shield.

,, Oooh! Love on the battlefield!" sang Tuffnut.

,,She can do bether." said Ruffnut while we Astrid was trying to take her axe and get off me.

The dragon was getting closer so Astrid had to plant her foot on my torso and yank the axe free, still burrowed into the shield. She spin and swinged the axe and shield, scoring a direct hit on the oncoming Nadder's nose. It yelps and scurries off.

,, Well done, Astrid." said Gobber puting the dragon back.

,, Is this some kind of a joke to you? Our parents' war is about to become ours. Figure out which side you're on." said the angry Astrid stumping off.

I got on my feet and hanged my head. Rina came to my side and patted me on the sholder.

,,Come on. We have a place to visit. And don't wory. You'll get bether." she said with a smile.

,,Did you bring the fish?" I asked picking up a shield from the floor.

,,Yeah. What's that for?" she asked looking at the shield.

,,Well we will need something to get near them." I said and we were off before Gobber could see us. We got to the cove in no time now that we knew the way.

,,Okay, I'll go first, you stay behind me." I said and she nodded. We entered the cove hiding behind the shield. I throwed the fish first to see if they would come out but they didn't. We tried approaching a little more when our shield got stuck between the roks.

,,Great." I said giving up on pulling it out. I looked for Rina but she was already half way to the fish.

,,Rina!" I whispered running after her. She took the fish and went forward. I got close to her just in case they attacked us. We heard a sound coming from a big rock next to us and turned around to see the two Night Furies coming down slowly like panthers. I took out my fish and offered it to them. The black one got closer but then hissed at me noticing the knife I was wearing on my belt.

,,You brought a knife? Are you nuts?! Throw it away!" hissed Rina at me like those two weren't enough. I took it out really slowly and throwed in to the lake. When I did that they got much calmer. We extended our arms with fish in them and offered again. The black one got close to me again and opened his mouth to take the fish and then I noticed that he didn't have any teeth.

,,Toothless? I could've sworn you had..." but then a set of razor sharp teeth emerged from his gums to grab the fish. The same thing happened to Rina's fish. They ate it and then came looking for more.

,,Oh, no..." said Rina panicking and backing away.

,,We.. we don't..." I started mumbling and backing away too. The two of us fell on the ground and got pinned to a rock.

,,We don't have anymore." I said when their heads got close to ours. They looked at each other and growled something and then looked back at us. They started making weird sounds and then they each regurgitated a peace of fish back onto our laps. We looked at each other and then at them. They stared at us and I think I knew what they wanted.

,,I think we need to eat this." I whispered.

,,What?!" she hissed back.

,,Just do it." we both took a bite but they weren't satesfied until we swalowd it. I made a small smile and on my surprise he tried mimicking me. He did a weird but cute smile without his teeth.

I got a little bolder and tried touching him but he just backed way while the grey Fury followed him. They made a hot-spot on the ground and lied down.

,,You're to direct." said Rina.

,,Okay, you try then." I said and she did.

She got close to the dragons, closer to the gray one than the black. I think we know our favorites. She sat down and crossed her legs. The dragon got up, went to her and sat in front of her. She stiffened a little but then she extended her hand and managed to pet the grey Night Fury. She looked very happy and proud.

,,Now you try." said Rina while her dragon sat next to her enjoying the petting.

I did the same thing Rina did but my dragon ignored me. He even hid his face with his tail. I got a little closer and reached out but he just got up and walked away.

This was going to be a long day.