Chapter XIII

It' s bad enough the entire vilage was usualy watching my battles but now my dad too? Where am I? Currently hiding from a Gronckle behind a barrier in the arena. Today came down to see who will kill the dragon, Astird or me. While I was praying that they don't choose me, Astird ducked behind the same barrier. When she saw me, she forced her axe at my throat.

,, Stay out of my way! I'm winning this thing." she said threatening and then darted off with the Gronckle behind her. I got out from my hiding spot and looked up to see my dad smiling and cheering me on. The Gronkle spotted me and charged right at me so I had no choise but to stop it. When Astrid came out while charging the Gronkle was already on the floor.

,,No! No! No! Son of a halftroll rat eating..." she yelled angrily swinging her axe violently.

Everyone cheered ower my victory but then a loud clank was hear from above coming from the elder.

,,Wait! Wait!" I could hear my dad yell. I tought that was my cue to leave.

,, So, later." I tried to sneak out but Gobber grabed me.

,,Not so fast." he said not letting me leave.

,,I'm kinda late for-" but then I felt cold steel under my throat.

,,What? Late for what exactly?!" hissed Astird with her axe ready to chop off my head.

,,Okay quiet down. The elder has decided." announced my dad and everything went quiet.

Gobber stood behind Astrid and me. He pointed to Astrid but the elder shaked her head 'no.' Then Gobber pointed to me and the elder nodded an affirmative 'yes.' The crowd erupted in cheers. The others came, lifting me up and carrying me out like a winner. I searched for Rina in the crowd and she had the same look on her face as me, horror.

,,Heh, heh. Oh yeah! Yes! I can't wait. I am so..."

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,,...leaving. We're leaving. Let's pack up. Looks like we are taking a little vacation, forever." I said walking trough the cove carrying a bag with my some of my stuff.

,,Okay, where are we going?" Rina asked running after me.

,,What do you mean we? Come on bud!" I said and Totthles and Heartbeat appeared nuzzling to us.

,,What do you think? I'm coming too" she said giving Hertbeat a fish.

,, No, Rina. You have a life here and Gobber. You can't leave with me." I said putting my bag down.

,,You have a life here too and I'm not going to watch all of you leave with out me. I'm soo coming." she said, pulling a bag from behind a rock filed with her stuff.

,,No way!".

,,Yes way! Come on Heartbeat! We are all taking a little trip far away from here." she aid smiling at the Night Fury which had a confused look on her face.

,,I said no!" I yelled at her and she froze looking at me with an angry face.

,,Yes I am and you can't deside for me!" she said grabbing her bag.

,,You can't do that!" I said, both of us angry.

,,Oh, yeah?! Watch me!" she said climbing on Heartbeat.

,,No, you don't!" I said jumping her making us fall. We fought for a few minutes but our dragons had it. Toothless grabbed me and Heartbeat grabbed Rina and they throwed us on their backs. Before we knew what was going on we were ten feet off the ground. They were flying very fast and we couldn't control them. I tried to stop Toothless but my foot got stuck in the pedal.

,,Toothles put me down!" I yelled but he just picked up speed.

,,Heartbeat, stop this!" screamed Rina holding for her dear life. They didn't want to listen.

,,Okay! Okay! I'm sorry Hiccup for yelling! Now please put us down!" screamed Rina almost falling off.

,,I'm sorry too Rina! We're sorry we fought! Just get down!" I yelled and it looked like it was all they wanted to hear. We leveled off, close to eachother and headed up into the clouds. Rina opened her eyes and we saw a world we had never dreamed of. It was beautifull. The sky looked like it was made of gold. Everything looked peacefull. I forgot all my problems. I looked at Rina as she reached out and touched the clouds, pierces columns. Her terror was replaced by wonder. She grinned looking back at me. Then Toothless and Heartbeat looked at each other and smirked. Hearbeat threw Rina off of her, sending her right behind me on Totthless. She hugged me from behing as we went up over the blanket of clouds and level off under a starry sky. We appeared under the dancing Northern Lights, shimmering in ribbons across the vast sky. Below us the Berk's torches flickered in the inky darkness. Rina tucked her arms into my vest, burying her chin into my shoulder as we enjoyed this perfect moment.

Toothless climbed past Berk's tallest peaks and headed out over open water wit Heartbeat right next to us, leaving the village lights behind.

,,This was really amazing. They are amazing." she said reaching her hand to pet Toothles and Heartbeat. Rina let go and jumped back to Heartbeat.

,,So what now?" she asked reminding me of our problem.

I was about to say something when Toothles and Heartbeat suddenly turned and headed to a different direction.

,, Toothless! What's happening? What is it?" I asked but he growled telling me to keep quiet. Suddenly, out of the dense cloud, a Monstrous Nightmare emerged. It called out and a Zippleback appeared next to Rina and Heartbeat, boxing us in.

,, What's going on?"asked Rina quietly.

,,I don't know." I said looking at over hundred of dragons joining us, all of them holding their prey.

,, Girl, you've got to get us out of here." said Rina but Heartbeat just hissed at her.

,, It looks like they're hauling in their kill." I said observing.

,,I don't want to panick, but what does that make us?" asked Rina slowly turning her head.

Now I was a little concerned.

All the dragons dived in formation, plummeting through the thickening fog and weaving between towering, craggy sea stacks until we emerged at the base of a massive volcanic caldera, glowing with rivulets of lava. We funneled through a crack and a winding tunnel which gave a way to a vast, steamy inner chamber, tiered with pocky shelves. Dragons of all breeds laid there while th arriving dragons flew in, dropping the fish and sheep into a central pit, glowing red and shrouded in mist.

,, What my dad wouldn't give to find this." I said in amazement.

Toothless and Heartbeat peeled away from the procession and landed on a small shadowy shelf to keep a low-profile.

,, It's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole. I can't belive they're not eating any of it." whispered Rina.

Last to arrive was a dim-witted Gronckle. It hovered over the pit and regurgitates a pathetic little fish. As it fell into the steamy pit, a terrible roar ringed out. The Gronckle tried to flee, but before it could, a gigantic dragon head appeared from the steamy pit and swallowed it whole.

,,What was that?!" asked the terrified Rina but a little too loud. The giant dragon sniffed the air and looked at the ledge where we were hiding and roared. Several dragons took flight in fear and that was our cue to leave.

,, We gotta get out of here. Now!" I yelled and we took off before the beast could eat us, disappearing in the crowd.

Toothless and Heartbeat glided into the cove and touched down on the moonlit beach.

,, It totally makes sense. It's like a giant beehive. They're the workers... and that's their queen. It controls them." said Rina getting off Heartbeat.

,,We have to tell the others." she said turning around.

,,We can't. They'll kill Toothless and Heartbeat. We have to think this through." I said stopping her before she could run off.

,,Okay. So what do we do?" she asked but I was clueless as she was.

,,Give me till tomorow. I'll think of something." I said already thinking. She nodded an then came a smal silence. But then she smiled.

,,Exept for the part we almost got eaten and kidnapped by those two, I had a good time." she said giving me a kiss on the cheek. Her face got red but I think mine was redder.

,,We should go. See you Toothless. Bye Heartbeat." she said petting them and then she left running to the village. Sudenly she looked waaaay prettier than usual.

I turned around and saw Toothless and Heartbeat staring at me.

,,What are you looking at?" I said running after Rina with a blush and a smile on my face.