Chapter 2
Orion's P.O.V.
The moment we docked, I jumped off and landed on the dock, without the gangplank. I just had to get off of that ship and away from my dad's grasp! Peridot jumps out after me. I call Shai over. She comes out from the tress. Peridot calls Rissa over. Rissa asks for fish again. "No fish yet. I'll get you some later." Peridot tells Rissa. Suddenly, Shai's eyes went from round and curious to slits. She starts to his and growl. "What's the matter, girl?" I ask Shai. Then I hear a dragon's growl in the distance. "Oh Shai. It's just another dragon." I say to Shai.
Astrid's P.O.V.
I can't tell you how angry I was when I found Snotlout. I wasn't as angry as Breakneck Bog. But, still, I was pretty angry. We arrive at the dragon arena where the athers are waiting. "So, why should i be here?" Snotlout asks. "Ugh! Because we need help making preparations for the race." I say. "Okay fine. I want that girl to be the one to race against us!" Snotlout announces. "Uh, what girl?" Ruffnut asks. "Duh, the girl I was talking to on the ship!" he replies. "So, all this time, you were talking to a girl?" Hiccup asks. "No! Hookfang and I were taking a spin! I saw a ship. Hookfang fired at a girl. I apologized to her and introduced myself to her." Snotlout explains. "Uh, since when do you apologize to people?" Tuffnut asks. "Since now!" Snotlout says. "Look, lets just get everything ready." Hiccup says. Snotlout sits down. "He means now!" I tell him. "What exactly am I supposed to do?" he asks. Face palm.
Hiccup's P.O.V.
Girl? Ship? Probably one of Snotlout's excuses. Then, I hear a distant growling. Toothless growl back. "Toothless, it's fine. Just another dragon." I say.
Orion's P.O.V.
I rub Shai, trying to calm her. It works. I walk over to a lake. There's some fish there. Shai and I try grabbing some fish. Shai fails. I manage to catch one. I throw it at Shai. She eats it.
A few Days
My dad finally let me on my own, despise his attempts to make sure no one knew about me. He said, that I can share a guest house with Peridot. FINALLY! A place without him! I walk around when I run into my dad. "Stoick invited us to a feast tonight. You are going to attend." he says. "WHAT!?" I yell, "Why do I have to go?" "Because I say so." my dad says. GRR! I storm off back to my guest house. I go up to my room and change clothes. I change into red short sleeved shirt and a dark brown skirt and stay with the leggings and boots I had on. I take my hair out of it's braid and put it up into a ponytail. I leave the house. I walk around some more. I see some teen vikings walk towards me. "Hey again! I never got your name." one of them said. I think his name's Snotlout. "It's Orion." I say. "So you weren't lying about the girl." another boy says. "No, of course not! I never lie!" Snotlout says. "Allow me to introduce my weak and girly brother, Tuffnut. I'm Ruffnut." a girl says. "Well, I'll see ya around." Snotlout says. He winks at me. UGH! Great, just perfect! Operation avoid Snotlout put into action. Progress: failure. Well, I guess I'll look around.
I see a sign which says:
Dragon Race, sign up in the Great Hall
Well, at least there's some good stuff around here. I run over to the Great Hall. I open the door, slip inside, then close the door. I see a whole line of people. Great. I get in line. The line is edging slowly forward.