Hey guys. Sorry I haven't uploaded lately tthat's mainly because I've been traveling and didn't have access to a computer, however I did manage to write 3 chapters, I just need to revise them. Enjoy!
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He had no idea what to think, he had been raised to believe dragons were evil killing machines... but the dragons he saw here simply did not match up with the dragons he'd seen on the raids for his entire life. Why hadn't the dragons killed them yet? He had heard tales of Vikings that had been carried off and never seen again, the Berkians had always said that the people must have been eaten and before this he had never questioned that reasoning.
Ever since that cooked fish had landed in his hole prison; which was presumably from Astrid, a stick had been left and fire had been lit in the pit every day. How this started he also had no idea, but did it really matter? Fishleg's felt like he was going insane, just laying around all day trying to figure out what was going on, was giving him a headache. He'd read the book of dragons cover to cover countless times always believing it would hold the answer, but this time he was on his own. Since they now had a plentiful supply of food Fishleg's and Astrid began to talk a little, but mysteriously the dragons seemed to understand them so they didn't try to discuss plans of escape. Even Astrid had no clue what to do and she always had a plan.
Finally he managed to wrestle the saddle onto Toothless, but only after the whole chasing fiasco, luckily something good came out of it for him. He'd discovered a technique that should prevent a raging dragon from killing him, should. He wasn't sure, but hey it was better than nothing.
After strapping on the saddle, he moved onto the tail. Fortunately, Toothless had calmed down and whatever had possessed him to run around the cove like a maniac had gone. He attached the tail then cinched the straps, making sure it would stay on tight. He didn't want the tail falling off like last time, that had been a pure disaster.
Together Toothless and Hiccup glided through the air, it was a perfectly lovely day, the soft white clouds were framed by the beautiful endless blue, creating a perfect day to fly. Since the tail seemed to work fine it was time to put it to the real test. He patted the side of Toothless's head, "Okay there bud, we're gonna take this nice and slow." Hiccup glanced down at his cheat sheet, and ran his finger along the tail positions and their pedal position equivalents, trying his best to memorize every single word. "Here we go. Here we go...position three, no four," he muttered, then finally ready to begin he pressed the pedal and the tail flared.
They started to move slowly, Toothless rotated ninety degrees till Hiccup was almost parallel with the ground below. Then he began to fly a little quicker and dived down slightly. When nothing broke unlike the last hundred times, the dragon flew a little faster and made a turn, his speed building steadily. The leather fin flapped in the wind a little, while the fin had been made very well it was still not at all comparable to the natural dragon tail fin, Mother Nature was superior in this case.
Hiccup leaned in and flattened himself against Toothless's neck, thrilled that his new harness and vest were holding along with the tail and saddle. Hiccup turned to watch Toothless' every fluctuation, and tried his best to match it with the prosthetic. Then he sized up his surroundings and picked a towering arch of stone that rose from the sparkling sea to be their first target. "Our target it that arch there." The boy pointed toward the stone arch and Toothless nodded. Hiccup continued to speak, "Alright, it's go time. It's go time." He murmured to the nightfury, still not completely confident. The dragon picked up on the boy's uncertainty and crooned softly, to convey that it would be fine. Hiccup smiled feeling a little better, "Thanks bud."
Then he leaned down and flattened himself against the Dragon's scaly back and together they dived toward their target, lining up to pass through the arch. "Come on. Come on buddy. Come on buddy!" Hiccup urged as they approached the arch, Toothless tilted slightly and his left wing skimmed the surface of the sea.
The dragon growled in approval as they zipped through the sea arch, Hiccup looked up just in time to see the ceiling of the arch and a flock of white birds before it disappeared from sight, "Yeah! Yes, it worked!" The boy cried, it had been a perfect maneuver, but his triumph was short lived. They smacked into one of several sea stacks as an overexcited Hiccup struggled to keep up with Toothless, "Sorry." They crashed into another rock pillar and this time Toothless grumbled, "are you trying to kill me?" "That's my fault," Hiccup replied and the dragon swatted him with one scaly ear. "Yeah, yeah, I'm on it," he studied the cheat sheet, and at the same time muttered to himself, "Position four, no three."
The dragon snarled and their altitude increased dramatically, they started to ascend rapidly. Toothless's tongue hung out of his mouth as if he was concentrating really hard. Finally together they pierced the clouds for the first time, and Hiccup caught a glimpse of something no one else had ever seen, the entirety of Berk laid out beneath oneself, and it was breathtaking. "Yeah! Go baby! Yes!" He cried to no one in particular.
Then to Toothless he said "Oh, this is amazing! The wind in my..." Hiccup caught sight of the cheat sheet as it tore free from its holder. Hiccup started to panic, "...CHEAT SHEET! STOP! He grabbed frantically at the leather guide and manages to snatch it before it flew out of his reach. All seemed fine till Toothless obeying Hiccup's earlier command ceases to beat his wings, they slowed to a stop hundreds of feet above ground.
Hiccup went weightless and the rings of his vest floated off of the harness hooks. Suddenly he found himself detached from the dragon free falling through the air, "Oh gods! Oh no!" Without Hiccup Toothless lost control on his tail and begins to plummet as well.
Without the boy the dragon could not fly and without the dragon the boy could not fly either, it took the two of them together to soar. They began to spiral downwards quickly, Toothless tried his best to get back under Hiccup but couldn't seem to get there. "Alright, okay. You just gotta kinda angle yourself. No, no...come back down towards me. Come back down-" as Toothless tried to follow Hiccup's instructions he began to spin in circles faster and faster till finally he accidentally smacked the boy in the face with his wing.
Hiccup flinched and placed the cheat sheet between his teeth and after a few fails managed to grab hold of the saddle and clip onto the harness. He locked in just in time to keep them from crashing into the rocks below, and opened the tail fin, then Toothless spread his wings and just pulled out of his dive, barely missing the trees.
But the trouble wasn't done for them yet, remember that cheat sheet in Hiccup's mouth, well he kind of needed that and I'm sure you can't read things that are in your mouth.
They careened past the cliff covered in trees and were thrown directly into the path of a large cluster of stone sea stacks, Hiccup pulled the cheat sheet out of his teeth and tried in vain to flatten it out so he could check the positions. However the leather sheet flapped violently refusing to stay still long enough to be read. Making a split second decision he flung the piece of leather into the wind, hoping he wouldn't regret it later.
Then for the first time he began to steer the tail purely out of a combination instinct and memory. Together they soared through the maze of terrifyingly close together sea pillars, in their moment of panic they finally got all the motions correct, Hiccup matching Toothless's fin perfectly with ever tight turn and Toothless was fully coordinated with all of Hiccup's motions. Together they made a stunning team. When they shot out completely unharmed from the group of sea stack, they both couldn't believe what just happened. The boy sucked in a deep breath and looked back toward the daunting maze of stone pillars they'd just flew through, and beamed completely and utterly relieved. Hiccup let's go of the saddle and threw his arms up in victory and at the same time screamed, "YEAH!" Toothless equally excited let out a squeal and a flaming purple fireball, the second Hiccup saw that they were heading straight for the ball of fire his face fell, "Ah come on."
Hiccup was slightly stiff from his little trip through the burning fireball, but they had no choice, the sun was already climbing to the highest point in the sky. "On to dragon island!"
I'm excited the story is getting exciting!