GENDERBEND! HTTYD!
The Viking and the Dragon Maiden.
Chapter Ten; Dragon Rider Training.
Snotlout's POV.
I was doing some reading in Hookfang's cave. I know, 'Snotlout reading?! Unbelievable' but this story was getting really good, I'm at the best scene! I really liked Hookfang. I always wanted a brother, and Hookfang was just as awesome. I wondered if that was what Ash meant when he said that Stormfly was like a sister he never had.
"Doing some reading?" I was jumped out of my thoughts by the one I was thinking about. Hookfang smirked, before ducking under to look at the cover.
"Dragonic Legends, huh?" he questioned. So far, the book was telling me about another Gigantic Dragon, another Alpha known as the Green King, that was as just and fair and just as Snowy. Apparently, Red Death and this Green King got into a battle, but in the end, he lost and was trapped on an island ever since. It was really cool, and I wondered if this Green King was real, or if he was still alive.
"Yeah, you know, this was my favorite story back home. I would have my dad read it to me all the time when I was six." Hookfang chuckled, kindly.
"Well you have a good taste in stories. You enjoying it?" he asked, as he crawled over and rearranged some rocks and Dragon Nip.
"Being honest, it's not like it what my dad told me." I went quite.
"No? What do you mean?"
"Well, in this, it makes it sound so... heroic, like the Green King was a great hero. But with dad, he just made it seem like they were... were..."
"Fighting just for the sake of it? Fighting for the fun of it?" I stopped speaking. "Sorry." I mumbled, not really sure what I was sorry for. Hookfang chuckled. "Don't apologize, Snotlout, just learn." he told me wisely, and I smiled.
"Now, come on. Get some shut eye. You got a big day tomorrow. Hicca is going to teach you how to fight any rouge or Red Death's Dragons, teach you a bit more about Dragons while she's at it. Then, she's gonna teach you how to really fly." as he said this, a Mackerel was hanging out his mouth, before he chomped, and then flung it in the air and swallowed the rest, whole.
As he went to his bedding, I wondered what Hicca was preparing for us.
The Next Day.
Normal POV.
Everyone was now standing in front of Hicca and Toothless, their Dragons right behind them.
"Alright, while your here, I think that it is best that you learn a few things to help you survive any attacks from rouge Dragons, or Red Death's Dragons. From a Typhoomerang to a Changewing or Scauldron or Whispering Death. So I've come up with some exercises, and some of the residents of our islands were happy to help us." she told them, before Snotlout started talking gibberish, getting impatient.
"Can we go already?" he asked, as Hookfang roared in agreement. Hicca giggled, almost making Ash growl in jealousy. But he managed to calm himself down.
"Alright. First stop; Mystery Island, Changewing territory!"
Mystery Island; Changewing Territory.
They were all seated in front of a Changewing named Incognito. He was male, and he apparently couldn't make up his mind on how he looked, for he kept on changing from Orange, then Lime Green, Red and the finally Yellow, and then repeat.
Right now, he was showing them how Changewings hunt around Mystery Island, by letting them watch a hunt in progress. They saw some Boars come into the clearing, before a female Changewing made herself known, and one of the Boars saw her and panicked, running away from the herd, only to run into another one, and he ran farther away from the herd and got surrounded by more females.
"How come there are only females?" Snotlout asked, making Incognito chuckle lightly.
"Many different species of Dragon hunt and live in their own way. For example, the female Changewings do the hunting while the males stay behind and guard the hatchlings. One Changewing lures one Boar from the herd, then the other Changewings surround it." As Incognito said this, the hunters got ready to spit acid,and everyone looked away, managing to block out the noises of burning flesh and the Boar's squeals of pain, before going silent. They knew what happened.
They decided they saw enough and walked away. Then Incognito clicked and chirped, and some more Changewings appeared. They all looked at the Incognito for an exclamation.
"Hicca said she wanted this to seem real." he told them simply, smiling smugly, before the females charged, making the gang get on their Dragons and zoom away.
Hookfang narrowly managed to dodge some acid, but it managed to nick some of Snotlout's helmet.
"Whoa! This is your idea of 'real'?!" he screeched at the Dragon Maiden, and she guffawed, "Yep! You haven't seen the kind of practices I can do! This is easy in my case!" she told them, turning around to lay down on Toothless back, arms rested behind her head, having perfect balance as Toothless avoided the flying acid.
She saw that they were starting to panic, so she decided to give them a hint, "Remember to keep your distance if it's a rouge, or a Red Solider. These Changewings are only spitting acid hot enough just to sting you. Rouges and Red Soldiers would be face-melting. But their acid is only effective at close range."
"Not really comforting when your on the slowest Dragon!" "HEY!" Meatlug grumbled, offended by her Rider's complaint, "Sorry, Meatlug, had to be said."
Meanwhile, Ash was analyzing the competition. They seemed to always escape their eyes each time they strike, but he noticed that they couldn't hide... if their was nothing to hide against.
"Guys! Follow me! Go up!" they obeyed and flew up, taking the Changewings advantage, as they couldn't blend in while in the sky. Now that they could see them, their Dragons turned around to face them, and fired, purposely missing them. The Changewings retreated, and the Riders celebrated their victory.
"Well done!" they all looked over to the sound of Incognito's voice, and saw him flying beside a proud looking Hicca, and it made Ash's stomach churn with excitement. Maybe, if he went well, and he played his cards right, he might be able to impress her.
"Alright, you did good on Mystery Island. Now let's see how well you do on Stoker Island; Typhoomerang Territory."
Stoker Island; Typhoomerang Territory.
The gang were now in Typhoomerang Territory on Stoker Island, beside a pretty beautiful burn mark on the ground.
"If you take account to the burns, you can actually tell the size and age of the Typhoomerang in question." Hicca told them, before looking back at the sky, looking for something.
"It's still warm." Ash muttered, "Which means it can't be too far from here."
"And, if look at the correct angle of the burn, you can tell which way it came from and which it's headed." Fishlegs told them, remembering this from the Book of Stoker Dragons.
"I know which way it's going without that stupid stuff." Snotlout boasted, getting up. Hicca and Fishlegs glared at him for the 'stupid' remark.
"Oh, really? Where's it going then?" Ash asked, expecting a stupid answer, but was surprised to see fear in his eyes.
"It's not. It's coming. At us. Right now!" he pointed at the sky, where a Typhoomerang was just coming in for a landing. It was a male, with a fire orange body, and a white head, golden orange eyes.
"Hi, Torch! Good to see you!" Hicca cried happily as Toothless grumbled.
"Nice to see you too, Hicca!" he smiled, before smirking and whacking Toothless with his tail. Toothless sprawled across the floor, before getting back up. "Oh! So that's how you want to play it!?"
"Bring it, Gummy! I'm not a hatchling anymore! I can kick your tail any day of the entire year if I wanted to!" Hicca sighed at the banter the Night Fury and Typhoomerang were getting themselves into. It's like when they were teenagers!
"Alright, you two! Break it up! We're not here to see you set fire to your tails!"
"Says who!?" Tuffnut asked, making himself and his sister giggle madly, as Ash sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose in exhaustion.
"Come on, Torch. You know what to do." Torch smirked and let out a mighty roar.
"Anything else we wanted to learn?" Fishlegs whimpered, even though he knew it was a practice.
"Nope!"
"I'm good!" the Twins responded and ran over to Barf and Belch. They flew off, a massive Dragon right behind them.
Ash began analyzing again. This thing was big. Maybe it was good flying in a straight line, but was bad at turns? To test this theory, he got Torch to follow him, and lead him towards a cliff, before having Stormfly make a sharp turn, but Torch made the same kind of turn.
'Okay, so that didn't work.' Ash thought. Wait... every Dragon has limited shots. Maybe if he could get Torch to waste them, then he'd be easier to beat. After a good coxing, with a few spine shots and magnesium blasts, after ten shots, he ran out.
Ash smirked, and looked over at Hicca, who was watching his every move, before looking back at Torch, who dived down near the water, and grabbed a few Bloodbane Eels, before getting into a tight spiral and nearly knocked the both of them out of the sky.
"Typhoomerangs can replenish their shot limits?!" Fishlegs cried out, shocked and fascinated by the turn of offense.
"Only when they get a good chomp of Bloodbane Eels!" Hicca smiled, "Typhoomerangs are the only Dragons that can eat Eels without getting sick." huh. That was fascinating.
Ash focused back on the Typhoomerang. This was a tough one. How do they beat a Typhoomerang? Then he noticed that Torch was now chasing Snotlout and Hookfang, and they dived toward the trees, before pulling up, and he noticed that Torch was having trouble getting back up in the air, and nearly smacked into a tree.
And that gave him an idea.
"Come on, you oversized turkey! Is that the best you can do?!"
"TURKEY!? I'M A TYPHOOMERANG, MATE!" Torch cried out in offense and flew after him, and at the last minute, took to the sky, the Typhoomerang right behind him. He looked back just to see his jaws open wide in a roar. They kept going higher and higher, before letting Stormfly fold her wings back to her body, made a dead drop toward the ground, past the confused Typhoomerang, before it followed after them.
Stormfly was about to pull up, but Ash stopped her, "No, Stormfly! Trust me, I know what I'm doing!" he told her, before pausing, "Do you trust me?"
They looked at one another for a long time, reading each others eyes for an answer, before Stormfly finally spoke.
"With my life."
Ash smiled, and she smiled back.
"Wait for it... wait for it." another roar. Torch and the ground was close enough. "Now!" chirping, she pulled up, and with wide eyes, Torch crashed into the ground!
Ash heard Toothless guffaw with laughter, "That was AWESOME! Ash, you are now on the list of my favorite human friends! Right underneath Hicca!" the two landed on the ground, and as soon as Hicca got off his back, he started rolling around on the floor, laughing some more, as Torch shakily got up. Torch looked over to Ash, an impressed look in his eyes.
"Well done, Ash. Not many best a Typhoomerang in combat." He told me, and he felt a strong sense of pride flow through him.
"Great job, Ash. I knew you could do it." Hicca told him, punching him on the shoulder lightly, and he felt himself get warm around the cheeks.
"Alright, you showed that if you can handle a Changewing and a Typhoomerang, then your pretty good for any Stoker or Mystery Dragon. Now let's see how you do against a Tidal one."
Tidal Island; Scauldron Territory.
They all walked through the shallow parts of the water infested Tidal Island. They were looking for a Dragon with quite a funny and cute name.
"Scauldy!" Hicca called out to the waters. Yep, the Dragon was a Scauldron, and his name was Scauldy. Snotlout laughed for hours, before being reminded of Toothless and the White King's names, and stopped.
"Scauldy! Come on! We don't have time for games! It time to train!" a green blur then started swimming towards them, before stopping just as it reached the shallow water and rose from the waters.
A male green Scauldron that was actually kinda young looking. Must be a young adult.
Scauldy grinned happily at seeing Hicca and nuzzled her, his tail wagged under the water with anticipating, making the Dragon Maiden chuckle. "I know what you want." she pulled out a box, then opened to reveal Blue Oleander and presented it up to him, to which he excepted happily.
"You always know what Dragons like the best, Hicca." he told her, before sniffing something, and swooping down to look at Ruffnut, who seemed to panic and step back a bit.
"Is that Fish I smell?" he asked on-one in particular, sniffing her hair, and even grabbing one of her braids in his mouth. Tuffnut laughed.
"Looks like you finally have a date that's as ugly as you!" he laughed some more, before getting blasted by some water. Scauldy smirked, before going back to sniffing their hair.
"Why does he like her hair so much?" Snotlout asked, noticing that he kept trying to grab it in his mouth, only for her to pull it away.
"Maybe it's the color of his mother's hair?" Fishlegs suggested, for once, not thinking, making them all look at him with an 'are you serious?' look. "Sorry. Not thinking." he smiled sheepishly, and Hicca patted his shoulder, making Ash clench his fist.
"Why would anyone like her hair?" they turned to look at her brother, who had just sat down on a small boulder, "I mean, it's covered with Fish oil."
"Ruff, do you put Fish oil in your hair?" Ash asked, looking at the girl twin.
"Duh. How else do you think I get this greasy, unwashed look?" she asked, making him sigh.
"I'm not even gonna pretend I understand that."
"No, no. It makes sense." Fishlegs broke in, "Scauldrons are ocean dwelling Dragons. The smell of fish must remind him of home." now that they thought about it, it actually made sense.
"Alright, enough sniffing, Scauldy. Your making her uncomfortable." Hicca scold, and he immediately understood, apologized and got back into position.
"Alright, time to face off a Scauldron! Get to it!" Hicca commanded, and Scauldy got into battle ready, growling and snarling, filling his mouth up with water, that was lightly boiled, as to not hurt them, and fired, making them scatter.
They got on their Dragons and took off, a filled up Scauldron not far behind.
Scauldy was giving it all he got, firing again and again, always diving back down to collect more water, and shoot again. The gang dodged as best as they can, but their were some hits taken.
"What do we do?!"
"Maybe if we stay high enough, he'll run out of water and be too out of range when we beat him!" Snotlout suggested, surprising them all.
"That could work." Fishlegs mumbled, trying to get over his surprise of Snotlout coming up with an idea.
"Up! Up! Up!" they flew upward at Ash's command, and Scauldy followed, before dropping back towards the water, getting a little dry and running out of ammo. Snotlout and Fishlegs tried to hold his wings down by pushing against him, but he pushed them away and dived.
"I guess you really can't keep a Scauldron away from water." Fishlegs commented as Scauldy burst out from the water, belly filled with water, and fired at the Gronckle Rider, sending him towards the ground, before regaining altitude and control.
"Okay, at least I came up with something, right?!" Snotlout exclaimed, before a sharp blast made Hookfang angry, and he fired at Scauldy's jaw, which was just filling up with water, but as soon as the shot hit his mouth, water spilled everywhere and he looked a bit dizzy, before falling towards the water with a big splash.
The gang stared with blank expression, while Hookfang looked a bit smug as Scauldy slowly lifted his head above the water. Slowly, he looked over at Hicca.
"You did not give me enough Oleander for this." he told her blankly, before she presented him with an entire sack of the flowers. His eyes immediately widened with joy as he chomped them down.
"That's better." he smiled, before looking at Hookfang, "Try that again, Nightmare, and I'll make sure the next shot I make is too hot for even you to handle." with that, he ducked underneath the water and swam away.
Hookfang chuckled, "Sore loser, right?" he asked Snotlout, who grinned and patted him under the chin, careful not to hit the soft spot.
"Alright, so far, so good. Okay, it's time for you to take on Boulder Island!"
Boulder Island; Whispering Death Territory.
They all now stood around a small clearing, listening intently for the whisper that was sure to come. They knew what they were up against, and they knew this was going to be a challenge.
Finally, Bitemark, the Whispering Death they were facing today, shot out of the ground and right in front of them. He had purplish pink spines on his head and body, clashing into the color of his dark blue scales with lighter blue on the wings. They also noticed that he had a visible bite mark on his snake like body.
"Meet Bitemark!" Hicca introduced, as Toothless grumbled at the sight on the Whispering Death. Bitemark seemed to not like him either, as he swiped his tail at him, knocking him over, and only making him angrier. They roared and hissed at one another.
"Okay, guys! Knock it off, do you really want to start this over again?" they calmed down, and parted ways, muttering small 'this isn't over's, making the twins snicker. They knew arch nemeses when they saw it.
"Alright, you know the drill." Hicca grinned, as Bitemark gave her a droll stare. "Very funny, Hicca. Your wit knows no bonds." then with a hissing roar, he dived straight into the ground. Away from the eyes of the gang.
Quite rumbling was all that could be heard, along with the in-distant whispers, before the ground shifted underneath Ash, and he was suddenly pushed upwards into the air, before falling back down, towards the sharp, serrated, rotating teeth. He thought he was actually gonna feel a great amount of pain for this, before Stormfly swooped in just in time and saved him. Gently, she placed him back on the ground.
"Thanks Stormfly." I rubbed her chin, before getting up and hopping onto her back and taking off.
Bitemark was that far behind them.
He flew after them, hissing madly. He fired rings of fire at them, and they made sure to stay away from the sides.
"Fishlegs, anything that can help up at the moment?!" Snotlout asked the Dragon Expert, who only shook with fear.
"I never got to the Whispering Death."
"You WHAT?!"
"Do you know how long it takes to memorize just one page?! It is of no means of quick read!" he cried, clearly starting to loose it.
"He's losing it." Tuffnut said in a singsong voice to his sister. "I know. It's awesome." they giggled, before a ring of fire almost got them. They turned around, and got Barf to spray some gas, before Belch let out a few sparks and an explosion occurred and Bitemark flew back towards the ground.
"Ha! See?! He ran away!" Tuffnut cheered, before Bitemark leaped out of the ground and knocked his body against the Zippleback, causing him to loose his flight pattern and fall towards the ground, the Twins screaming in fear and excitement.
A Nightmare Fire Blast got him right in the head, and he turned to see Snotlout and Hookfang, wearing smug grins on their faces. Before a ring of fire almost got them, and they turned tail and ran off. Then a stroke of light peaked through the grey clouds, causing Bitemark to flinch and hiss. Fishlegs's eyes widened.
"Sunlight! Sunlight is their weakness!" Fishlegs cried, making Ash's eyes widen.
"Well then, let's light up the situation. Pull up! Keep him above ground!" they nodded and they all went upward. Bitemark, not realizing their plan, followed them. We flew higher until we breached the clouds, and so did Bitemark, exposing him to the sun completely, and he let out a screech of terror, before plunging back into the ground. Hicca looked down the hole in bemusement.
"Um, Bitemark? The fights up there?"
"Then get on 'Toothfull' and fight them yourself! I'm staying down here, where it's nice and dark." Hicca sighed.
"Wuss." she muttered, before turning to the sky, where the others were descending.
"Well, I recommend never visiting Bitemark anytime soon."
"Good call." Bitemark's voice echoes from the hole, sounding irritated at being defeated by outsiders.
"Oh shush! Alright, time for Sharp Island!"
Sharp Island; Speed Stinger Territory.
They all stood in a tight group, as the Speed Stingers wouldn't stop running around them at blazing speed. Snotlout was actually finding it really irritating.
"Oh, come on, already! This is getting us nowhere! Just HOLD STILL FOR ONE SECOND!" he screamed, and surprisingly, they did. And they looked so casual about it, it was almost funny. Then Redstripe, their leader, came forth.
"This is a test fight, not a day spay, princess Viking! Now quite scratching your hide and get in the fight!" with that, he zoomed over and stung him, and in an instant, his skin grew pale and he went stiff as a board. The only moveable parts of his body were his eyes, which looked around in fear and anger. His mouth frozen shut, he could only shout in a muffled way that sounded like a 'oh come on!'. Fishlegs, however, smirked.
"I'm not sure if their trying to show off, or trying to help us." Ash snorted. He was right about that. The silence was bliss at the moment.
Before screeches of the Speed Stingers got them back in the game.
They started running around in a circle again.
"Fishlegs, I so hope for your sake that you read the whole Sharp Class Book."
"Actually, I did." Fishlegs responded to Ash's threat. "It says that Speed Stingers have absolutely no idea what to do, once their leader is down." he told him, looking at the red and green streak that keeps zooming by.
"Got it. Stormfly! Spines!" she nodded and shot her spines to where Redstripe would have stepped in if he hadn't stopped at the last second. He hissed, before Meatlug appeared from the sky and pinned him down.
Redstripe struggled for a good bit, but then he plopped onto the floor in defeat. He knew he couldn't shake off Meatlug's strength, and let out a squeal to his pack.
They've figured out how to beat a Speed Stinger.
"Well done. Now get the Maximus off me!" Redstripe screeched, and Meatlug practically leaped off him.
"Well excuse me." she scoffed as he got up.
He looked at the teens for a bit, before zooming over to Snotlout and pricked him, and then he barked at the others to 'move out' and ran off with his pack, as Snotlout slowly started to move.
"His parallelizes is wearing off. Lucky us." Fishlegs told them sarcastically. Everyone snorted, though they were a bit disappointed.
Tracker Island; Snifflehunch Territory.
They all hide in some bushes and shrubbery as a Snifflehunch named Sniffer tried to smell them out. Apparently, a Snifflehunch's entire existence relies on smell. A Snifflehunch is half blind, and uses it's sense of smell to determine a friend or an enemy. They use it to find food, they use it to find a mate, they use it to find their eggs and hatchlings, everything. And Ash admitted that it was pretty cool.
Ash noticed that it was getting a little too close to Snotlout, and grabbed some berries, and caught Snotlout's eye and squished them in his hand and then covered himself in the juices, disguising his own sent. Snotlout understood and grabbed as many berries as he could and smothered himself in them. He learned from Axewing, a Timberjack that he meet that was a vegetarian, that Fish weren't the only thing that Dragons live on. They occasionally snack on fruit and Dragon Nip every now and then when Fish weren't available.
Sniffer's nostrils flared and his eyes widened, amazed that he lost the sent of the Buffy one. Huffing, he left him alone, making Snotlout sigh in relief and made his way toward him, his nose on full alert. He pushed and shoved through the bushes, but only found the berries, along with the squashed ones. Curious and confused, he began sniffing around again, before being jumped and pulled towards the ground by the Twins.
They cackled as he looked at them in surprise that he hadn't caught their sent when they snuck up on him, but chuckled soon after.
"Well done. You will make great Dragon Heart Soldiers." he told them, before flying away, leaving them confused. Dragon Heart Soldiers? What did that mean?
Some clapping snapped them out of it and they look to see Hicca smiling. "Well done! Now, it's time for the big leagues."
Strike Island; Toothless's Territory.
We all stood the spooky area, that gave off a vibe of lighting and death. But it still had it's good aura about it, but it didn't stop the shivers crawling up their spines.
"Alright," Snotlout spoke through the eerie silence. They had been waiting for the mystery Dragon they were going to train with today, but so far, he or she hasn't showed up yet. "What kind of Strike Dragon are we gonna be facing today? Skrill? Snow Wraith?"
Hicca smirks, and so does Toothless.
"Me." Toothless told them as he get into a fighting position and takes off, a loud screech admitting in his wake. They all turned to look at Hicca.
"Well?"
They looked around, fearfully, knowing that they couldn't face a Night Fury, but then scattered.
They had to at least try.
Fishlegs's POV.
I'm hyperventilating!
I'm terrified!
We're facing Toothless! A Night Fury! How are we going to survive against that?!
Calm down Fishlegs. Deep breath. You'll still be alive after this.
I settled down a bit as I walked through a small clearing in the forest. I stepped as quite as possible, knowing how stealthy a Night Fury is now, thanks to the Book of Strike Dragons. I strained my ears hoping to hear the tall tale screech when Night Furies get ready to fire.
I really wish I paid more attention.
Cause then I wouldn't be pinned down by a smug Toothless.
Tuffnut's POV.
I was trying so hard not to snicker at Toothless as me and Ruff hid in a tree.
"I told you this would work."
Ruffnut chuckled, "Right? He's staring right at us, and doesn't even know we're here!" She whispered.
Toothless only let out a annoyed sigh, and shot a plasma blast at our tree, causing us to fall to the floor below.
"How did you see us?!" I asked, but only got an annoyed sigh as Toothless took off to find the others.
A moment of silence.
"So... do we still win?" I asked Ruff, but she only punched me in the shoulder, and the battle begun.
Snotlout's POV.
I was gonna crush the others in this competition. I noticed that Ash had been getting pretty close to Hicca, and...well... I wasn't having that. When there was a hot girl in my sights, they automatically become mine. And Hicca will be mine! She won't be able to resist me when she sees that I could beat Toothless.
"Snotlout Jorgenson." I grunted as I swung my sword around, imagining that I was giving Outcasts a what for.
"Super Viking." I hopped on a log and laid down, marveling at my sword's shininess.
"At home in the wilderness, and-" I was cut off when I slipped and felling into the water below. Spluttering, I got out, only to see black paws in front of me, and I looked up to see Toothless.
He sighed, "I don't even know why I try. At least Fishlegs actually gave a go, and Ash is still in." with that, he took off, and I hit the ground with my fist.
How did I get bested by him?!
Ash's POV.
Stay calm. Deep breaths. Eyes and ears open.
I continued the mantra in my head several times as I slowly walked through the woods.
Some soft rustles got sounded and I turned swiftly to see if it was him, but he was already gone. He was playing with me.
A few more rustles and I finally had enough. At the next rustle, I picked up a small stone and threw it at that direction. In an instant, Toothless leaped out of the bushes, snarling for effect. I got into a battle stance and waited for him to make the first move. Toothless's body movements made him seem like he was gonna attack from the left, but I wasn't looking at his movements. I was listening to my uncle's advice.
"Whenever locked in battle, try to notice the look at the eyes of the opponent and not the body movements. The eyes are windows to the soul, after all. And they could also mean the difference between victory and defeat."
At the last minute, Toothless changed course and went for my head, when his movements suggested that he was going for my leg, but I was ready, and ducked under Toothless's paw and rolled away from him, and got up in a flash.
Toothless's eyes went wide with surprise, before going to impressed. I smirked.
"Not bad. But no more holding back!" with that he charged.
I wasn't even ready for it! I dodged and swung my blunt axe at him. I would never hurt him, and I know he won't hurt me, at least on purpose, but this had to look real. But it was starting to get too real. Toothless was getting faster and harder to beat. It was getting to the point when I only had one option.
I swung my axe at him again, but he caught it in his jaws and tossed it aside. He looked at me and smirked at my currently defenseless self. He snapped at me, but only met air when I rolled at the last second and grabbed a rock as a line of defense. It was no axe, but it'll have to do.
He jumped and pinned me down, and he would have won victory, if I hadn't have hit him with my rock, disorienting him for a bit, giving me time to go for that one option.
Retreat.
I ran through the forest as fast as I could. I knew that their was no way to defeat a Night Fury. It was near to impossible. So I ran as fast as I could through Toothless's territory.
I reached the cove we were in before the test started, and I found myself at a lose at what to do next. So I did the next thing.
Hide and prey he doesn't find me.
I hid behind some boulders and tried my best not to breath so heavily. I heard ruffles and sniffles, meaning he was trying to sniff me out.
Then it went silent.
I waited for a good half minutes, and nothing.
...
...
Where is he?!
I decided enough was enough and peaked from behind the boulder, and saw...
Nothing.
Nada.
Zippo.
What?
Then I heard a thump behind me.
I turned in a flash and looked at the ground to see...
My Axe?
I noticed that it was covered in drool. That mean...
I looked up and no doubt, Toothless was sitting on a rock behind me casually, his tongue hanging out of his mouth, making him look like a dog.
Then he retracted his tongue and smirked.
"I win. But so do you." Huh?
Then I heard clapping not to far and looked to see Hicca walking towards us.
"Well done." What? Well done? But I lost! Hicca must have sensed my confusion, because she giggled. I barely noticed that the others were making their way towards us.
"Sometimes, when in battle, it is necessary to evacuate and think of a plan before attacking again. And you proved that you have heart and determination." She smiled sweetly, and my heart raced, for two reasons. One; I won! Two; her smile.
"So all we had to do was surrender?!" Snotlout asked increasingly. I was just as confused. Hicca chuckled.
"No. You had to know when to fight back, and went to retreat." she told us wisely. Ah. Now I get it.
We stood proud.
Before, we were just Vikings.
Now were something more.
Now, we're Dragon Riders.
It is not over yet! You'll know it's the end when a giant THE END! is presented on the page.
But it will never be over!
NEVER!