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Chapter Five: Learning New Tricks

Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off into a new place there will be, along with feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the ancient fear of the unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into What you are doing is exploring. You are undertaking the first experience, not of the place, but of yourself in that place. It is an experience of our essential loneliness; for nobody can discover the world for anybody else. It is only after we have discovered it for ourselves that it becomes a common ground and a common bond, and we cease to be alone. Wendell Berry

Hiccup's Pov

"Gobber: ...And with one twist, he took my hand, and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face: I was delicious. He must have passed the word, because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg."

"Fishlegs: Isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon? Like if your mind was still in control of it, you could have killed the dragon from the inside by... crushing his heart, or something."

"Snotlout: I swear, I'm so angry right now! I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight. With my face!"

"Gobber: Un-unh. It's the wings and the tails you really want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon."

"Gobber : Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be, too. Tomorrow we get to the big boys. Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. But who'll win the honor of killing it?"

"Tuffnut: It's gonna be me. It's my destiny. See?"

"Fishlegs: Your Mom let you get a tattoo?"

"Tuffnut: It's not a tattoo. It's a birthmark."

"Ruffnut: Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before."

"Tuffnut: Yes, it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now."

"Hiccup: Hey, Toothless. I brought breakfast. I hope you're hungry. Okay, that's disgusting. Uh... we've got some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod, and a whole smoked eel. Where's Isla?"

"Toothless: Hey Hiccup. Isla has gone back to the coven for a visit she should be back by tomorrow. Where's Isa this morning?"

"Hiccup: Oh okay. She was still is bed when I left I don't have much time before dragon class so I just wanted to bring you some breakfast and try your new tail-fin."

"Toothless: Oh ok. Um Hiccup dragon's don't like eel's."

"Hiccup: Ok so I'll just move it away and take it with me when I leave. Yeah, I don't really like eel much either."

"Hiccup: Ok while your eating I'll attach your new tail-fin."

"Toothless: Ok well how are you going to control the new tail-fin without a saddle?"

"Hiccup: Ah I just want to see if it fits and works before I do anything else. Okay... There. That's not too bad. It works."

"Toothless: Is it ready for a trial run?"

"Hiccup: Yeah it is."

"Toothless: Ready?"

"Hiccup: Yeah lets try it. Whoa!"

"Hiccup: OH, MY- IT'S WORKING! YES! YES, I DID IT!"

"Toothless: Well that means all that we need is a saddle and other gear."

"Hiccup: Yeah. I better go before I'm late for class. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Toothless: Ok see you tomorrow."

Later the Same Day Three of Dragon Training

"Gobber: Today is about teamwork. Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky. One head breathes gas, the other head lights it. Your job is to know which is which."

"Fishlegs: Razor sharp, serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, by crushing its victims-"

"Hiccup: Will you please stop that?!"

"Snotlout: If that dragon shows either of his faces, I'm gonna- there!"

"Ruffnut: Hey! It's us, idiots!"

"Tuffnut: Your butts are getting bigger. We thought you were a dragon."

"Snotlout: Not that there's anything wrong with a dragon-esque figure- Ow!"

"Astrid: Wait."

"Tuffnut: OH, I'M HURT! I AM VERY MUCH HURT!"

"Fishlegs: Chances of survival are dwindling into single-digits now."

"Fishlegs: Oh. Wrong head."

"Gobber: Fishlegs!"

"Gobber: Now, Hiccup!"

"Hiccup: Oh, come on!"

"Gobber: Hiccup!"

"Hiccup: Back! Back! Back! BACK! Now, don't you make me tell you again! Yes, that's right! Back into your cage. Now think about what you've done."

"Hiccup: Okay! So, are we done? Because I've got some things I need to, uh... Yep. I'll... see-see you tomorrow!"

"Hiccup: Hey!"

"Hiccup: Whoa! Why'd you do that?"

"Toothless: Well dragons love Dragon nip."

"Isa: Well that's just another thing that we didn't know about dragon's. Come on Hiccup you've got class."

"Hiccup: Ok coming. We'll see you tomorrow Toothless, Isla."

"Toothless and Isla: Bye Isa and Hiccup see you tomorrow."

Next Morning Day Four, Five and Six Dragon Training

[Hiccup grounds a Gronckle during training by rubbing Dragon Nip on its nose.]

"Fishlegs: What was that? Some kind of trick? What did you do?"

"Tuffnut: How'd you do that?"

"Ruffnut: It was really cool."

"Fishlegs: Hey, Hiccup!"

"Snotlout: Hey, Hiccup, I've never seen a Gronckle do that before!"

"Hiccup: I left my axe back in the ring. You guys go on ahead. I'll catch up with you."

[Hiccup puts Toothless to sleep by scratching him just below the chin.]

[Hiccup the puts the Deadly Nadder to sleep the same way during training.]

"Tuffnut: Hiccup, you're totally going to come in first, there's no question."

[Toothless chases a shiny light that Hiccup creates using the sun and a hammer.]

"Gobber: Meet the Terrible Terror."

"Tuffnut: Ha! That's like the size of my-"

"Tuffnut: AH! GET IT OFF! OH, I'M HURT! I AM VERY MUCH HURT!"

"Tuffnut: Wow, he's better than you ever were."

[Astrid sees Hiccup holding a harness while throwing her axe at the trees in the forest. Hiccup runs away and loses Astrid.]

[Hiccup practices new tail positions with Toothless, when the rope snaps and bends the safety hook.]

"Hiccup: Oh, great."

"Hiccup: Isa we need to take Toothless back to the blacksmith shop to remove the connecting cord before we can do anything else."

"Isa: Well come on then we need to make sure that no one see's us or the dragons."

Isla: Why don't Isa and I want hover in the sky and keep watch while your removing the connecting cord."

Isa: Yeah that's a great idea Isla. Well come on then Hiccup."

[Hiccup sneaks Toothless into the blacksmith shop to remove the connecting cord.]

"Viking: Hiccup."

[Toothless throws a bucket and Astrid hears the noise.]

"Isla: Hiccup get out there someone's coming."

"Astrid: Hiccup? Are you in there?"

"Toothless: To late now."

"Hiccup: Astrid. Hey! Hi, Astrid. Hi, Astrid. Hi, Astrid.

Isla: Seriously that's all you can say. Leave me alone. I like her alright."

"Astrid: I normally don't care what people do, but you're acting weird. Well, weirder."

[Hiccup is pulled through the shutter doors. Astrid tries to see what happened, but doesn't notice Hiccup, Toothless, Isa or Isla flying away.]

"Gobber: Well, I trust you found the nest at least?"

"Stoick: Not even close."

"Gobber: Ah. Excellent."

"Stoick: I hope you had a little more success than me."

"Gobber: Well, if by success, you mean that your parenting troubles are over with, then... yes."

"Phlegma: Congratulations, Stoick! Everyone is so relieved."

"Starkard: Out with the old and in with the new, right?!"

"Hoark the Haggard: No one will miss that old nuisance!"

"Ack: The village is throwing a party to celebrate!"

"Stoick: He's gone?"

"Gobber: Yeah... most afternoons. But who can blame him? I mean the life of a celebrity's very rough. He can barely walk through the village without being swarmed by his new fans."

"Stoick: Hiccup?"

"Gobber: Who would've thought, eh? He has this way with the beasts."

(A/N: So that's another chapter done. So what do you think of this story so far. R & R. :)