Chapter 8 - Berk

(Hiccup's POV)

I woke up, yawned, stretched, and basically anything else that helps you get the sleep out of your eyes. After doing said actions, I looked at where Toothless was supposed to be, but he wasn't there. I at first thought that he went for a morning flight, so I pushed the fact aside, and started to fish. I heard rocks falling behind me, and I saw Astrid coming down.

"Hey Hiccup!" she greeted.

"Hey"

"Hey, guess what?" I didn't really like the tone in her voice, but I didn't want to express it, because I didn't want to anger her in any way.

"What?"

"Your dad is worried sick about you! But, I think that you don't care."

"Ehh. .not so much as I used to."

"I see. . ." she smiled.

"Anyway, what are you doing he-GWAH!"

I stopped talking when I felt something large knock me over, and pin me to the ground. I shook my head, then looked at the thing that tackled me, and it was none other, than Toothless, with that smirk and look, that pointed out what his intentions are. And sure enough, I was right on the money with that guess. For Toothless leaned down, and licked me.

"Okay Toothless, Okay!" I shrieked.

And to add to this, Astrid was right there when this was going on, and she was laughing! It was very embarrassing to know that she was watching this, so I had to end it. I mustered up all my strength, and managed to push Toothless off me (I still think he helped). I stood up, chuckling nervously, and I focused on her.

"So, what are you doing here Astrid?" I finished.

"Oh well, I was reminding you about your dad, and. . .didn't you want to tell Berk the truth?"

"Yeah, I didn't forget. I was actually about to leave right after I caught me and Toothless some breakfast."

"Oh, okay. Can I eat with you? Because, I grabbed my axe and ran out towards this place."

I looked at her axe that she was holding, and it scared me a bit since Toothless doesn't like people with sharp things or weapons. I looked up at her and gave her a questioning look.

"Yeah, sure. But, why did you bring your axe?"

She looked at the axe that she had, and it was gleaming a beam of sunlight into my eyes, making me shut them and flinch. She then looked back at me after she examined her axe.

"I brought it just in case anyone followed me."

"Ahh. . ." I replied, understanding it.

About 30 minutes had past, and we had finished our eating. Astrid was all hyped up and excited while me and Toothless were a bit edgy about this whole ordeal, but we knew it had to be done. So, with that, all three of us flew to Berk, for that impossible mission.

We landed directly in the middle of Berk, and before we landed, I heard a man scream "Night Fury!" but we all just ignored him as we were preparing to land. Everyone else on the other hand, began to go inside to get nets and axes and throwing knives, and all kinds of other weapons since they wanted to kill Toothless, and Toothless didn't really like that fact. But that's beside the point, when we landed, everyone gasped that me and Astrid were on Toothless' back, but they were angry also. And just before I could utter a single word, my father stormed out of the crowd, and looked at us. I was very nervous, now that my father was here, but I pushed my fear aside, for I knew that I had to get Berk to see the truth before the war between us and the dragons escalated out of control.

"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, is there a reason why you are on top of a Night Fury?"

Astrid hopped of, and backed into the crowd, because they weren't focused on her, they were focused on me and Toothless. I jumped off Toothless, and started to speak to them.

"Dad, everything we know about dragons is wrong! The only reason they are taking our food, is becuase they have to! There's this big dragon that controls them at Helheim's Gate, and Toothless here was one of them."

My dad eyed me and Toothless, then said,

"What is this nonsense coming out of your mouth? Have you completely lost it? Dragons are our enemies, and they always will be. And Toothless? We the devil would his name be Toothless?"

"But dad, I'm telling the truth!" Toothless came and stood by me for support.

"Why should we trust you and that. . .devil?"

Devil? What was he talking about? Toothless wasn't a devil, he was my friend, so I really don't know why my dad would even think about such a thing. But, he is my dad after all.

"What if I- hahaha! Toothless! Okay Toothless! Okay! Hahaha!" Out of absolutely nowhere, Toothless tackled me to the ground, and started to lick me with his forked tongue. I was laughing and trying to get away from it playfully, and he continued, as the entire village watched. It was very awkward, but, I didn't really focus on the fact that we were right in the middle of Berk, and surrounded by vikings, I only focused on Toothless - my best friend. He soon got off me, and I stood up, patting him on the side of the head, making him purr a little, and muzzle my chest, knocking me into a sitting position. I was laughing the whole time, and Toothless lay down next to me, curled around me, and laid his head down on my lap as I scratched his neck, and the whole village was just. . . .speechless to what they just saw and were seeing. I looked up at my dad's baffled face, and I smiled at him, saying,

"Dad, dragons aren't our enemies, well. . .not all dragons. There'e this huge dragon at Helheim's Gate, and I think it's not even a dragon, it's a monster. It mind-controls dragons to bring back food for it, and if they don't comply it eats them."

My dad just stood there, not able to utter any words or expressions. I knew that he was really trying to find some way to retaliate, but as time progressed, I could tell that he had no idea how to oppose my story, so he gave in and asked,

"Alright son. . .so. . .what do we do?"

The whole entire village looked at my dad with baffled faces that he would say that, and he just stared at them. But in the midst of this, I remembered the other dragons in the dragon arena, and I wanted them to have a clean reputation also (meaning they were no bad). So I asked my dad if I could bring Astrid, Snotlout, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Fishlegs with me to the dragon arena, and he nodded, but the entire village came also, so as I was in the middle of the ring with the other teens, everyone else was gathered around the outskirts of the cage, leaning on the metal bars, and watching. I approached the Nightmare cage first, and told them to open it. They didn't listen at first, saying that I was just trying to get myself killed, but when Toothless came into the ring also, and landed next to Astrid, they relaxed, and opened the cage door.

The Nightmare burst out, sending kerosene fire everywhere, and jumped around the ring, shooting fire at some of the vikings, and missing. It came to a stop in front of me, then looked at me and jumped down. It approached me, and it was now 5 feet from me, sniffing at me. I held my hand out, and he looked at it, then looked at me, and his eyes went wide. I just stayed there, calm and content with my hand now only mere inches from the Nightmare's snout, and a few moments later, gasps were heard everywhere as the Nightmare pressed his snout into my hand, purring a little. I smiled at him, and the fact that everyone was gasping, and understanding the truth about dragons. I blindly reached behind me until I felt Snotlout's hand, and I pulled it towards the Nightmare. Snotlout was scared at first saying "What are you doing?", but I told him it would be okay, and he calmed down a little, but tensed again as I brought his hand close to mine, and switched out hands. His fear was now replaced with excitement as his hand was now on the Nightmare's snout, and he smiled and laughed as the Nightmare's friendly gaze turned from me to him.

I did the same thing with everyone else, and everyone, including the teens, were shocked at what they had just witnessed or experienced. But of course, the only person who wasn't shocked was Astrid, since she already did the same trust thing with Toothless a few days ago. But, she was still happy that she had a dragon of her own, and that it was a Nadder. She liked Nadders, because they were strong, fast, brave, and agile, just like her.

And now with Berk knowing the truth, the entire village met in the Mead Hall (including Toothless and the other dragons) and we were deciding how we were going to take down something that was the size of Berk, and was virtually indestructible, but Toothless had a plan, and showed it to us in his own special way. He got Astrid's Nadder (now named Ivory) and told her to open her mouth. She did so, and Toothless pretended to shoot a fireball inside of her mouth, and with that, Ivory pretended to die. I was the only one (other than the dragons) that understood what Toothless was talking about. I stood up on the table, and told everyone to focus on me, and they did so. I then explained to them what Toothless was talking about.

"Everyone Listen up! Toothless had a brilliant plan. He wants us to blow it up on the inside because dragons aren't fireproof on the inside!"

Everyone looked at me baffled, then looked at Toothless who was now smirking because he knew that his plan was awesome. I just smirked back, and focused on my dad who asked me one of the most serious questions he's ever asked me. In fact, I never even remembered or seen him ever being as serious as he was now, and with that, he said,

"So, when do we strike?"

I looked at him, then everyone else, and said in the most serious tone I could muster up,

"Tomorrow, at noon."

"Okay! End of Chapter 7! Sorry for the long update, had school Exam stuff to do. But I'M OUT OF SCHOOL! WOOH! 5/25/11!

Anyway, chapter 8 coming up, and trust me, it will be EPIC :)"