Ch. 9: Truces and Saddles

(Note: There was an error here so the summery is that now Windstrike/Windchaser also has a false tail fin that Hiccup helped Shelen make. So this is chapter 9 now.)

(Nightdevil POV)

After the two humans left I lay down and was about to sleep. Suddenly I felt a nudge. I looked up and saw the Night Fury called Windchaser-why would anyone name a dragon that?

"What?" I asked in annoyance. I didn't have time for her violent nature.

She didn't reply. Instead she nudged me again. I growled and snapped at her. She payed no attention. She then pounced on me then got off. I jumped up and glared at her angrily.

"Look! I don't want any trouble! So get lost!" I snarled. She only tilted her head to one side and sat on her hind legs. I nearly shot a blast at her! She then spun around and waved her tail for me to follow her. I rolled my eyes but followed.

When she was on the other side of the lake I got impatient.

"What do you want?" I growled.
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Our humans have been working together for a while now." She began, "So, I was thinking we should try to get along."

"Get along? How so?" I asked.

"We can start by forming a truce." She replied. I frowned. A truce? I guessed I could handle that.

"Alright," I said. Then we stared at eachother for a few seconds.

"We will seal it with a dragon's swear." She concluded. The dragon's swear was like the secret friendship promises or a decleration of peace. With a dragon's swear, though, we both shoot a flame ball at eachother. They collide and explode, sealing the truce.

"Alright." I finally said and we moved to opposite sides of the the cove. We faced eachother and charged up a blast. I heard my famous shreik and I released the blast. Windchaser did the same at the same time, but I didn't hear a shreik. Both balls of flame collided and exploded. When the light died, Windchaser stared at me seriously.

"The truce has been sealed." She said.

"So, now we stop avoiding eachother and at least be friends?" I asked.

"Well, I guess." She said.

"Alright..."

(Shelen POV)

"You shouldn't let her treat you like that!" I told Hiccup after training with the Deadly Nadder. Astrid had spoken harshly to Hiccup when he caused her to nearly lose her life. She had treated him like he was in the way again. I did not like that and wanted to tell her to step off.

"Yeah, I know..." Hiccup said in his shy put down voice. "It's just...She's the coolest Viking in the village. I wanted to make a good impression on her..."

"Well, I don't really think she's worth it. She's so stuck up." 'What does he see in her?' I thought the last part. Though I wondered why I was so upset about that, anyway?

"Um, anyway...We should start working on the saddles." Hiccup said.

"Yeah," I agreed. We entered the forge and began to work on the saddles. Hiccup did the leather work, I did the handing him the tools and abit of help on the actual saddles. When we were done we returned to the cove. I just hoped the dragons would like them.

(3rd Person POV)

Windstrike and Nightdevil looked up and saw their humans enter the cove. Hiccup walked up to Nightdevil and held up a real version of the picture in Hiccup's notebook. It was what he called a "saddle". Nightdevil snorted and began to run. Hiccup chased him crying out to him to just try on the saddle.

Windstrike laughed at the way the other Night Fury was acting. That was until she saw the saddle in Shelen's arms. She then jumped up and also ran away.

"Come on, Wind!" Shelen called. "Just try it on! Please!"

Windchaser stuck her tongue out at Shelen and continued to run. Finally, though, she got tired of running and stopped.

"Just put it on already," She grumbled. But Shelen didn't move. Windchaser looked at her in suprise, then bowed her head in understanding. Shelen smiled and put the saddle on her dragon friend.

Hiccup and Toothless had already started trying to fly. Hiccup was holding a string of rope in his left hand and was pulling the left tailfin open. He pulled to hard though and they both fell.

"Smooth," Shelen joked. Hiccup splashed her with water. She then got onto Windchaser after tying a string of rope to her foot instead. She flicked her right foot and the right tailfin opened. Hiccup suddenly got an idea.

"Shelen! I know how we can work the fins!" He said.

"How?"

"We use our feet. The fins could be controlled by the foot on the side where the fin is."

"That is a great idea. We use pedals in the saddle instead of just stirups."

So they got to work on the installation of pedals.