Here it is! Chapter five! I can't believe that I'm this far so soon! This story has just flew by so far!

FYI, I posted a new story. It's called Movie of My Life, whic is a play of Story of My Life! ;)

It's a Watching-The-Movie FanFic, where the vikings and dragons watch the movie.

Hope you can check it out!

Disclaimer: I do not own any HTTYD content. I only own the plot!

Chapter 5-Dragon Nest

"Dark! Get your butt down here now!" Astrid yelled, flipping her blond braid off her shoulder. Dark stumbled down stairs, his cloak gone, and his hair sticking up in every direction. He yawned and rubbed his emerald eyes.

"What?" He asked, his voice soft and sleepy.

"Breakfast." Astrid replied, pointing to the array she had prepared. His eyes widened as he took in the scene: A platter of eggs, boar bacon, and freshly toasted bread, with yak butter, and Dragonfire jam. (A/N Dragonfire is a fruit that I made up. It's bright yellow with green and blue streaks on it. It's about the size of a baseball, and tastes like oranges, strawberries, and lemons mixed together.)

"Why did you do this?" Dark asked, his head tilting in confusion.

"I'm your chaperone. I have to take care of you." Astrid said nonchalantly, grabbing two wooden glasses from the cupboard. Dark scowled at the word 'chaperone', but brightened when he looked at the breakfast again.

"No one has ever made breakfast for me." He said, coming the rest of the way down the stairs. Astrid heard a sleepy roar, and jumped as Toothless trotted down the stairs, coming to Dark's side.

"That dragon is going to be the death of me." She mumbled, grabbing the pitcher of water to set it on the table. Dark laughed; a deep and rich sound. Astrid felt a smile pull at her lips when Toothless looked up at her, his big green eyes pleading with her.

"What does he eat?" Astrid asked, reaching down to pet Toothless. He gladly accepted the affection, purring against her hand.

"Fish. His favorite is Icelandic cod or salmon, but never give him eel." Dark replied, stretching his back.

"Why not eel?" Astrid asked while walking to the fish basket. She snatched a plate, and piled the requested fish on the carved piece of wood.

"I learned that dragons don't like eel the hard way," Dark replied, stroking Toothless's head. "When I was training him, I brought him a basket of fish with a smoked eel in it, and he nearly gave us away." Astrid cocked her head.

"Gave you away?"

"I was training Toothless in secret. My village didn't like dragons, but I met him and we mutually decided to give each other a chance. If he roared louder, than they would've found us." Dark said, glaring at Toothless.

The Night Fury just looked out the window, and laughed in his throat. A bell dinged in Astrid's head, but she ignored it due to her amusement. She shook her head and laid the plate in front of Toothless. He looked at it, and started to gobble it up.

Astrid laughed at the greedy dragon, and took a seat at the table with Dark following her lead. They dug into the breakfast, each finishing within ten minutes.

"Alright. Today is your first day of dragon training," Astrid said, washing the dishes. "We'll go to Stoick and ask him for permission for you to join my group." Dark scowled.

"Do I have to?" He asked, his voice tight and angry. Astrid nodded.

"If you don't, I doubt Stoick will ever let you go back home." Dark immediately brightened as if he thought of an excellent idea.

"Alright. Let's go see Stoick." Astrid was surprised that a dragon rider would be so excited to start killing dragons, but shrugged nonetheless and started out the door. Dark followed her, with Toothless close behind him.

Dark didn't go anywhere without Toothless, and likewise. They came to Stoick's house and Astrid knocked on the dark door. Her knock was answered by Stoick. The chieftain's red beard was matted and his green eyes had dark bags underneath them.

"Hello Astrid," He said, his Scottish voice tired and weary. "What do ya want?"

"I came to talk to you about putting Dark in dragon training." Astrid said, gesturing to the man behind him.

"He'll obviously be in your gro-" Stoick started before Dark interrupted.

"Actually, I'd like to ask you something," Stoick nodded for Dark to continue. "I would like to visit my nest to tell the king that I will be staying here until you let me leave." Dark proposed. Stoick's eyes widened at the proposal, but eventually sighed.

"I'm no tyrant. How long does it take to get to your nest?"

"One day by dragon."

"Alright. You will be allowed two weeks to travel to your nest and back, so twelve days at your nest in total. I expect you to be here in approximately fourteen days. As for making sure you return..." Stoick said, before Dark put up a hand to stop him.

"I'm already ahead of you," Dark turned to Astrid. "How would you like to come with me to a dragons' nest?" Astrid was sure that her jaw dropped to the ground, but she looked at Dark and set her jaw.

"Why not?"

Astrid stuffed the last shirt into her pack, and swung it on her shoulder. She took a deep breath, and walked out of the house, catching the eye of Dark who was on Toothless's back.

"Ready?" He asked. She nodded, and checked to make sure her axe was secured on her back. When she was assured that her weapon was with her, she climbed onto Toothless's back behind Dark. Stoick came to see them off. He looked at Dark and nodded.

"Remember: Be back in approximately fourteen days." Dark nodded, indicating that he would remember.

"We will." He said, looking back slyly at Astrid. She glared at him, and he chuckled.

"Be careful." Stoick said looking woefully at the two. Astrid knew why. Both Astrid and Dark were the same age as Hiccup would be, and Astrid was the best dragon fighter. If she disappeared, there was no telling what would happen. Stoick wasn't to lose another child, after his lost his own.

"I promise that we'll come back." Astrid said, looking directly at Stoick. He nodded, and left.

"You might want to hold on," Dark said, looking forward. "Toothless likes to go fast." Astrid took the hint and wrapped her arms around his waist. She felt Toothless lean, and then he shot off.

Astrid screamed in shock, as she started to fall, but she regained her grip on Dark, hugging his abdomen even tighter. She heard Dark chuckle, and she glared a hole in the back of his head. Toothless was flying smoothly, and Astrid finally looked up.

The beauty of the flight was indescribable. The clouds were white and fluffy, and the sky was a bright blue. Astrid looked at the sun, which looked closer than ever before. It was very large and the color of Nadder fire.

Astrid swept her eyes downward to see a vast expanse of azure blue, tinted with a deep green. The ocean was bigger than she ever saw from the ships.

"Wow." Astrid whispered.

"Yeah," Dark agreed. "It's amazing every time you see it." The ride seemed to go on forever, but eventually Astrid saw a blue-green structure come into view. The structure was enormous ice spikes covering a large, gray mountain.

"What is that?" Astrid asked, her voice seeming small in comparison of the large mountain.

"It's my nest." Dark said. Astrid felt her heart rate speed up as Toothless flew into a hole in the side of the mountain. She heard her breathing, shallow and ragged, and she didn't dare open her eyes.

Toothless was flying deftly through a tight space, occasionally weaving back and forth. The walls seemed to be closing in, and Astrid squeezed her arms tighter around Dark's stomach.

Finally, the space seemed to open up, and Astrid heard screeches of nothing she'd heard before. She opened her eyes to see a enormous expanse of greenery, ice, and dragons. Not just any dragons that raided Berk, but unique dragons whom she'd never seen before.

Astrid felt her mouth drop into a perfect "o" as she took in her surroundings. Toothless rumbled happily once he saw a big, owl-faced dragon with four wings.

"Okay Toothless," Dark said, his voice happier than it's been on Berk. He slid off his excited dragon, and Astrid followed his lead. She helped him unhook all the saddle bags that Toothless had carried. "You can go play with Cloudjumper." (A/N Okay, so Dark is living with his mom, but she went off on a journey for a month, which is why Dark wanted to come back to the nest so soon after landing on Berk.)

Toothless gave Dark a gummy smile, before bounding off to hop on top of the brown dragon. Cloudjumper rumbled with amusement as Toothless fell off, and he bounded off with Toothless on his heels. Astrid looked around again, her brain not fully understanding all of it.

"This is where you live?" She asked, her eyes still wandering.

"Yep." Dark responded, popping the "p".

"What kind of dragon is that?" Astrid asked, looking directly at Cloudjumper.

"He's a Stormcutter, a gentle giant. Speaking of," Dark said, smirking at Astrid. "It's time you meet the king." Astrid felt her heart pound in her chest as she picked up the rest of the saddle bags, and followed Dark to a cliff. She stood at the edge, in awe of the dragon that was before her.

He had snow white skin, and ice blue eyes. His teeth were plentiful and sharp, but he looked peaceful and gentle. His body was ginormous, the biggest she'd ever seen. He had two white tusks protruding from his face. She saw Dark bow, his cloak covering his body.

"He is one of the very last of his kind: The Great Bewilderbeast. We all live under his care and protection." Astrid followed his lead, and bowed to the great dragon. When she stood, the dragon was looking at her. He breathed very lightly at her, coating her hair in thin ice.

"He likes you." Dark chuckled.

"Wow." Astrid whispered, running her hands through her hair, rubbing off the ice.

"He did that to me when I first came here too." Dark said, walking away from the king.

"Did he build this nest?" Astrid asked, picking back up her bags.

"Yeah." Dark responded.

"Where do you sleep?"

"I'll show you." Dark started to walk toward a opening in one of the walls. Astrid followed him down a cramped hallway, until it opened up into a large cavern.

It was made of a smooth, gray rock, with a fire pit in the middle. There were a couple of pillows sitting around the pit, with a bucket sitting to the side. In one corner was a stream of water flowing down a rock into a pool.

There was a straw cot hidden behind some rocks, with a couple of brightly colored blankets and a tiny stuffed Deadly Nadder on top. It would make sense, that a dragon rider would have a stuffed dragon toy.

A couple of chests sat near the bed, and a large pile of straw, grass, and a few blankets was settled in the nook of a couple of boulders. Astrid guess that's where Toothless slept, while Dark slept on the cot.

There was a closed basket next to a stone slab that jutted out of the wall, serving as a table. In a bucket of water, two plates and some sticks bobbed up and down.

"Nice place." Astrid said, remembering what Dark had said when he saw the house in Berk. Dark chuckled, and set his bags on the cot.

"You can sleep here." He mentioned, gesturing to someplace behind him. Astrid looked behind the rocks to see two cots instead of one. Dark's cot had green and black blankets on them, and the other one had blue and brown blankets.

"You have two beds?" Astrid asked, setting her bag on the bed.

"I get the occasional human dropping in from time to time," Dark commented nonchalantly. "I provide shelter and the protection of a Night Fury, and we trade sometimes."

Astrid nodded, and unstrapped her axe. She didn't think that the dragons would like her carrying a weapon, and she had a sneaking suspicion that she was going to be around them a lot.

"You hungry?" Dark asked offhand.

"Yeah." Astrid said her stomach confirming what she said.

"Good," Dark said, staring for the tunnel. "It's feeding time, and I'm getting low."

Next thing she knew, Astrid was on the back of Toothless, following all the other dragons to the ocean.

"I thought we were going to get food." Astrid said, glaring at Dark. He laughed and pointed to a mass of bubbles in the ocean.

Suddenly, the king rose from the sea with about ten thousand fish in his mouth. Before he hit the water, he spewed the fish out of his mouth, creating the illusion that the fish were raining down from the sky.

"Hold on!" Dark yelled. Astrid didn't have to be told twice, as she immediately wrapped her arms around Dark tighter, and Toothless shot down.

Dark grabbed the basket that was in the cavern earlier, and held it open, fish quickly filling the container to the brim. Dark closed it and strapped it to the saddle.

Astrid looked to the side to see Toothless with his mouth filled to the brim with fish. They set down in a snow bank, and Toothless spit some of the fish out so he could eat them.

As the Night Fury gobbled up his meal, Astrid and Dark sat down in the snow. Astrid rubbed her bare arms. She wished she had brought the heavier outfit she packed.

Dark must've saw her, because he detached his cloak and draped it over her shoulders. Astrid smiled gratefully at Dark, the cold quickly being chased from her body.

"I hope you brought a warmer outfit." Dark commented.

"I did. I just didn't think that it would be this cold." Astrid mumbled, wrapping the cloak around her body tighter. Dark laughed heartily at her comment. Astrid looked at him in awe.

At Berk, he was quiet, reserved, yet confident and stubborn. Here, he was more alive, laughing all the time, with a smile on his face and a special gleam in his emerald eyes.

As Astrid looked at the black haired dragon rider, her heart leapt. Maybe being a shield maiden wasn't as inviting as it seemed when dragons were mindless killing machines to her.

She looked at Dark, who was scratching Toothless's head, a lopsided smile on his handsome face. She smiled as Toothless purred contentedly, nudging his head against his rider.

Maybe being in a relationship wasn't particularly bad, as long as she was with someone she liked, and Dark made her heart soar like Toothless diving after those fish. Dark looked at Astrid, and she turned away, her cheeks heating slightly.

"If only he felt the same way." She muttered, fixing her eyes on a bright blue and yellow Nadder that flew into her line of sight.

"If only..."

Things are heating up! I promise that the next chapter will be out ASAP.

BookLover86, Out! ;)