Okay I fixed some things about Rana here so that it's easier to tel she's related to Stoick and Hiccup. I changed her hair and eye color to match them. It's not much but it's there. ME and one of my writing cohorts both looked through the entire story trying to find where I mentioned it and when we found it I changed it.
Chapter 1: Rana Haddock
Rana's POV
Before I get into the major stuff, first let me introduce myself. My name is Rana Ashilda Haddock. If the last name sounds familiar, that would be because Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is my older brother. I'm fourteen years old. And like my brother, I have dark brown hair and green eyes. Also like my brother, I'm not the strongest Viking around. In fact I'm actually the weakest, humiliatingly weaker than my weakling brother!
A little more than seven months ago, Hiccup, determined to enter the ranks of the dragon killers of our village and finally pleasing our father, shot down a Night Fury. I actually didn't have any idea that Hiccup had bonded with the dragon. (I had actually been the only one who believed him when he told Dad he had shot down a Night Fury) I didn't find out about "Toothless" as Hiccup had named him until one day after the dragon training class our father had stuck us in by force, I had followed Hiccup to wherever he had been disappearing to everyday since our father had left on another trek to find the dragon's nest.
When I found out, though I was mad at Hiccup for keeping Toothless a secret when Hiccup knew I'd never tell anybody (Who'd believe me?), I forgave him so long as he taught me how to ride him. I never really got the chance once the Green Death came along and Hiccup and Toothless fought him. Though the huge dragon had been destroyed, it had come at a cost. My big brother had lost the bottom half of his left leg. Gobber had made him a prosthetic, but learning how to use the stupid thing was literally a pain for Hiccup. He was always in so much pain and really I didn't like seeing him in that much pain.
Seven months passed, and through all that time, I still couldn't bond with a dragon. That really ticked me off cause I really wanted to find my dragon pal like Hiccup had with Toothless. Just when I was ready to give up, one day, when I was exploring the forests on the outskirts of Berk, I heard a low roar that sounded like a dragon in pain. Following it, I found a dragon with dark emerald green scales lying injured on the forest floor. I crept closer to the green-scaled dragon lying on the ground. Her wings were lying limp on either side of her. I knelt down beside her and slowly inched a hand closer so that I could help. The dragon's eyes opened wide and she glared at me with such intensity that I became worried that the dragon would attack me despite her sick and injured state. I raised my hands in apprehension. "I'm not going to hurt you." I said. "I promise." The dragon seemed to be listening for she lowered her head and allowed me to lay a hand on her. "I want to help you."
"I'm sorry." A voice said and I looked around wildly.
"Who said that?" I asked. But when I looked around, I found that no one was close by to me. Raising an eyebrow, I looked back at the emerald dragon. "I must be going nuts." I muttered. Digging around in the bag I always carried with me, I took out the medical supplies I had started carrying with me, for situations such as this. "Let's see⦠I think I have everything."
"I hope so." That was that voice again.
"Where is that voice coming from?" I muttered.
"Honestly, you really seemed like a smart girl, yet you can't figure out the simple answer to where the voice is coming from?" I looked down at the dragon to see her looking at me with a look that practically screamed 'Are you serious?!'
"Was that you?" I asked the dragon. She looked like she nodded at me and I blinked in shock. "You can talk?!" She sighed audibly.
"Well, not exactly talk. I've made a connection with your mind so that you and I can communicate."
"That's incredible." I said.
"Back to matters at hand," she said and cocked her head towards her injuries. I jumped.
"Oh right sorry!" I exclaimed. As I cared for her wounds, I could feel her staring at me so I looked up. Brushing my bangs out of my eyes, I leveled my sapphire eyes with her cerulean ones. "What's wrong?"
"I had always heard that humans and dragons were anything but friends." she answered.
"Well, thanks to my big brother, that's all changed." I replied. "Now, all we want to be is friends with you guys." I went back to working on her wounds. When I was done, I sat back, wiping away the light sweat that had sprung on my forehead. "That should do it." I looked back at the dragon. "My name's Rana Haddock. Do you have a name?" The dragon shook her head. "What species of dragon are you?"
"I am called an Electric Fang." she replied.
"Well, if you don't have a name, do you mind if I give you one?"
"Go ahead."
I thought for a moment. Honestly I wasn't sure what to name this incredible species of dragon. "Skalm." I said finally. "That's the name for you I think." At this, the newly named Skalm smiled a dragonesc smile at me. "I take it that you like that name?" Skalm chuckled.
"Yes actually." she answered. "Much better than the name your brother gave the Night Fury."
I laughed. "I have to agree with you there. My brother is a bit nuts sometimes."
Skalm raised her eyebrow. "A little?" she questioned in a matter of fact voice. "Toothless is quite a silly name."
"Well, like I said, my brother is nuts." I said again, smiling widely. I finished bandaging Skalm's wounds and turned my attention to the raging fever I had detected when my hands got near her scaly skin. For a reptile, the scales were burning with such intensity I could hardly believe it was coming off a cold blooded dragon. "You're very sick."
"I do feel hot." Skalm said. I chuckled softly.
"That's because you're cold blooded as all reptiles are." I answered. I looked around. "My brother will know what to do. He's the one who helped a dragon after all." Skalm looked at me and nodded. I smiled. "I'll be back." And I ran off, desperate to find my inventor brother so that he could help me with Skalm.
Not much of a change, I know but I thought about it and decided that even if Rana is related to Snotlout, who has black hair and green eyes, it didn't make sense for Rana to have it when Stoick and Hiccup don't. My boyfriend also pointed out that blue eyes are a recessive trait, which makes them rare.
