So so sorry for this wait! My computer went through technical difficulties, but I swear I've been trying to write as much as I can. if there's not that much in this chapter, that's only cuz theres a point ive been trying to reach, a sort of plan if you will. ive been discussing it with one of my buds and I think I mayve gotten something.
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Chapter 5: Incident
I walked down the hill towards Skalm. It'd been a couple of days since I found her and thankfully her wounds were healing nicely. I actually planned on going with her for a test flight to make sure her wings wouldn't give out on her.
Why did I want to go when there really wasn't much I could do if she fell? Well, I admit: I just wanted a ride. I'd ridden on Toothless before and Stormfly, (I stayed away from Barf and Belch and Hookfang) but I wanted to see if Skalm was the dragon meant for me. I'd told Hiccup and, thankfully, he agreed.
"As far as I can tell, Rana?," he'd said that morning. "Skalm crashed here and you were the one to meet her for a reason. That has to mean she's the dragon you were meant to ride and train."
That had really meant a lot coming from my brother, the leader of the Dragon Training Academy and the one who'd saved our people from the Green Death.
So that was why I was now walking towards Skalm. I wanted to see if Skalm could fly and, if she could, maybe I'd be able to find out if she and I were meant to be friends. I certainly felt a connection with the Electric Fang.
When Hiccup and I had brought her to the academy, I'd noticed that Skalm was constantly looking over her shoulder. I asked her why and all she said was that the academy looked like a cage. That was when I figured that Skalm had been captured by humans in the past, but when I asked her about it, she refused to tell me.
When I got to Skalm, I saw that she looked deep in thought.
"Skalm?" I said, trying to catch the green dragon's attention. "You alright?" She looked up at me, a look of confusion on her face. I guess she hadn't heard me coming.
"Oh, Rana." She said. "I didn't hear you."
"I could see that. You looked deep in thought."
Skalm shook her head. She looked towards the med supplies in my hands. "Time for the routine checkup huh?"
I smirked. "Yeah, as recommended by my smart-aleck brother."
Skalm turned her head and I took it as a sign that I could start checking over her wounds. I actually tried to check over her wounds quickly because, even if I didn't have a dragon of my own yet, Hiccup still wanted me to come to dragon training so that I could learn. Like I pointed out before, I didn't really see a point if I didn't have my own dragon to train but not only did Hiccup push me, but our dad made it an order.
When I actually made it to training, I actually entered at the time that an argument was taking place.
"I'm serious, Hiccup!" I heard Fishlegs say. "We don't know anything about Skalm. She could be one of the most dangerous dragons in the dragon world!"
"Like the Green Death I suppose, right?" I heard Hiccup argue back.
The arguing continued like that up until I entered the arena. Once I had, silence swept over everyone.
"You want proof that Skalm isn't bad, Fish?" I asked, glaring at Fishlegs. "Well, Skalm's wounds are healed enough that I think she could fly." I wasn't really sure about that. I just wanted to show Fishlegs that Skalm could be trusted if she kept me safe while I was riding her.
Hiccup and Astrid smiled at me, though Hiccup's was unsure. He knew I wasn't sure myself if Skalm could fly. But, my notion worked and Fish;egs agreed to come and see me fly with Skalm. If I came back unharmed and alive, he'd reconsider his harsh words towards Skalm. If I got hurt at all, even a scrape, he'd make sure she was never allowed to return, which I have to admit was so unlike Fishlegs. However, it was just like Snotlout who jumped at the opportunity to see me fail at something.
So that was how I ended up on Skalm's back, on a saddle fashioned by Hiccup thankfully and in the air. As I'd hoped, Skalm had healed well enough that she was flying pretty well. But I should've guessed I wouldn't be that lucky. As we were flying by some of the high point mountains, Skalm's wings gave out and we crashed into the side of the mountain. As we fell to the ground, rocks fell after us. When we crashed to the ground, the rocks fell on me and the pain was so excruciating that darkness soon came over my vision and it took me.
How was this? Just to clue you all in, the next chapter will be from Hiccup's point of view since Rana is unconscious.
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